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Deadspin Up All Night: I Don't Know What To Think
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There is lots of baseball on tonight, and the night crew will be on soon to take care of you as you deserve....

Hey, The NCAA, You're Still Selling Johnny Manziel Jerseys Here, Too
The NCAA isn't profiting off of "amateur" athletes' names or likenesses, OK? That's why that inconvenient search option was taken down from from the website of the NCAA shop earlier today. But if you still wanna buy something by doing a search on the name of your favorite "amateur" athlete, you're i...

How Having Kids Ruins You For Gratuitous Violence
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering gay royalty, Russian roulette, football-induced cancer, and more. Image by Sam Woolley....

Everything Plays
And now for something completely different: Vladimir Nabokov on boxing:...


Reminder: Johnny Manziel May Not Profit From The Use Of His Own Name
Because doing so would violate the spirit of amateurism. Rules are rules. Shipping not included....

Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Cincinnati Bengals
Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....

Kobe Bryant Says He's "Shattering" His Rehab Timetable
Kobe Bryant spoke to reporters during an appearance in China this past weekend, assuring them that his surgically repaired Achilles tendon is healing much faster than it was expected to. He did this in a very Kobe Bryant kind of way....

Summertime
Charles Simic writes about summertime over at the New York Review of Books:...

Throw It Down, Big Man
Check out Pat Jordan's 2001 New York Times profile of Bill Walton:...

Shall We Dance?
Another gem from Grantland’s “Director’s Cut” series, this one by the late Paul Hemphill (may he not be soon forgotten)....

Hand Jive
You'll like this—Peter Duffy's 2009 New York magazine story on handball:...

Deadspin Up All Night: All My Days Are Numbered
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Here's hoping A-Rod smacks a few dingers tonight....

Here's JaVale McGee Scaring Random People By Honking A Car Horn
Today's straight-to-YouTube release of Horn Chronicles, Part One (in four volumes!) is just the latest reminder that even though it's the offseason, JaVale never takes a day off from being JaVale....

The Swimmer
A classic—John Cheever's short story, "The Swimmer":...

Hey Fatso!
Peter Richmond remembers Art Donovan, a master storyteller:...

Cardboard Busts
Via Oddity Central, dig these busts of famous people by Scott Fife. ...

The Whore of Akron
Last year I interviewed Scott Raab about his entertaining book The Whore of Akron. Dig:...

Why Your Team Sucks 2013: New Orleans Saints
Some people are fans of the New Orleans Saints. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New Orleans Saints. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....

Perfection
Slide on over to The Unbearable Lightness of Betting and read where you'll find a reprint of Brendan Boyd's essay, "Perfection":...