Deadspin
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Deadspin is a sports Website owned by Gawker Media that claims to deliver sports "without access, favor or discretion." The site launched in September 2005.
Deadspin's editor is Will Leitch, author of Life As A Loser and Catch, and a founding editor of the New York City-based culture Website The Black Table. Rick Chandler is the associate editor and The Mighty MJD is the weekend editor. The editorial tone is similar to that of its sister site Gawker.com: sarcastic, humorous and often critical of mainstream media personalities.
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The site posts commentaries, recaps and previews of the major sports stories of the day, as well as sports-related anecdotes, rumors and YouTube videos. Like Gawker.com, stories on Deadspin come from anonymous tips, readers and other sports blogs.
Deadspin has run real-time commentaries on major televised events such as the Super Bowl and NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. These commentaries are posted at periodic intervals during an event, and the site's editors and contributors usually take turns writing the commentaries during the course of the broadcast. The site has also had contributors report from the Super Bowl and the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
Another regular feature is Four Little Tidbits About..., which profiles participating teams in an upcoming event such as the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and the FIFA World Cup, one by one. Deadspin also occasionally interviews authors of sports books in a feature titled "Sports Author With Pure Hearts"; past interview subjects include Jeff Pearlman, author of Love Me, Hate Me and Sam Walker, author of Fantasyland.
[edit] Mainstream recognition
In an article on the "Top Web Stories" of 2005, Sports Illustrated cited two examples from Deadspin: photographs of Matt Leinart partying with an unknown girl at a nightclub in New York, and the first published report that outfielder Matt Lawton had tested positive for steroids.[1]
"You're with me, leather" became a running gag among Deadspin readers after the site posted a reader's anecdote that ended with ESPN personality Chris Berman reportedly picking up a woman using the line.[2] The phrase was later used by ESPN's Tony Kornheiser on WTEM and by Keith Olbermann of MSNBC on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.[3] ESPN anchor Neil Everett used a variation of the line, "He's with leather" during a SportsCenter broadcast.[4]On the TV show, "Las Vegas" on NBC, a reanactment of the scene was acted out. NBC sports also made a reference to the line when it reported that the NBA was switching back to the leather ball. [5]
Also the ongoing battle between Cleveland television reporter Carl Monday and Mike Cooper have became a running gag among Deadspin readers.
Leitch blogged live from the 2006 NCAA Tournament, as an official media guest of CBS Sports.[6]
[edit] Deadspin Hall of Fame
On Wednesday, September 9, 2006, Deadspin.com released its inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall of Fame. The site took nominations from the public and then distilled the nominees down to a select few. Visitors then voted on the candidates, with 75% being the standard for induction.
| Class | Name | % of Vote |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Carl Monday | 75+% |
| 2006 | "Run, You stupid f*ing dinosaur! Run!" | 75.0% |
| 2006 | Clinton Portis | 79.2% |
| 2006 | Kyle Orton | 80.0% |
| 2006 | Will Leitch's haircut | 84.2% |
| 2006 | Carolina Panthers Cheerleaders, Renee Thomas & Angela Keathley | 76.9% |
| 2006 | Chris Berman and "You're with me, Leather" | 75+% |
[edit] Sports Human of the Year
| Seed | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Berman | ||||
| Chris Berman | |||||
| 16 | Farney | ||||
| 8 | Matt Leinart | ||||
| Matt Leinart | |||||
| 9 | Rick Sutcliffe | ||||
| 5 | Harold Reynolds | ||||
| Harold Reynolds | |||||
| 12 | Ned | ||||
| 4 | Jay Mariotti | ||||
| Jay Mariotti | |||||
| 13 | Darren Daulton | ||||
| 6 | Ben Roethlisberger | ||||
| Ben Roethlisberger | |||||
| 11 | Joe Mikulik | ||||
| 3 | Barbaro | ||||
| Barbaro | |||||
| 14 | Lamar Thomas | ||||
| 7 | Ozzie Guillen | ||||
| Stephen A. Smith | |||||
| 10 | Stephen A. Smith | ||||
| 2 | Carl Monday | ||||
| Carl Monday | |||||
| 15 | Ricky Manning Jr. |
