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A Tortoise Raced A Hare
I won’t ruin this for you, in case you want to go grab a bud and place a bet on this....
Geoff Petrie Lambastes Vivek Ranadivé's "Sophomoric Attempt At Revisionist History"
Over the weekend, USA Today published a two-part interview with Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé, a look back on his three-and-a-half years in charge of the struggling team. I thought it was interesting—and weak—how much Ranadivé deflected the blame for just about every poor decision the team h...
I Found A Postcard From 1979 And This Is Its Story
It was tucked into the pages like a bookmark, postmarked Fort Lauderdale, dated December 3, 1979, and addressed to an apartment in Evanston, Ill. There was nothing else in the book—a collection of John Cheever stories I’d just bought at the used bookstore a couple blocks from my Chicago apartment....
Nets Forward Anthony Bennett Cares About The Fans
You can label this slip of the tongue, spoken by Nets forward Anthony Bennett while attempting to cut a preseason promo, a blooper if you’d like:...
Derrick Rose's Friend Explains The Difference Between Girlfriends And Girls You Have Sex With
Randall Hampton, Derrick Rose’s friend and employee, took the stand late Tuesday to testify about his recollection of the night at the center of the civil suit accusing Hampton, Rose, and a third man, Ryan Allen, of gang-raping a woman. He also explained why it was OK for him to have sex with the wo...
Gregg Popovich Lovingly Booted Boban Marjanovic Away From The Spurs
The Pistons have signed three former Spurs players in the past two offseasons. Aron Baynes signed in 2015, and Ray McCallum (most recently of the Grizzlies) joined the team this year. Additionally, 7-foot-3 Serbian Hulk Boban Marjanovic signed a three-year, $21 million deal with the Pistons in July....
DeMarcus Cousins Knows His Music History
DeMarcus Cousins recently joked that he doesn’t know who Paul McCartney (the guy who did a song with Kanye West a few years ago) is. Undoubtedly, this comment caused a few pearls to be clutched and few fainting chairs to be fainted into....
NLRB Ruling Frees College Athlete Twitter, Opens New Avenue To End Amateurism
For today, a recent memo sent out by the National Labor Relations Board means Twitter users will be treated to the unfiltered thoughts of private school college athletes; for the future, it means those athletes might actually get their just due....
Derrick Rose Testifies That NBA Rookie Program Teaches Players Not To Leave Behind Used Condoms
In continued testimony Tuesday, Knicks guard Derrick Rose described the sexual encounter at the center of his civil rape trial as completely consensual. He also explained why he took his used condom with him afterward—he said he was taught to do that at the NBA’s rookie transition program....
Reporters: It's Time To Burn Donald Trump
Despite what anyone may want to believe, the chances of Donald Trump moving into the White House in January are not trivial. He is still a candidate; he still has ardent supporters; and he still could be our next president. This means that, now more than ever, journalists with relevant information h...
The Missed Opportunity
In America—despite our inequality and blatant cronyism—the socialists never win. The socialists never could have won. Except for this year. ...
The Trump Campaign Is Ready To Burn This Motherfucker Down<em></em>
My friends, the Trump campaign has decided to go full Jared Leto Joker. It’s all so very deeply ... twisted....
Kevin Durant On Golden State Warriors: "They Didn't Get The Job Done ... I'm Glad They Lost"
Newly minted Golden State Warrior Kevin Durant saw his former team blow a 3-1 lead in the Conference Finals, then watched his new team blow a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals. When asked if it mattered to him that the Warriors lost, he gave a long answer about how much fun they appeared to be having and s...
Pedro Martinez Recognizes Columbus Day By Stereotyping Native Americans [Update]
Pedro Martinez tried to recognize the Indians’ sweep of his former employer the Boston Red Sox tonight during the TBS postgame show; instead, he got real racist....
Dude Breaks Into Texas Capitol Building, Tosses Stuff Around, Gets Arrested
Austin gets a lot of press as a “cool place to live.” It is a growing city full of technology jobs, expensive coffee shops, and the other supposed signifiers of a “hip city.” Something that nobody mentions when listing Austin’s draws: it’s the only city in Texas where you can vandalize original port...
Deadspin Up All Night: All I've Got Say Is<em></em>
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Some Janet Jackson for no reason other than I spent all weekend listening to her. ...
Martin Shkreli Talking Like A Human Being Was The Best Part Of The Alt-Right Art Show
#DaddyWillSaveUs, the pro-Donald Trump art show put on this weekend by Milo Yiannopoulos, Lucian Wintrich, Martin Shkreli, and Gavin McInnes, was pretty anti-climactic. After they had been thrown out of The Boiler gallery in Williamsburg, the bad boys of conservatism went scrambling for another venu...