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The Big Book Of Black Quarterbacks (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. You can find Part 1 here. ...
Kyle Lowry Gets Boned By Terrible Foul Call, Runs Right Off The Court
Some serious bullshit went down at the end of last night's Raptors-Kings game. With 28 seconds remaining and the Raptors down by six, Kyle Lowry hit an incredible three-point shot that was inexplicably waved off by a referee who thought Lowry kicked his leg into the oncoming defender as he went up ...
Here Is An Important Photo Of Pacman Jones And Rod Stewart
This chance encounter earned an "OMG" from Pacman, which is delightful. Rod looks a little out of it, though....
Lakers Beat Cavs Despite Having Only Four Eligible Players
The Lakers started tonight's game in Cleveland with only eight available players. That dropped to six when Nick Young and Jordan Farmar got hurt, and four when Chris Kaman and Robert Sacre fouled out. They still won, 119-108....
Italian Basketball Coach Flips Out About Sportsmanship After Loss
Head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco of second-place Italian basketball team Orlandina Basket seemed disappointed with a 78-76 loss to FCM Ferentino, a team with a 9-10 record, on Feb. 1. But someone on FCM Ferentino apparently did something unsportsmanlike at some point, and it set Pozzecco off in the pos...
Auburn Website Posts Bio For Top Recruit Who Just Committed To Alabama
Well, this is awkward. Coming into national signing day, Auburn was feeling pretty confident about snagging five-star recruit Rashaan Evans, an outside linebacker who went to high school in Auburn. Evans ended up picking Alabama, and somebody forgot to tell the Auburn athletics department's webmaste...
Lance Stephenson Leaves Game After Making Impressive But Dangerous Shot
Lance Stephenson's writhing layup probably wasn't worth the two points—and the foul—but it was fun to watch. You can't tell if the crowd is saying "Ohhh" for the shot or his fall. Thankfully, Stephenson didn't look to be seriously hurt....
Is Time For Olympic Leopard Attack
Vladimir Putin visited the Sochi National Park today because he wanted to pet a leopard. The BBC reports that while Putin was petting the leopard, it attacked two journalists. Play the video above to see what a pissed-off leopard trying to kill a poor schmo with a camera looks like....
NFC Championship Game Truthers Have A Dumb Conspiracy Theory
This video has been making the rounds on the internet over the course of the last two days. It is impossibly dumb. ...
Patrick Kane Honors Dead Grandfather, Breaks Down After Game
Just before taking the ice for last night's game against the Kings, Patrick Kane learned that his grandfather had died. Kane played in the game, finishing with two goals and one assist. After scoring his first goal, seen above, Kane kissed his fingers and pointed skyward....
Did Ya Hear The One About The '84 U.S. Hockey Team?
Over at SB Nation Longform, Jeff Pearlman details a miracle put on ice:...
Derrick Williams Attempts Ill-Fated Off-The-Backboard Dunk
Garbage time is usually an opportunity for NBA stars to draw from the grab bag of Globetrotter tricks. Derrick Williams tried a pretty mild off-the-backboard dunk maneuver. It didn't go so well....
Let's All Watch Bob Costas Make Weird Faces For Two Minutes
Here's some fun video from the Saints-Broncos game in 2012. Bob Costas prepares to wrap up the Sunday Night Football broadcast, and apparently his face needs some warming up....
Who Was America Rooting For Last Night?
As it's done for the every round of the playoffs, Facebook put together a map showing where each Super Bowl team had more Facebook fans (above). The Broncos—an older, more centralized team with two NFL championships—had more national support, while Seahawks fandom was mostly contained to the Pacific...
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Tom Junod remembers Phillip Seymour Hoffman:...
Shirtless Seahawks GM Wears The Championship Belt
This is Seahawks general manager John Schneider doing his best "Drunk Guy Who Has Been at the Party For Way Too Long" impression after his team's Super Bowl victory. ...
Joe Namath's Coin Toss Intercepted By Referee
Same old Jets....
The End Of Weber State-Sacramento State Was Just Absurd
College basketball already had a hell of a showing Saturday with top-ranked Arizona losing on a last-second shot and Duke forcing overtime against Syracuse with a buzzer-beater, but there was another crazy finish yesterday that didn't feature two perennial programs....
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