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Deadspin Up All Night: Should I Eat This?
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Flip Saunders Will Not Return To The Wolves This Season
Flip Saunders was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in August, but at the time, he and the team were confident that he’d be able to continue with his duties as coach and president while undergoing treatment. Then, in September, he was hospitalized after a setback and took a leave of absence. Reports...

Lee Corso Does Butt Chugs: Today's James Madison <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
College GameDay made its annual FCS site visit, this time to Harrisonburg for today’s James Madison-Richmond matchup. The signs... are mostly regrettable....

There Are Still Several More Innings Left To Play
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Deadspin Up All Night: Scratched Up And Busy
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Congressman Reluctantly Sings "Meet The Mets" On House Floor To Settle A Bet
Here’s U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff of California, paying up after an NLDS bet with Rep. Steve Israel from New York. Schiff had the Dodgers, you see. His punishment is this rendition of “Meet The Mets,” and Schiff makes it sound like he’d rather have his toenails pulled out....

Your Next Plate Of Meatloaf Is My Treat, Lincoln Chafee
“I have had no scandals,” the ostrich man kept saying. If you angled your head just right, you could hear ... Y’know, in case you had me mixed up with that hiking-the-Appalachian-Trail fella wafting along on the breeze of his breath....

<i>Return Of The Jedi</i> Was Great, You Ewok-Slandering Fools
Earlier this week, the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer came out, and our own Albert Burneko took a moment to express a bit of perfectly warranted skepticism about its prospects. HOWEVER, Bert’s post was essentially a Trojan Horse for a lengthy revisionist diatribe on Return of the Jedi. ...

Tell Us Your Real-Life Horror And Ghost Stories
There’s a ghost story a friend’s father told me once that still freaks me out a little bit. Even as an adult. The story goes that one night, a few weeks after his mother died, he woke up to their dog barking uncontrollably. He got up and walked down the hallway to see what was wrong, and much to his...

<i>No Tears For The Dead </i>Mixes Badass Fights With Heavy Consequences
In the opening scene of the 2014 South Korean thriller No Tears for the Dead, we see a dark, brooding figure, tattoos peaking out of the sleeves of his suit, folding together an origami crane in a nightclub. After spending a few seconds charming a little girl a few tables over, he gets the text he’s...

Classic Man: "The Great Thing About VCRs"
Frequently in this space, we will consult a different entry in the 1987 book The Modern Man’s Guide to Life to see how the advice therein has aged. Last week, we discussed STDs; today, we’re talking home entertainment....

Don't Let Cat Puke And Dog Piss Ruin Your Life
On this episode of the official Ask a Clean Person podcast, Deadspin’s own Diana Moskovitz joined me to talk all about pet messes. Diana is a noted lover of cats, you see. So in her honor, and to draw on her vast knowledge of the fine and fancy messes that cats can make, we devoted the first segment...

Watch The Video For "Hello," Adele's First New Song In Three Years
It’s finally here! Last night, Queen Adele dropped “Hello,” the debut single from the singer’s forthcoming album 25, and her first new track since she was commissioned to write the theme for the 2012 James Bond flick Skyfall. There has been a lot of hype for this record—it’s a follow-up to 2011’s Gr...

Down Goes The Camera Op
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Deadspin Up All Night: Changing Of The Guards
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Kristaps Porzingis Had Cornrows
When he was just a Latvian tyke playing basketball, Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis had cornrows....

How To Beat Insomnia
There are few things more frustrating than not being able to go to sleep. The harder you try, the harder it is to make your body shut down, and your anxiety builds and builds. But you can outsmart your own insomnia. This video should help....

The Skins Are Still One Long Ongoing Con Job
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11 Gins, Ranked
Gin is the best white spirit, and its reward for this distinction is an unfounded but excellent reputation for spookiness and danger. Long before Reddit’s baddest boyz started taking pictures of “shower beer” balanced precariously atop their guts, the true freedom fighters of the 1920s battled Prohi...

Here's What Happened Last Time Chris Rock Hosted The Oscars
Chris Rock will host the 2016 Oscars, which gives us hope for a brighter, less boring award-show future. The last time he was on duty was 2005, and he did a pretty bang-up job. He was also much meaner than you probably remember....