<![CDATA[Deadspin: Badminton]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Badminton]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/badminton http://deadspin.com/tag/badminton <![CDATA[Is Time For Soviet Badminton With Putin And Medvedev]]> Russian President Dmitry Medvedev posted a video to the official Kremlin blog yesterday, in which he extols the virtues of badminton and urges the youth of the nation to take up the sport. Even better, he calls in Vladimir Putin for a friendly game. We have taken the liberty of translating the video for you. Enjoy. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5853085&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wild Australian Horse Decides To Run Away From A Steeplechase Course And Over The Crowd]]> Your morning roundup for May 6, the day Willie Mays becomes an octogenarian. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5799143&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Famous" Would Have Been Pushing It]]> Unlikely headline of the day: "Well-Known Badminton Player Dies." [North-West Evening Mail] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5420032&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[There Is Nothing Funny About This Picture]]> Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5334746&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Do Not Mess With This Man]]> Ed Leong, 86, fights San Francisco City Hall over badminton court use fees, wins. Fear the shuttlecock. [Wall Street Journal] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5164888&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Chinese Badminton Bad Boy, Super Dan, Sets the Ladies Swooning]]> Lin Dan, or Super Dan, is China's top badminton player. He's also had a few run-ins with authority figures. There was the time he tried to hit another player's coach with his racket. And the other time he took a swing at his own coach with a racket. None of that, however, has stopped the 24-year-old from becoming a Chinese heartthrob. Lin Dan puts the bad-ass in badminton, if that's in anyway possible. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5036235&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Most Dominant Sports Team Of All Time? Think Shuttlecock]]> Debate raged on ESPN Radio into the wee hours this morning over which athlete is more dominant; Tiger Woods or Roger Federer? Then the argument shifted to which team was the most dominant in all of sports history? The 1980s 49ers came up, as the did the '80s Lakers. John Wooden's UCLA basketball teams need to be considered. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=232114&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[That's Never Been MY Experience]]> Do me a favor. Click this link, check out the headline, then come back. I'll wait. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=201150&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Greatest Team Name Of All Time]]> Sad day in the world of badminton: The New Zealand national badminton team has changed its name. What was it, you ask? Why, the New Zealand Black Cocks, of course. More »
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