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ESPN's Darren Rovell "Reports" "News" That He Already "Reported" Last Year
If you’ve ever wondered exactly what kind of “reporting” ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell does, the following tweets will be illuminating....
Steph Curry Is Rude As Hell
Steph Curry and the Warriors beat some ass against the Cavaliers last night. Curry scored 35 points in the laugher despite not playing the fourth quarter, but he had plenty of time to toy with the Cavs before taking a rest....
Deadspin Up All Night: Run, Run, Run Away
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Onward....
Ron Rivera Banned Hoverboards Because Players Were Drag Racing On Them
Those little electric scooter thingies that everyone insists on calling hoverboards are a well-known menace, but that hasn’t stopped the Carolina Panthers from doing very unwise things with them....
Marshawn Lynch Cracked Roman Harper's Helmet
Marshawn Lynch may have had a disappointing season that ended with a six-carry, 20-yard effort in yesterday’s loss to the Panthers, but he’s still capable of delivering some big hits....
Andy Reid Is Still Andy Reid
When Andy Reid was fired by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012, our own Tom Scocca called him a “powerful but slow football thinker,” and described what it was like to watch Reid’s offense slowly, painfully deny itself a shot at a Super Bowl victory:...
Junior Hockey Referee Punches Player, Gets Tackled By Coach
A Canadian junior hockey game got a little out of hand when a hit on the goalie led to a line brawl. Things got even further out of hand when one of the referees decided to do some punchin’ of his own. In an unforeseen twist, things calmed down considerably after one of the coaches rushed onto the i...
Novak Djokovic Says He Was Offered $200,000 To Throw A Match
Tennis players around the world are reacting to yesterday’s bombshell report on the sport’s match-fixing scandal. Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 ranked men’s player in the world, has told ESPN that he was once approached by people who wanted to pay him to lose a match in 2007....
Josh Norman's Freelance Sack Was As Brilliant As It Was Ballsy
It’s hard to call any play made by a team that was up 31-0 at halftime and led through all four quarters a true “game-saver,” but there’s no denying that the Panthers were in need of a big play after the Seahawks’ successful fake punt late in the third quarter. That’s when Josh Norman went off-scrip...
Kobe Bryant Ramps Up His Michael Jordan Cosplay With A New Trademark
It’s becoming pretty clear that Kobe Bryant’s pathological commitment to fashioning his image after Michael Jordan’s is going to continue into his post-playing days. To wit, Kobe has put a trademark claim on the phrase “Friends hang sometimes, banners hang forever.”...
A Good Big Bear And His Good Big Buddy
We’re usually not so keen on people trying to get real cuddly with a bear, because wild bears are dangerous as hell. But here we have big bear buddy who was born in captivity, and seems totally down to snuggle:...
ESPN's Chris Mortensen Diagnosed With Throat Cancer
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen will be temporarily stepping away from his duties as an NFL analyst while undergoing treatment for Stage IV throat cancer. Mortensen announced the news via a statement on ESPN.com:...
I Never Realized A Snapping Turtle Could Fuck You All The Way Up
Did you know snapping turtles could do it like this?...
Watch Shaq's Brain Break On Live TV
To be fair to Shaq, I can’t really compose a coherent thought after 8:00 p.m., either....
Jon Chait Can't Stop Wringing His Hands Over Paying College Athletes
New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait, who has been humping the increasingly ridiculous argument that college athletes should not be paid for years, is running out of ideas....
Cris Carter Casually Suggests Chandler Jones Was Smoking PCP
ESPN NFL analyst Cris Carter was a guest on the Mike & Mike show this morning, and he had some interesting takes on Chandler Jones’s brush with synthetic weed:...
NYC Firefighter Fined $4,000 For Accepting Free Super Bowl Tickets
Here’s a helpful tip for any New York City government employees who have ever worked with the NFL: don’t accept those free Super Bowl tickets....
A Reader Sends Along Some Important Information Regarding Synthetic Weed
Synthetic weed! It’s all over the sports news cycle this week, but what is it? Is it the same thing as K2? What is spice? Can it kill you? Why is everyone always smoking it? You’ve got questions, and one of our readers has unsolicited answers:...
CNN Anchor Talks Powerball, Is Extremely Bad At Math
There’s a good chance that at some point this week your dumbest Facebook friend—Craig, I’m guessing—shared that stupid meme claiming that the $1.3 billion powerball jackpot could in fact solve poverty in America. Turns out CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo is just as dumb as that poor idiot Craig....
@WWESubway Is A Good And Cool Twitter Account
People put a lot of weird shit on the internet. Most of it is bad, but some of it is very, very good. @WWESubway falls into that second category....