A little over an hour ago, Deadspin’s Tim Burke and Jack Dickey dropped a bombshell on the internet. Manti T’eo – near-Heisman winner and probable 1st round pick in April’s upcoming NFL Draft – does not have a dead girlfriend after all.

Wait, so Derek Jeter ISN’T having a sex change? He’s NOT missing the remainder of the season? The Yankees’ Facebook page was just hacked? Oh. Had us going for a second there.

The producers on the Today Show ran some footage of Jerrod Johnson this morning. The only problem? They were talking to Mike Vick.

Deadspin has obtained a leaked copy of ESPN’s Standards and Practices manual. Because ESPN is ESPN, and because they completely control the flow of information about sports, and because they continuously straddle the line between being a news organization and an entertainment company, the manual is worth a look.

The advertising portion of it seems particularly obsessed with condoms, mentioning no less than six different restrictions placed on ads for rubbers. In case you were wondering, condom commercials are not to be seen outside the hours between 9 PM and 4:59 AM, during programming believed to be targeting audiences age 17 and younger, and on the ESPN.com homepage, index pages, and pages for Little League, or the NCAA. Because the last thing we need is college students practicing safe sex.

Bryant guest stars in Taiwanese pop star, Jay Chou’s new music video, Tian Di Yi Dou.

In an interview with Newsday’s Neil Best, ESPN’s Erin Andrews spoke about the aftermath of the peephole video incident, and the impact widespread sharing of the video had on her and her family.

Deadspin has published an unedited draft for an ESPN the Magazine column on athlete infidelity. Like most unedited drafts, it’s different than the finished product, and when you see it, you’ll understand why.

A while back we wrote about Bill Simmons’ upcoming “editorial project.” Well, now we know something more about it: Deadspin contributor Katie Baker is on board.

Earlier this afternoon, Deadspin unleashed the leaked pilot script for CBS’ upcoming Colin-Cowherd-based sitcom. There’s a good chance you won’t like it. Just know this: that’s probably exactly the way it was intended.

Tonight, HBO’s Real Sports will profile Deadspin, the website that’s brought you hits like Brett Favre’s penis, Rex Ryan’s foot fetish, and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ books.