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Sports Overtime Rules, Ranked
Every sport has a different way of dealing with a game that ends in a tie. Some overtimes are wonderful and compelling, while others are boring and lame. Here’s Deadspin’s non-exhaustive ranking of sports overtime rules....
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Eagles Fire Chip Kelly [Updated]
The Philadelphia Eagles have “released” head coach Chip Kelly, according to a statement the team made tonight. The full statement reads:...
Omri Casspi And Steph Curry Traded Threes In A Wildly Entertaining Shootout
The Warriors were probably always going to beat the Sacramento Kings at home, and their 122-103 victory Monday night became a foregone conclusion after DeMarcus Cousins was ejected early in the third quarter. But before then, when the Kings were still hanging tough and even leading, there was an ama...
The Replay Booth Probably Did Not Assist Ed Hochuli On Late Facemask Call
For a moment during the third quarter of tonight’s Monday Night Football contest, it seemed that we had yet another refereeing controversy on our hands. As Broncos DE Malik Jackson sacked Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron, he grabbed McCarron’s facemask. But despite McCarron pleading for the call as h...
The Spurs' Mascot Caught A Bat In A Fishing Net While Wearing A Batman Costume
The San Antonio Spurs had a bat problem prior to Monday night’s game against the Timberwolves, for the second time in six years. (The last time occurred on Halloween, believe it or not.) Instead of pulling Manu Ginobili out of bat-swatting retirement, Spurs’ mascot The Coyote donned an appropriate c...
Phrasing, Steve Young
There had to be a better way to express this point. ...
You Could Probably Start For The Yankees, But Their Bullpen Is Absolutely Terrifying
The New York Yankees have acquired Aroldis Chapman, the hardest-throwing pitcher in baseball, from the Cincinnati Reds for a package of four mostly unheralded minor leaguers....
The 100 Most Popular Deadspin Posts Of 2015
Time to take a look back at our most popular posts of 2015. We have our own thoughts about what our best posts were, but these are the ones that brought in the most readers....
The Worst American Sportswriting Of 2015
As we’ve noted before, sportswriting tends to follow what you might call the Anna Karenina Principle. The good stuff—the stuff that makes year-end lists like Longreads’s and Richard Deitsch’s—is all, on a certain level, the same, similarly structured long profile after similarly structured long prof...
The Lakers Got Walloped By A 36-2 Run
At one point Wednesday night, the Lakers might’ve thought they were going to beat the Thunder. They were up 44-43 with four minutes left in the second quarter, Kobe Bryant has been resurgent lately, and he was even dunking the ball for just the second time all season:...
The Spurs' Ball Movement Is Gorgeous
It is 2015 and the San Antonio Spurs, by the grace of God, look like a more polished version of the 2007 San Antonio Spurs. Sure, their 24-5 record is mostly the product of a defense that is 5.6 points per 100 possessions better than the next-best defense, but their offense is still humming along be...
Illinois Attorney General Declares Daily Fantasy Is Illegal Gambling
Illinois became the eighth state to prohibit daily fantasy behemoths DraftKings and FanDuel from operating in their state, as attorney general Lisa Madigan declared that daily fantasy constitutes gambling under state law. Madigan based her interpretation on the following sections of the Illinois Cri...
Here Are Videos Of Dez Bryant Racing A Horse In College
Oklahoma State blog Pistols Firing unearthed a couple of videos of Dez Bryant racing Bullet—Oklahoma State’s mascot horse—in Boone Pickens Stadium....
Jack Edwards Sings "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" During Fight
Here’s a fight between Tyler Randell and Ryan Reaves, during which Bruins play-by-play man Jack Edwards sings “We Wish You A Merry Christmas,” for some reason. I guess Edwards isn’t afraid to say Merry Christmas....
Bo Ryan's Tenure As Wisconsin Head Coach Ended Strangely
After a victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last week, Wisconsin basketball head coach Bo Ryan announced his immediate retirement, stunning everybody in attendance....
A Museum Dedicated To Stephon Marbury Is Opening In China
When sports stars play out their final few years in an upstart, foreign league, they’re almost always doing so for the paycheck. That’s what makes it so fun to watch the few of them who take the opportunity seriously, thrive, and develop a bond with their new country....
Kevin Durant Jumper With 5.8 Seconds Left Tops Clippers In Thrilling Finish
Kevin Durant hit a tough jumper over Luc Mbah a Moute with 5.8 seconds left to help the Thunder top the Clippers, 100-99. And just for good measure, he blocked Chris Paul’s attempted game-winner too. ...
Dalton Prout Given Double-Minor, So One Minute For Each Cross-Check
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Dalton Prout let loose this vicious series of cross-checks late in the third period of a 5-2 loss to the Penguins. This is no inadvertent penalty or being a bit overzealous; it’s straight-up assault on Sergei Plotnikov....
Joakim Noah Leaves Bulls Loss With Shoulder Sprain
Joakim Noah left the Bulls’ 105-102 loss to the Nets late in the third quarter, after an attempted steal resulted in his shoulder being yanked awkwardly....