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How The World Cup Draw Affected Each Country's Odds To Win

Hot off the presses from online sportsbook Bovada, each country's odds to win the 2014 World Cup, both before and after today's draw....

NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 14 (Late Edition)

Below is updated betting information for the Week 14 NFL games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread movement and money lines are now included; major books have not yet opened for Browns-Patriots or Falcons-Packers, as they're presumably holding off until starting QBs are announced for C...

When Alabama Loses, The Earth Shakes: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked

Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....

Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For Sports Fans Who Like Art

Assuming you are older than 13, you are probably past the age where decorating your living space with sports posters is acceptable. But the need to decorate remains, so why not get some sports-inspired art? Leave your recommendations in the discussion section and we'll pick the best later....

Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For People Who Like To Drink

Some of us like to drink, some of us need to drink, and some don't care about the distinction and frankly are a little miffed at you for bringing it up in the first place. One thing we all can agree on, though, is that free sauce is always a welcome gift. Share with us your gift ideas for drinkers i...

NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 14 (Early Edition)

Here is your early betting info for Week 14 NFL; we'll update on Thursday with money lines and spread movements for these these games, and add info for Browns-Patriots, Falcons-Packers, Seahawks-49ers, and Cowboys-Bears, whose lines are yet to open at several books....

Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For Sad Knicks Fans

We're in the midst of a typical New York Knicks season, meaning yet another talented but disjointed squad is underachieving for fans with both unrealistic expectations and a fatalistic acknowledgment of what was always to be. To cheer them up—or kick them while they're down—we're enlisting you for g...

Here Are The Pots For The World Cup Draw

At a press conference in Brazil this morning, FIFA officials announced the pot allocations for next summer's World Cup. The draw will be held on Friday, but it's time to start imagining your groups of death, and how the U.S. is absolutely going to end up in one....

Don't Swear While Playing <em>NBA 2K14</em>; You'll Get A Technical Foul

I used to throw my controller across the room when I got frustrated. These days, with touch screens and gyroscopes and motion sensors, that's probably not such a good idea. I'm well out of the video game loop by this point, but I can tell you this: I damn sure wouldn't want my console enforcing its ...

It's your last chance to vote for this year's Deadspin Hall of Fame induction class. The full ballot can be found here. Polls stay open until 11:59 p.m. (EST). Vote, damnit!...

The polls are still open for the 2013 Deadspin Hall of Fame election. Click here to cast your ballot. You have until tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. (EST) to vote. Do it!...

You still have until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. (EST) to cast your ballot for this year's Deadspin Hall of Fame induction class. Your roster of nominees and past inductees is here. Vote or die....

Olympic Torchbearer Briefly Lights Self On Fire

As former Olympic bobsledder Pyotr Makarchuk carried the torch through the Siberian city of Abakan on Wednesday, he spilled some flaming liquid fuel onto his jacket. It was promptly put out by his escorts, avoiding the worst Gazprom commercial ever. ...

Vote! You still have until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. (EST) to select this year's Deadspin Hall of Fame induction class. Past inductees are listed here. After the jump, just click on a 2013 nominee to cast your vote:...

Thanksgambling: A Betting Guide To Thanksgiving Day Football

Thanksgiving Day is upon us, which can only mean one thing (for the purpose of this exercise, we're ignoring things such as binge eating, awkward interactions with family, reckless alcohol consumption, and stabbing strangers for discounted electronics): three times as many NFL games this Thursday! W...

A.J. McCarron, Boring Heisman Hopeful: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked

Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....

NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 13

Here is your betting info for Week 13 NFL; we'll just be doing this one post this Thanksgiving week, but feel free to check our source sites if you're looking for a Friday or Saturday update....

2013 Deadspin Hall Of Fame Nominee: "Go Fuck Yourself"

The Donald reached out to us last winter, thinking he was being gracious. Fuck him. Here's an illustration of Donald Trump with a dick for a nose....

2013 Deadspin Hall of Fame Nominee: Vodka Samm

Vodka Samm stumbled and slurred her way into our hearts back in September. She tried to jump on the field during a University of Iowa football game, was snagged by police before she could get there, had a .341 blood-alcohol content, and unashamedly boasted about it all on Twitter. Vodka Samm showed ...

Crane Collapse At Brazil World Cup Stadium Kills 3

A construction accident at a Sao Paolo stadium scheduled to host the opening ceremony of next summer's World Cup killed three workers, according to an official statement, and that number could rise....