A Bottle of Luck

INT. DIVE BAR, DECEMBER 1971 - NIGHT A crowd of middle-aged men sit on stools in front of a long mahogany bar.  A bartender stands placidly, occasionally moving to refill an empty mug from a series of taps featuring familiar American macrobrews.  Behind the bar, a single television broadcasts Monday Night

Welcome Deadspin Refugees!

Greetings!  Much like finding your way to the mythical Ultima in the Choose Your Own Adventure book "Inside UFO 54-40", you don't necessarily remember how you ended up here at doorfliesopen [DFO], but somehow you did.  We're glad you're here!  Like many of the new folks, many of us were also

The Losers’ Investment Club: Transportation

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY Several NFL personalities are sitting in chairs around a conference table.  BILL O'BRIEN is staring at a laptop, swearing repeatedly.  JOSH ROSEN, KATIE NOLAN and HUE JACKSON are gazing listlessly at the cellphones. --- [door flies open] --- COLIN COWHERD: Hi guys.  Sorry I'm late, there was...hang on

Your 2019 Rugby World Cup Preview

[Editor's Note: With Andy Reid sorting out a thorny issue with U.S. Customs agents at the Canadian border, The Losers' Investment Club will be on hiatus this week and presumably will return next week when $ARA is hopefully out of the toilet.  At least it's not ROKU, I guess.]   Greetings!  Welcome

Request Line: In Good Hands

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER is seated at the console, setting things up for the day's show.  DJ 3000 relaxes nearby.  DJ 3000: So who's the guest for today? PRODUCER: [looks up] Oh, actually it's quite the get. DJ 3000: We're closing out the season in style? PRODUCER: Very much so. RECEPTIONIST: [via intercom]

Request Line: Joy

I originally had a traditional Request Line planned for today.  It's going to be a delight, I promise you.  But you'll have to wait until next week, because I woke up this morning feeling inexplicably happy.  So I thought I dedicate this week's Request Line to the concept of "joy".

Why I Won’t Be Watching The NFL This Year: Your 2019 Homeless Raiders Season Preview

In Big Daddy Balls' 2016 edition of "Why Your Team Sucks" for the Chicago Bears, the fan responses were a pretty standard collection of laments about the team's ineptitude and fan culture.  Not exactly the place you'd look for a true revelation.  But I found one there, and it took