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Jim Irsay Won't Apologize, Says He Often Carries Briefcases Full Of Cash
Jim Irsay has spoken publicly for the first time since his OUI arrest, when he was pulled over with numerous pill bottles and $29,000 in cash in a metal briefcase. Irsay sat down for an interview with the Indianapolis Star's Bob Kravitz, and the result is exactly the kind of soft-pedaled interview t...
Portugal's Eusébio Was As Gifted On The Pitch As He Was Important Off It
From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....
Manny Machado Suspended Five Games For Throwing Bat
MLB has suspended Baltimore's Manny Machado five games for throwing his bat during Sunday's game against Oakland. After two straight brushback pitches from Fernando Abad, Machado flung his bat in the general vicinity of third base—"accidentally," he said, but nah....
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<i>Hockey Night In Canada</i>'s "Entertaining" Darryl Sutter Montage Is Great
Hockey Night In Canada continues to have fun doing its thing and tonight, before Game 3 between the Kings and Rangers in New York, HNIC poked some fun at Kings coach Darryl Sutter. It is the least interesting bits of Sutter post-game pressers throughout the playoffs, set to Joplin's "The Entertaine...
Joe Maddon Calls In Medicine Man To Fix The Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays have the worst record in a professional sports league that includes the New York Mets, The Chicago Cubs, and the Houston Astros. Forget outside the box, they need to get as far away from it as humanly possible to think themselves out of this mess. Joe Maddon bringing in a Seminole...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Lost Count
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Dwyane Wade Fined $5,000 For This Ridiculous Flop
The NBA has brought swift justice against Dwyane Wade, who committed one of the most egregious flops you will ever see during last night's game against the Spurs. He will be fined $5,000 for convincing the referee that Manu Ginobili has telekinetic powers. ...
Do Not Wear A Suit With Shorts
Men's shorts are OK. (Women's shorts are also OK, but they are much more obviously OK, and not what we are talking about.) Summers get hot around this part of the solar system; why swaddle those vast swaths of leg-skin behind fabric when you could use them, sensibly, to radiate your body's interna...
<em>Joga Bonito</em> Incarnate: The Joy And Tragedy Of Brazil's Garrincha
From Eduardo Galeano's classic, now available as an ebook. We'll have excerpts throughout the week....
Double Fault! A Recent History Of Tennis's Most Humiliating Finish
Rafael Nadal won his ninth French Open Sunday, and he did it in the most unbecoming way possible. The decisive moment was a double fault from Novak Djokovic, provoking an awkward "fall to your knees in euphoria after winning a point literally anyone with a pulse could have won themselves" celebratio...
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I'm Dave Zirin, Author Of <em>Brazil's Dance With The Devil.</em> Let's Chat.
Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and author of the new book Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy, is in the comments below and ready to take your questions. You can also follow Zirin on Twitter @EdgeofSports....
Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Drinking
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Let's cramp it up tonight....
Manny Machado Flings Bat Onto Field, Benches Clear Again
For the second time in three days, an angry Manny Machado caused the benches to clear between the Orioles and Athletics....
Very Dumb Fan Dives For Live Baseball, Kicks Gregory Polanco In Head
Reaching over the fence for a ball in play is a stupid thing to do as a baseball fan. Falling over the fence for a ball in play and kicking a player in the head is an extremely stupid thing to do as a baseball fan....
Someone Wore A Bear Suit To Petco Park
Petco Bear looks like it would beat the shit out of Dodgers Bear in a fight....
How To Make Deviled Eggs, And Reign As Lord Of The Side Dishes
Somebody always brings deviled eggs to the cookout or potluck or NA meeting, and it's never you, and that person is everyone's favorite, because deviled eggs are just the best. ...
Benches Clear Because Manny Machado Did Not Like Josh Donaldson's Tag
That is a headline you just read. Sometimes baseball is just the worst. ...