Golden Palace.com’s Guerilla Marketing Goes Rodzilla

READ MORE: Deadspin, Dennis, Golden Palace, Rodman", Will Leitch Wears Panties

You may be asking yourself, what’s in the coffin? What’s with the hot chicks in half the slutty witch Halloween costumes? And then you see the Golden Palace.com sticker emblazoned on the side of the coffin and(of course) on the ladies’ chests. Then you realize that the most fantastically tasteless gambling website is sponsoring something. Something big. And then the coffin opens up and it’s…

Dennis Rodman. Dressed as Beetlejuice. Promoting his new book. Stunning.

Rodman’s Book Signing [Deadspin]

Lisa Perry’s Playboy Interview Suggest Peyton May Actually Like Chicks—This One In Particular

READ MORE: Deadspin, Gambling 911, Indianapolis Colts, Lisa Perry, Peyton Manning, Playboy

Our good friends at Gambling911 may have their own perfectly timed controversy on their hands in the wake of the whole Carolina Panthers cheerleader lesbo bathroom romp thing as their hot-ass free pick “expert” Lisa Perry, who appears in this month’s Playboy as its “Employee of the Month” feature, has a very interesting interview regarding her former stint as an Indinanapolis Colts cheerleader. In the brief interview, Perry suggests that in some way she left being a cheerleader because she couldn’t/didn’t adhere to the whole “no fraternizing with players” rule—and one high-profile, Chesney-loving quarterback may be the guy. Here is the full transcript of this month’s interview:

PLAYBOY: How long have you been cheering for the Colts?

LISA: I was with the Colts for five years and I was a captain, but I’m no longer a Colts cheerleader. I still root for them to win, but right now, I’m actually a reporter for Gambling911.com.

PLAYBOY: Any reason for the change?

LISA: Most NFL teams have rules about fraternizing with the players.

PLAYBOY: Details, please.

LISA: It’s a good story. We were in Tokyo for a preseason game. Afterward I went to my room to take a shower. Other girls came in, and they were sitting around eating when there was a knock on the door. I figured it was another cheerleader, so I said, “Come in.” The door opened and it was a couple of players. I was like, “Shut my door. What are you guys doing?” I’m in a towel. It looks bad—though I do look good in a towel. Sure enough, I got caught. A high-profile player, who shall remain nameless, was hiding in my shower.

PLAYBOY: Sounds innocent enough.

LISA: It was 100 percent—this time. But my director had it in for me all year. The anti-fraternization rule is the worst. It just happens I’m friends with the players and I’ll stay friends with them.

Gambling911.com’s CEO Chris Costigan confirmed that the story was true and that it was a high-profile player. He joked that it “could be Edgerin James.” We doubt it. The implication in the story that is that it’s Peyton Manning. Now, we know there have been rumors about Peyton’s sexuality being tossed around by our Pete Rose-hating brother site at Deadspin, but this should in some way relieve Peyton of his supposed homo tendencies, no? Peyton Manning hiding in the shower of a hot cheerleader in Tokyo does change our minds about things. A little bit. We just hope his wife is as understanding as we are.

Gambling 911 Not Commenting On Former Indianapolis Colts Cheerleader Lisa Perry posing in Playboy After Carolina Panthers Cheerleader Story [PR Web]
Is Former Indianapolis Colts Cheerleader Lisa Perry Good Enough For Playboy? [Gambling911]
Peyton Manning Going All Brokeback Mountain On Us? [Deadspin]

MLB Betting: Betting On The Mystery Juicer

READ MORE: Deadspin, Gary Sheffield, MLB Betting, MLB Futures, Steroids, Will Leitch Sucks

Surprising as it may be, a sportsbook has hopped on the whole AL outfielder guilty of steroid-usage controversy that has captivated(well, not captivated, actually. We’ll go with “bemused”) the sports world and oddly enough, they seem to have taken its list from our brother site(who actually does have an extremely hot sister, mind you) Deadspin for its odds list. Observe:
(Sportsinteraction.com’s odds)

Gary Sheffield: 2-1

Johnny Damon: 6-1

Manny Ramirez: 6-1

Steve Finley: 6-1

Jermaine Dye: 7-1

Vladimir Guerrero: 8-1

Trot Nixon: 9-1

Garret Anderson: 11-1

Scott Podsednik: 11-1

Bernie Williams: 16-1

Aaron Rowand: 21-1

Hideki Matsui: 21-1

And Deadspin’s poll results:

Gary Sheffield, New York Yankees: 32 percent (425 votes) Johnny Damon, Boston Red Sox: 19.8 percent (263 votes) Steve Finley, Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim: 14.1 percent (187 votes) Gabe Kapler, Boston Red Sox: 8.5 percent (113 votes) Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim: 7.0 percent (93 votes) Scott Podsednik, Chicago White Sox: 5.9 percent (78 votes) Jermaine Dye, Chicago White Sox: 5.3 percent (71 votes) Aaron Rowand, Chicago White Sox: 4.8 percent (64 votes) Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees: 2.7 percent (36 votes)

We think our floppy-haired pal at Deadspin deserves all of the resulting handicapping vig fees from Sportsinteraction.com. The man loves dining on sushi and purchasing Arizona Cardinals’ jerseys. That stuff’s expensive, you know.

AL Outfielder Steroid Odds [Sportsinteraction]
The Mystery AL ‘Roider: Sheffield, Says You [Deadspin]

Deadspin Takes Over the World

READ MORE: Deadspin, Yahoo

All men interested in sports-related gossip and news are encouraged to go check out Gawker’s sports blog Deadspin for enjoyable commentary and stuff other sports journalists aren’t allowed to talk about. Yahoo made Deadspin its pick of the day and said some very flattering comments about the site, all of which were lost on us because we can’t read very well. However, Deadspin is off and running like a toddler without a diaper and just making a brilliant mess of the sporting blogosphere.

Entertainment Betting: Oscar Odds Released

READ MORE: Academy Awards, Bill Simmons, Brokeback Mountain, Deadspin, Entertainment Betting, Jarhead, Munich, Oscar Nominations, Will Leitch

After a summer filled with not-so-memorable movies(except the completely captivating Devil’s Rejects, of course), it’s finally time to start thinking about the potential Oscar nominees, even though most of the good films haven’t come out yet. Fun. But that won’t stop BetWWTS.com from getting a hairy leg up. The heavy favorite is the Sam Mendes millitary drama Jarhead at 7/2, followed by Steven Spielberg’s ‘72 Olympic slapstick comedy Munich. The third favorite is homo-humpin-cowboy flick Brokeback Mountain at 7/1, starring Deadspin editor Will Leitch and ESPN 2’s Bill Simmons. Here’s the full list to chew on, bitches:

Best Motion Picture:
Jarhead 7/2
Munich 6/1
Brokeback Mountain 7/1
The New World 10/1
The White Countess 12/1
Memories of a Geisha 12/1
Cinderella Man 15/1
Walk the Line 15/1
All the King’s Men 20/1
Elizabethtown 25/1

First Official Academy Awards Odds for 2006 Released [PR Newswire]

Padres’ Scout May Have Gambling Problem on Blog

READ MORE: Deadspin, Gambling, Laws, Major League Baseball

Our kitten-loving, sports-humping step brother Deadspin is asking the question of whether or not San Diego Padres’ scout Branden Moskwa is in violation of baseball’s super-strict gambling policies by some of the content on his MLB Blog titled Sports Strategies which seems to have an over-abundance of gambling-related themes happening in addition to what appears to be a real problem of typing his entries with his face. Plus, his main site is sponsored by none other than Bodog. It appears that Moskwa must be in violation of something given his affiliation with major league baseball. Somebody find out so we can get him canned.

Today in MLB Blogs [Deadspin]
Branden Moskwa [Moskwa.ca]

Follow the Bouncing Steroid-Shriveled Balls: Gawker Launches Deadspin

READ MORE: Announcements, Deadspin

So Gawker is becoming more and more hetero by the month as today it launches its very own “sports” blog called Deadspin. It is helmed by Will Leitch, author of books about self-conscious Midwestern teenagers and co-editor of the mighty Black Table. Will loves the St. Louis Cardinals and Kurt Cobain with equal amounts of annoying zeal. He also loves spicy food, Pete Rose, American Beauty, jam bands, and chewing gum.

But he’s also an absolute sports lunatic and one of the smartest, funniest guys around. Anybody with a passing interest in sports culture will get a rise in their pants after reading Deadspin. Even chicks.

Gawker Finally Launches Deadspin