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Chart: The Voting Trajectory Of Every Hall Of Fame Candidate Ever
To aid in your Deadspin HOF ballot decisions, Kenny Shirley and Carlos Scheidegger of AT&T Labs have created a great interactive graph for exploring the voting trajectories of all 1,000-plus players/managers ever to be candidates for the Hall. The screencap above might make it look a little dense, b...
Kansas City Sportscaster Maintains He Didn't Call KU The "Gayhawks"
This is one of the more confusing controversies in a while. Jack Harry, a sportscaster for KSHB in Kansas City who doesn't hide his Missouri sympathies, said something on Sunday night. Check the video above and try to figure it out....
Lions Fan Says He Was Beaten Unconscious By Eagles Fans
Some sports happened this weekend, which means that some sports fans did some awful and violent things. This latest instance comes from a 33-year-old Lions fan, who says a bunch of angry Eagles fans beat the shit out of him outside of the stadium after the Eagles' 34-20 home victory against the Lion...
Can I Cook Italian Food For Italian Guests?
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected] wit...
American Football Gains IOC Recognition
The International Olympic Committee officially granted provisional recognition to the International Federation of American Football. This does not mean football will be an Olympic sport—but it's a necessary first step....
Here's A Goalkeeper Training By Getting Shot With Actual Cannons
This is from the Slovenian fourth division team SD Gorisnica, but it may as well be Wile E Coyote. ...
Curtis Granderson: "True New Yorkers Are Mets Fans"
Curtis Granderson was officially introduced a Met today, with a four-year, $60 million contract and a preternatural knack for winning over the fans. Within minutes of meeting the media, he tossed some fire on a Yankees-Mets rivalry that only exists on tabloid back pages. ...
Vote For Jack Morris (And Shut Up About Game 7 Already)
Over the next few weeks, we'll be examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's Hall of Fame ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series can be found here....
Is Kobe Blood Doping? What Those Trips To Germany Are Really About
Kobe Bryant is just back from a ruptured Achilles tendon, but that doesn't mean the rest of him is magically fixed. He's still got to deal with all the damage that 18 years of professional basketball inflicts on the human body. In recent years, that's meant a trip to Germany and a promising, somewha...
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For People Who Like To Read
As athletes have been reminding us for years, reading is fundamental. So, what have you been reading this year that you'd recommend as a good gift for others of similar fundamental soundness? Let us know in the discussion section below....
Wikipedia vandalism is generally tired, but let's make an exception for James Dolan's band, JD & The Straight Shot. USA Today pointed out some since-corrected Knicks jokes in the song titles, but there are already a few more to replace them. ("Don't Waste My Time I've Got a Team to Run Into the Grou...
Nate Silver's Model Gives The USMNT A 39.4 Percent Chance To Advance
When the U.S. drew Germany, Portugal, and Ghana for its 2014 World Cup group, the immediate consensus was that we were totally boned. But is it possible, after rigorous quantitative analysis, that we are less than boned?...
How Black Is Duke Basketball?
There's a lot of talk out there—and more than a little evidence—suggesting that this year's Duke Blue Devils, led by the very big and very mobile Jabari Parker, are the most athletic team in the school's history. We decided to investigate whether that claim is true. And since average vertical leap n...
Here's The Guy Who Wants Us To Help Him Buy The Redskins
This is David Chang. He's a restaurateur from Northern Virginia most famous for creating the Momofuku empire, and more importantly, he appears to possess the same winning smile, bone structure, and gentle gaze as current Deadspin editor Tommy Craggs. Last night, he tweeted that he sort of wants to b...
Angell Gets the J.G. Taylor Spink Award
David Remnick approves. ...
Skate To The Face Leaves Hockey Player With Horrifying Injury (NSFW)
Something very bad happened to Sebastien Courcelles, a hockey player in Quebec's Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey. During a recent game, Courcelles had his face slashed open by a skate blade. I'm going to show you a picture of Courcelles's face now, but it is very gruesome and super NSFW. ...
Jason Kidd And Lawrence Frank Were Doomed From The Start
David Aldridge reveals new details on the breakdown between Nets coach Jason Kidd and highly paid assistant Lawrence Frank, and there are two immediate conclusions to be drawn: This unequal partnership was always destined for spectacular failure, and Kidd brought it on himself....
Here's Josh McCown Telling A Really Weird Story In An Anti-Porn PSA
This video is two years old, but since Josh McCown is suddenly one of the hottest quarterbacks in the NFL, it deserves to be shared. ...