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Deadspin Up All Night: Respect Balance
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Fence Defeats Orlando City Fan
This Orlando City fan went for a shortcut, and paid dearly. The prolonged dusting of his clothes is an admirable effort in trying to play it off like nothing happened....

The New York Times Is Not Built For This
On Sunday, Frank Bruni dedicated his New York Times op-ed column to the way Donald Trump eats steak. This is not the first line of a joke. ...

As The Roman Empire Fell, Its People Stopped Talking To One Another
Rome was more than just an empire, an agglomeration of provinces ruled by the emperor and administered through a central bureaucracy and a collection of appointed governors and officials. The Roman world, beyond the political structures that sustained the empire, went much deeper than that: It was a...

MSG Went Silent For A Half, And Draymond Green Despised It
The Knicks tried something a little different for their game against the Warriors on Sunday afternoon. (They still lost, so some things remained comfortingly stable.) For the entirety of warm-ups and the first half, there was no in-arena entertainment, no music blaring during timeouts, no organ play...

Suns Score Five Points In Final Four Seconds To Beat Celtics
Tyler Ulis’s three-point heave as the buzzer sounded gave the Suns a 109-106 regulation win over the Celtics in a game Boston led by two points until four seconds remained....

Deadspin Up All Night: Your Age Is The Hardest Age
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The weekend has come to an end once again. ...

Rayjon Tucker Throws Down Shot Clock-Busting Dunk
Dunk City is back, baby! FGCU is battling with UNF for the A-Sun title and its NCAA bid, and backup guard Rayjon Tucker brought the lightning and thunder on a massive dunk that turned the lights out on the shot clock....

Your Goal Of The Day Comes From The Colombian League
César Carrillo gave his Jaguares side a 1-0 lead over Millonarios with a golazo from distance that brought a, uh, modestly full Estadio Jaraguay to a frenzy....

J.R. Smith Escorted Off Court By Security At End Of Cavaliers' Loss To Heat
J.R. Smith has been sidelined with a thumb injury since December, but he’s apparently very ready right now to jump into things. Case in point: last night, when he got heated at the end of the Cavaliers-Heat game after watching Rodney McGruder dunk on Channing Frye toward the end of Miami’s blowout w...
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Festus Ezeli Will Have Season-Ending Knee Surgery Involving A Cadaver Donor [UPDATED]
It’s been reported for months that Festus Ezeli would need season-ending knee surgery, but until yesterday, no date had been set or details announced. Now, the situation and timeline are clearer—Ezeli will undergo a procedure requiring a cadaver donor, and he’s spent the last several months waiting ...

Grayson Allen Graduates From Tripping People; Now Issues Elbows
Grayson Allen continues to inspire us with his unique, physical take on playing basketball....

Deadspin Up All Night: Your Arms Are My Castle
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. I am excited to watch Duke destroy the boys of Chapel Hill this fine evening....

Judge Agrees To Postpone Matt Barnes's Assault Trial Until After The NBA Finals
Matt Barnes’s trial in his misdemeanor assault case has been postponed until June 27 to accommodate a possible trip to the NBA Finals....

Buss Brothers Claim They Aren't Trying To Take Control Of The Lakers Away From Jeanie Buss
A day after the Los Angeles Times published a fairly damning report detailing how Jim and Johnny Buss were trying to wrest control of the Lakers away from their sister, Jeanie Buss, the pair of brothers are trying to say that they never intended to do so....

Saint Francis Beats Wagner On Off-Balance, Buzzer-Beating Three
Keith Braxton heaved a heavily-contested, desperation three and found the basket as his Saint Francis Red Flash squad knocked off Wagner in the NEC semifinals....

Washington's John Ross Breaks Chris Johnson's All-Time 40 Record At NFL Combine
Chris Johnson’s record of 4.24 in the NFL combine 40, set in 2008, is no more as John Ross clocked a 4.22—something the Washington wide receiver said was a goal before his audition for pro football scouts....

One Braised Pork Belly Taco To Rule Them All
We’ve been down this road, the pork belly road, before. Actually, we’ve been down many roads. Many roads converged in these woods, is what I’m saying. Good roads. Listen. Shut up. We are going to make gooey braised pork belly tacos, and we are going to find our way there via dead reckoning. Strap in...

Deadspin Up All Night: So Much Style That It's Wasted
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Report: Jeanie Buss's Brothers Tried To Take Away Her Control Of The Lakers
Jim and Johnny Buss attempted to remove their sister, Jeanie Buss, from her role as Los Angeles Lakers president and controlling owner, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to the Times, the brothers sought to hold an emergency meeting to elect a new board of directors for the Lakers next week. ...