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One-Armed Eighth Grader Keeps Dunking<em></em>
Iowan eighth grader Trashaun Willis is half as old as me and has half as many arms and he can dunk. He picked off a pass last week and jammed it but, as he told MaxPreps, this wasn’t even his first dunk of the year....

Top-Ranked Chess Grandmaster Throws Game In Protest After Just Five Moves
Hou Yifan is the highest ranked women’s chess player in the world. She became the youngest woman to reach the rank of grandmaster when she was 16, and she already had four World Championships under her belt by age 22. Her nickname is “Queen of Chess” and last year, she declined to defend her women’s...

Sage Northcutt Takes Dark Turn, Beats Ass Of Houston Rockets Mascot
We’ve finally found something that can turn Sage Northcutt, once an innocent apple-ripping MMA-fighting puppy dog, into a ruthless assassin: Mascots....

The USMNT Can Party Now
Attention, attention: The United States Men’s National Team is cool again, just in time for spring break. Bruce Arena has released the team from the authoritarian hold of Jürgen Klinsmann and he’s ready to burn this motherfucker down....

Mo Speights Fall Down Go Boom
Rim’s tougher than it looks....

Tim Hardaway Jr. Went Bonkers And Outdueled James Harden
With just over eight minutes left tonight, the Houston Rockets held a 20-point led over the Atlanta Hawks. James Harden was cooking and scoring from wherever he wanted and his fearsome arsenal of shooters were doing their thing. Teams with the best player on the court playing at home against a team ...

Lawsuit: Text Messages Show How Baylor Coaches Turned Football Program Into Disciplinary "Black Hole"
Earlier this week, former Baylor football assistant Colin Shillinglaw filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging that his firing in the fallout from Baylor’s massive sexual-assault scandal was unjust. Shillinglaw sued Baylor for libel and slander, just like former coach Art Briles did in his recen...

Report: Two Kansas Players Are Persons Of Interest In Felony Vandalism Case
Kansas basketball players Josh Jackson and Lagerald Vick are persons of interest in an investigation by the Lawrence PD, according to a report from the Kansas City Star. Jackson—Kansas’ second-leading scorer and a likely top pick in this summer’s NBA draft—and Vick are being questioned in connection...

Gregg Popovich Gave An Insightful Monologue On White Privilege And Black History Month
The San Antonio Spurs are putting together another excellent season that is flying completely under the radar. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, however, has spent the year righteously fired up about the spate of horrific things that have befallen our country and he’s given speech after speech before game...

Get To Know Derrick Jones Jr., The Slam Dunk Contest's Mystery Man
Derrick Jones Jr. has played all of 11 minutes for the Phoenix Suns. In that time, he’s made one layup, hit one free throw, and committed one personal foul. Jones has spent most of his time in the D-League where he’s been playing 32 minutes a night and averaging 15 points and 6 boards. Not the most ...

Dog Watch: The Dogs Are Getting High
Have you heard? Your dog might have an affinity for the Devil’s lettuce. Don’t take it from me (or your dog, who can’t talk [if they can, please email a video to us]), take it from the paper of record....

Coach K Is Coming Back This Weekend
Did you miss Mick Krizilonski while he was away? Too bad, because Duke announced that their talismanic coach would be making his return to the sidelines this weekend for Duke’s home game against Pitt....

Asshole Pro Cyclist Booted From Race After Punching Opponent In The Face
German superstar cyclist Marcel Kittel got his season started off perfectly, winning the first two stages at the Tour of Dubai. He destroyed everyone in the opener, then took Stage 2 with an late comeback. However, Kittel did not win Stage 3 this morning, partially because he got clocked in the face...

What Time Does 'What Time Does The Superbowl Start?' Start?
The Super Bowl is allegedly this weekend, and reports indicate that the contest will be played in Houston between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots. ...

Whatever Works, Man
The whole Curry family is having a good night....

Isaiah Thomas Is The Fourth-Quarter King
He’s only 5-foot-9, but there’s nobody more terrifying in the fourth quarter than Isaiah Thomas. The Bogues-ian Celtics all-star has scored 15 or more points in the 10 fourth quarters this year, twice as many as any other player. He’s averaging 10.5 points in the fourth quarter this year. To put tha...

Dell Curry's Still Got It
Hey man, if you’re going to ping your dad while he’s warming up for work, you better be ready for him to hit a three in your face....

Goodness, This Blake Griffin Pass
Blake Griffin just returned from a lengthy injury layoff to recover from knee surgery, and it appears that he’s been antsy to get back. He went all And-1 to scoot this pass in to J.J. Redick in the first quarter tonight, and thankfully, Redick hit the layup....

Here's Travis Scott Falling Through A Hole In The Stage At The Drake Show
Former failed basketball player Drake just kicked off a huge tour last week, and he’s playing the third of six shows in London tonight. He was joined by longtime Deadspin favorite Travis Scott, who promptly forgot about a bigass hole in the middle of the stage and fell straight into it....

High School Phenom Zion Williamson Dunked The Living Hell Out Of This Dunk
Zion Williamson is only a high school sophomore, but he can already dunk a basketball with the force of a meteor impact. The second-ranked recruit from the class of 2018 went for 45 last night, including this big dunk (which was one of 12 on the night). ...