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Metrodome Deflated For Final Time; Demolition Begins Monday
The home of the Minnesota Vikings has been deflated for the final time. This is time lapse video of the roughly 35-minute process. Once home to the Twins, Vikings and Timberwolves, the Metrodome slowly lost all its major tenants but the Vikings. Now that the Vikings have a new billion-dollar facil...
Kansas And Oklahoma State Need To Be Separated After Thunderous Dunk
Kansas, in the midst of a 13-0 first-half run against the Cowboys, brought Allen Fieldhouse to its feet with this crushing dunk from Tarik Black. The noise might have caused some confusion on the Oklahoma State side because Markel Brown tries to push the ball up the court while Travis Ford called a...
Toughest "Gangnam Style" Dance Ever
Yeah, I just did the Gangnam Style dance. Why, you wanna fight about it?...
Patriots Asked About Smoking Weed While In Denver
The Patriots are on the road this week in Denver to play the Broncos in the AFC Championship game, so let's talk about drugs. Denver is in Colorado, where (like Washington, host to the NFC Championship) the recreational use of marijuana is legal. On Friday, multiple Patriots, including Bill Belichic...
Liverpool Fan Unconcerned With Injured Aston Villa Player
Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor went tumbling into the stands today and was slow to get up. He could have used some help but he landed right in front of a Liverpool fan who could not possibly care less. Instead, the guy took a picture....
The Evolution Of A Flop, In Four Angles
At first blush, Jerrone Maymon looked to have knocked out Andrew Harrison with a wild elbow to the face. But with each successive replay here you can see that it was a flop and an absolutely ridiculous one at that....
Dick Vitale Goes To Billy Joel Concert, Tweets Nearly Every Song Title
Sometimes Dick Vitale is just the best. Last night he went to a Billy Joel concert and live-tweeted the experience. Something you should know: Dick Vitale live-tweeting a Billy Joel concert is basically a stream of tweets with just the names of Billy Joel songs in all caps....
Darren Sharper Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape
Darren Sharper, former safety for the Packers, Vikings and Saints, was arrested Friday in Los Angeles on rape charges. According to TMZ, Sharper—who now works as an analyst for the NFL Network—was connected to two sexual assaults, one from October 2013 and another this month. ...
Davone Bess Tweets Picture Of Himself Completely Naked
Friday, Davone Bess was arrested after an altercation with a police officer at Fort Lauderdale International Airport, where it was reported he was "acting irrationally" and his pants were falling down. He then tweeted out a picture of himself standing in front of a mirror stark naked early Saturday ...
"14 Minutes Of Pissed Off Goalies" Delivers What It Promises
The title of this video is "14 Minutes of Pissed Off Goalies" and that is an accurate and succinct description. It's got it all: NHL, minor league, international hockey and both on-and-off ice fun, too. Tuukka Rask losing his balance, Patrick Roy losing his mind and the great soundbite of Ryan Mille...
<i>Price Is Right</i> Contestant Busts Ankle, Goes To Hospital After Showdown
This lady actually won a spot in the Showcase Showdown despite severely twisting her ankle with the force of her own spin. She's clearly in pain, and needed to get to a hospital, yet decided to stick it out until after the Showcase Showdown (which she lost). ...
Joe Namath Can Understand Why Everyone Hates Tom Brady
According to some poll, Tom Brady is the least-liked quarterback in the NFL. 18 percent of people polled admitted they are miserable and jealous selected Brady as their least favorite quarterback. Joe Namath says it's because both he and his wife are pretty, and Broadway Joe can relate....
Mayor Of Ames, Iowa, Gets Bored Watching Other Mayor Of Ames, Iowa
Iowa State's men's basketball coach, Fred Hoiberg, is often referred to as The Mayor because of his popularity in town. He got some write-in votes for the actual mayoral race in 1993 and it's in his ISU bio and his Twitter handle. It's pretty official as nicknames go. ...
Alabama Unwittingly Predicts Future Failure
The sign you see here has apparently popped up in the Alabama locker room to serve as both motivation and a reminder to always learn and improve. It's a pretty well-worn sentiment, a sort of weight-room Cliff's Notes of Santayana's condemned-to-repeat-the-past quote. But the message is clear: if you...
Inside The Mind Of A Real Runner
This week, in what will be a recurring feature of ill-defined frequency, I interview an honest-to-goodness Runner. Or at least a Runner as viewed through my hopelessly simplistic and insecure lens. We talk about how you should run (short answer: "a lot") and why (it's apparently a categorical impera...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Don't Care
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Alkaline Trio: Chicago band. Jay Cutler: Chicago Bear. Coincidence?...
The Patriots Run All Over Colts, Advance To AFC Championship Game
The Patriots overwhelmed the Colts 43-22, but for a minute there it looked like Andrew Luck might actually be the next young quarterback to unseat the Patriots at home. Then LeGarrette Blount ran 73 yards and put that to rest....
