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The Hottest Corporate Officers At Turner, New Owners Of Bleacher Report: A Slideshow
It finally happened! Today brings official word that Bleacher Report has been purchased by Turner Broadcasting for a cool $175 million. We feel like this calls for another celebratory slideshow. Allow us to present to you Turner Broadcasting's hottest corporate officers....
Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Shakin'
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Did you enjoy all of the sports today? We hope you enjoyed all of the sports today....
Andrew McCutchen Gets Hit By A 101 M.P.H. Fastball, Shows Us What A Badass He Is
We've previously alerted you to the greatness of Andrew McCutchen, and last night he made us swoon once again. Even though his team lost 3-0 in the opening game of a series against the Cincinnati Reds, McCutchen gave us the highlight of the game when he took an Aroldis Chapman fireball square on th...
Michael Phelps Swims His Last Olympic Race. This Does Not Mean We Need To Start Debating His Legacy.
Team USA just put the finishing touches on a gold-medal race in the 4x100 medley relay, earning Michael Phelps his 18th Olympic gold medal. All signs point to this being the last race of Phelps's career, and he represented himself well, swimming a strong leg to help his team to a comfortable victor...
Kyle Lowry Has His Own Juice Drink And It Is Called Famjuice
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry is trying his hand at entrepreneurship by releasing his own line of juice drinks. What makes Famjuice special, you ask? I don't know, but the tagline at Famjuice.com reads, "Reflavor your taste!" which means, uh, something....
Serena Williams Wins Gold Medal, Crip Walks Into Our Hearts
Holy shit. Serena Williams just won her gold-medal match against Maria Sharapova, and she won it in dominant fashion. Williams's bushwhacking of Sharapova was over in just under an hour, as she took the match 6-0, 6-1. Sharapova was lucky to take even one game, because Williams was at the absolute ...
Another Ridiculous Olympic Boxing Decision Gets Reversed
The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has reversed a dubious decision in yet another Olympic boxing match, this one involving American welterweight Errol Spence Jr. and India's Krishan Vikas. Spence lost yesterday's bout with Vikas when the judges scored the fight 13-11 in favor of V...
Just Some Dudes In A Toyota Camry With A "TEBOWIN" License Plate
What, you think it's weird that someone from Pennsylvania (and driving in Washington, D.C.) would have a "TEBOWIN" license plate and a Tim Tebow sticker on his Camry? Well, it's not weird, because—actually, yeah, that is kind of weird....
NBC Sports's Broadcast Of Olympic Soccer Cuts To Commercial Right Before A Critical Goal
NBC took its Olympic broadcast chicken-fucking to another level today, when a live feed of the Japan-Brazil women's soccer game on the network's Olympics website cut to commercial right before one of the game's critical moments. Instead of seeing the Japanese team score a goal in the 72nd minute t...
Something Weird Is Going On With Josh Hamilton
Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton began this season looking like he might win the triple crown as he spent the months of April and May knocking the shit out of the ball. At the end of May, he was sporting a .344/.405/.781 slash line, along with 12 home runs and 32 RBI. .368/.420/.764 slash line alon...
Craig James Is Broke And Asking His Former Campaign Donors For Money
After leaving his cushy ESPN studio job in order to make a quixotic run for the U.S. Senate from his home state of Texas (a senate run, by the way, that featured unapologetic gay-bashing), Craig James is broke and looking for handouts from his former donors....
Olympics Field Guide: Dong Dong, The Master Of Philosophy And Psychological Warfare
Name: Dong Dong. Yes. Ha-ha, very funny....
Of Course Bryce Harper Wore A "Sun's Out, Guns Out" Tank Top When He Met George Thorogood
The above photo comes from the Washington Nationals PR department, and it features Bryce Harper and his oozing Natitude in the bro-est tank top imaginable and what is either a red bandana or the biggest headband I've ever seen....
Find Out How Those Cool Underwater Olympic Photos Get Made
The New York Times ran a piece today about the work that goes into capturing photos of Olympic swimmers from underwater. The process is not as simple or mechanical as you might expect it to be, and requires a great deal of preparation and creativity from the photographers who own the cameras....
The Tunisian Basketball Coach Slapped The Shit Out Of One Of His Players In The Huddle
As we told you earlier, the Tunisian men's basketball team were 54-point underdogs heading into their preliminary game against Team USA. The stress of facing such daunting odds may have gotten to Tunisia's coach (the bald man at the center of the video above), as he unleashed a vicious slap into t...
Cincinnati News Station Duped By Fake Barbecue-Lovin' Jonathan Broxton Twitter Account
Jonathan Broxton was just traded to the Cincinnati Reds, which is of course big news at WCPO.com, a local ABC affiliate in Cincinnati....
Frank Martin Is A Big Fan Of Pitbull And That Is Weird
South Carolina men's basketball coach Frank Martin is some kind of walking contradiction. On the one hand, he's got a haircut befitting a goon in the inevitable Dick Tracy reboot, and when he screams at his players he looks exactly like kind of guy who relished voting for Nixon....
Joakim Noah Tells Everyone To Back Off Of Patrick Kane, Hilariously
Have you ever wondered who Joakim Noah's three favorite Chicago athletes are? Well, thanks to the video above (fast forward to 1:00 in), we now know that his top three shakes out like this:...
Mayor Of London Lustily Compares Beach Volleyball Players To "Wet Otters"
Boris Johnson, the current mayor of London, wrote a column for the Telegraph yesterday titled, "Here's 20 jolly good reasons to feel cheerful about the Games." The column is a standard listicle, written with a "rah-rah" attitude and plenty of "London is the best!" sentiment....