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Watch The Final Minutes Of The Game That Inspired <i>Hoosiers</i>, Real-Life Jimmy Chitwood Interview
The Indiana High School Athletic Association recently made this rare footage of the final minutes of the 1954 State Championship game that inspired the classic film Hoosiers available—though you'll have to go to IHSAA's site to see the final seconds. Milan High, with an enrollment of 162 students,...
Opposing Teammates Fight Over Lionel Messi's Game-Worn Shirt Like Teenaged Fanboys
Here is a story that does nothing but perpetuate Soccer's "bunch of flopping sissies" reputation....
How Boring Are The Mike Brown Lakers? They Put Jack Nicholson To Sleep
We first became aware of this via a tweet from The Score's Scott Lewis, and went to the video to see if, indeed, Jack Nicholson was sleeping courtside in the fourth quarter of last night's 111-99 Lakers win over Phoenix. It sure looks like he's napping, though if you look closely Jack's reading s...
Your Bracket Buster Weekend Open Thread
College sports sure do love giving names to things. "Rivalry week", "bracket buster weekend", "improper benefits," I could go on, but lets just chat about the games down in the comments, huh?...
"What About His Eyes?" Other Moments In Media Stereotyping Or Racism About Jeremy Lin
Last night's unfortunate turn of phrase used on ESPN.com's mobile site gives us reason to examine a few other ill-advised media moves when it comes to discussing Jeremy Lin. The above comes from WNYW on Thursday morning, and features anchor Greg Kelly (recently cleared on some unsavory criminal c...
The Best Basketball Story Of The Year Has Nothing To Do With Jeremy Lin
This story may be a week old, but it's a good one. Cory Weissman is a senior at Gettysburg College (Division III) who hadn't stepped foot on a basketball court since suffering a stroke during an off-season workout as a freshman that left him "fully paralyzed on the left side of his body." Prior to...
Bryce Harper Bought His Mama A House
Your morning roundup for Feb. 18. Image via Natsenquirer. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...
ESPN's Headline Writers Join In The Linsanity: "Chink In The Armor" Edition
Linsanity is an unstoppable force that one can only hope to contain. Yes, according to many of you who read ESPN's mobile site, this is an actual "Chink in the armor" headline that the leader of sports—worldwide—blared to smartphone and other gadget users following the Knicks loss last night. ...
Deadspin's Better-Late-Than-Never Guide To The FA Cup
The FA Cup is quite possibly the world's coolest sporting competition. Think Hoosiers, but soccer, in England, with 763 teams. Every accredited soccer team in England—from pub teams (read: beer league) all the way up to the best Premier League clubs—enters the tournament. The small clubs play six ro...
Ricky Rubio Pulled Off An Insane Blind Pass
Rubio: just playing street ball out there. [via Zach Harper]...
Deadspin Up All Night: Go Bananas
Thank you for continued support of Deadspin. Sean and Tim this weekend. Have a good one....
Linsanity Has Tripled The Price Of Knicks Tickets
The Knicks host the Hornets tonight, and it's the second of the five games on their current homestand. Want tickets? Good luck. Hell, even for Knicks road games scheduled more than a month from now, there's already little from which to choose. There are always tickets to be had on the online resale ...
The First Vancouver Rioter Is Going To Jail
20-year-old Ryan Dickinson becomes the first Vancouver rioter sentenced, a 17-month jail stint for his part in the destruction following the Canucks' Stanley Cup Finals loss in June....
In The 1980s, Bobby Valentine Chased Hookers Down The Street Until They Left His Sports Bar Alone
Bill Pennington has a story in tomorrow's New York Times about resilient Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine and the dark interim he spent between his retirement from pro ball and his time coaching....
Is Jon Heyman A Shill For Scott Boras?
Yankee Analysts has gathered a bunch of data on the offseason prose of Jon Heyman, who is super-rich, and who recently jumped from Sports Illustrated to CBS. Their conclusion: he writes about Scott Boras clients more than anyone else does....
20 Years Ago, Tim Wakefield Had A Fast Rise And Fall In Pittsburgh
In May 1992, Pittsburgh's two daily newspapers at the time—the Press and the Post-Gazette—went on strike. The walkout left the city without a paper of record for eight months, an unremarkable footnote of Yinzer history that happened to coincide with a most remarkable moment for the city's sports tea...
1990 Basement Basketball Highlight Reel Is A Thing Of Brilliance
This video is ancient, in internet years. But we hadn't seen it, and neither had Videogum, and they've seen everything. But it's making the rounds, so we'd be remiss in not brightening up a slow Friday....
David Brooks Has Written The Dumbest Jeremy Lin Column So Far* (*Non-Bissinger Division)
"The moral ethos of sport," writes New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks today—and let's pause right there for a word of professional advice: if you use the word "sport," you should not be writing about sports, unless you are British and you also write "maths," in which case you may write abou...
Dwight Howard Is Coming To Town, So The Nets Are Pretending They Have Fans
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian, is presumably well trained in stagecraft and message-coordination. He's a political actor back home on the steppe. He also happens to have designs on acquiring Dwight Howard, the tired superstar, from the Magic....
Cockblocked By Pop Geography Quizzes!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....