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A Ban On Black Players Cost The NFL Its Most Exciting Quarterback
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Greg Howard. ...
The Bucks' Y2K Night Contest Has Broken Their Fax Machine
Saturday is "Y2K Night" in Milwaukee, and they are committed to the theme. 2000-era pricing, an appearance from Glenn Robinson, and a halftime performance by Coolio. But the absolute best part is the contest—for which entrants will have to somehow figure out how to use a fax machine....
Ashley Wagner's Reactions Remain The Best
It's no "Bullshit!," but Ashley Wagner's response to another lower-than-expected score in today's ladies short program deserves our attention. It's almost as if she's so conscious of her reaction that she overcorrects toward glee. We like both parts....
David Backes Scored From An Impossible Angle
David Backes scored this ridiculous goal with a second and change left in the first to put Team USA up 3-1 over the Czech republic. Under Ondrej Pavelec's glove, off the inside of the far post. Gorgeous—and it might not even have been as difficult as his perfect pass to set up Dustin Brown earlier i...
A Clutch of Odd Birds
Here's Pat Jordan's 1971 Sports Illustrated pool room story, "A Clutch of Odd Birds":...
Sage Kotsenburg Finally Gets His Olympic Medal Made Of Bacon
Winning the first gold medal of the Olympics was both a blessing and a curse for Sage Kotsenburg, America's 20-year-old slopestyle snowboard brogod. It was intense to be honored so early ("The flag is going up. You've got the medal on. And you're just tripping out."). But it was also sort of a bumme...
Former Soccer Player Sues College Over "Domination" Wrestling Drill
Former Benedictine College soccer player Zach Robertson is suing his former school for a "mandatory" wrestling drill in 2012 that cut his season short....
High School Wrestlers Wearing Pointed Hoods Lynch Rival In Effigy
Here we have a few members of a high school wrestling team from Phillipsburg, N.J., posing for a photo that has caused quite the shit storm in the local school district....
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Snowboard Cross Semifinal Features Nutshot, Photo Finish
Trevor Jacob did not have a very good semifinal in today's snowboard cross competition. First, he busted his ankle. Then he suffered a dickpunch from American teammate Alex Deibold. And finally, he missed out on qualifying for the final by hundredths of a second....
Female Running Back Tackled Multiple Times In Men's Pro Football Game
Jennifer Welter is apparently the first female running back to play in a men's professional football game, and her first rushing attempts came with contact....
76ers Sign High School Student With Down Syndrome To Two-Day Contract
The Philadelphia 76ers' playoff hopes this season don't exist, but the team's taking the opportunity to do something nice for a high school basketball player with Down syndrome....
Cam Newton Brings Out The Dumbest In Everyone
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Kyle Wagner....
Lamar Fires Pat Knight, Who Was A Loser And A Bully
Bob Knight's kid was shitcanned Sunday morning. The last time you gave a thought to the guy was probably two years ago, when Knight interrupted his own player, Mike James, during a press conference and told him, "You don't have a clue what it takes to win." The rant that followed earned him the wors...
No, Kevin Durant Is Not "The Servant"
We need to talk about Kevin Durant’s nickname....
College Student Jobbed Out Of $10,000 Half-Court Shot
West Chester (Penn.) University freshman Jack Lavery was randomly selected to shoot for $10,000 at halftime of Saturday's game. He had 25 seconds to complete a layup, a free throw, a three-pointer, and a half-court shot. He made them all. He will not get the money. There is fine print....
Screaming English Soccer Fan Is Mesmerizing
Arsenal defeated Liverpool 2-1 yesterday in an exciting FA Cup match that's since served to draw considerable criticism toward referee Howard Webb. The match's intensity wasn't limited to the pitch, though. Watch this Liverpool supporter scream like a banshee for his boys to "come on," but look clos...
You've Got Something On Your Face
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