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Western Michigan Saved By Officials After Mind-Blowingly Stupid Play
Northwestern was driving late to take the lead on Western Michigan, needing only a field goal to gain the advantage on the scoreboard and having first-and-goal to do it. Then, disaster: Clayton Thorson fumbled just as he reached the end zone and WMU’s Davontae Ginwright recovered. Then things got we...
ESPN Hot Mic Catches Someone Blathering About Chicago
“CHICAGO!? You can’t talk about Chicago like that! You can talk about Northwestern if you want.”...
Houston's Brandon Wilson Returns Missed Field Goal 109 Yards For A Touchdown
Third-ranked Oklahoma has its hands full on the road in Houston, and the Cougars made things even worse by returning a missed Sooners field goal the length of the field—with returner Brandon Wilson hurdling his own teammate along the way. It’s 26-17 midway through the third quarter....
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump comforts Shalga Hightower, center, as she hugs family spokesman Charmil Davis during a meeting, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Philadelphia. ...
Ben Carson Abandons Live Interview To Chase After His Luggage
Ben Carson took Donald Trump to his childhood home in Detroit today—one now occupied by a Hillary Clinton supporter—but his live interview on CNN came to a halt when the former presidential candidate had to go chasing after his luggage. We don’t know what’s in Carson’s suitcases; perhaps his dignit...
Kiffin's Krimson Korner: A <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
What did we learn from today’s season premiere of College GameDay at Lambeau Field? You really don’t want to know. A sign roundup follows:...
Christian McCaffrey Punt Return Called Back, But Is Still A Work Of Art
Heisman favorite Christian McCaffrey is starting this season off with a bang, even if it didn’t actually result in points on the board. Here’s his first-quarter punt return against Kansas State that was brought back for an illegal block penalty; Stanford fans have a lot of reasons to be excited this...
Destin Hood Gets First Career Hit, Immediately Makes Baserunning Blunder
Marlins outfielder Destin Hood is making his major league debut after eight years in the minors, and his parents were in Cleveland to watch him earn his first career hit—and, immediately after that, get tagged out on a baserunning mistake....
Deadspin Up All Night: I Had None
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How To Soberly Hang With The Drunk
Recently I’ve gotten some practice in the art of hanging out with very drunk people while not imbibing anything myself. In the process, I developed two general strategies to make this scenario a little livelier....
Ted Cruz Can't Wait To Watch The Football Men Do Touchpoints In The Grass Zone<em></em>
Can you guess who’s ready for The Big Game?...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Arizona Cardinals<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Arizona Cardinals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Arizona Cardinals. 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....
Americans Lie About Reading Books
According to a new Pew Research Center study, 73% of American adults say they have read a book in the past year. Okay. What book was it? ...
Latinos For Trump Founder Stumps For Hillary, Promises Tacos<em></em>
What will happen to the United States if Hillary Clinton is elected president? The streets and alleys of our great land will be flooded with taco trucks offering delicious fare, per Latinos For Trump founder Marco Gutierrez....
Tennessee Survives After Dobbs Fumble Recovered In OT
A putrid night of football in Knoxville turned out the Volunteers’ way when Josh Dobbs’s fumble at the goal line in overtime was gathered in by teammate Jalen Hurd, setting up a 20-13 win after the Tennessee defense stopped Appalachian State’s OT series....
Trump's Wacky Doctor Is Downers Personified
Harold Bornstein, New York-based gastroenterologist and personal physician to Donald Trump, is quite the man. He looks like Upper West Side Willie Nelson, talks with an inhuman calmness and quietness, and his wife crafted the greatest Dadaist tweet of all time and hates reporters. ...
"Holy Toledo!" Appalachian State Takes 13-3 Lead On Tennessee
Tennessee’s supposed to be good this year—they’re ranked #9 in ESPN’s preseason poll—but their season is off to a slow start as they’ve allowed Appalachian State to jump out to a ten-point first-half lead, thanks here to a 33-yard touchdown catch and run by Marcus Cox. “Holy Toledo!”...
Holy Shit, Fireworks UFO
SpaceX accidentally exploded a rocket that was going to send a $95 million Facebook satellite into orbit this morning. Footage from the scene was pretty wild. Bummer!...
Tennessee Welcomes You To The College Football Season In A Way Only The Volunteers Can
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