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Hornets' Jeremy Lamb Stuns Toronto With Absolutely Ridiculous, Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater

March Madness has been lacking in sweet buzzer-beaters, but Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lamb was willing to fill that void. He heaved this sloppy, desperate rainbow shot from behind half-court and banked it in for tonight’s 115-114 win over the Raptors....

Upset Of The Day: Gardner-Webb Toppled By Team No One Believed In

The Virginia Cavaliers proved today that truly, anything is possible during March Madness, as head coach Tony Bennett’s crew upset powerhouse Gardner-Webb for a 71-56 victory in the first round....

Iowa's Luka Garza Has Extremely Powerful Eyebrows

The portion of the nation that doesn’t pay attention to Big Ten basketball outside of March was introduced to the voluminous eyebrows of Iowa forward Luka Garza in today’s game against Cincinnati, and boy, are they glorious. You can’t coach brows like that....

King Kong Bundy, the wrestler who died earlier this month, left behind a bunch of cats. Now they’re at a shelter and up for adoption. If you’re looking for a pet, go adopt one of them. Not only will you gain a nice friend, but you’ll be able to claim that you have one of King Kong Bundy’s cats. [Cou...

Australian Rules Footballer Receives Nasty Comments, Then Support, Over Photo Of Her Kicking

Australian rules football is dealing with quite the kerfuffle this week after a network gave in to the creeps who left nasty comments on a photo of Carlton footballer Tayla Harris as she kicked a goal in Sunday’s match against the Western Bulldogs....

The NCAA Wants You To Think This Is A Day In The Life Of A Student-Athlete

No offense to the poor sap who had to pretend to be the average unpaid NCAA worker for this 30-second spot—was he paid for this?—but what a shameless piece of propaganda. At no point did this everyday student-athlete grimace after looking at his account balance, get shoved and yelled at by a short-t...

Amateur Hockey President Resigns, Players Suspended Over Racist Taunts During Game

New York State Amateur Hockey Association West Section President David Braunstein, who did essentially nothing after a parent complained that an opposing team made racist noises at his son throughout a game, has resigned after 19 years on the job. He didn’t provide a reason for his resignation, acco...

Disgraced Former Michigan State President John Engler Gets Courtside Seats For School's Basketball Games

John Engler, Michigan State’s former interim president who had to resign in disgrace because he was so repulsive and incompetent at filling in for his repulsive and incompetent predecessor Lou Anna Simon (who had also resigned in disgrace), still somehow isn’t toxic enough to not get courtside treat...

This Is A Good Basketball Photo

St. Bonaventure’s Nelson Kaputo, along with his teammates and the Bonnies fans, watch as his last-ditch three-point shot, his only attempt of the game, travels toward the hoop. Part of me doesn’t want to give away whether it went in or not, because the facial expressions are so good and ambiguous. O...

Man, This Is Some Racist Shit To Do In An Amateur Hockey Game

A Western New York amateur hockey playoff game scheduled for this weekend has been canceled, after video from a previous game between the two teams this season showed one side taunting the other team’s black player with monkey noises....

Demand Better From Your Access Merchants

A reporter who trades in scoops should have only one responsibility: to get it right. Regardless of the size of the scoop, it can’t be bogus. Yes, sometimes sources mislead reporters to serve their own purposes. But there’s only a limited pool of sources for this kind of transactional stuff, anyway:...

Adnan Virk Agrees Not To Sue ESPN After He Gets New Job

Adnan Virk and ESPN have agreed to settle their differences without going to court....

On Second Thought, Breshad Perriman Would Like To Go To A Team That Might Use Him

Sometimes, it’s best to be realistic. Browns receiver Breshad Perriman, who hasn’t done much in three healthy seasons but showed a little promise in Cleveland last year, decided Tuesday afternoon that he’d be fine sticking with a team that was trending up, even if he’d have to compete with Jarvis La...

Deadspin Up All Night: No Charm

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The Best And Brightest Of This Year's Minnesota High School Hockey Hair

Could it be? Is this really the final Minnesota High School All-Hockey Hair Team? John King, the caretaker of this hallowed pantheon, frames this year’s video as the last ever. If this really is the end, at least he made it count. Somehow, New Ulm forward Teagan Kamm’s combination of a bleached mull...

Cowboys' David Irving Says On Instagram He's Quitting The NFL, Preaches "Plants Over Pills"

After the NFL suspended David Irving for a third time, the Cowboys defensive tackle went on Instagram Thursday night to announce that he was officially fed up....

Comedian Says Barstool Sports Stole Her Video, Tried To Bribe Her With $50 Gift Card [Update]

A nasty habit Barstool Sports has, in addition to all its other nasty habits, is that its employees regularly take internet content—the word “content” sucks but there’s no better description for it—without credit and pass it off as its own. If the owner of that content complains, Barstool won’t addr...

Comedian Says Barstool Sports Stole Her Video, Tried To Bribe Her With $50 Gift Card [Update]

A nasty habit Barstool Sports has, in addition to all its other nasty habits, is that its employees regularly take internet content—the word “content” sucks but there’s no better description for it—without credit and pass it off as its own. If the owner of that content complains, Barstool won’t addr...

Deadspin Up All Night: And Never To Part

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Jason Witten Would Rather Get Tackled Than Say Dumb Things On ESPN

The Monday Night Football booth just got a little smarter. Color commentator Jason Witten is hanging up his headset after one season to return to his previous gig: tight end for the Cowboys....