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Tim Marchman
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Editor at Special Projects Desk

Liverpool can be the equivalent of San Antonio and it can be the equivalent of the Spurs. Basically, we write Liverpool Are Bad not Liverpool Is Bad for the same reason we would write The Miami Heat Are Bad not The Miami Heat Is Bad. Even though there are lots of instances where the latter would work fine, the style Read more

Uh, #actually, given that Salt Lake’s football club has an official charter from the Spanish crown (as is well known) I don’t think there’s anything to make fun of there. Read more

Due to a brain cramp, an earlier version of this story referred to noted moron Danny Kanell as a Heisman winner. He did not win a Heisman. Read more

“USA Gymnastics believed it necessary to speak with the athlete to understand the facts of her concern and that she and her mother would be more comfortable speaking with an independent, impartial individual. We hired a female investigator, who is experienced in handling sexual misconduct issues, to conduct the Read more

I get you, and this is why we made note of this in the post above and want to be transparent about it. Bottom line is this: This is an editorially-driven project (i.e. something Deadspin and Kotaku wanted to do anyway) for which a company bought out all the advertising over a certain period in advance, making it Read more

I suggested Rob Manfred Is A Fucking Terrorist for the headline but Redford is his own man. Read more

We’re still in a beta/pre-launch phase here, and before long we’ll have something up explaining our aims here. I think it’s fair to say, though, that if Kotaku and Deadspin were entirely independent sites we would both be expanding coverage in this area this year, and that it’s a good thing that we’re not and can work Read more

Hi, I’m Deadspin’s editor and the answer is “Absolutely not.” The reasons why should be pretty obvious, but the most basic one is this: Competitive gaming is a sport (there is absolutely nothing in the world that bores me more than stupid arguments over whether something is a sport, so I’ll just say this: it’s Read more

The absolute fucking worst. I’d rather listen to Fleetwood Mac or the Eagles. Read more

Oooh, good question. If we’re counting pre-Vertigo Vertigo titles I’m going to say V For Vendetta, Moore’s Swamp Thing, Sandman, and Y: The Last Man in that order, with Hellblazer just a little below there and the Morrison runs on Doom Patrol and Animal Man worth mentioning. Read more

I had oysters the other night, they were fantastic. Read more