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Hm: "Say this for Ray Rice: His left cross was of professional quality, a short, explosive punch. And his fiancée's head snapped back as if she'd been shot." [NYTimes]...

White ESPN Titans Reporter Has Qualms About Plies

Yesterday, before the Dallas Cowboys-Tennessee Titans game, the Titans reportedly had some portable speakers on the sideline during warmups. Through these speakers, they played rap music. Hold onto your hats, because it gets worse....

Deadspin Up All Night: Shit Just Kinda Feels Nice

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. C-ya....

<em>The Daily Show</em> To The NFL: "You Done Fucked Up"

Jon Stewart took aim at the National Football League on The Daily Show last night, and it got ugly. He recapped the entire Ray Rice debacle, from the night the Baltimore Ravens running back knocked his then-fiancée Janay Palmer Rice unconscious in an Atlantic City elevator all the way to yesterd...

Deadspin Up All Night: And Then A Man Called

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Let's keep this going. ...

Stephen A. Smith Melts Down Over NOW's Call For Goodell To Resign

Yesterday, the National Organization for Women released a statement calling for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's resignation. "The NFL has lost its way. It doesn't have a Ray Rice problem; it has a violence against women problem," the statement read. ...

Fans Get Too Turnt When Gareth Bale Scores Winner, Start Wrecking Shit

European national teams are competing in Euro 2016 qualifiers today, and so the tiny, sucky nation Wales were tasked with traveling to the smaller, suckier nation of Andorra today. Wales are bad, but they were supposed to win comfortably. Still, it took an 81st-minute free kick from superstar Gareth...

Pizza Apologizes To Victims Of Domestic Violence

DiGiorno Pizza stirred up some shit late last night, when Pizza stumbled upon the Twitter hashtag #WhyIStayed, in which domestic-violence victims spoke on why they stayed in abusive relationships. It's well documented that Pizza is trolly and corny and stale, but yesterday Pizza went too far:...

But Seriously, Don't Touch Zlatan Ibrahimović

We've been over this....

Mike Ditka Laments Ray Rice Suspension: "His Earning Power Is Destroyed"

Mike Ditka is a nasty, miserable, old man, who is paid by ESPN to talk about football in part because he is nasty and miserable and old. So there's really no surprise that when asked to weigh in on Ray Rice being released by the Baltimore Ravens four months after he knocked his then-fiancée unconsci...

Hey, Another Guy Got Kicked In The Head Yesterday

It's getting real out here, man. Yesterday, we saw NFL player Antonio Brown jump kick a punter, and it was fucking gorgeous. Let's keep this going....

This Is Probably A Video Of Diego Maradona In A Croatian Street Brawl

Probably....

So, this journalist at the Fresno Bee named George Hostetter just published a 105,001-word blog post yesterday on this feud between Fresno City College and College of the Sequoias in 1968. He won't be turning it into a book. It's free! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯...

Mario Balotelli's Supposed New House Is Cool And Good

This may not be news to you, but Italian soccer star Mario Balotelli, who is the funnest, is back in England after being bought by Premier League side Liverpool from AC Milan. Since he'll ostensibly be sticking around for a little while, at least, he needs somewhere to live. This is the house he's r...

Here's A Big Billboard That Says Dick In Downtown Chicago [UPDATE]

Heh....

World's Saddest Goalkeeper Also Has The World's Saddest Twitter Bio

This is Steve Harper, a 39-year-old goalkeeper in his first season for Hull City after being a fixture on the Newcastle United bench for the better part of 20 years, which included stints on loan elsewhere. He is, relatively speaking, baddish at his job....

Shorts Are Not For Cool People

Earlier today, celebrated thinkpiece writer Hamilton Nolan made some sounds over on middling Deadspin aggregator Gawker, claiming that "it is still fine for men to wear shorts." Young Nolan is correct, as things go. ...

Here's Your 2014-2015 Champions League Draw

The Champions League group stage draw was today after the tournament's playoff stage wrapped up yesterday. This is what we have to look forward to....

Cop Pointing Rifle At Ferguson Protestors: "I Will Fucking Kill You" [UPDATE]

This is remarkably bad copping. ...

This Isn't Your Club's Year: Our 2014-2015 Premier League Preview

Woohoo, soccer people. We're back....