2012 Page 12 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
How Daytime Football Games Became Primetime Football Games
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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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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...
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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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....
Watch Oscar Pistorius Blow Away The Field And Set A Paralympic Record In The 200m
Our old friend Oscar Pistorius is the first track athlete ever to compete at both the Olympics and Paralympics, and if this video is any indicator, he is not fucking around at all....
Why Your Team Sucks 2012: Washington Redskins
Some people are fans of the Washington Redskins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Washington Redskins. This 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: Philadelphia Eagles
Some people are fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here...
Russia's Women's Volleyball Coach, Distraught Over Olympic Failure, Found Hanged
Sergey Ovchinnikov, who coached Russia's women's volleyball team at the London Olympics, was found hanged in his hotel room in Croatia, according to local media reports. Dynamo Moscow, the club team he coached that is training in Croatia, announced his death on its website earlier today. Ovchinnikov...