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In 1989, the Brolin men co-starred in a made-for-TV movie called Finish Line. We'd never heard of this film until a tipster sent along a link to the promo last week. It's worth watching the clip in its entirety, because as far as we can tell, it doesn't miss a single important moment from the movie itself (but it looks like you can still get the VHS for about five bucks on Amazon). More »
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Tyson Gay beat Usain Bolt today in the 100m at the IAAF Track and Field Diamond League in Stockholm. It was Bolt's first loss in two years. I'm sure the headlines for this will be extremely tasteful. More »
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Walter Dix beat out Tyson Gay in the 200m at this weekend's Prefontaine Classic, leading Reuters to produce lots of muffled laughter with this headline. [Reuters] More »
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Semenya was cleared to return to competition by track's governing body today, even as questions remain regarding her gender. Here's what happened. More »
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The Olympic gold medalist failed a doping test, because, he says, he took a "male enhancement" product. We don't really believe that, as a giant cock would wreck a runner's wind resistance, and make a mess of the baton handoff. More »
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One college track athlete learned the hard way that, rather than giving you the strength of your enemies, drinking blood will only get you kicked out of school and deported. More »
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Caster Semenya reportedly has no womb or ovaries but does have internal testes, and, as if determined to provide the missing piece, everyone is being a huge dick about the whole thing. More »
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The latest is that Semenya, the 800-meter world champion, reportedly has high testosterone and a coach famous for stuffing East Germans full of steroids, and that her hero is WWE wrestler John Cena. Only one of these things actually matters. More »
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While it may be cruel to so publicly question Caster Semenya's gender, it's not a ridiculous question. But just keep in mind you're being racist. What? More »
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Androgynous distance runner Caster Semenya has won the 800 final at the track and field world championships, shaving more than a second off the year's fastest time as if it were an unwanted penis. [IAAF] More »
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South African distance runner Caster Semenya will run in tonight's women's 800-meter final at the track and field world championships in Berlin, despite concerns that she's a dude pulling a reverse Yentl on the world. More »
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So, what if Michael Phelps had a huge lead in the 200 meter freestyle, and as he approached the finish he flipped over and started doing a lazy backstroke, spitting water up like a fountain? Or the U.S. women's basketball team, ahead by 30 in the gold medal game, running around making Harlem Globetrotter moves? Hard to speculate how that would go over. Reactions were mixed regarding Usain Bolt's win in the 100 meters on Saturday, as the Jamaican won so handily that he eased up over the last 20 meters, looked around and gestured to the crowd, still breaking his own world record at 9.69. More »
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Our infatuation with University of California pole vaulter Allison Stokke was real at one time, but it seems so childish these days. Simply put, we're over you, Allison. We've moved on (the restraining order helped). Yes, new romance is in the air: Meet Jennifer Mueller, a freshman sprinter at USC who has absolutely no chance of going to the Beijing Olympics, but whom we'll be watching closely anyway. Do me a favor and never malign track in my presence again. More »
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Among the countless reasons why you shouldn't pursue a career in sports: The sports pages will always consider what you do news, even if you haven't worked in sports in years and find yourself arrested for something that has nothing to do with sports. Once a news item, always a news item. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=388010&view=rss&microfeed=true The IAAF has annulled all of Marion Jones results dating to September 2000, and has asked her to return $700,000 in prize money. No word yet on whether her Nintendo Power Pad records will also be erased. [The New York Times] More »
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Apparently there were still humans on the planet who legitimately believed Marion Jones hadn't taken anabolic steroids, but for the rest of us, Jones' "confession" was a confirmation of what any reasonable person had known for quite some time. More »
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Many years from now, when we all have personal jet packs and Brett Favre finally retires, mop jousting will be as commonplace at buttered toast. ESPN will have four channels devoted to it, all hosted by Mike Golic. Your kid will be in a mop jousting league. Every family will own at least seven mops. Your kitchen floors, of course, will be spotless. More »
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