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Jason Kidd Plus A Scalp Wound Plus A Headband Equals A Wes Anderson Character

The Knicks are playing the Pacers this afternoon at Madison Square Garden. As of this writing, the Knicks had a 16-point lead halfway through the third quarter. Sadly, Jason Kidd suffered a head injury and was replaced by what appears to be a scalped Bob Balaban....

Mike Holmgren Is Not Interested In The Cowboys Job That Is Not Available: Your NFL Early Games Open Thread

Week 11 is here and we've got a lot to talk about including coaching controversies and the Vickless Eagles. Let's get going already. ...

Alabama Is At The Center Of A Photograph As Horrifying As It Is Puzzling

We received this picture of a reveling goblin-man delighting in fire and emptiness under the subject "ROLL TIDE!" No further information was provided. Aside from the Nightmare at sea level to the right, we are unsure what we are looking at....

UNC Academic Scandal Continues, Reportedly Tolerated Cheating

While the actual "student-athlete" may have died a long time ago, the conceit somehow lives on. As college athletics has grown in popularity and profitability, the NCAA quietly killed the student-athlete and replaced him with an evil twin brother. It used to be a ringer was a guy who had no connecti...

Steelers Fans Are Inescapable And Terrible

I have been broadcasting to you live from Walt Disney World all weekend and, man, Steelers fans are everywhere. Even here, at the tiny little corner of a bar at my resort. This woman was so loud and so pro-Pittsburgh and only asked once what was the score. Immediately after I stopped recording her...

The Chiefs Celebrated A Touchdown That Was Not A Touchdown: Chiefs-Steelers, In Two GIFs

Pittsburgh 16, Kansas City 13: Mike Tirico could barely contain himself early on as the Chiefs took a 7-0 lead on the Steelers. Then Mike Wallace's thighs showed up....

A.J. Green On The Fallacy Of The Trap Game: "We Lost To Freakin' Cleveland"

The Bengals and Browns are a bitter, bitter rivalry. For Ohioans, it's almost as bad as soap vs. human skin—you just have to pick a side. It makes sense, then, that A.J. Green would be upset about losing to the Browns, but it would make sense regardless of geography because the Browns are terrible....

Charlie Beljan Checked Out Of The Hospital Saturday Morning And Secured His PGA Tour Card The Next Day

Charlie Beljan is a 28-year-old PGA Tour rookie who suffered what he called an "anxiety or panic attack that kind of spun out of control" this past Friday. He was taken, via ambulance, from the golf course in Disney World to the hospital and admitted after exhibiting symptoms including high blood p...

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread

Sometimes Monday Night Football features a good game. And then sometimes the Kansas City Chiefs travel to Pittsburgh. The Chiefs have had quite a year. Among major accomplishments the Chiefs can list getting smoked by the Chargers and Romeo Crennel having a firmer grasp on his career's shovel than h...

Yahoo Sends Out Mass Apology To Screwed-Over Fantasy Football Owners, Still Looking For Answers

On Sunday afternoon, Yahoo experienced technical difficulties with its fantasy football product. Namely, it did not work in the hour prior the start of the lion's share of NFL games. People were angry. In the wake of the outrage, Ken Fuchs of Yahoo Sports sent out an email to users apologizing for t...

Deadspin Up All Night: Those Meddling Kids

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll be checking in with you throughout the evening as necessary. Have a good one....

Before The Eagles Lost To The Cowboys A Car Was Ablaze In The Parking Lot [UPDATE]

Marissa Magnatta, who produces a Philadelphia radio show, tweeted the picture you see above from the parking lot at Lincoln Financial Field. The tweet came moments before the kickoff and said the fire was in Lot E. Another tweeter showed a picture of a car on fire. Speculation on Twitter was, of co...

Bill Belichick Cares Not For Your Lousy Officiating: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [UPDATED]

We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from Bill Belichick emphatically challenging the officials to A.J. Green exploiting New York's defensive holes. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...

Urgency Overkill: Your NFL Late Games Viewing Guide

We continue on our Sunday viewing with a double shot of divisional play and a random Jets-Seahawks game. Let's go! ...

Buffalo Bills Fan Sues Team For Excessive Text Message Program He Signed Up For

There are many wonderful things about living in the United States. It's far from perfect, but as far as countries go, it's a pretty sweet place to live. Then you read about a guy like Jerry Wojcik and it makes you want to scrap the whole thing and start over. Jerry Wojcik is suing the Buffalo Bills ...

People Are Upset With Yahoo Fantasy Football

Yahoo's fantasy football service crapped out today before the 1:00 P.M. games started just in time to screw all the procrastinators out there who hadn't set their lineups yet. Eight of today's 12 games started at 1:00 P.M....

When Is Losing Good For A Team? (Hint: The Answer is "Never"): Your NFL Early Games Viewing Guide

Today's viewing guide is coming to you live in living color and internet whistles from the belly of the beast: The ESPN Zone in Disney World. Norby, if you are reading, I'm the guy in a weird outfit. ...

Franco Harris, still searching for the truth a year later....

Happy Veterans Day! Here Are Some Really Happy Dogs Welcoming Soldiers Home

Originally published Nov. 11, 2010....

Girl Takes Volleyball Spike Off The Face, Ricochet Takes Out Spectator

The timing on this is remarkable. Taking a spike off the face seems part of the cost of doing business in volleyball, but having a renegade volleyball track you down on the sidelines and take you out is something else entirely....