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They Shouldn’t Play The National Anthem Before Sporting Events
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here....
The <i>New York Times</i> Doesn't Know What Aleppo Is, Either
Everyone agrees that Gary Johnson, who is pretending to be an actual candidate for the presidency under the banner of the Libertarian Party, humiliated himself this morning by not knowing what “Aleppo” was. The New York Times immediately read his embarrassing gaffe into the record. It wrote:...
GRRM Refuses To Address Rumor That He Has Pages
Last we heard from friend of the program and A Song Of Ice And Fire author George R.R. Martin, he insisted to Deadspin that he had pages. There have been occasional page dumps in the intervening months, but these are old pages, and there is precious little evidence that GRRM is hard at work on craft...
Donald Trump's Plan For The Middle East: "Take The Oil"
Tonight, NBC hosted a “Commander-in-Chief Forum,” which consisted of 30 minutes of Hillary Clinton talking about her emails and 30 minutes of Donald Trump declaring his intention to commit war crimes. As far as anything in this election goes, it was a resounding success....
A Regular Person’s Guide To Apple’s New Phones (And Other Useless Shit)<em></em>
Well, well, well. Apple, Inc., a cash-hoarding operation that occasionally does online strip shows, announced a new line of consumer electronics today. There are places to revel in the minutia of every last tech spec, but I promise that you are not interested in processors and megapixels nearly as m...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Was On My Way To Be With You Today
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Every day can be Taco Tuesday if you want it to be. ...
The PS4 Slim Is The Perfect Console For Me, A Video Game Idiot
As Kotaku writer and unfortunate New York Jets fan Jason Schreier exposed to the world a few weeks ago, I’ve been pestering him for about a month about whether or not I should buy a PlayStation 4. This morning Sony announced the PS4 Pro and the PS4 Slim, and Jason finally told me that the time had c...
Andy Murray Maimed (And Probably Killed) A Butterfly
Oh, you thought Andy Murray was just a cool down-to-Earth Scottish bloke who liked to swing his tennis racket in peace? You thought he wouldn’t commit lepidoptericide on the court? Wrong, he’s a monster....
How Many Syllables Are In The Word "Wild"?
Help me out, here. I say it has one syllable. That is how I pronounce it: wīld. One vowel sound. The l is a consonant; it does not get a discrete uh to announce its arrival. The Oxford English Dictionary agrees with me....
Steve Jobs Loved The Headphone Jack
At approximately 1:00 p.m. today, in the year of our Lord 2016, Tim Cook defiled the memory of the late Steven “Steve” Paul Jobs with an abomination built of space-gray hubris. Today, Tim Cook discarded the iPhone headphone jack. And with that headphone jack, the soul of its creator went, too. ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Denver Broncos<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Denver Broncos. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Denver Broncos. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
Apple Just Fucked Over All the Tech Bloggers
You probably already knew that Apple was announcing a new iPhone today, but did you know that it was planning to livetweet its announcement? And that in doing so, it kind of accidentally fucked over every tech blogger in the country? It’s the best gift Apple could have ever given us. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Just One Feeling
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We are ready to attack tonight with enthusiasm unknown to mankind. ...
Know Anything About Donald Trump Acting Like A Dick At His Fancy Golf Club?
How come no great Donald Trump stories have come out of Winged Foot? The prestigious golf club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., which has hosted oodles of U.S. Opens since Bobby Jones’ 1929 win, has had Trump as a member since 1975, when the persona of The Donald was in its nascent stages. So of course there ha...
Babies Hate Donald Trump
Donald Trump doesn’t exactly have the best track record when it comes to babies. Which is weird for a man with such a close, natural bond to his own children....
Arizona TV Station Airs Chase That Ends With Police Shooting Into Windshield [Update]
A police chase in Phoenix, Ariz. ended after one of the officers got out of his vehicle and shot several times into the driver’s windshield....
Steph Curry Gets His Shot Blocked By A Teen<em></em>
Steph Curry’s summer of defeats continued Tuesday at an event in Taiwan when a 17-year-old blocked the Golden State Warrior’s shot....
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: 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 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
What Is The Best Video Game Sport?<em></em>
Before we get into the Funbag, there’s gonna be a bonus D.C. book reading tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at the lovely Dodge City bar. I will NOT be sober. So come listen to me slur my way through another chapter from The Hike and then we can all go get loaded on the patio. Also, Penguin is still looking ...
Forget What You Learned In School; The Goths Sacked Rome For Good Reasons
If you ever learned about the Roman Empire in history class, the barbarian Goths’ sack of Rome in 410 was probably one of the points your teacher hit. After all, if you’re looking for an endpoint for an empire, the looting of its namesake city is probably a good place to start....