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Astros Sno Cone Vendor Fired After Viral Video Catches Him in Bathroom Stall with His Sno Cones

In the era of cell phone technology, virtually nothing goes unnoticed. Such is the tale of a sno cone vendor at Minute Maid Park this week who heard the call of Mother Nature during his shift at an Astros game. A fan in the bathroom at the same time noticed the rainbow-colored sno cones sitting on t ... More >>

Mike Rice (Insane Ex-Rutgers Coach) Is Maniacally Coaching 7th Grade Girls

Anyone with kids who play sports is familiar with the age old question -- any time it's revealed that a coach of a collegiate sport engages in some degree of borderline (or in many cases, over the borderline) abusive behavior, we debate with our kid-having friends and debate it even more intensely i ... More >>

Tale of the Tape: Douchy Astro Boyfriend vs Frightened Diamondback Boyfriend

Through three games, your Houston Astros are 1-2. Believe it or not, that's the good news. Yes, a 54 win pace is the good news. Here's the bad news: They were one out away from having a perfect game dropped on them by Yu Darvish. They are the first team in the live ball era (since 1920) to have 1 ... More >>

The Incredible, Hilarious Memo On How To Make Texas Tech & Its Coach "Cool": A Quiz

The guys at Deadspin have gotten their hands on a piece of comedy gold -- a memo on how the school can make itself and its football coach, former Red Raider QB Kliff Kingsbury, into ultra-hip, highly cool icons that the kidz of today will flock to just so they can be hip and cool too. A tall order ... More >>

Biggest Loser v 7.0 -- Sacramento Kings Guard Tyreke Evans

Overall, it's turned into kind of a slow sports week, which I guess is to expected as we are in the dreaded "post NFL combine, pre March Madness dead period." Add in the fact that the Rockets have seemingly been on a second All-Star break this week (haven't played since Saturday), and on a lazy Thur ... More >>

J.J. Watt Gets a "Pretend Wife," Makes 6-Year-Old Girl's Day

J.J. Watt's publicity-heavy trip to the Super Bowl has notched up another episode. First, Axe flew him to New York to get a faux-hawk, because nothing says "Axe" like a faux-hawk. Then he got on Deadspin with the touching story of a six-year-old girl who was all upset because she could not marry h ... More >>

4 Imaginary Figures That Would Have Benefitted Manti Te'o's Career More Than a Fake Girlfriend

When Deadspin broke the story Notre Dame linebacker and future NFL draft pick Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend, the whole nation was shocked. Many sympathized for him when he lost Lennay Kekua due to leukemia while he continued to play in "her" honor. Since, he has garnered a large amount of ridicule, l ... More >>

Cliffs Notes For Manti Te'o's Untelevised Marathon Conversation With ESPN's Jeremy Schaap

When a public figure does something wrong, whether it's a case of willful misconduct or extreme naiveté, in my eyes that person is defined more by how they react and atone for their misstep than by the misstep itself. I realize in today's social media fueled, 24-hour news cycle, where stories get ... More >>

Manti Te'o Fake Girlfriend Saga: How Fake Twitter Accounts and Digital Trickery Fooled America

Lots of people have been fooled online. Some have had entire relationships with people only to find out they weren't the person they thought they were...some not even the right gender. It is as disturbing as it is frustrating to imagine that anyone you speak with on the Internet might not be who the ... More >>

Straw Polling of MLB Hall Of Fame Voters Is (Sort Of) Good News For Craig Biggio And Jeff Bagwell

As potential Hall of Fame classes go across all sports, I'm not sure that one city has more invested emotionally right now than the city of Houston does in balloting for next year's induction class into the Baseball Hall of Fame. First baseman Jeff Bagwell is on the ballot for the third time, and ... More >>

FFL Highlights (Fan Fighting League) -- Special Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Exhibition Bout

Much has been made over the last decade or two of the rise of popularity (and skill, quite frankly) in international basketball. Many trace it back to the 1992 USA Dream Team's ceremonious romp through the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Ask any international star today between the age of 30 and ... More >>

Monday Night Football Cavalcade Of Errors, Starring Rick Reilly!

Something amazing happened last night during ESPN's coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers' 16-13 overtime atrocity win over the lowly Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night. It wasn't the Chiefs' miraculously hanging well within the 12 point spread on this game (obliterating degenerate teaser bets every ... More >>

Zapruder Video Analysis Of Drunk, Racist Aggie Fan Starting A Fight In An Airport

In the wake of Texas A&M's landscape-changing 29-24 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide this weekend, with his fame escalating from "local cult hero" to "full fledged Heisman candidate," Johnny Manziel and his family began the process on trademarking his catchy "Johnny Football" moniker. Their motiva ... More >>

Game Changer

Chris Kluwe is prying open America's last closet: major league sports.

Awesome Little League Parent Brawl Between Some Total Losers (w/ VIDEO and Zapruder-Style Breakdown)

When I was a kid, Little League season was a fairly compact slice out of the calendar year. It started in mid April, ended in June, and then after that you were free to play sandlot ball with your buddies as you prepared for Pop Warner football to start. Nowadays, baseball is a year round deal (whi ... More >>

Mike Leach Jumps on the "Craig James Killed 5 Hookers" Bandwagon

In case you were wondering, former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach isn't supporting the quixotic senate campaign of Houston native and former SMU star Craig James. Proof is provided by Deadspin, which got this shot of an autograph Leach provided to a fan who bought his new book Swing Your Sword. "To M ... More >>

The Definitive Anthology of Bobby Petrino's Affair with That Hot Volleyball Player

This past Sunday evening, after a quiet dinner at home, Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino decided to unwind by taking a leisurely ride on his motorcycle. Leisure nearly turned to tragedy as Petrino crashed the motorcycle in a story that, at the time, had a shelf life of about 15 minutes, ma ... More >>

Houston Texans "Super Bowl Tattoo Guy" Speaks in the Aftermath of the 2011 Season

In the aftermath of the Texans' 20-13 loss to the Ravens last Sunday, the question I was asked most frequently by my Twitter followers (other than the terms and conditions of Jacoby Jones's contract) was, "What do you think 'Texans Super Bowl Tattoo Guy' is thinking?" Truth be told, after any poten ... More >>

Houston Texans Grieving Process 2.0: At Least We're Not THIS GUY in Louisiana! (w/ NSFW VIDEO)

SEC football fans, ballin' up.​With each day, the pain of Sunday's loss to the Ravens continues to dissipate. However, it still hasn't subsided to the point where we shouldn't be taking pleasure in the acute pain of others. In fact, in the spirit of yesterday's post, the pain hasn't subsided ... More >>

Pedobear Shows Up at Penn State-UH Game

Even if you were watching closely as UH dominated Penn State in the Ticketcity.com Bowl Monday, you might not have noticed one attendee. The notorious Pedobear, an Internet meme embodying child molesters, was not only there, not only carrying a sign with the Penn State symbol saying "Keep Quiet and ... More >>

Mavericks Celebrate In South Beach Bar: The Photos, Including Dirk Nowitzki Guzzling an $80K Bottle of Champagne

worldredeye.com​The webiste worldredeye.com has a page full of pictures up of the Dallas Mavericks, the whitest NBA champs since Larry Bird's Celtics, getting down last night and early this morning at Dallas South Beach nightclub LIV. We can only assume such a hip name as LIV is an homage to ... More >>

Texas High School Hockey Fight: Cheap Shots, Bloodthirsty Parents and a Broken Jaw

The Hansen Brothers, Texas high school version​See it while you still can -- video of the incredible ending of the Texas high school hockey championship up in Dallas. (Yes, they have high school hockey here. It's a club sport, not part of the UIL.) Keller beat a team from Arlington 9-3, and ... More >>

A Real Boyfriend for Eliza Kruger (w/Best Trick Shot Video EVER)

I've never been a 17-year-old high school female before, so I'm not speaking from experience when I say that "I can see why Eliza Kruger would chase Mark Sanchez." I can only assume it's the allure of fame, power and money (perhaps sprinkled with a bit of a Latino thing). Kruger's now well-publiciz ... More >>

Mark Sanchez Is Not Very Smart

Mark Sanchez: He's got a prom date​Hilary Rhoda. Lindsay McCormick. Jennifer Mueller. Google "Mark Sanchez girlfriend" and these are the first handful of supermodel hot women linked to the New York Jets quarterback. At least they were until this morning. Now you need to wade through a half d ... More >>

Year in Review Appendix -- Five More Stories For The Road

One more for 2010...​I love the last week of December. Between Gary Kubiak and the option to just pick out some category from the past year and recap it, it's ready-made content. Just add snark! So in the spirit of lazy "Year in Review" style posts (one of which I've already submitted today! ... More >>

The Ten Most Spectacular Cyber Attacks of 2010

According to 4chan, Tea Party folks think cocaine is a helluva drug.​As the internet becomes a primary source for everything from news and entertainment to commerce and business, it makes sense that groups and hackers would be busier than ever. Websites are far more vulnerable to attack than, ... More >>

Rex Ryan Has A Foot Fetish

Not a team distraction at all​I have to admit, the information age in which we live has been largely a positive thing for me. In a line of business where you are constantly needing to generate new content -- particularly sophomoric, mindless content -- the internet, blogs, and the completely ... More >>

Dallas Cowboys' Latest Distraction Gimmick: Lap Dances

Shoulda put this on the giant hi-def​What is it with Dallas football fans that makes a monstrosity of a football stadium want them to have public sex?First it was the boffing on the bathroom stalls. Now it's the front-row lap dance.This woman, obviously bored with whatever ass-kicking the Cowboys ... More >>

Favre In Charge -- "The Media Still Sucks" Edition

Brett Favre finally wins a big game for the Jets​The mainstream sports media couldn't avoid the topic forever. Eventually, the story of Brett Favre's penis would have to be addressed. And as deafening and infuriating as the silence in Bristol and points beyond was, we knew that the only thing mo ... More >>

Favre In Charge: A Very Special Episode

Illustratiion by cassandratsBrett Favre's got his hands full​"I'm not getting into that ... I've got my hands full with the Jets." -- Brett Favre, in his weekly press conference on Thursday Hands full? Right. Sure. With the Jets, Brett. Gotcha. If everything we're reading, hearing, and (unfortun ... More >>

Drayton McLane: Time To Open The Books

Do those cries of poverty add up?​Several things happened last week on the edges of the sports world that, while interesting on their own, are even more interesting when connections are made.For instance, early last week, the sports blog Deadspin published the financial documents  for several ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Bo Wyble, Foul-Ball Cad -- Quit While You're Way Behind. Way Behind

Screenshot from DeadspinBo Wyble: TV! Good God, yes, I'll go on !!!​(Note: Pete Vonder Haar is on vacation.)Bo Wyble is the new-ish Houstonian who's gained some notoriety for his epic levels of lameness when he was caught on camera ducking out of the way of a foul ball that hit his girlfriend.Wybl ... More >>

Game Time: Jenn Sterger -- Best Cast Addition To A Sitcom EVER (Favre In Charge, Season 3)

Seeing more of Brett than she wanted​The fact that I've been comparing the third season of the Brett Favre saga (heretofore referenced as Favre In Charge) to a sitcom is entirely appropriate. I don't profess to know many athletes. By and large, the ones I do know seem to be fairly normal people. ... More >>

The Dallas Cowboys (And Friendswood), Keeping It Classy

Photo via Deadspin​ Whitney Isleib is a Friendswood gal who's a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, which means she's willing to sell her dignity for fame. So she was probably hoping to become an Internet sensation one day.Not this way, though.The web is alive -- IT'S ALIVE!! -- with photos Isleib posted ... More >>

Game Time: Time To Take Over

​I will get the pleasantries out of the way ....My name is Sean Pendergast, and I am a sports talk show host at 1560 The Game.I realize that sentence has the sound and feel of a self-introduction at an AA meeting (and carries with it more similarities than you'd think), but I figure simplicity is ... More >>

The Aggies Know Great Architecture When They See It, Especially If It's Done By An Aggie

​Texas A&M University created an architectural award this year, the Spirit of Place medal, "envisioned as becoming one of the world's premier built-environment awards," according to a press release from the school.The university wants its new award to be "viewed in the same light" as the Stirl ... More >>

The Chronicle's Ortiz: Chief Of The Morality Police

I stumbled upon this Jose de Jesus Ortiz blog post on Sunday morning while I was in the process of trying to digest Saturday night's 13-2 Astros loss to the Washington Nationals. I puzzled over it during the day, but could never really make much sense of it. But then Deadspin got a hold of the thing ... More >>

That Steroids List Sounds True, Even If It Isn't

Via the blog The Big Lead (linking to the blog Rotoinfo) comes the most eagerly sought list of names in years. That's right, this is the supposed list of the 104 MLB players who failed the 2003 steroids/HGH drug testing.  The Big Lead breaks down the list and provides a couple of reasons fo ... More >>

Plagiarism? Or Great Minds Thinking Alike? A Lunatic Rant Inspires Controversy

Tuesday we wrote about a long, long manifesto making its way around the net, by the father of a one-time UH baseball player convinced coach Rayner Noble had sabotaged his kid's career.Our item was written by freelancer John W. Royal, who covers baseball and hockey for us.Today, the writer of the ... More >>

Mack Brown's Print-Loving Fans Enter The Fray

We wrote a while back about UT football coach Mack Brown's diary of his trip to see the troops in Iraq and other places. We excerpted the rather significant time Brown seemed to spend complaining about conditions.It went national, with Deadspin picking it up. There was the usual feedback from Longho ... More >>

The Texans' Owen Daniels, Conducting His Contract Holdout Via Facebook

You might have heard the news today that Houston Texans tight end Owen Daniels has decided to join Texans defensive back Dunta Robinson by not reporting for "voluntary" off-season training activities today. And both are holding out for a better contract offer from the Texans.But Daniels took his hol ... More >>

Don't Make Me Beg

The rumor mill has it that AOL Sports is about to start hiring beat reporters to cover the various sports in the professional leagues. This is supposed to be like what Yahoo! and CBS Sportsline have done - those of you who have read those sites know how those work. It's just like with the newspap ... More >>

Don't Make Me Beg

The rumor mill has it that AOL Sports is about to start hiring beat reporters to cover the various sports in the professional leagues. This is supposed to be like what Yahoo! and CBS Sportsline have done - those of you who have read those sites know how those work. It's just like with the newspap ... More >>

Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Really? That Good?

"That's as good a win as I've ever been around," Gary Kubiak said Sunday after the Texans 24-21 win over the Green Bay Packers. This probably explains why the Texans are a crappy team. Gary Kubiak was John Elway's backup on the day of The Drive, one of the greatest games in NFL playoff histor ... More >>

Talk about Statutory Rape: Karl Malone and the 13-Year-Old Baby Mama

Astros-Reds: That’s Five in a Row

Astros-Phillies: Jose Valverde Blows (the Save)

Double Standard: How Come Few People Bitch About Cheating in Football?

John Royal’s NFL Picks, Week Ten: Georgia (the Country, Not the State) Loves the Texans