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Utah Tires Of Pummeling Oregon, Starts Beating Up Fox Camera Operators Too
Utah extended its shocking blowout lead over Oregon 55-13 tonight with a 69-yard punt return that confused fans, Ducks punt coverage team members, and Fox camera operators. The fake fair catch seemed to fool everyone except, of course, Gus Johnson. (You might remember the Rams running this play last...
TCU Avoids Embarrassing Texas Tech Loss With Miracle TD Catch
Trevone Boykin found Aaron Green off a ricochet to help the third-ranked TCU Horned Frogs beat Texas Tech 55-52 in the sort of manic game Red Raiders fans have seen in Lubbock for about a decade now. The fourth down play with less than a minute left came and the end of a 53-yard, two-and-a-half minu...
Deadspin Up All Night: That's Not Gonna Save You Man
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Virginia Tech Punter Makes Save Of The Year
This is an astounding play. Virginia Tech punter A.J. Hughes watches the snap fly far over his head into the end zone, and he manages to not only recover the ball but get a clean punt off that traveled 60 yards on the fly. It kept the Hokies within a touchdown of ECU, and left ESPN’s Mark Neely gras...
Maryland Cheerleader, Like The Terrapins, Is Getting Crushed
West Virginia is obliterating the Terrapins today, as the Mountaineers are already up 38-0 at the half. Taking things especially hard was this Maryland cheerleader who bore the brunt of Shelton Gibson’s 41-yard touchdown catch:...
The Mailman Has A Cooler Phone Than You
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Syracuse Punter Hurdles LSU Defender On Fake Field Goal
Syracuse punter Riley Dixon leapt over an LSU defender for a first down late in the first half as the Orange attempted to take a shocking lead over LSU with a fake field goal:...
jet fUel Can't meLt steel beAms: Your Tucson <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
Good morning! Welcome to another college football Saturday. Here’s what the Arizona scamps came up with for today’s College GameDay signs. Some of them are funny! Some of them are horrible. (Some are actually from the superior SEC Nation program!) ...
Lionel Messi Taken To Hospital With Knee Injury [UPDATE]
Barcelona subbed off Lionel Messi and the superstar went to a hospital after suffering a knee injury early in today’s match against Las Palmas. ...
Nationals Cannot Stop Beating Selves, Allow Inside-The-Park Grand Slam
The Nationals really have no one to blame but themselves for probably losing their way out of a chance at the playoffs, and this play from tonight’s game against the 57-96 Phillies is a great example. Here’s Aaron Altherr driving home all three baserunners and himself thanks to a misplayed ball by M...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Hear It Every Day On The Radio
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The Gambling Drama <i>Mississippi Grind </i>Will Break Your Heart
When their eyes first meet, there’s an immediate spark, or perhaps a shared recognition. Gerry (Ben Mendelsohn) sells houses, but he’s not particularly good at it, mostly because he doesn’t care at all about his job, and only gets excited about the next time he can gamble. Curtis (Ryan Reynolds) is ...
Tell Us About The Craziest Dare You Ever Accepted
Sometimes it’s hard to refuse a bet or a dare, especially when your pride is at stake, and all your friends are watching, and how could you not? What are you, chicken? So I double-dog-dare you to tell us about the most ridiculous dare you ever agreed to. Come to think of it, I triple-dog-dare you. ...
Cool Pope Readies Prog-Rock Album; Here Is The First Track
Yeah, you heard me. Rolling Stone has reported that Pope Francis will be releasing a “pop-rock” album entitled Wake Up in late November. The LP will feature “the Pontiff delivering sacred hymns and excerpts of his most moving speeches in multiple languages paired with uplifting musical accompaniment...
<i>Elite Squad: The Enemy Within</i> Is The Next Stop For <i>Narcos</i> Fiends
There’s a very good chance you’ve spent some time in the past few week binging on Narcos, the new Netflix show about the unlikely career of one Pablo Escobar. It’s a great show, one that goes as wide as possible in considering all the effects of the U.S.’s war on drugs and its appetite for them. May...
Is A Parking Garage Really Not Liable If My Car Gets Damaged Or Stolen?
Welcome back to Ask a Lawyer, where I, a lawyer, respond to your questions. Got a vexing legal issue? Send it over, or drop it in the comments below. Today’s query:...
Where Did Those Crazy Lane Kiffin Rumors Come From?
There are a great many unverified rumors in the sports world, but only college football has the unique blend of financial chicanery, lunatic fanbases, isolated campuses, and exploitation of minors that can cause Internet rumors to spring up seemingly out of nowhere. That was the case this week, when...
"I'm A Grown-Up Now": The Teen Who Accused Kevin Johnson Of Sexual Abuse Speaks Out
There is a photograph of a pile of pink and white paper hearts atop Mandi Koba’s Facebook page. She cut the hearts out of hard copies of a 1996 police report from Phoenix, Ariz. The cops, according to the vintage report used in the arts and crafts project, were investigating “a celebrity involved in...