The intrepid Brooks of SPORTSbyBROOKS has Telexed us with an urgent communique regarding Danica Patrick's now-infamous checkered flag/Old Glory tattoo (these colors will eventually run as age takes its toll on Danica). As you can kind of see from the photo, Danica's flags have sprouted angel wings. ...

What to watch as you turn the tables on your would-be mugger by stabbing him to death like the badass you are ... • College Basketball: Oklahoma vs. Texas (9 pm EST). Tonight, the parts of Colt McCoy and Sam Bradford will be played by AJ Abrams and Blake Griffin. [ESPN] Uhhhh...jeez. That's about ...

Dr. Will Brinson wants to know if bloggers really hate Jesus, as one Rick Reilly seems to think. Head on over to Brahsome and take his pole. I mean poll. It's for science. SCIENCE! [Brahsome]...

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. Say hello to Bartolo Colon, elite athlete. He has already eaten your soul, and is hungry for more. This is what happens when the only tips sitting in my inbox are A-Rod stories, Ni...

It's been quite some time since someone not named KOGOD or Tuffy discussed the soccer-related events of the day, but the fans of the beautiful game have spoken. Here's what's happening this weekend. We, or at least I, need to thank Friend of the Program Ryan Noel for his invaluable assistance in the...

Veteran NCAA referee Ed Hightower is notorious for his foul-calling theatrics. One group of fans had enough and fought back the only way they knew how - via the awesome power of MS Paint. You see, Ed Hightower doesn't just call a foul, though he certainly calls a lot of them. He turns each whistle-b...

Meet Tatiana Montoyo. She is the starting point guard on the Syracuse Central Tech junior varsity girls' basketball team. She is also 3'10" tall. I vow to not drop the "big heart" line. Tatiana, 15, was born with short-limbed dwarfism, a condition that did not require me to check WebMD for an explan...

newVideoPlayer("/arodkatie_deadspin.flv", 506, 423,""); In a 2007 interview with hard-boiled gotcha journalist Katie Couric, soft-spoken Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez flat out denied taking steroids. Gotcha. In light of today's allegations that Rodriguez tested positive for two banned substances in...

What does Carolina Panthers wideout Muhsin Muhammad have in common with a college freshman? Both have overinflated views of their self worth (hi, bitter Bears fan here) and both have problems with credit cards. Yesterday, the Charlotte Observer observed that Wachovia Bank is suing Muhammad for the $...

This just seems gratuitous. Hot on the heels of Joe Torre's "A-Fraud" revelations, Sports Illustrated has published a story claiming that Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two different anabolic steroids in 2003. In a story published today on SI.com that will probably not surprise t...