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MLB Suspends Four Pirates, Three Reds, One Guy Who's Now On A Different Team For Brawl
MLB has announced the fallout for Tuesday night’s brawl during Pirates-Reds: Six players and both managers have been suspended. Pittsburgh relief pitcher Keone Kela “won” with the longest punishment at 10 games, but all the players are appealing theirs....
To Truly Understand Jon Gruden's Mind Would Be To Go Mad
Nathan Peterman, America’s Quarterback and Oakland’s either second or third, is growing on Jon Gruden. Not like Kuato in Total Recall, although that is nice to think about—to be clear, Gruden is Kuato in this scenario; just slap a visor and a critical sunburn on this little guy and it’s easy to see—...
Baseball Players, Listen To Me: Stop Wearing Shirts Under Vest Jerseys
Attention all baseball men! Have you been outside? It is thousands of degrees outside and somehow even more humid. Terrible! It is almost August. And so I say to you: it is time to stop wearing these ridiculous t-shirts under your jerseys....
Which Of The NFL's Five Holdouts Has The Most Leverage?
The NFL’s current collective bargaining agreement has largely made training camp holdouts a thing of the past. By codifying significant daily fines, docking a regular-season game check for each preseason game missed, and placing limitations on the accrual of service time toward free agency, this CB...
Why Your Team Sucks 2019: Jacksonville Jaguars
Some people are fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. This 2019 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Diamondbacks Turn Harmless Sacrifice Bunt Into Sequence Of Screeching Embarrassment
For a team that’s stuck on the fence between selling and buying ahead of the trade deadline, a discouraging showing against a bottom-feeder is maybe all the nudge you need to trade everyone away and start over. That’s the sad position the Arizona Diamondbacks face Monday night after the crummy Marli...
Robert Nkemdiche's Short, Messy Cardinals Career Is Over
Defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, a first-round pick for the Cardinals in 2016, was released by Arizona on Saturday evening after just his second day at training camp. It came one day after new coach Kliff Kingsbury complained that Nkemdiche had shown up out of shape....
Either Justin Tucker Is Secretly A Michael Vick Clone, Or <i>Madden 20</i> Still Has A Few Bugs To Work Out
EA’s Madden NFL 20 is currently in early access, meaning a select number of folks are currently able to get a couple hours of gameplay in before the game’s official Aug. 2 release date. In a surprise to absolutely no one, there are some problems with this current iteration of an Electronic Arts-deve...
Three American Water Polo Players Injured In Night Club Balcony Collapse That Killed Two People
While out celebrating out celebrating the women’s world championship victory, athletes from Team USA’s men’s and women’s water polo team were injured on Saturday after a balcony they were standing on inside a South Korean nightclub collapsed. ...
There's Nothing More Embarrassing Than Being Picked Off By A Dude In Full Joker Face Paint
No quarterback wants to throw an interception, but Jonathon Jennings of the CFL’s Ottawa Redblacks endured a special indignity in Thursday’s game, when he tossed a first-quarter pick to an opponent who was freaking twisted. Jennings’ errant pass was snagged by Calgary Stampeders cornerback Robertson...
Mesut Özil And Sead Kolašinac Attacked By Knife-Wielding Thieves While Driving In London
On Thursday afternoon, Arsenal players Mesut Özil and Sead Kolašinac were driving through London when a pair of assailants wielding knives attempted to rob them. Video of the event shows Kolašinac outside the car trying to fight off the would-be robbers, while Özil drives off:...
Two Key Riders Kicked Out Of Tour de France For Pushing And Shoving
A brutal run of three straight Alpine climbing stages starts tomorrow at the Tour de France, but two of the best teams in the peloton will be without their strongest support riders after they got testy on today’s flat stage....
Rays Put Pitcher At First Base, Nearly Destroy The Tender Fabrics That Hold Together The Game Of Baseball
A crucial AL East game between the Rays and the Red Sox ground to a screeching halt in the eighth inning on Wednesday afternoon after the Rays pulled some lineup shenanigans with their relief pitchers. Lefty Adam Kolarek got the first out in the inning, at which point the Rays brought in right-hande...
Bison Gets Irritated By Tourists, Tosses Child Into Oblivion
Look, if you’re going to hunt bison to the brink of extinction, you can’t be surprised when one of them takes an opportunity for revenge. The creature would’ve garnered more sympathy if it had picked on one of the larger tourists, though....
Jalen Ramsey Showed Up At Jaguars Camp In The Back Of An Armored Truck
Jacksonville cornerback Jalen Ramsey was only half-joking when he tweeted in June, “Imma ask for so much money, they have to put me on lay-away.” Ramsey had just been informed that the Jaguars won’t give him a contract extension this year, and will play out the fourth year of his rookie contract for...
Remember The Time Tim Duncan Coached Up An Opposing Big Man During An NBA Game?
Legendary Spurs big man Tim Duncan has graduated from unofficial “coach of whatever he feels like” under Gregg Popovich to an official job as a Spurs assistant coach. Popovich’s coaching staff has lost quite a few assistants over the last year or so: last summer James Borrego left to become head coa...
Australian Swimmer Refuses To Share Podium With Chinese Rival Over Strange Doping Allegations
Since Chinese swimmer Sun Yang won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, he has been the most dominant freestyle swimmer in the world. He’s the only swimmer in history to win either a World Championship or an Olympic gold medal in every freestyle distance from 200 meters to 1,500 meters. His ...
The Packers' Expenses Say A Lot About The NFL
This year’s release of the Green Bay Packers’ financials is a bit more revealing than usual. The disclosures include what’s by now become a standard glimpse into the mammoth annual growth of the NFL’s national TV revenues; the NFL has been raking in assloads of money for years, and there’s still no ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2019: Arizona Cardinals
Some people are fans of the Arizona Cardinals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Arizona Cardinals. This 2019 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....