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<i>Ready Player One </i>Finds The Bleak Limits Of Nostalgia
It’s not hard to fracture the internet with a movie adaptation of a popular bad book. They’re made into movies all the time. They read like screenplays because they skip complex language that defies being replaced with pictures, and producers can’t resist a baked-in audience, which creates a baked-i...
Lamar Jackson Accuses Wake Forest Coach Of Anonymously <em></em>Trashing His NFL Dreams
Lamar Jackson, the 2016 Heisman winner who, for a while, appeared to be the Second Coming, is heading into the fall with the typical pressure being applied to college football’s reigning MVP—he’ll be tasked with somehow improving his draft stock, bettering a team that fell apart down the stretch, an...
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Cincinnati Bengals<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Deadspin Up All Night: I Drank The Water And I Felt Alright
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Arrest Affidavit Details Domestic Violence Allegations Against Willie Reed
Miami police have released the arrest affidavit for new Los Angeles Clippers forward Willie Reed. In it, Reed’s wife says the ex-Heat player got upset Saturday afternoon when she said she wanted a divorce, leading to him “twist[ing] her arm causing her to kneel to the ground.” In response she says s...
Report: Houston Nutt Offers To Settle If Ole Miss Apologizes And Pays Respect To The Ethics
Ole Miss can make this whole self-induced Houston Nutt headache—which is now just one headache among many—go away if it just admits it lied about the details of some recruiting violations and forks over a half-a-million bucks in the name of “sports ethics.”...
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Carolina Panthers<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Carolina Panthers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Carolina Panthers. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Deadspin Up All Night: Sweep Me Off My Feet
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You Are Cheesing Your Cheeseburgers All Wrong And I Can't Stand It Anymore
Here’s a dumb thing that grill chefs do: they flip the burgers on the grill, and then, while the burgers finish cooking, the chef lays slices of cheese on the top of the burgers, where presumably the heat of the grill will aid in the melting of the cheese....
Poor Inflated Giant Humiliated By Vile Curry Brothers
Seth and Steph Curry appeared on a show called “Infinite Challenge” in South Korea, where they were challenged by a group of giant inflatable men and other assorted monstrosities:...
Reports: Clippers' Willie Reed Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge
Willie Reed, newly of the Los Angeles Clippers, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery Sunday morning after a domestic violence incident, according to this Miami Herald report....
Deadspin Up All Night: Profitless Thoughts<em></em>
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Wanna Show Off Your Favorite Sneakers?
This is your Master Course in sneaker care and cleaning....
Deadspin Up All Night: It's Good To Have The Feeling You're The Best
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Ice Up The Bears, It's Too Fucking Hot For Bears
It’s summer time and that means it’s the worst time to be a polar bear in the zoo. Heatwaves around the world are making life hard for captive polar bears, and zookeepers are struggling to keep the big beasts cool....
Doc Rivers No Longer Allowed To Fuck Up The Clippers' Roster
There has always been a massive gulf in talent between Doc Rivers The Coach and Doc Rivers The General Manager. Coach Rivers has a career .579 winning percentage and hasn’t missed the playoffs since 2007; GM Rivers is best known for repeatedly wasting his team’s limited cap space on mediocre-to-usel...
Here's Everything That Happens In The Leaked Episode Of <i>Game Of Thrones, </i>Which Rules
Earlier this week, someone hacked HBO and made off with a fuckton of data (1.5 terabytes, they claim), which apparently included thousands of internal documents and an executive’s financial data. It also probably includes a lot more. If that 1.5 terabyte figure is accurate, then this is one the bigg...
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Los Angeles Chargers<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Los Angeles Chargers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Los Angeles Chargers. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
JaVale McGee Provides Pick-Up Game Highlights And Statistics
During the summer, NBA players often post short, low-quality clips of themselves getting shots up or lifting weights in order to prove that there truly are no days off and that ball is indeed life. These dispatches are mostly self-serving, but you can’t help but appreciate the effort JaVale McGee ha...
Charles Oakley Can’t Visit MSG For A Year As Part Of His Dismissal Deal
Charles Oakley won’t be able to go see Phish this weekend....