2012 Page 5 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
On Further Review, Roger Goodell Fucked Up This NFL Season From End To End
Cowboys-Redskins was the biggest matchup of the year, a win-or-go-home game for two division rivals. It turned out to be the most-watched regular-season sporting event in 15 years. But one familiar face was missing from the FedEx Field suites: commissioner Roger Goodell, who found something else to ...
The Year In Deadspin Saying Mean Things About Other Media Members
We said a lot of mean things about other writers and media personalities this year. We're dicks like that. Here's a collection of our best put downs....
The "Best" American Sports Shouting 2012: An Anthology Of People Screaming Into Microphones On TV And Radio
As the guest editor of this year's edition of the Best American Sports Writing anthology, American sports television host Michael Wilbon, a former columnist, seized the opportunity to hold forth on the sorry state of the craft. Here he is, for instance, discussing the book in a November interview:...
Andy Reid: Good Enough To Make You Hate Him For How Bad He Was
So of course when the clock at last ran out on Andy Reid in Philadelphia, nobody knew what the heck was going on. He was fired before the final game Sunday and coached anyway. No, he wasn't fired till after the game Sunday. No, not that either; he wasn't fired till Monday morning. One last utter cl...
This Guy Died In 2012: Lonesome George, The Last Of His Kind
What's your greatest fear? There's a very good chance you said "dying alone," because that's pretty much the worst way to end a life. No legacy, no testament to the things you've accomplished, no hope that anything you've done will outlive you. Very few of us die as alone as Lonesome George, who pas...
The Year (And Then Some) In Crude Illustrations
There are times when American copyright law prevents us from bringing you the vivid photography and video you've come to expect from Deadspin. On these occasions, we are forced to turn to more rudimentary forms of representation: MS Paint drawings. Here is a collection of drawings by this site's edi...
"Tim Tebow Is Gay," And Other Tips From 2012 We Didn't Follow Up On: The Year In Deadspin Deleted Scenes
A lot of our stories begin as tips from readers. (Have any? Send 'em here!) Sometimes, these tips don't pan out for one reason or another. Here are a bunch of emails we got in 2012 that never turned into stories, either because we couldn't confirm them or because they were so utterly ridiculous we d...
The Year In Rants: All The Unhinged Rambling We And Others Did This Year
There was a lot of ranting to be done in 2012. Some of it was carried out by us, and some of it was carried out by people who may actually be crazy. Enjoy all the yelling....
The Black Monday Firing That Doesn't Make Any Sense: Lovie Smith
Romeo Crennel, Chan Gailey, Andy Reid, Pat Shurmur, and Norv Turner were fired on Monday for the usual reasons that coaches get fired. All of these guys either led franchises to horrible records (Crennel), disappointed their pitchfork-waving fan bases one too many times (Turner), led their franchise...
The Top Nine Romeo Crennel Photos Of 2012
After a 2-14 season, the Chiefs fired head coach Romeo Crennel today. Here's a selection of photos commemorating his impactful tenure....
U.S. Border Guards Detained Mo Farah, Who Won Two Olympic Gold Medals Six Months Ago, On Suspicion Of Being A Terrorist
Mo Farah, gold-medal winner in the men's 5,000m and 10,000m this summer in London, hilarious celebrator, and world-famous meme, couldn't get through customs in Oregon over the Christmas holiday because he is of Somalian descent. That'll show him for beating us in the Olympics! (And also expose our b...
How-To's, Restorative Milkshakes, And A Ranked List Of Meats: The Year In Foodspin
Deadspin had a bountiful year in the consideration of, eating, cooking, asking about, and taking solace in food. We also received it in the mail, once. Relive our gastronomic experiments as if they were all just one big burp, below....
The 15 Most Surreal Moments From 2012's Sports-Related Next Media Animation Videos
Next Media Animation, the Taiwanese animation company that produces short cartoons recapping the news of the day, has its best muse in sports, where the lines between good and evil lend themselves to pictures of angry video game characters, and events are just cartoonish enough to spark the overact...
Deadspin's Top 10 Movies Of 2012
For many years, prior to the Oscar nominations, the boy from Mattoon and his friend Tim put on their Ebert t-shirts and run down their personal best movies of the year. It's cute. Sometimes I chime in. My list is below....
The 25 Sexiest "Sexiest Athlete" Slideshows From Bleacher Report In 2012: A Slideshow
It's been a hell of a year for the sexy ladies of sports. To celebrate, let's look back with a gallery of Bleacher Report's 25 sexiest "sexiest athlete" galleries from featured columnist Thomas Delatte, who's done more than his fair share for one of the most successful sports websites in the world. ...
Our 25 Favorite Sports GIFs Of 2012
GIFs are one of the Internet's most polarizing elements; not only is there debate over the image format's utility (or, as anti-GIFfers argue, lack thereof) but over how to say "GIF" in the first place. (We're choosy moms.) Even GIF haters, though, can't keep themselves away from the sports moments ...
This Guy Died In 2012: Norman Sas, The Brains (Bzzz) Behind (Bzzz) Electric (Bzzz) Football
Before fantasy football, before Madden NFL, before even Tecmo Bowl, there was Electric Football, the wonderfully aggravating tabletop game that sent players scurrying aimlessly (so it seemed) about a miniature metal field. Powered by a small motor—and subject only to the whims of metallic vibration—...
The Year In ESPN Being Dumb
The Worldwide Leader once again dominated the sports scene in 2012, though not always for the reasons they'd prefer. In a year of Tebowmania and Linsanity, it was often the machinations inside Bristol that made for the most interesting news. Join us, won't you, as we look back on our favorite ESPN ...
The Grierson & Leitch Best Films of 2012: Nos. 5-1
It's the final week of 2012, so we're wrapping the year up the way movie people are supposed to wrap the year up: Lists! Wednesday, we each gave our five worst movies of 2012. Yesterday, we each counted down our No. 6-10 best movies of the year. Today, we finish off with our top fives....
The 100 Most Popular Deadspin Posts Of 2012
We have our own delicate sensibilities about our favorite posts of the year. You can find them on many of our other year-in-review lists. But this isn't our show alone. Deadspin is a community, with lots of readers, all with their own favorites. So here is our attempt at democracy—a list of the top ...