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Floyd Mayweather Bet $100,000 On The Warriors Last Night, According To Jarrett Jack's Postgame Interview
The post-game interview that CSN's Jim Barnett conducted with Jarrett Jack was dragging on a little. The Warriors had just won a close one on Miami's home floor on a game-winner by Draymond Green, assisted by Jack himself, and he probably wanted to get into the locker room. Nevertheless, he stood t...
Which NFL Pundits Made The Worst Picks In Week 14? Grading ESPN, Yahoo, And CBS
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Pacers Rookie Ben Hansbrough's Older Brother Tyler Totally Embarrasses Him In Front Of His Friends
There are two ways to look at this incident, which took place during the Pacers-Cavs game last night, in which Tristan Thompson (probably inadvertently) elbowed Pacers rookie Ben Hansbrough, and Pacers psychopath Tyler Hansbrough intervened and admonished Thompson with gusto....
Bode Miller Accidentally Destroyed His Wife's Face With A Golf Ball
That butchered face you see there belongs to professional volleyball player Morgan (Beck) Miller, who happens to be the wife of Bode Miller, the alpine skiing Olympic gold medalist and world champion. Seems the Millers were out playing a little golf together yesterday. And we can safely conclude tha...
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"It Is Totally Out Of Control": Here's The Letter That Started Washington State's Investigation Of Mike Leach [UPDATED]
Washington State University announced today that an internal review had cleared football coach Mike Leach and his staff of any misconduct. Last month, star wide receiver Marquess Wilson was suspended for violating team rules, after which he quit the team and released a public letter alleging that co...
Throwing Elbows, Getting Diarrhea, And Losing Eight Straight: Tracy McGrady Is Not Enjoying China
Here is a picture of Tracy McGrady from Alexander Chernykh, who helpfully adds the context that Tracy McGrady's Chinese team—the Qingdao Double Star Eagles—are 0-8, and fired their coach two games into the season. Though McGrady suggested, in an exclusive interview with ESPN's chief Dancing With Th...
The Deep Breath Before The Plunge. <em>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</em>, Reviewed.
1. It's always important to remember that the first film of any trilogy—particularly one that has to not only introduce a bunch of new characters but take time to remind us of all the people/dwarves/elves/wizards we'd forgotten in the nine years since we last saw them—is always going to be the slowe...
Who Has The Funnier Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion, Pete Carroll Or Gary Kubiak?
The Deadspin NFL Coach Challenge Challenge is a tournament pitting the throwing motions of 20 NFL coaches against one another....
Infographic: Watch Coaches Climb Up The Hierarchy Of College Football
Three Saturdays ago, Tennessee lost to Vanderbilt, 41-18, dropping the Volunteers to 4-7 on the season and 0-7 in the SEC. This pretty inconsequential game has led to a brief but wonderful domino effect, wherein: ...
Manny Pacquiao's Entourage Allegedly Attacked A Photographer For Taking Pictures Of Knocked-Out Pacquiao
According to Yahoo Sports, two members of Manny Pacquiao's entourage attacked photographer Al Bello because he was taking pictures of the knocked-out Pacquiao at the conclusion of Saturday's fight. Bello spoke to Yahoo, which also has photos of the incident, about the the alleged attack yesterday:...
Roundup: The Best Manny Pacquiao Photoshop Contest Submissions
You all worked your usual Photoshop magic with knocked-out Manny Pacquiao yesterday. Here's the best of your submissions....
Who Has The Funnier Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion, Jim Schwartz Or Jim Harbaugh?
The Deadspin NFL Coach Challenge Challenge is a tournament pitting the throwing motions of 20 NFL coaches against one another. ...
Ronjohn Dadd Was Robbed: <em>Inside Lacrosse's</em> All-Name Team Is Here
It's that time of year again. Inside Lacrosse has once again blessed us with its annual all-name team, compiling a list of the preppiest-named lax bros in the country. This year's list is an impressive one, and once again includes a collection of aristocratically named female players. We do have on...
Patrick Kane Is Living It Up In Switzerland With His Mom
We already knew that Patrick Kane was playing hockey in Switzerland during the NHL lockout, thanks to his appearance in this Swiss hellscape. But what we didn't know is that Kane, the notorious party boy, is currently living in Switzerland with his mom. His real-life mom!...
The Wizards Could Have Had James Harden, But The Wizards Are Not Allowed To Have Nice Things
Fresh off finishing 20-46 last year, the Wizards decided to take a somewhat unconventional route to respectability: Rather than completely (that is to say, intentionally) tanking, clearing the roster of onerous contracts, and rebuilding through the draft, they opted to take a "win now" approach, by ...
Hockey Player In UK Takes Skate To The Face And HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THAT HUGE CUT BELOW HIS NOSE
Craig Peacock is a 24-year-old forward for the Belfast Giants, a team in Northern Ireland that plays in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League. We once showed you Peacock and the Giants lip-synching their way through a Mariah Carey Christmas number. But this here is far less joyous. Peacock took a skate t...
Grierson & Leitch's Year In Review: Your Favorite Movie Is Bad And You Should Feel Bad
Yes, many people are already writing their Top 10 movie lists for 2012. We're saving ours for the last week of the year, but while we wait for this full, rich, and weird movie year to end, we're looking back at certain highlights and lowlights. Today: We look at a financially successful movie, a leg...
Who Has The Funnier Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion, Rex Ryan Or Chan Gailey?
The Deadspin NFL Coach Challenge Challenge is a tournament pitting the throwing motions of 20 NFL coaches against one another....
Who Has The Funnier Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion, Andy Reid Or Lovie Smith?
The Deadspin NFL Coach Challenge Challenge is a tournament pitting the throwing motions of 20 NFL coaches against one another....
Which NFL Coach Has The Funniest Challenge-Flag-Throwing Motion?
NFL head coaches are dignified, flinty men who carry with them an air of well-earned and unimpeachable authority. Except when they're not—when, for instance, they're taking little red flags out of their pocket and throwing them to the ground. No one looks dignified when he's throwing tiny pieces of ...