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It'll Be A Lot Harder To Scalp Super Bowl Tickets This Year
You are not going to the Super Bowl. You are not a corporate sponsor or a Bruno Mars roadie or the guy who polishes the Snoopy sculpture outside of MetLife Stadium, so you can absorb this news as an abstraction: the NFL is majorly jacking up the prices of the best seats for its first cold-weather Su...
Astros Lost In Local TV Ratings To Out-Of-Market WNBA Game
On Saturday, the Astros set an all-time low for viewership in the Houston area, with an average of 915 households tuning in for Houston's loss to the Angels. That's sad, but this is sadder. ...
Texas A&M Raised A Record $740 Million In Donations Last Year
For the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, Texas A&M received a mammoth $740 million in pledges and gifts, according to an email sent out by chancellor John Sharp. When it's all collected and finalized, it should be an all-time record for a public university. And make no mistake: it's about football....
Jeffrey Loria Is Running The Marlins Into The Ground
This is news that should curdle the blood of Marlins fans: According to local and national reports, the front office is irrevocably fractured, and baseball decisions are being made by Jeffrey Loria....
An Astros Game Had Just 1,000 TV Viewers
Houstonians apparently had better things to do than watch the Astros Saturday night. Like, anything at all. ...
David Moyes Calls For Retroactive Punishment For Divers
Ashley Young is one of the most notorious divers in the Premier League, launching himself with such abandon and frequency that fans have set his antics to the Superman theme. David Moyes is one of the practices's most outspoken critics, having fined his own players for it in the past. So when Moyes ...
High School Player Dies After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit
Damon Janes, a 16-year-old junior running back at Brocton (N.Y.) High School, died Monday after losing consciousness from a helmet-to-helmet hit in a game Friday night. ...
A Found Love Poem To A Sporty, Dyslexic, Russian Orphan Girl
Today's entry in our ongoing Unsolicited Letters series is an odd one, but kind of beautiful. A love poem to a soccer-playing, god-fearing orphan....
Former FAMU Player Killed By Police Was Shot 10 Times
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said today that officer Randall Kerrick, who faces manslaughter charges, fired 12 rounds at Jonathan Ferrell, striking him 10 times. ...
Man Who Was Evicted For 1964 Olympics To Be Evicted For 2020 Olympics
The IOC hates Kohei Jinno....
Chip Kelly Doesn't Quite Know All The NFL Rules Yet
The Eagles' college-to-pro coach admitted he was unclear on the NFL injury rules when he unnecessarily kept Michael Vick out of a crucial late-game situation yesterday. It's a learning process....
![Here's A Chiefs Fan Getting Tasered At Arrowhead [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/190d82a7g8tvnjpg.jpg)
Here's A Chiefs Fan Getting Tasered At Arrowhead [Update]
Also a butt crack....
Nationals Game Canceled After Navy Yard Shootings
MLB just announced that tonight's scheduled Braves-Nationals game will not be played, after this morning's shootings at the nearby Navy Yard....
HS Team Celebrates Game-Winning FG Block, Doesn't Realize Ball Is Live
Play to the whistle....
Did Ray Rice Spit At Phil Taylor?
After the second play of the Browns-Ravens game, Cleveland tackle Phil Taylor earned a flag for slapping Ray Rice's helmet. Taylor insinuated that he was retaliating for something Rice had done....
The Red Sox Made Mariano Rivera's Ceremony All About The Red Sox
Throughout his farewell season, Mariano Rivera has been honored by visiting teams with gifts and small ceremonies celebrating his storied career. The Twins gave him a chair made of broken bats. The White Sox gave him framed scorecards from notable appearances. The Red Sox? They made sure to celebrat...
Jaguars Fans Will Hold A "Sign Tim Tebow" Rally At 3:16 P.M.
The group's slogan captures all the passion and purpose of Jaguars football: "Why not?" Why not, indeed....
Calvin Johnson Is The Last Thing A Cornerback Sees
Here are a couple great photos of Calvin Johnson reflected in cornerback Patrick Peterson's visor. So cool. ...