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Barry Petchesky
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Deputy editor | Deadspin

I’m an Oilers/Titans fan but too young to remember Campbell’s playing days. Poor guy gave his health to the game of football. It makes me question my desire to continue watching the sport when I see him at events like the Heisman ceremony and hear that he was washing down OxyContins with Bud just to function. How much Read more

Earl has was a customer of mine for 15 years. He’s a very genuine guy, funny as can be, and his family are amazing folks. His sons and wife are just great people to be around. But it always saddened me seeing that man try to even walk anymore. Football destroyed his body, but luckily he made some great business Read more

“Heroes don’t act that way, people said,” Dale Robertson reported in the Houston Post, with a heaping of wryness. “Davy Crockett wouldn’t have asked for a raise at the Alamo. Shame, shame.” Read more

A murder over a bad Houston Oilers team in the 1980s. Imagine how many bodies there will be if Ezekiel Elliott sits out this season. Read more

Stewart told reporters that Campbell had recently met with the financially troubled, scooter-confined former heavyweight fighter Joe Louis and that Campbell had told Stewart, “I don’t want to end up like Joe Louis.”” Read more

Kinda disappointed Oddibe McDowell isn’t on this list, or at least whoever is still receiving his water bill.  Read more

Lemme tell you, I have made a SHITLOAD of money working from home (this bit is false) and would love to edit this for you. Not that I really understand what that entails (this bit is true). I think I’ve also just demonstrated a solid grasp of what is fact and what is fiction, which I sort of assume may be a part of an Read more

why not just throw the emeritus in there and we can go back to the collective we Read more

What better way to stick it to the Yankees by not only refusing to send them Syndergaard because of...reasons...but also trading for one of the few viable options they had left? Read more