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There Is Something Fishy About Eric Gordon's Knee Injury
Earlier today, the New Orleans Hornets announced that all-star shooting guard Eric Gordon will be out indefinitely with a knee injury. Gordon has been dealing with pain in his right knee since having arthroscopic surgery on it back in February. Knees can be fickle, and the announcement that Gordon w...
The 76ers' T-Shirt Gun Looks Capable Of Ending A Human's Life
The terrifying weapon above is Big Bella, the Philadelphia 76ers' t-shirt gun (or so they claim). It can shoot 100 t-shirts in 60 seconds. Fans will probably be too busy ducking in fear to catch anything, though....
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Eddie House, World Champion Cockroach
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, past and present....
Report: Tomorrow's Knicks-Nets Season Opener Has Been Canceled
A few minutes ago The New York Times' Richard Sandomir sent the following tweet:...
Delonte West Tweeted His Résumé For NBA Teams, And He Cited Bleacher Report As A Reference
Let's see now. Uh huh. Right, right, right. Eight years in the NBA with, uh, four teams. And you know, I just loved that Saint Joe's team you played for. What year was that, ‘04? And who was it, John Lucas who made that shot that kept you guys out of the Final Four? That had to just … yeah, yeah, so...
How To Carve A Pumpkin: A Guide For Terrible, Drunk Parents
It's Halloween, which means that it's time to dress your children up in cosplay costumes and send them out into a dark neighborhood, asking neighbors for things to put inside their mouths. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? Anyway, before trick-or-treating, you have to buy a pumpkin and carve it. That t...
Here's The First Clip Of Metta World Peace's Lifetime Movie
Ron Artest IS Metta World Peace IS Garlin Fincher, a veteran detective trading the mean streets of Atlanta for the wilds of Afghanistan. His reasons are his own, his methods unorthodox, but he always gets his man....
Deadspin Classic: The Hater’s Guide To Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s new album, “Red,” has sold 1.2 million copies in its first week, which is some sort of record for something or other. In 2010, Drew Magary wondered: Why the big fuss over a woman who makes “training-bra music”?...
Kevin Garnett Straight Up Ignored Ray Allen When He Came Over To Say Hi
We knew Ray Allen's departure from Boston was something less than amicable. Allen dropped hints about how he had been forced out of Boston, meanwhile Doc Rivers made it known that Allen refused to return any of his or Danny Ainge's phone calls. What should have been a pure business decision (Allen w...
Mark Cuban Turned Into A Crazy Penguin When Dwight Howard Fouled Out
When Dwight Howard fouled out of his first game in a Lakers uniform, one L.A. dropped to the Mavericks 99-91, it made Dallas owner Mark Cuban a bit wobbly....
Yes, David Stern Said Our Thoughts Are With The Victims Of "Hurricane Katrina"
Here's your NBA commissioner: "Before we begin, I know that everyone here and around America watching has in their thoughts and their abiding concerns those who are affected by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath." Oy....
30 Paragraphs About 30 NBA Teams From The Basketball Prospectus Guide To The 2012-13 Season
The following previews were culled from the team chapters of the ever-incisive Pro Basketball Prospectus. Buy the book as a PDF for $9.98. It's also available in paperback. For more, check out the Basketball Prospectus website....
More Pixar Than Pixar: <em>Wreck-It Ralph</em>, Reviewed.
Pixar, Pixar. For something like a decade, every animated film has been inevitably judged by-and found short of-the gold standard set by the computer-animation powerhouse. Even Pixar can't compete, as tepid reviews of films like Cars 2 and Brave attest....
Jeremy Lin Apparently Still Doesn't Know Who His New Teammates Are
As an undrafted rookie out of Iona, Scott Machado knew he faced an uphill battle in trying to make the Houston Rockets. Machado wound up making the roster because the Rockets released veteran Shaun Livingston instead. But sometime before Monday's final cuts, Machado got a scare from Jeremy Lin, who ...
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There Is A Very Good Chance The Knicks-Nets Season Opener Won't Be Played Thursday [UPDATE #2]
Shiny new arena, shiny new uniforms, shiny new rivalry: Thursday night was supposed to be the beginning of an era in New York basketball, with the Brooklyn Nets opening up the Barclays Center against the Knicks, with all the appropriate pomp and celebration. Then Hurricane Sandy had to go and happen...
What Is The Greatest Conference-Room Food Of All Time?
This week's Funbag is just a bit shorter due to the MURDERCANE and the fact that we're working off of Tumblr today. Let's get to your letters before the power belatedly goes out and I'm forced to eat my own children: ...
Mikhail Prokhorov Is A Cartoon Character
The guy who owns the Nets and isn't Jay-Z sat down for a lengthy Q&A with the Post. He is every bit the caricature the internet has made him out to be. A sample:...