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Williams Sisters Lose Olympic Women's Doubles Match For First Time In History
The Williams sisters have been playing as doubles partners at the Olympics since 2000, and had never lost a match together—until today, when they were eliminated in the first round in Rio by the Czech team of Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4....
Deadspin Up All Night: And Our Hearts Are On The Everglow<em></em>
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Orlando Pace Thanks St. Louis In Hall Of Fame Speech; NFL Leaves That Part Out Of Its YouTube Upload
St. Louis football fans who hoped to see a shout-out from the Rams’ newest Hall-of-Famer Orlando Pace might have been disappointed if they watched the version of his speech uploaded to the NFL’s YouTube channel. While the other inductees’ speeches from last night’s event are presented unedited by th...
Road Race Leader Crashes Just Miles From Finish [Updates]
Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten crashed on the descent with less than seven miles remaining in the 85-mile road race. While the course was different from the one we illustrated as being difficult-to-dangerous, much of it did follow the men’s course. ...
Katinka Hosszú's Ridiculous Record-Breaking 400 IM, Visualized<em></em>
Hungarian Katinka Hosszú smashed the women’s 400 IM record last night by 2.07 seconds, the biggest leap in world record progression since East German Petra Schneider’s performance at Moscow in 1980. To illustrate just how fast Hosszú was in comparison to previous champions, we’ve matched up the prev...
Yesterday's Best Judo Ippons, As Called By "J.R." Jim Ross
Olympics organizers can be sick people, as evidenced by their decision to schedule the single-elimination event of judo—one in which a competitor’s entire Olympics experience can be over in seconds—first thing on Day 1. Here are several of those competitors being eliminated by ippon, as called by pr...
Hunter Pence Fouls Ball Off His Own Eye, Finishes The At-Bat
You know how sometimes it’s awful to watch another person put in a contact lens? Here’s Hunter Pence fouling a ball off his own eye. He finished the at-bat afterward, incredibly, though with a strikeout....
Deadspin Up All Night: Knock It Out The Ball Park
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Kip Keino's Emotional Speech And Everything Else NBC Edited Out Of Its Opening Ceremony Broadcast
NBC’s tape-delayed Opening Ceremony broadcast ran a cool 4:58:38—more than an hour longer than the event’s real-time duration—but, as usual, the Peacock Network left plenty of the show on its cutting-room floor. Here’s everything NBC excised from last night’s broadcast:...
Spectator Chases After Olympic Cyclists, Screaming
Today’s Olympics cycling road race has proven to be a danger, both due to physics and to fans chasing after the riders, screaming. That can’t be healthy for anyone, but at least he was clothed....
Panel of Droids Discuss Liverpool and Barcelona's Prospects
Towards the end of the halftime break in Liverpool-Barcelona on Saturday, ESPN’s Ian Darke sent viewers from Wembley Stadium back to the studio, which sometime during the commercial break had moved to the Mos Eisley Cantina....
The True Story Of The Fall Of Rome Is A Hell Of Lot Better Than The Hollywood Version
If you were ever forced to sit through a high school or college history class, you probably heard the story of the fall of the Roman Empire. At best, you remember that savage, fur-clad barbarians poured through the gates of a rotting, decrepit empire and snuffed out the light of civilization for a t...
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Deadspin Up All Night: The Rhymes Are Pathetic
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The Human Beach Is For Bears Now
Lake Tahoe is a very popular destination for humans looking to catch some summer rays and splash about without care. It will remain such a destination, so long as future visitors are willing to share the beach with these bears:...
Frank Ocean Has No Pages, But Matisyahu Has Plenty
I do not believe that the extremely good musician Frank Ocean will release his album today. Our paper of record did, based on an insider with knowledge of Ocean’s deal with Apple, but they’re going to look silly, just like all of us. How could we be so gullible? Here’s an image he presents on the al...
Instead of Milk, Try Yogurt
Breakfast cereals. Good, right? Instead of milk upon your cereal, try this: ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: New York Giants<em></em>
Some people are fans of the New York Giants. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Giants. 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....
<i>Suicide Squad</i> Is The Summer's Best Movie About Divorce
I consider my life to consist of two parts: one before I saw Suicide Squad, the other after. ...
A-Rod's Doing Just Fine, It Seems
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