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Ping-Pong Is The Perfect Olympic Sport

Like the opening week of March Madness—the best part of that tournament—part of the joy of watching the Olympics is the overwhelming amount of action. At any point in the day, you can flip on the TV and take in a wide variety of sports and “sports,” and in the same way that the promise of happening ...

I Killed My Own Book Proposal By Blogging About A Sad Flopsweaty Douchebag Clown

Sometimes people ask me why no Foodspin book exists. I have never told them why. The answer is very embarrassing!...

Something Unfortunate Has Happened In The Olympic Diving Venue

The water at the Olympics diving pool in Rio looked lovely and clear for yesterday’s men’s synchronized event. It looks less lovely for the women today, owing to what we believe is an algae takeover....

An Oral History Of Our "Go Fuck Yourself" Tweet To Donald Trump

On January 16, 2013, Deadspin published an exposé of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s fake dead girlfriend. The next morning, reality TV personality Donald Trump tweeted his congratulations. Fourteen minutes later, Deadspin tweeted back “Go fuck yourself.” This is the story of that tweet, as told ...

Why Your Team Sucks 2016: New Orleans Saints<em></em>

Some people are fans of the New Orleans Saints. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New Orleans Saints. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....

Give The Field Hockey Guys Longer Sticks

I’ve been watching Olympic field hockey all morning, and I have discovered that I quite enjoy the sport. I like how they whack the ball really hard and that there are corner kicks, er, slaps. I do have one critique: The dang sticks are too short!...

Battle Of The Bulge: That Time A Possible John McEnroe Dong Shot Didn't Have The Ethics

Deadspin has dong-shot standards....

I Freakin' Love SoulCycle, Okay?

Confession: I like SoulCycle. More than “like,” even. I love it. ...

Oh No The U.S. Just Lost At Rugby And I Want To Cry And Now Hate Rugby<em></em>

The best part of the Olympics is watching TV for 12 hours straight and discovering sports, athletes, and drama you barely knew existed. The worst part of the Olympics is getting sucked into the drama you barely knew existed, and subsequently having your heart broken....

NBC Should Really Stop Using This Underwater Camera For Women's Water Polo [NSFW]

Four years ago, we noted that NBC’s coverage of live women’s water polo included some nudity. Today, they did it again. Live television, folks!...

More Pop Songs Should Have Horns In Them

Many pop songs have guitars in them. Ditto drums and piano and synthesizers. Fine! That’s fine. I am not here to take your guitars and drums and pianos and synthesizers away. I am just here to say, more pop songs should have horns in them....

This Site Has Too Much Soccer

I like soccer. I like watching the World Cup and six-second Vines of Lionel Messi doing fancy shit with the ball. I also laugh at old-timey columnists who dump on soccer in a public attempt to increase penile girth. ...

The Pettiest Posts We Never Published

One recurring complaint about Deadspin is that we’re too mean. We’re certainly snarky, abstruse, and too easily pleased with ourselves, but the notion that we’re too mean is ridiculous. If anything, we’re not mean enough, because we occasionally have the sense to pull a punch on a target that’s too ...

Fuck Yeah, Lilly King<em></em>

I’ll never understand how Olympic athletes are able to deal with the pressure. They spend four years training and fighting to qualify for the big show, and then all that work can come down to a few minutes. All it takes is one mistake—a slow start, a slight hitch in technique—for all those years of ...

Fall In Love, Get Married, Grow Old Together, And Then Cry

One of the most terrifying things about love is that it’s supposed to last forever. “I want someone that I can grow old with,” is an allegedly romantic thing that people write on dating sites to show that they are not afraid of commitment. (“I want someone to take care of/take care of me” is its cre...

Lilly King Says All Former Dopers, Including Justin Gatlin, Should Be Banned From The Olympics

American swimmer Lilly King won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke this evening with an Olympic record-time of 1:04:93, beating Russian Yulia Efimova and putting a cap on the most entertaining rivalry of the Rio Olympics. Efimova was implicated in the massive Russian doping scandal that sa...

Olympic Officials Apologize For Using Knock-Off Chinese Flags In Medal Ceremony

After Ginny Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics over Du Li and Yi Siling of China, Olympic officials raised incorrect Chinese flags to the rafter during the medal ceremony. See those flags up there? Notice any differences between them and the real Chinese flag below? ...

Always Go Mutombo

Michael Phelps Will Eat Your Soul

Chad le Clos tried some shit with Michael Phelps before the pair’s semifinal tonight in Rio. Phelps, eh, wasn’t having it....

French Fencer's Phone Pops Out Of His Uniform During Bout

French fencer Enzo Lefort crashed out in the round of 32 yesterday to Germany’s Peter Joppich. Also his phone crashed out of his uniform in the process. There is a lot of in-uniform technical equipment involved in fencing, but I’m pretty sure a loose smartphone isn’t part of it....