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2014 Deadspin Hall Of Fame Nominee: Donald Sterling
Donald Sterling lost ownership of the Clippers after he was caught on tape being racist. (We already knew he was a vile man, but an actual recording was too much to ignore.) After NBA commissioner Adam Silver banned him for life, Sterling threatened to sue everyone basically every other day before S...
Deadspin's Best Music Of 2014
Boy, what a year for jams, huh? From the creepy alt-R&B seductions of FKA Twigs to the '80s-dad mewlings of the War on Drugs to the incendiary political raps of Run the Jewels to the ... yeah, forget it. This was the real shit in 2014. ...
Drunkspin's Best Beers of 2014
Presented below, you will find a list of beers that I like. Lists of these sort tend to be taken more seriously when they have authoritative names, so my working title for this one was The Definitive Drunkspin Compilation Of The 18 Beers In The Universe That Are Perfect; All Other Beers Are Horrib...
Everything That Should Die In 2015
As we exit 2014, let's talk about what we hope stays there. Here's Deadspin's list of things that should die in the year to come....
What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?
Consider this the crotch-clenching companion piece to our annual look at American insertion: a collection of the worst penis-related mishaps to befall our great nation last year....
Deadspin's Best Long Stories Of 2014
We wrote a lot of long stories this year that you probably didn't have time to read. Now is your chance to get caught up....
The 2014 Deadspin Bear Of The Year
Deadspin is pleased to announce our 2014 Bear of the Year. After a great deal of consideration and deliberation, we arrived at a clear choice: Genius Bear Who Was Too Smart And Strong For Bullshit-Ass Electric-Deer Gag....
Grierson & Leitch's Best Films Of 2014, Part 2 (Nos. 5-1)
It's the final week of 2014, so we're wrapping the year up the usual way: with lists! Friday, we each gave you our five worst movies of 2014. Yesterday, we counted down the bottom halves of our Top 10s. Today: both our Top 5s....
Deadspin's Favorite Sports Moments Of 2014
The Deadspin staff pick their favorite sports moments from 2014, and explain what made them so special. Here they are....
Grierson & Leitch's Best Films of 2014, Part 1 (Nos. 10-6)
It's the final week of 2014, so we're wrapping the year up the usual way: with lists! Friday, we each announced our five worst movies of 2014. Today, we start counting down our favorites, starting with our respective picks for Nos. 6-10; tomorrow, we finish off with our Top 5s....
Grierson & Leitch's 2014 In Review: The Year's Worst Films
Yes, most people have already written their Top 10 movie lists for 2014. We're saving ours for the last week of the year, but while we wait for this full, rich, and weird movie year to end, we're going to start looking back at certain highlights. Today, it's a look at the worst movies of 20...
2014 Deadspin Hall Of Fame: Give Us Your Nominees
We finally caught up with last year's Deadspin Hall of Fame inductees, so let's figure out this year's. We need your help....
Spend Your Holiday Season In Prison
If Deadspin gave out Rookie of the Year awards, 2014 might belong to Daniel Genis, who finished a 10-year prison bid in February and has already written several books' worth of raw, incredible, visceral, and profoundly human dispatches about his time inside. There's no better day to revisit the stuf...
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?
It is time for a Deadspin holiday tradition like no other: our annual trawl of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's database of emergency room visits to discover the strangest, unlikeliest, and most awkwardly shaped objects America inappropriately shoved into its various holes. God bless us...
The 101 Most Popular Deadspin Posts Of 2014
Time to take a look back at our most popular posts of 2014. We have our own thoughts about what our best posts were, but these are the ones that brought in the most readers....
Grierson & Leitch's 2014 In Review: The Year's Best Movie Scenes
Yes, most people have already written their Top 10 movie lists for 2014. We're saving ours for the last week of the year, but while we wait for this full, rich, and weird movie year to end, we're going to start looking back at certain highlights. Today, it's our favorite individual scenes. Tomor...
What Our Parents Thought Of Deadspin This Year
The writers at Deadspin asked their moms and dads what they thought of the site in 2014. Here are their unedited responses....
The Year In Sports Fans: The Good, The Bad, And The Bills
Sports fans were all over the place in 2014. There were fights, babies, whimsical drunks, scary drunks, sports, dicks, and butts. Take a look back at some of the most notable fans....
2014 Was A Banner Year For Food Spills On Highways
Early this morning, a cargo truck overturned on a Detroit highway, scattering boxes of frozen chicken wings across the asphalt, capping off what has been a remarkable year for highway-spill enthusiasts. Let us now stroll down food-spill memory lane. Watch your footing, it might be slippery....
A Lot Of You Wanted To See Paul George's Broken Leg This Year
Google has released the most searched items in 2014, and the top NBA player is not LeBron James, but Paul George. James's return to Cleveland was not as interesting as the guy who broke his leg on national television....