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To Fill Will Leitch’s Deadspin Shoes, You Must…
To Fill Will Leitch’s Deadspin Shoes, You Must…
…be determined enough to ride a bull in a suit jacket. The “Fill Will Leitch’s Deadspin Post” sweepstakes is in full swing with several sites even coming up with odds ( here and here ) on who will get the editorship at the Gawker property. We’ll miss Will . But this is sports blogging. Today’s story will be history in about 12 hours or as soon ...
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Major League Baseball Wants A Place On Your New iPhone [IPhone Fun]
Deadspin — Yesterday was a terrible day to expect anyone over at Gawker HQ to answer our emails; the iPhone 3G coverage on Gizmodo alone kept the world of non-gadget coverage somewhere buried in the netherworld. So hey, why shouldn't we get in on the fun? Specifically, Major League Baseball — which is down with the series of tubes — is getting into this iPhone business with an instant highlights function on the phone. It seems like something you might be interested in, if you can get past the press release / tortured Mark Newman prose ...

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