I hope people are seeing this responses. I’ve answered this one twice already. Different answers each time from now on: This was secretly Nick Denton’s pet name for his left kneecap. (The right kneecap had no name, which I’ll confess I found strange.)
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We’re doing a whole “our favorite pieces” thing from the editors later this week — I think — but the Manti Te’o story still feels like the essential essence of the Deadspin mission: To call out bullshit.
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Honestly? Yes.
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Sure, hang on, I think he’s about to pull my car around.
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Totally underrated. You know what movie he’s secretly great in? “The Paper.” Also a terrific Randy Quaid performance, before the crazy and the video streaming of all the humping.
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Answered this earlier, but Denton. Obviously, searching Kinja is impossible, but it’s up there somewhere.
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You don’t have to ask me twice. Though I’m sad we won’t be able to do it at the White Horse. That was my haunt.
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It’s the only thing I ever wanted to do. Sports was an accident. I’ll always be indebted to Daulerio, Craggs and Harvilla for allowing me to continue the illusion that I have any propensity toward being any good at it. They’re just indulging me. Grierson’s a real critic. I’m just Garth Brooks at fantasy camp,… Read more

I feel old every day. Do you realize what album I’m listening to right now? Pavement’s “Wowee Zowie.” Do you know how old you have to be to randomly listen to that album on a Tuesday afternoon? And, oh, to “listen to an album?” Christ, I’m freaking Lupica, it’s time to stop pretending.
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I’ve agreed not to bring this up. (But yes.)
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The Comment Ninja was inside of us all along. (It was sort of uncomfortable, but we learned a lot about ourselves and ultimately it was all worth it.)
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Simmons.
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NIBBLES
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I’m very proud of what they do here on a daily basis. If Deadspin — and Gawker, really — is responsible for anything, it’s hopefully getting rid of this idea that there are “respectable” things to cover, and “disreputible” things to cover. I also don’t understand how anyone could ever compare Deadspin and TMZ. I mean,… Read more

Hmmm. This is hard! Read more

Not really. Every story before then was eaten by Gawker CMS redesigns and reconfigurations anyway. (This is like the fifth time I’ve brought this up, in case you couldn’t tell that I’m still a bit sore about it.)
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Oates. Definitely Oates. As for his association with this site, I have no idea. But he’s John Oates more than anyone has ever been John Oates, and that includes John Oates.
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I’m not sure Clay would ever want to be seen around such Mean Girls.
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Of course. My whole career is built on it.
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