sportshuman of the year

2008 SHOTY

SHOTY First Round: Brett Favre Vs. Baby Mangino

All righty, kids, holidays are over, you have the next month of craziness to streak through — I never notice December has started until it's over — and it all begins now. Time to get serious, people. And nothing's more serious than SHOTY voting. More »

12:15 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008
By Will Leitch
9,253 views, 93 comments

Most discussed Return of DaOtter: I know it's against the grain here, but in the spirit of SHOTY, I have to vote against Baby Mangino. more »

2008 SHOTY

SHOTY First Round: Mark Cuban Vs. Matt Leinart

It's the day after Thanksgiving! If you have any good sense, you're lying on the floor right now, surrounded by pieces of bird skin, dealing with a nog-throbbing brain and complete with a homicide-scene outline traced with pie crust. Congratulations on getting to this point. You've earned it. Now, how about some SHOTY voting? Voting will remain open until the end of the first round ... so let's go with the matchup the seedings say will be the closest in the first round. It's No. 8 seed Mark Cuban vs. No. 9 Matt Leinart. A look at the nominees' 2008 resumes: More »

8:00 AM on Fri Nov 28 2008
By Will Leitch
7,053 views, 37 comments

Most discussed Doyle McPoyle: Cuban by reason of insanity. more »

2008 SHOTY

SHOTY First Round: Roger Clemens Vs. Vince Young

It's the day before Thanksgiving, and it's difficult to imagine much that would be more enjoyable than voting in the 2008 Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year tournament. Like you're doing any work today anyway. In fact, you're probably not even in the office right now. Are you reading this from the future? More »

11:00 AM on Wed Nov 26 2008
By Will Leitch
5,652 views, 59 comments

Most discussed jussstabitoutside: Gotta go with the dooshbag on this one. more »

2008 SHOTY

SHOTY First Round: Isiah Thomas Vs. Nightmare Ant

All right, everybody, it's time for the voting to begin. We'll be going Monday/Wednesday/Friday until the end of the year to get this rolling and prompt-like. But first off: Everybody salute the big pile of genius that is Jim Cooke for his official 2008 SHOTY poster. Bless his heart. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Nov 24 2008
By Will Leitch
13,447 views, 126 comments

Most discussed MattinglysSideburns: I don't like the idea of a repeat winner, so I went with Nightmare Ant...also, Threadjack/ Leafs trade Carlo Colaiacovo and Alex more »

DUAN!

Time For 2008 SHOTY Nominations

The time has come, ladies and gentlefolk. (We're actually starting a little bit late.) The 2008 Sportshuman Of The Year awards are about to grace you with their presence, and, as always, we need your nominations over here. More »

6:30 PM on Tue Nov 18 2008
By Will Leitch
13,012 views, 484 comments

2007 shoty

Your SHOTY Winner: Isiah Thomas

We would like to congratulate Isiah Thomas on his ascendence to the lofty perch of 2007 Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year. More »

2:20 PM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By Leitch
9,462 views, 116 comments

2007 shoty

SHOTY Title Game: Kige Ramsey Vs. Isiah Thomas

Well, we've come this far, and now it's time to crown a 2007 Sportshuman Of The Year. Fortunately, it didn't take very long. More »

2:20 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Leitch
20,860 views, 115 comments

Latest by dzop: People who vote for this Kige fellow are the same idiots who thought William Hung was funny. Kill yourselves. more »

2007 shoty

SHOTY Final Four: Elijah Dukes Vs. Isiah Thomas

Because it's New Years Eve, and we're taking tomorrow off, we figured we'd go ahead and let this post ride the rest of the night and all day tomorrow. (At least until we do our "ZOOOOK" post after the Illini shock the world in the Rose Bowl.) More »

5:15 PM on Mon Dec 31 2007
By Leitch
32,019 views, 1477 comments

Latest by FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns: @Token_Tennis_Fan: Buck up TTF. If it didn't hurt a bit coming out it'd mean the 3.5 months had been a more »

2007 shoty

SHOTY Final Four: Kige Ramsey Vs. Pac Man Jones

This is it, folks: We're at the Final Four. Look out: There's Billy Packer! Bah! Grrr! More »

2:20 PM on Wed Dec 26 2007
By Leitch
20,133 views, 68 comments

2007 shoty

SHOTY Elite Eight: Pac Man Jones Vs. Sean Salisbury

As we eye that looming upset, we look at our final Elite Eight matchup. More »

3:10 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Leitch
10,997 views, 42 comments

Latest by Tuffy: Will, are you working on Casimir Pulaski Day? I'm building my 2008 calendar. more »

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