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Report: Rockets Trading Jeremy Lin To The Lakers (So They Can Get Bosh)
Jeremy Lin is the first casualty in the post-LeBron NBA dogpile. Woj is reporting that the Rockets are closing out a deal with the Lakers to send Lin to the Lakers to clear out cap space to sign Chris Bosh. ...
LeBron Would Be Nuts To Stay In Miami, Because Dwyane Wade Is Dead
In the commotion surrounding the immediate real estate plans of LeBron James and, to a lesser extent, a supporting cosmos of NBA stars, it has gone politely unsaid that one of the summer production's principals is—and in fact has been—dead. Dwyane Wade is no longer a great or even very good NBA pl...
Report: Carmelo Is Going Back To The Knicks (Update: Maybe?)
One down, apparently. Frank Isola at the NY Daily News is reporting that "barring a last minute change of heart Anthony will re-sign with the Knicks." The Knicks can offer him a five-year $129 million contract. ...
LeBron James Free Agent Watch, As Sketch Comedy
I guess we have the technology to find out what these gentlemen were talking about, but every frame is a painting in the absurd. Just check out that dryish-marker-on-presentation-handouts penmanship going on there; that's top drawer comedy set design. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Baby
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. We all work for Woj now. ...
How This Year's Home Run Derby Hitters Stack Up
The Home Run Derby rosters were just announced—or at least, most of them were—and ESPN Stats & Info put together some really nice graphics of how each team's in-game homers would look if they were hit at Target Field, site of this year's All Star Game....
Germany Smashed Brazil So Hard It's Good For America
Germany became the first team to score five goals in the first 29 minutes of any World Cup game in history. It ended 7-1, but if we can summon just a touch more jingoistic national sentiment, we say fuck it, cheer for the Germans. They scrubbed America off the wrong side of the record book. ...
Reminder: The LeBron Free Agency Circus Is The NBA's Fault
We're watching the rubber band snap on LeBron free agency coverage. We waited all year to see what would happen, and now that it's happening, there's... rather a lot of coverage, isn't there? But remember, whatever hysterics into which teams and Twitter and ESPN have been thrown were created by the ...
Which Countries Use The Most O's In Their "GOOOOOOOOOAL"s?
Facebook Data has been following the World Cup with a lot of fun facts gleaned from personal information and whatnot. Here, they found a pretty cool thing, being which countries elongate their GOALs on Facebook the most. ...
The Reason Koreans Threw Toffees At Their Soccer Team Is Hilarious
South Korea had a mostly shit World Cup, drawing once and losing twice and looking haggard throughout. So when they arrived home this Sunday, BBC explains, "angry fans threw handfuls of sweets at them, which is considered an insult in the country." BBC does not explain that the candies look like dic...
Here's The Idiot On The Field During USA-Belgium
The last game in the Round of 16 was briefly interrupted by an idiot on the field wearing a Superman shirt. ...
Nazi Insults Spike On Twitter When Germany Plays Other Teams, Too
Looks about right. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Eli's Coming
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Yanks tomorrow. Got this. ...
Changes In Player Heights And Weights In The NBA Draft, Year By Year
Out friend Ed Kupfer of the Houston Rockets made a quick animation of how the sheer size of the guys in the NBA draft have changed over the last 15 years. It's kind of surprising how much variance there is from year to year on short, tall, fat, and skinny players....
What Sixers Fans Should Know About Joel Embiid's Health
Philly took Joel Embiid with the third overall pick, as it continues to stock up on big men who do not play basketball. But hopefully, Embiid will be back and awesome before long. How likely is that? Our good friend Dr. Matt McCarthy went into some detail recently. ...
Jabari Parker Goes No. 2 To Milwaukee Bucks
Not a huge surprise here: The Bucks took Jabari Parker with the No. 2 overall pick after Andrew Wiggins and Andrew Wiggins's suit were taken No. 1. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: On To The Next One
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. OK, Belgium....
Ladies And Gentlemen, Here's Your First Dong Of The World Cup
Well, here's a soccer dong. It's Jordan Ayew's, and flopped around a bit after he got his shorts pulled. ...