• waxing off

    Some Sweet, Sweet Charlie Weis Love, And Other Unconventional Sports Crushes

    Once upon a time, a site called The Black Table had a regular feature entitled Waxing Off, in which women gathered in an online roundtable to discuss issues of the day, and also to make fun of Will Leitch's shoes. And so we got to thinking: With so many great female sports bloggers out there, why not import the idea here? It's just crazy enough to work. So behold: The latest edition of Deadspin's Waxing Off. We found some terrific female writers who were willing to pen short pieces on this week's topic: Unconventional sports crushes.

    I think women are smart, don't get me wrong. But for the life of me I can't figure out how Lyle Lovett scored him some Julia Roberts. And Enza Sambataro dumps Ben Affleck for Kevin Youkilis? (room spinning, must sit down). OK ladies, explain yourselves. You have six posts in which to do so.

    By the way, if you'd like to be part of the Waxing Off writing staff, email myself at Rick@Deadspin.com, or Mr. Daulerio at AJD@Deadspin.com. More »

    4:30 PM on Fri Nov 21 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    6,538 views, 67 comments

    Most discussed GirlsDontKnowSports: So I realized the link to my blog is messed up. Since I am amazing at typos I'm going more »

  • Greg Oden

    Greg Oden's Body Hates Him

    Well, it's a good thing Greg Oden has that creaky knee back in proper working order. That way, the Portland Trail Blazers' medical staff can focus their full attention on his latest injury: A "sprained" foot.

    I'll give Oden this much: He’s already been more durable than he was last season. After all, he managed to play almost three whole minutes of a real, honest-to-goodness regular season game before hurting himself. He hobbled through nine more minutes of first-half "action" after the injury, but he played poorly (zero points, 0-for-4, 5 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 2 fouls) and spent the second half in the locker room wearing a walking boot. More »

    12:30 PM on Wed Oct 29 2008
    By Basketbawful
    4,961 views, 40 comments

  • media

    The Greg Oden Picture Guy Strikes Again

    You may remember Daniel Shapiro here; he's the Portland Trail Blazers fan who had his picture taken with a remarkably unimpressed Greg Oden on an airliner recently. Here he is again at some unnamed sporting event with Boston Globe scribbler Bob Ryan, where it seems as if the only way Ryan could be less thrilled was if he were posing with Joumana Kidd. More »

    10:30 AM on Thu Oct 16 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    6,907 views, 50 comments

    Most discussed WanderingBear: My advice to Dan is to do what his parents did; get a JOB, sir! more »

  • nba roundup

    Greg Oden Couldn't Be More Thrilled With Your Request For A Photo

    Thanks to Phil Golding for this picture, who got it from a friend who enjoyed a recent flight with Trail Blazers rookie Greg Oden. I think it's hilarious that the preseason hadn't even started yet, and already Oden is fed up with the fans. His attitude had improved greatly by Tuesday, however, as the seven-foot rookie from Ohio State finally made his Portland debut in a 110-81 Blazers' win over Sacramento at the Rose Garden. More »

    10:00 AM on Wed Oct 8 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    24,253 views, 53 comments

    Most discussed Matt_T: I guess Oden wasn't too familiar with the works of the Spin Doctors. more »

  • NBA

    Greg Oden: Baller, Obama Supporter, Crooner

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  • espys

    Oden, Durant Are Fine Judges Of Talent

    Here's a photo from the 2007 ESPYs which I haven't seen before, so I suppose it should be officially submitted to our files. Greg Oden and Kevin Durant certainly appreciate fine things, and by that I mean the award, of course. Look on Oden's face = "Not bad." More »

    10:45 AM on Fri Aug 1 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    14,169 views, 52 comments

    Latest by MopUpReliever: Mmmm. Sop it up wit a biscuit. more »

  • blogdome

    Making Teenage Faces

  • Colts Cheerleaders get their hair did. [Don Chavez]
  • Straightening out what really happened with Bobby Petrino going to Arkansas. [The Slophouse]
  • An exciting summer for Cedric Benson has just begun [Tirico Suave]
  • Some impressive newfangled playbook technology. [The Wizard of Odds]
  • Greg Oden doesn't share my contempt for that G2 ad. I guess injuries are part of the G2 life. [Blazers Blog]
  • Jim McKay meant more in Maryland [Bromoblog]
  • An ode to Mike Tranghese [35 Seconds]

2:30 PM on Sun Jun 8 2008
By Christmas Ape
2,706 views, 4 comments

Latest by NovakAintNoJokovic: @Dieter: Totally agree. I thought it looked pretty cool. Now if only producers could use it with color commentators... more »

  • greg oden

    Greg Oden Needs To Come Back Soon


    Greg Oden, honestly, you can't back to the NBA fast enough. We're not sure what's going on with his hair here, but we still love it. We fully expect to run into Oden at, like, half the parties we go to.

    5:01 PM on Fri May 16 2008
    By Will Leitch
    3,150 views, 41 comments

    Latest by josereyes.theroof wishes to perform Tim Harris's sack-dance for you: Greg Oden is already catching the Portland spirit. He's looking to play in the studio with TV on the Radio. /& more »

  • greg oden

    Oden, The Day After

    Portland might be the place where indie rockers go to die, but it's certainly a very sad place still today, in the wake of Greg Oden's devastating medical diagnosis. More »

    11:40 AM on Fri Sep 14 2007
    By Leitch
    7,064 views, 45 comments