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Phil Spector's Mug Shot Is Scary As Hell
Phil Spector's still in prison, and convicted life has not been kind to him. The Smoking Gun got his latest mug shot, and it pretty much says it all. ...
UFC Cuts Alleged Woman Beater Thiago Silva After Video Surfaces
UFC's leaders have changed their minds—again—and dumped light heavyweight Thiago Silva today after welcoming him back just two weeks ago....
Deadspin Up All Night: There's Something Good Waiting Down This Road
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. I'm picking up whatever's mine. ...
NFL Issues Press Release Through <em>USA Today</em> On How Hard It's Working
The NFL wants you to know it's working hard on the issue of domestic violence. It hasn't actually changed anything since the video of Ray Rice slugging his wife was released. But why should that get in the way of a good press release, also known as an exclusive interview, as Tim Marchman explained y...
The Only Thing Unusual About Ray And Janay Rice Is That Anyone Noticed
One of my first homicide stories as a young crime reporter was about a woman killed by her boyfriend. One of my last stories as a crime reporter was about a woman killed by her husband. In between, there were too many dead women to count. A few stand out in memory, the ones whose deaths were especia...
Katie Nolan: NFL Won't Respect Women Until Sports Media Does The Same
Is there any real, tangible way female football fans can show Roger Goodell how grossly offensive his handling of Ray Rice's domestic violence was? Fox Sports' Katie Nolan starts out this video, posted today, with that tricky question. Then she diverges into deeper territory. ...
Documents Explain Why Prosecutors Dropped Charges Against Thiago Silva
On the Fourth of July, Thaysa Silva boarded a Miami plane bound for São Paulo and never came back, according to prosecutors. She took the domestic violence case against UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva with her. ...
Floyd Mayweather Sued By Ex-Fiancée He Accused Of "Killing Babies"
Floyd Mayweather is being sued by ex-fiancée Shantel Jackson. You'll remember her as the woman whose old sonogram Mayweather posted on Facebook, claiming he broke up with her because she got an abortion. "And I'm totally against killing babies," he wrote....
Bengals Re-Sign Player, Helping Him Pay For Daughter's Cancer Battle
In June, Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still learned his four-year-old daughter, Leah, has stage four pediatric cancer. Still missed offseason workouts to be with her, shaved his head in solidarity, and filled his Instagram with pictures of Leah and updates on her treatment....
Junior Seau's Family Rejects Concussion Settlement With NFL
Junior Seau's family will back out of the proposed concussion settlement being offered to former NFL players, ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru report today. Instead, the family will pursue its own wrongful death suit, according to the family's lawyer, Steven Strauss. ...
War Machine Hit With 32 Charges, Including Attempted Murder
Clark County (Nev.) prosecutors threw everything they had today at War Machine, filing an amended criminal complaint that levies 32 felony charges against the former MMA fighter for his alleged brutal attack on then-girlfriend Christy Mack and another man. The charges include attempted murder, kid...
FIU Changes Mind, Will Credential <i>Miami Herald</i> Beat Writer
The Miami Herald reports today that FIU will credential the paper's beat writer, David J. Neal, for the rest of the season—less than a week after the same university refused to credential Neal for the team's home opener. ...
Report: Tarp Failure Due To Cubs Not Wanting To Pay For Obamacare
The Chicago Cubs are, from the sound of it, very stingy bosses. ...
The Very Best Of Serena Williams Karaoke
Serena Williams loves karaoke. No, scratch that. She looooooves karaoke. She will throw down, any time or any place. She will groove to the music in between stanzas. She will belt out every single word and doesn't care if you film her because she is having a damn good time and don't you wish you wer...
Oklahoma Freshman Joe Mixon Suspended For The Season
Highly touted freshman tailback Joe Mixon has been suspended from Oklahoma football for the entire season after he was charged by prosecutors for punching a woman and leaving her unconscious in a Norman restaurant. ...
Documents Reveal Disturbing Details Of War Machine's Alleged Assault
Clark County (Nev.) prosecutors released documents today outlining MMA fighter War Machine's alleged attack on "on-again, off-again" girlfriend Christy Mack and another man, backing up Mack's harrowing personal account of the incident while adding more brutal details. According to the documents, War...
Authorities: Sooner Recruit Punched Woman In Face, Then Walked Away
One of Oklahoma's five-star recruits was charged today with one misdemeanor count of acts resulting in gross injury after prosecutors say he knocked a woman unconscious in a Norman restaurant, and then just left. ...
Ribeyes, Helicopter Rides, And Booze: How San Antonio Wooed The Raiders
Would you like a $2,005 dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse? A corner room at the Grand Hyatt? Do you want someone else to pay for all this? Of course! All you need is to own an NFL team. Any team will do, even the Raiders. ...