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High School Reunion Horror Stories: Back Yack
This weekend, freshly minted adults will have awkward high school reunions all across America. We asked you for your reunion horror stories, and picked four of the best. This one comes from RDM....
This Passed-Out Kid Is Why You Shouldn't Eat Dinner Before The Cowboys Play
Your morning roundup for Nov. 25, the day we ran away from vengeful turkeys. Photo h/t Scott. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Deadspin Goes Long: ESPN/Grantland Coverage You May Have Missed From 2011
Happy day-after-Thanksgiving, and thank you for spending your day off with Deadspin. In keeping with the holiday spirit, we're sharing our finest leftovers with our loved ones, you all. So throw these in the microwave and catch up on the best coverage of ESPN and Grantland you may have missed from t...
Your 49ers-Ravens Open Thread
Finally, you guys: The great Harbaugh showdown of 2011 is on. This will be just like the touch football game you played with your family earlier today, only close to 70,000 people will be in the stands and it'll be on national television. Otherwise, it's very, very similar....
Deadspin Goes Long: Tributes You May Have Missed From 2011
Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you for spending your holiday with Deadspin. In keeping with the holiday spirit, we're sharing our finest leftovers with our loved ones, you all. So throw these in the microwave and catch up on the best stuff you may have missed from the year in Deadspin....
Your Dolphins-Cowboys Open Thread
This is definitely the downer out of today's three NFL games—but if you're a good American, then you're in a food coma by now, so just keep drinking and everything will go by in an easy blur....
Deadspin Goes Long: Big Stories You May Have Missed From 2011
Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you for spending your holiday with Deadspin. In keeping with the holiday spirit, we're sharing our finest leftovers with our loved ones, you all. So throw these in the microwave and catch up on the best stuff you may have missed from the year in Deadspin....
Your Packers-Lions Open Thread
The last time the Detroit Lions won one of their Thanksgiving Day games was in 2003, when the Internet was slower and Nickelback might have been slightly more popular than they are now (those two things are related, I'm sure). Detroit has lost seven straight Turkey Day games by an average margin of ...
This Thanksgiving, Cherish Your Time As King Of The Remote
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Buy Drew's new book, The Postmortal, through here. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed....
Deadspin Up All Night: Gobble Amongst Friends, Turkeys
OK, we're shoving off earlyish today because we have Thanksgivings to prepare, and all of that. Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Tomorrow: Drew's Thanksgivingoroo, open threads, and Deadspin Classic. Friday, you've got me, High School Horror Stories, and some classic stuff. Sleep ...
More Proof That West Virginia Doesn't Give A Shit About Leaving The Big East Early
It's true that WVU had filed suit first, arguing that the Big East is no longer really the Big East, which is why the school plans to join the Big 12 as soon as next year. Taken together, those moves were seen as a middle finger to the Big East's mandatory 27-month grace period for exiting. But now...
Grady Sizemore Will Stay in Cleveland, John Baker’s Psyched To Be A Padre, And Other Rumblings From The Hot Fucking Stove
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!!...
Sandusky Victim's Mother Recalls Town Reaction: "Our Football Team Is Going To Lose And It's All Because Of Your Son"
Two stories have been published today that shed a harrowing light on the awful circumstances faced by the boy identified by the Penn State grand jury summary as Victim 1:...
Jose Reyes Seinfeld The Puppy Begs Jose Reyes The Human To Stay With The Mets
Jerry Seinfeld is a Mets fan, for some masochistic reason. Being a Mets fan means always having to say they’re sorry. But one silver lining is the very real chance of re-signing Jose Reyes, so that they can pay him $15 million when he’s 36 years old, which is the soonest possible time the team will ...
The Man Who Invented The End-Zone Dance
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Obama 2012 Campaign Has A Cooler Jersey Than Most NBA Teams
This thing's going to be all the rage at Lollapalooza 2032. [BarackObama.com, H/T @sports_follow]...
Rhode Island NBC I-Team Investigates Dangerous New Game Called "Beer Pong"
What a week for Old People Discoveries: On Monday, the New York Times alerted the world to a curious new trend called "planking," and yesterday, NBC's Providence affiliate launched a special investigative report into the "potential dangers" of a "new game" called beer pong....
New Abuse Allegation Against Jerry Sandusky Came From A Family Member, His Lawyer Says
More disquieting news from the Patriot-News, which is withholding the details of the child's familial relationship to Sandusky: "The attorney for Jerry Sandusky says one of the two new cases of alleged sexual abuse under investigation by Children and Youth Services was made by a family member. ... T...
Chiefs Fans, Time To Bet It All On Red
Are you a Missourian inspired by the St. Louis fan who rode the Cardinals at 999/1 when all hope was lost? Maybe now's the time to throw some dough at Tyler Palko and the miracle Chiefs. (Does that roll off the tongue? Not so much.) Two games out of first in the AFC West, KC is being offered at 500/...
MLB Makes It A Little More Comfortable To Be Gay
The biggest talking point in MLB's new collective bargaining agreement is draft slotting, which paradoxically penalizes certain small-market teams by limiting signing bonuses. Opinions are split, but everyone can agree that if this is the biggest controversy, baseball's in a million times better sha...