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Spurs And Thunder Head To Overtime Thanks To Blown Goaltending Call
The officials missed a goaltending call with 44 seconds left in the game and the score tied 97-97. Though clearly a goaltending, this was deemed a block and the Spurs were shorted two points. Whiled tied 101-101, Manu missed a jumper from the elbow at the buzzer, so now we get five extra minutes bef...
This Spurs Basket Is Like A Pinball Game
Even though they lost Tony Parker to a barking ankle, the Spurs are still real [removes glasses] Pinball Wizards....
Deadspin Up All Night: Words And Dreams
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Watch some basketball, or talk about how Rivers is a pretty creepy dude. Either way. ...
St. Louis Has The Best Reflection In Baseball
Seriously, though, this picture of a rain-soaked Busch Stadium, taken by Cardinals photographer Scott Rovak, is pretty sweet....
Report: Qatar Bought World Cup With Over $5 Million In Secret Payments
Well, at least we know for sure, now. The Sunday Times has analyzed "hundreds of millions of emails, accounts and other documents," uncovering the secret payments former Qatari FIFA vice president Mohamed bin Hammam made to international soccer officials to back Qatar's bid to host the 2022 World C...
FIFA's Match-Fixing Investigation Staff Is Just Six People
FIFA, soccer's world governing body, has long struggled to police match-fixing, either because there's not much it can do, or because there's not much it wants to do. In the first part of a two-part series, The New York Times investigated allegations of match-fixing during the 2010 World Cup in Sout...
David Attenborough Narrates Bird Taking A Shit On Memorial Golf Course
Golf Channel cameras caught a bird taking an enormous shit on the course during the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio earlier today. This is video of that bird shitting, with some spliced in narration provided by famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough....
David Price Hits Two, Stays In Game As Most Of Boston Is Ejected
The Red Sox and Rays cleared the benches last night which, by itself, is barely worth mentioning but then someone put a microphone in front of David Ortiz's face after the game. Ortiz was not very happy with Tampa's ace David Price, who plunked him with the very first pitch Ortiz saw since hitting t...
Phil Mickelson Investigated For Insider Trading
Update, June 11: The New York Times rows it back a little:...
Nori Aoki Hit In Dick With Foul Pop
Oh, Nori. Poor, sweet, black-and-blue balled Nori. Days after swinging at a ball aimed at his chest, he took a ball to the dick while trying to track down a pop-up in foul territory. That look of anguish at the very end, oof. Poor guy's had a rough week....
Here's Larry Bird Sticking His Tongue Out At A Miami Fan
Reader Natalie sends along this picture of a salty, yet playful Larry Legend as he watched the Heat destroy his Indiana Pacers last night en route to a fourth straight NBA Finals appearance. ...
EA Sports And CLC Finalize Video Game Settlement With Former Players
Four class-action suits brought by former NCAA players against EA Sports and the Collegiate Licensing Company were settled back in September 2013 for $40 million, but aside from the amount, most of the other terms needed ironing out. On Friday night, the parties filed a settlement with the U.S. Dist...
Paul George On Bringing Lance Back: [Longest Pause Ever] "I Don't Know"
Lance Stephenson is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer and he's going about it in just about the worst way possible. He has definitely been fun to watch, like a court jester, but he's probably cost himself some serious cash with all the extracurriculars. And, when he finally does g...
Lance Smacks Norris Cole In The Face, Pacers Bench Reacts
Lance Stephenson was assessed a flagrant 1 for face-palming Norris Cole and, judging by his reaction, teammate Chris Copeland probably agrees with that assessment. ...
Pantomime Cunnilingus And Blowjob: Braves Fan Covers All The Bases
So, here is a dude on the SportsSouth Braves feed doing the ol' blowjob and cunnilingus routine behind home plate. There's not a whole lot to praise here, but we do appreciate his open-mindedness and willingness to please when it comes to pantomiming oral sex....
Former Tampa Bay Bucs Cheerleader Sues Team For Wage Theft
Former Buccaneers cheerleader Manouchcar Pierre-Val has just made Tampa Bay the fifth NFL team to get served with a lawsuit from its cheerleaders. ...
Cleveland Fan Takes Baseball Square In The Face
This guy at the Tigers-Indians game tonight was really excited to get a baseball from Asdrubal Cabrera. In between innings, Cabrera launched a baseball into the bleachers and this dude ran in front of some folks seated in the area, leaped, and perfectly positioned his face to stop the ball dead in i...
Giant Sinkhole Opens At Austin Peay's Football Stadium
Austin Peay's Governors Stadium is getting a facelift, but a 40-foot-deep sinkhole in the north endzone has made the process a little more difficult. Workers have been aware of the sinkhole for some time, but in trying to make the area safe and workable, they've had to dig out a considerably larger ...
When Is a "Party 69" Jersey Appropriate?
The answer to that question is almost certainly "never," but let's keep open the possibility that this jersey is somehow acceptable in at least one situation. Siths and absolutes, and all that. Still, we can safely say that the hypothetically palatable "Party 69" jersey-wearing situation is not a ga...