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Report: FBI And Justice Department Investigating Legality Of Daily Fantasy
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice have both opened probes into daily fantasy sports in an attempt to determine whether they are legal or not. The Journal says there is an “ongoing discussion” within the DOJ regarding the legality of daily ...
Warriors Beat Reporter's Blog Posts Appear To Be Copy And Pasted From Press Releases
Earlier tonight, the Columbia Journalism Review reported that the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporter on the Golden State Warriors beat, Rusty Simmons, had been suspended by the paper after writing a news story on the Warriors’ purchase of land for their new arena that was copied almost entirely from...
Robin van Persie Own Goal Ensures Netherlands Fail To Qualify For Euros
With the 2016 European Championships expanding from the usual 16 teams to 24, it should have been a given that the Netherlands would qualify. They finished third at last year’s World Cup, and boast a roster full of future stars and Champions League veterans. Yet going into today’s final group qualif...
Steelers Win On Direct Snap To Le'Veon Bell
With five seconds remaining and the Steelers down three in tonight’s Monday Night Football contest, they found themselves on the Chargers’ one-yard-line. A Chargers timeout gave the Steelers plenty of time to think over what play they wanted to run to win the game, and they went with ... Le’Veon Bel...
Yoenis Cespedes Blasts Three-Run Homer To The Moon
Yoenis Cespedes, a good and righteous baseball man, got in on the Mets’ ongoing beatdown of the Dodgers with this massive three-run jack: ...
Mets Fans Lustily Boo Chase Utley
Two days after Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley fractured Ruben Tejada’s fibula with a brutal takeout slide, Mets fans let him know how they felt about it during pregame introductions for Game 3:...
Reports: Steve Spurrier Is Retiring
According to a report from Sports Illustrated’s Thayer Evans, South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier is retiring:...
Jack Eichel Is Already Killing It
Jack Eichel was drafted fewer than four months ago, and he’s already The Truth. It’s not just that he scored his second goal in three games this afternoon, or even that it was a nice tight-angled snipe. Look how Eichel uses all 74 inches, 200 pounds of his body to keep the puck—that by all rights sh...
Fight In Cowboys Parking Lot Ends In Shooting, Victim Flown To Hospital
A fight in the Cowboys stadium parking lot after their 30-6 loss to the Patriots tonight ended in a shooting, with the victim flown to the hospital and the suspected shooter arrested by police. Per Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Cowboys beat reporter Clarence Hill, the victim was shot in the head and is in...
Deadspin Up All Night: The Nights Are Getting Colder
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Good luck. ...
Gilbert Arenas Posts Rebuttal To Caron Butler's Version Of Locker Room Guns Story
The other day the Washington Post ran an excerpt from Caron Butler’s forthcoming book, which includes his telling of what happened in the Wizards locker room almost six years ago when Javaris Crittenton pointed a gun at teammate Gilbert Arenas....
Jaelen Strong’s First NFL Reception A Hail Mary Touchdown
What better way to get your first career catch than on a 42-yard Hail Mary touchdown with no time left on the clock?...
High School QB Suspended For Inappropriately Touching Center While Getting Snap
A zero tolerance policy run amok? A quarterback inappropriately tickling the taint of his center? Let’s try and find out which!...
Here Come The Daily Fantasy Class Action Lawsuits
It was only a matter of time. With the public now aware that until yesterday DraftKings and FanDuels employees were allowed to bet on and win enormous sums of money on each other’s sites, as well as a startling lack of transparency regarding which employees possess valuable insider information and h...
The Wild Card Game Is Incredibly Cruel, Usually To The Pirates
Before the 2012 season, Major League Baseball changed the playoff format that had been in place for almost 20 seasons. Instead of four teams from each league advancing to the postseason, five now do with the two best non-division winners facing off in a one-game playoff to advance to the League Divi...
Thabo Sefolosha Testifies He Was Giving Money To Beggar When Arrested
Thabo Sefolosha testified today that he was trying to give money to a beggar and then leave in a car service when he was arrested outside of a New York City nightclub in April. That is when, according to Sefolosha, a police officer who had been unnecessarily belligerent and confrontational to him sh...
Kyle Schwarber Crushes Two-Run Homer Into The Allegheny
The Cubs were at it early in their Wild Card game against the Pirates, causing all sorts of trouble for Gerrit Cole. The biggest swing belonged to Cubs right fielder Kyle Schwarber, who absolutely destroyed Cole’s third inning pitch for a two-run homer. ...
Astros Three-Hit The Yankees To Advance To ALDS
With the Astros unable to clinch a spot in the AL’s Wild Card game until the final day of the season, they didn’t have the luxury of setting up their rotation for the playoffs. Staff ace Dallas Keuchel, who is a leading candidate to win the AL Cy Young, had to pitch on Friday, but still Astros manag...