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Danny Boyle Movies, Ranked
Danny Boyle is one of the most quietly adventurous filmmakers working today. He’ll do a science-fiction movie, then a period piece, then a Tarantino-type thriller, then a romantic comedy, then a conventional biopic, and he won’t so much as blink once. He is an auteur of the old-fashioned sort: His m...

Thabo Sefolosha Found Not Guilty Of Resisting Arrest
NBA player Thabo Sefolosha, who had his leg broken during a scuffle with NYPD officers in April, was found not guilty on charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of governmental administration....

ESPN Has Really Gotten Provocative
At least it wasn’t Anal Kid Time....

Gilbert Arenas Posts Rebuttal To Caron Butler's Version Of Locker Room Guns Story
The other day the Washington Post ran an excerpt from Caron Butler’s forthcoming book, which includes his telling of what happened in the Wizards locker room almost six years ago when Javaris Crittenton pointed a gun at teammate Gilbert Arenas....

The Tarp Always Wins
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Deadspin Up All Night: I Was There
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How <i>Not</i> To Hit On Girls At The Club
You’re at the club and see a cute girl look your way. You smile at her. She smiles back and gives you a wave. Oh, hey, you’ve got an opening! But, tread lightly. While the hard part might be of the way, what you do next can either get you in the game or leave you crying into your drink at the bar. H...

Police Video Shows Teen Girl Graphically Accusing Kevin Johnson Of Sexual Abuse
Today, Kevin Johnson is mayor of Sacramento, Calif., and Mandi Koba is a mother of three and an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse. Only they know what happened between them in the summer of 1995, when she was 16 and he was a star guard for the Phoenix Suns, and each has a different version of e...

Matt Barnes Claims He Went To Estranged Wife's House Because He Was Worried About His Son
Today, Matt Barnes attempted to clarify his version of his uninvited weekend trip to estranged wife Gloria Govan’s home, where he allegedly fought former Lakers teammate and current Knicks head coach Derek Fisher. The 35-year-old claimed he drove to Redondo Beach after talking to his 6-year-old son,...

<i>American Horror Story: Hotel</i> Will Make You Wanna Vom!
Welp, that was gross! If last night’s premiere of American Horror Story: Hotel told us anything about the season to come, it’s that the five-season-old FX show is now even less for the queasy than usual. Guts and gore have always been a common feature, and Lady Gaga, who looms over this new installm...

Let's Go Buy A Fucking TV
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....

The Storm Inside Reggie Jackson
This piece was first published in the July, 1977 issue of Esquire. It is reprinted here with permission. Also be sure to check out the other Jackson profile, written the same year, that we republished in March....

How To Talk To A Grieving Person
In the weeks and months after my father died, “How are you?” became my least favorite question. It was always benign and well-intentioned, but it also inevitably reminded me that I felt like shit. I’d rather have given a gruesome blow-by-blow account of how my father died than talk about how I felt....

UConn's Bacon Jalapeño Mac And Cheese: A Sober Student's Review
This week, we met a drunken (and possibly former!) University of Connecticut student named Luke Gatti whose hunger for the bacon jalapeño mac and cheese served by the school’s Union Street Market was so great that he got himself arrested (and publicly humiliated) trying to get some. Was this foodstu...

Matt Barnes Terrorizes Ex, Amusing Sportswriters
This past Saturday, Memphis Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes reportedly drove nearly a hundred miles from Santa Barbara to the Los Angeles home of his estranged wife Gloria Govan—whom he was arrested on suspicion of abusing in 2010—to harass and physically attack New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher for ...

Sports Writing: Two Words
The 25th edition of Houghton-Mifflin Harcout’s superior Best American Sports Writing series is out. The good folks over at SB Nation were good enough to reprint series editor Glenn Stout’s introduction. ...

Thabo Sefolosha Testifies He Was Giving Money To Beggar When Arrested
Thabo Sefolosha testified today that he was trying to give money to a beggar and then leave in a car service when he was arrested outside of a New York City nightclub in April. That is when, according to Sefolosha, a police officer who had been unnecessarily belligerent and confrontational to him sh...

Deadspin Up All Night: Feel The Breeze
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Javaris Crittenton Pointing A Loaded Gun At Gilbert Arenas Is Still The Most Insane Thing To Ever Happen In The NBA
The Washington Post has an excerpt of Caron Butler’s new book, Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA—Editorial Reviews on Amazon provided by Dwyane Wade, Pat Riley, and Mark Wahlberg—that delivers his account of the one time Gilbert Arenas nearly got himself shot in the Wizards locker r...

Report: Matt Barnes Drove To Los Angeles To Fight Derek Fisher For Dating His Estranged Wife
Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes drove to his estranged wife’s Los Angeles home last Saturday when he learned that former Lakers teammate and current Knicks coach Derek Fisher was seeing her, according to the New York Post....