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Hirshey: Madness, Glory And The Self-Correcting Aneurysm

RandomHookup — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 17:24:10 EDT

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RandomHookup

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Biff — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:04:12 EDT

I am not, nor will I ever really be, a soccer fan. However I sincerely hope that Deadspin will continue to give soccer the respect it has this past month. Fringe sports like soccer need Deadspin, as mainstream medias like the Worldwide Leader continue to fixate more and more towards one more retread of Sox-Yanks and endless football replays with overly-dramatic narration. (Not that I don't enjoy those things, its just that variety is the spice of life.) Now if only I could convince Will to give the NHL this much love...

Biff

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Caro — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:57:21 EDT

I watched this sitting in a bar in southern Mexico and everyone was screaming. It was really fun, and this is with Mexico having been knocked out two weeks ago. Even if you're not enamoured with soccer, I think more Americns should get into it 'cuz the World Cup is (at the very least) one hell of a party. This series of articles have been great! That head-butt . . . holy moly, what a fool.

Caro

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yesiamahooker — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:13:05 EDT

Mostly I will miss the Guardian coverage (The Fiver, The minute-by-minute reports and podcast).

yesiamahooker

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spinachdip — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:44:11 EDT

Gasface - Amen to that. Hooray for more Hirshey, though he kinda lost me with that "Go you Gunners thing". And Gattusso running around in his undies? It might have been because of his Dolce & spinachdip

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Gasface — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:31:14 EDT

Spinchdip, I'm a pretty big baseball fan, but I totally agree with you. ESPN is fixated on showing every identical looking homerun from every meaningless mid-summer game at the expense of more interesting sports news. And I hope soccer takes a bigger role on Deadspin on a permanent basis- EPL and all that.

Gasface

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spinachdip — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:29:37 EDT

btw, this is my favorite YTMND now: http://zidanewantscandy.ytmnd.com/

spinachdip

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spinachdip — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:09:07 EDT

konstant - when you're talk about soccer, it's considered shoving it down their throats. As opposed to, you know, 75% of SportsCenter in the summer being devoted to baseball. I have nothing against baseball - I just don't think soccer haters know what shoving something down their throat is. Also, Bill Clinton got the biggest cheers of the day at the bar yesterday. Followed by the Brazilian girl in the U2 montage. I love this country.

spinachdip

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AwfulAnnouncing — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:05:06 EDT

"I'm not QUAAAAAID!"

AwfulAnnouncing

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TripleHandsome — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:04:11 EDT

The head butt is one thing, but how did the announcers not comment on the Itallian players celebrating by running around in their underwear, come on More gay!

TripleHandsome

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flubby — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:02:08 EDT

http://tonaz.altervista.org/zidane.html

flubby

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Paper Cut — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:56:55 EDT

of Jerry Lewis. Damn fingers.

Paper Cut

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Paper Cut — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:56:38 EDT

I heard Matterazzi was making fun Jerry Lewis.

Paper Cut

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Monday Morning Punter — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:54:01 EDT

"Quaid...Start the Reactor..."

Monday Morning Punter

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Luis Sojo Jr. — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:53:43 EDT

What I'll always remember from this tournament: "Mais pourquoi? Pourquoi!?!"

Luis Sojo Jr.

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konstantConsumer — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:53:07 EDT

man are there some bitchy people on this thing. i can't stand baseball, but you don't see me whining every time something baseball related is reported. football rules, both types, so keep up the great work!

konstantConsumer

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Str8 Cash Homies — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:43:00 EDT

The sand head looks like the thing coming out of the dude's chest at the end of Total Recall.

Str8 Cash Homies

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Mr. Bigglesworth — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:30:30 EDT

Who's the bald guy on the left in the sand sculpture? Pretty Freaky.

Mr. Bigglesworth

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Captain Caveman — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:25:02 EDT

A fitting tribute. I'm not saying that I no longer want to stab Italy fans in the neck, but I'll relent enough to say congratulations to the team that persevered in a tough tournament.

Captain Caveman

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Gravy — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:21:12 EDT

Zidane's headbutt was the most memorable event from this world cup. Overall, quite a mediocre world-cup. Let August Roll on, go on ye mighty redmen!

Gravy

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Andy G — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:20:44 EDT

Good stuff, Mr. Hirshey. Hey...how do we explain that the only team the Italians played and didn't beat in this World Cup was the U.S? And they were a man up for half that game. That makes no sense at all.

Andy G

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AwfulAnnouncing — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:16:11 EDT

Good work Dave....I still think you should replace O'Brien and Balboa next tourney. See you in 4.

AwfulAnnouncing

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Big Daddy Drew — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:13:55 EDT

The Premiereship?! You mean we've got more soccer coming? Um... that's neat!

Big Daddy Drew

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Roy Keane — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:10:22 EDT

The last thing anyone remembers hearing Matterazzi say before the headbutt was something about Fellini's superiority over Louis Malle. If that's true, who can blame Zidane? Loved the columns, David Hirshey.

Roy Keane

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Barry Lutz — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:08:30 EDT

Best soccer journalism I've ever read. So what if it's the only soccer journalism I've ever read?

Barry Lutz

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Monday Morning Punter — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:07:38 EDT

...a billion people, including Bill Clinton, were watching... Zidane's red card was the second-best head he'd ever had.

Monday Morning Punter

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Glossina Glossinidae — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:05:06 EDT

Yawn.

Glossina Glossinidae

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Delicious Pundit — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:04:07 EDT

David Hirshey did great. Now I think he should kick back, relax, and put his shirt back on.

Delicious Pundit

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Juancho — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:00:36 EDT

You're with me, David Hirshey. Excellent work.

Juancho