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Vikings Rookie Placekicker Forces Tie, Breaks Tie, Receives Tie
Week one of the NFL season was full of strong debuts. But the best rookie quote came, to no one's surprise, from the Vikings kicking unit. Blair Walsh nailed the first four field goal attempts of his career on Sunday, all of them coming after the third quarter. His third was a 55-yarder as time exp...
The NFL Lawsuit That Could Be Bigger Than The Bounty Scandal
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NBC Has Only Shown Four Total Hours Of The Paralympics, And The IPC Would Like To Know Why
It seems quaint now, bitching over NBC's lack of live Olympic broadcasts, when the International Paralympic Committee has its own complaints about the network's coverage: zero live TV, and what little there was shunted to the little-watched NBC Sports Network. And now the IPC president is openly won...
Counterpoint: The Jets Brought The House Down
Let's get the ugly stuff out of the way first. I am a Jets fan. That makes me both very biased and not very bright. Now that that's settled, I would like to take umbrage with this, because it has been lodged in my craw all afternoon. Please note that this is not part of the the very excellent NFL R...
Embracing The Power Of Spite
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The Jets Open Off Broadway
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Roger Goodell Is Not As All-Powerful As He Thinks He Is
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Mike Gundy Says He Wasn't Running Up The Score When Oklahoma State Won 84-0
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Cowboys were going easy on Savannah State, they swear....
The Why Your Team Sucks Butthurt Awards
“Butthurt” is an awful word. Its origins are almost certainly tied to the “Bros icing bros” movement of aught-ten, as in, “Aw bro! You’re just BUTTHURT because I iced you while Tina was givin’ you a Jeff Smoker, bro!” We at Deadspin generally go out of our way to avoid using it, because it’s a short...
Texas A&M Picked Up Two National Championships, Two Conference Titles Over The Summer
You're looking at two photos of Texas A&M's Kyle Field, both via Rant Sports. The top was taken last season, the bottom snapped just this week. Pretend this is one of those "spot the differences" bar games, and see if you can tell what's new. Yep, the Aggies' history managed to get a lot more storie...
ESPN Spokesman Comments On ESPN Spokesman's No-Comment On ESPN's Big 12 TV Deal
This morning, the Big 12 Conference officially announced a 13-year media deal shared between ABC/ESPN and Fox. But the news had already been reported earlier, yesterday afternoon, by ESPN.com college football reporter Brett McMurphy. That meant, given ESPN's attempts to keep its programming and edit...
Art Modell, 1925-2012: Grifter, Traitor, Model NFL Owner
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Roger Goodell's Sanctimonious Pledge To "Make Everything Safer, Including Our Military"
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Photos From The Paralympics Just Won't Stop Inspiring The Shit Out Of You
In 2001 both of CART and F1 driver Alex Zanardi's legs were sheared off in this violent crash. He would drive again, and win, but in 2007 he made the decision to reinvent himself as a para-cyclist....
The NFL Does Not Care If Games Are Unwatchable
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An NFL Player's View Of The Replacement Refs: They're As Bad As You Think
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Why Your Team Sucks 2012: New York Giants
Some people are fans of the New York Giants. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Giants. This final 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here....
Why Your Team Sucks 2012: Dallas Cowboys
Some people are fans of the Dallas Cowboys. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Dallas Cowboys. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here....
For Only $1000, You Too Can Own A Small Amount Of Water Mo Farah Probably Didn't Sit In
Remember Mo Farah? He won gold for Great Britain in the men's 5000m and 10000m races at the London Olympics, everyone in the UK totally freaked out, and then he ran away from some stuff....