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Nikola Jokić will no longer be overshadowed by a burritoIt’s safe to say that Nikola Jokić is no longer an afterthought to some tasty Mexican fare. ...

In Shocking Betrayal, Penn Basketball Ditches Cheesesteaks For Fish BurritosThe Penn men’s basketball team is 5-2 so far this year; freshman Michael Wang has been particularly impressive. Their losses are to Kansas State and Oregon State. The only blip this season so far is losing Ryan Betley for the season five minutes into the opening game. (Penn rallied to win at George ...

Former MLSer Quit Team To Be With His Cancer-Stricken DogAs fans and followers exclusively of high-quality soccer, no one here at Deadspin picked up on the somewhat curious case involving the wonderfully nicknamed MLS player Juan Manuel “Burrito” Martínez and his mutually terminated contract with Real Lago Salado. Reported then only as a “personal issue” ...

Kelly Olynyk Attempts To Finish Burrito In Just Four Bites

The NBA season is long and the plane rides are plentiful, leaving plenty of time for shenanigans. On a recent team flight Celtics center Kelly Olynyk was somehow convinced to attempt to take down a monster burrito in just four bites, and of course Amir Johnson documented it (and posted it to Snapcha...

Christ, It’s The "Creamy Vs. Crunchy Peanut Butter" Debate Again

Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering screen angst, littering, socks, and more....

Burrito Smackdown: Chipotle Vs. Qdoba

Serious Mexican-food folk talk mostly about tacos these days, which is cool, except that tacos are sorta bullshit. I mean, there's nothing wrong with a taco, other than the fact that it's just a miniature open-faced burrito, i.e., a lesser burrito. Disdaining the burrito—it's not even authentic Mexi...

FiveThirtyEight has kicked off its search for America's best burrito. A selection committee—with the help of a Yelp-based "value over replacement burrito" metric—will pick the 64 contenders from over 65,000 establishments; burrito correspondent Anna Maria Barry-Jester will take it from there. [FiveT...

JaVale McGee Threw A Free Burrito Party, But Only One Dude Showed Up [UPDATE]

JaVale McGee invited 10 Twitter followers to a free lunch with him at Chipotle yesterday. And in typically JaVale fashion, the invitation was well-intentioned, but poorly thought out, producing a hilarious result. Given just five minutes notice, only one fan made it to Chipotle: Andy Mathisen, who d...