How These Two White Guys Wound Up In This Kendrick Perkins Family Photo

For the next four hours, they watched television, ate Funyuns, and talked about the Kevin Garnett trade and the upcoming season. Perk was still skeptical about the deal that sent his friend Al Jefferson to Minnesota for KG. Brian remembers Perk saying that the Celtics better win a title that year or else “they’re gonna blame me.” At the end of the night, Perk brought Brian and Justin into the kitchen and offered them some homemade spaghetti and meat sauce. For some reason, Perk didn’t want them to eat in front of him. Instead, he shoveled single portions of pasta into plastic containers and instructed his new buddies to call him later, when they were finished with dinner.

Source: Deadspin
Published: Apr 20, 2011
Length: 10 minutes (2,663 words)

The Truth About Race, Religion, And The Honor Code At BYU

Over the past month, BYU has been held up as a symbol of all that is decent in college sports for its unsparing treatment of Brandon Davies, the African-American basketball player who violated the school’s honor code by reportedly having sex with his girlfriend. Davies was suspended shortly before the NCAA tournament, and a braying mainstream press lauded BYU for sticking to its principles. Sports Illustrated’s website even wondered if a values-driven, “non-hypocritical” BYU was “on the verge of becoming America’s team.” The reality isn’t so appealing.

Source: Deadspin
Published: Apr 15, 2011
Length: 18 minutes (4,658 words)

The Messy History Of Charlie Sheen’s ‘Winning’ Ring

As part of his relentless media odyssey this week, Charlie Sheen introduced himself to Twitter with a message that had a Chappelle-esque, “Kiss the rings, bitches” quality to it. It was an image of Sheen’s shimmering 1927 World Series ring that was once worn by another winner with an equally insatiable appetite for showgirls and booze: Babe Ruth. Industry experts estimate that the ring’s value would approach half a million dollars if it ever hit the auction market. In 1999, Sotheby’s sold what was believed to be Lou Gehrig’s 1927 ring for $96,000. The ring originated from the then-famous collection of super-collector (and Yankees limited partner) Barry Halper. That’s where the mystery of Sheen’s ring comes in.

Author: Pete Nash
Source: Deadspin
Published: Mar 5, 2011
Length: 6 minutes (1,718 words)

The Loneliness of the American College Transfer Student

I don’t usually bother telling people I went to Michigan for a single semester anymore. There isn’t much point because I’m at the age where people don’t give a shit where you went to school. They just ask you that question as a way of passing the time. But I also don’t mention it much because frankly, I’m still somewhat embarrassed by it. I transferred from Michigan, and while being a transfer student isn’t that big of a deal if you happen to be a D-I athlete shuttling between programs, it means something quite a bit different when you’re just a plain old kid.

Source: Deadspin
Published: Feb 17, 2011
Length: 8 minutes (2,099 words)

I Was Teenage Hockey Message Board Jailbait

If you Google hard enough, you can locate a thread deep within the Internet that was posted to the alt.sports.hockey.nhl.phila-flyers Usenet newsgroup on March 22, 2000. “Where oh where is Katie Baker??” reads the subject line. “What the hell happened to her?” says the post. The responses are mercifully cryptic. “Detention,” wrote one man. “Isn’t she trapped in Cambridge?” cracked another. “Harvard has a high school? :)” responded someone with the username Nastyflyersgirl. “Wow,” wrote one lady called Starr. “No one is safe with any secrets here. Like they say, the truth is bound to come out sooner or later.”

Source: Deadspin
Published: Jan 27, 2011
Length: 21 minutes (5,284 words)

The Legend Of Black Superman: Billy Ray Bates, Flying High In The Philippines

Source: Deadspin
Published: Jun 15, 2010
Length: 16 minutes (4,121 words)

School Of Fight: Learning To Brawl With The Hockey Goons Of Tomorrow

Source: Deadspin
Published: Jun 2, 2010
Length: 24 minutes (6,214 words)

Dead Wrestler Of The Week: AndrĂ© The Giant

Source: Deadspin
Published: Mar 23, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,490 words)