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The Definitive List Of Actual, No-Bullshit College Football National Champions; Or, Why Alabama Is A Liar

Monday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide mercilessly clobbered Notre Dame in the BCS championship game. According to Alabama, it was the school's 15th national football title. Football has been an intercollegiate sport for 142 seasons, starting in 1869 (no one played in 1871). So that should mean that...

Sean Pronger Is In Our Office Right Now To Answer Your Questions

Sean Pronger, who played everywhere from San Diego to Columbus to Frankfurt, has written a book, Journeyman, about life as a moving part in hockey. If you liked yesterday's excerpt about being hung over and thrown on a line with Wayne Gretzky, pick it up. Sean's here now, so ask away—he seems sober ...

Mark Wahlberg Shouts Out The Falcons While Possibly Being Haunted By A Demon In A Football Jersey

D-Block is a video web series that is produced by the Atlanta Falcons linebacking corps and broadcast from the team's locker room. It's wonderful. Earlier this week, D-Block somehow managed to get a shout out from Mark Wahlberg while he was promoting his latest movie, Broken City....

The Best Videos Of The Week

Brent Musburger gets a little creepy, A.J. McCarron tries to keep his cool, a high school football player makes the best highlight reel ever, a Peruvian goalie makes a miraculous save, and a dunk crew can't dunk. Here are the best videos of the week....

Biggest Kid On The Court Makes Over-The-Head Buzzer-Beater

Exactly how they drew it up. This is eighth-grader Matt Demember making it rain in his Maryland church league, and he's got so much swag, his opponents get just as excited as Matt's teammates....

Your Early Leader For Hustle Play Of 2013 Is This Peruvian Goalkeeper's Two Miracle Saves

Peru's football fortunes have rarely mirrored those of South American counterpart countries. They haven't qualified for the World Cup since 1982, and their U-20 youth squad has never gotten the nod for inclusion in that division's world championship. That could change with a strong performance in ...

Sean Pronger will be joining us for a livechat around noon. Read the book excerpt then stop by....

This Is What Curt Schilling Is Reduced To

Monday's Baseball Hall of Fame non-announcement brought out all the experts, veterans, and failed video game magnates to provide inane opinions about the day's news. One such failed video game magnate was Curt Schilling, who dropped by Baseball Tonight in his finest Christmas Vacation-themed finery...

UK-Vandy Refs Blow Shot Clock Violation Call, Hand Game To Kentucky, Baffle And Confuse A Senile-Sounding Bob Knight

Poor officiating continues to be the story of this college basketball season, as SEC refs swallowed the whistle on a clear Kentucky shot clock violation late in the Wildcats' bout against Vanderbilt in Nashville tonight and allowed UK to march home to Lexington with a 60-58 win....

Deadspin Up All Night: That Little Bell

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Stick around for Tim and Erik and the rest of the wacky internet sports gang....

MLB.com Sells An NBA Headband For Cheaper Than NBA.com Does

Reader Zachary had a desire for an NBA logo headband, because he's cool like that. He looked it up at the NBA Store, and found it for $7.99. Then he found it at the MLB Shop, and it's a dollar cheaper. Why? We don't know. Why does MLB.com sell NBA stuff? We don't know....

Injured Christian Ponder Couldn't Throw The Ball Farther Than 10 Yards

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: But then, Joe Webb couldn't really either....

Jerry Sandusky Had An Appeal Hearing Today, Which Meant Lawyerin' Joe Was A Witness To His Own Lawyerin'

Fresh off his near-miss (0.22 percent! So close!) in the Deadspin Hall of Fame balloting, Lawyerin' Joe Amendola was back in a Bellefonte, Pa., courtroom this morning on behalf of convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky. It was Sandusky's first time in front of a judge since he was sentenced in October, ...

He Could Always Steal: Remembering Kenny Lofton's College Basketball Career

Republished from The Classical, which is currently in the midst of Kenny Lofton Week....

I Was Wayne Gretzky's (Hungover) Linemate: An NHL Journeyman Picks The Wrong Night To Drink

To say I was a Wayne Gretzky fan as a child would be like saying that my brother has a small gap in his teeth. The Oilers were my team and Wayne was my idol. When Chris and I played hockey in the basement, I was always Gretzky and he was always Mike Bossy. Two of the most creative offensive forwards...

Here's An Old Photo Of Dan Marino Doing Yoga With Some Really Hairy Guy Who's Only Wearing A Speedo

Yeah. We had the same reaction. All we know about this photo is that it was taken in April 1994. There's no unseeing it now, so you know you're going to click here to get the full effect. Just so much going on in this image. Like, what's with those heat lamps?...

Greg Oden Will Try Another Comeback, And The Heat Are Interested

Greg Oden is the NBA's Greek tragedy—a body outwardly designed for basketball dominance, but with an internal structure woefully insufficient for the task. Oden hasn't played since his patella attempted to escape in 2009, and underwent his third microfracture surgery on his knees in February. He's b...

Steelers RB Chris Rainey, Who Once Texted "Time To Die Bitch" To A Woman, Arrested For Allegedly Slapping His Girlfriend [UPDATE]

Oh, look. It's another Pittsburgh Steelers player being an outstanding citizen. (Hold your fire, Steelers fans. I'm one of you. Even wore this during my commute to work today. I'm also well aware of the franchise's fine tradition of not once making the playoffs only once* during the first 40 seasons...

Save The Black Quarterback

Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....

Kill The HOF Character Clause, For The Sake Of The Writers

Originally published in Bloomberg View....