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Deadspin Up All Night: We Used To Be The Cool Kids
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What Can I Do About This Ring Around The Collar?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
11 Shots Of Liquor, Reconsidered
Good afternoon! Let me tell you how to run your wedding. Just kidding, no one cares about your wedding. Now, back to my wedding: We sprung for the all-you-can-guzzle beer and wine buffet, but we didn't serve hard liquor. This is partly because we're cheapskates and partly because we're sane—the rece...
Colorado Viewers Miss Six Minutes Of AFC Title Game, Learn About Santa
Somehow this flew under the radar all week, but it turns out Broncos fans in Colorado Springs missed much of the first quarter during Sunday's AFC Championship game due to technical difficulties on KKTV—during which Tom Brady was frozen on their screens for nearly six minutes. Even stranger, the CBS...
Bags Of Organic Lettuce Now Come With Lizards
This picture comes to us from a reader who recently took a trip to Sam's Club with his friend to buy a bag of organic lettuce. That's what you get for trying to be healthy, I guess....
The NFL Is Still Hilarious When Subjected To Bad Lip Reading
Remember that dumb, great video of NFL players being given very bad lip-reading voiceovers? Adrian Peterson and his orange peanut? Here's another—it's pretty good! ...
All Kobe Can Do Is Shake His Damn Head At The Lakers
It's hard to blame Kobe for letting his frustration get the better of him. A man can only handle so much Swaggy P before he reaches his breaking point....
Cops Allege Former Wisconsin WR Marcus Randle-El Is Gun-Toting Abductor
An Amber Alert issued in Illinois at 11:45 p.m. Eastern time Thursday night named a Marcus Randle-El as the suspect in the kidnapping of his own three-year-old daughter. Local media reports that's the same Marcus Randle-El who played wide receiver at Wisconsin and is the brother of former Steelers p...
Seven Scenes From The Life Of A Quiet Champ
Dig Pete Dexter's 1980 Inside Sports profile of Larry Holmes:...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Will Remember You
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. This is cheating, but whatever. RIP. ...
Here's Every Finable Offense For Raiders Cheerleaders
Lacy T., a Raiderette during the recently completed season, has sued the Oakland Raiders for a slew of shoddy business practices regarding cheerleader pay. The whole suit, which you can read at the bottom of the page, is a glimpse into the many indignities of being an NFL cheerleader (besides the ma...
Andrea Bargnani Is Out Indefinitely; We Made Him A Tribute Video
Sad news, everyone. Andrea Bargnani, the Knicks player who brought us the most entertainment this year, has a torn ligament in his left arm that will keep him off the court indefinitely. Bargs hurt himself doing what Bargs does best: playing basketball like a dummy....
The Dumb Redskins Made A Dumb Trailer For The Upcoming Season
If the fact that this video is rated "BG" (burgundy and gold) for "Team, Effort, Tradition" doesn't make you gag and immediately turn your computer off, then get ready to enjoy some some terrible marketing content courtesy of the Washington Redskins....
John Ed Bradley Remembers Peyton Manning As A Young Man
My man John Ed Bradley recalls meeting Peyton Manning in this sweet essay for Sports Illustrated:Sports Illustrated:...
Rafael Nadal's Hands Are Disgusting
Rafael Nadal will play Roger Federer on Friday (overnight for U.S. audiences) in a semifinal match at the Australian Open, but forget about that for a minute. Look how gross Rafa's hands are. ...
Exploitation Was Duke Ellington's True Genius
Last month, Adam Gopnik wrote an absorbing review of Terry Teachout's new Duke Ellington biography in the New Yorker. It's only available to subscribers but I wanted to share this part:...
Here Comes The Federer-Nadal To Possibly End All Federer-Nadals
Maybe every Federer-Nadal is a Federer-Nadal for the ages, and when we look back we'll marvel at our luck that these two comets coincided for a decade. But let's say with a bit of boldness that the upcoming Federer-Nadal — in a date punched when they respectively dispatched Andy Murray and Grigor Di...
Deadspin Up All Night: Good Kid
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Tony Snell's Mom Once Called Steve Alford A "Motherfucker"
Over at ChicagoSide, Daniel Libit has a nice profile of Bulls rookie guard Tony Snell, who is in the midst of a surprisingly productive season after being drafted with the 20th pick in the 2013 draft. Libit's piece is a nice look into a fringe prospect's journey to the NBA and Snell's close relation...
Did Football Cause 20 Deaths In 1905? Re-Investigating A Serial Killer
On the last day of the 1905 college football season, Harvard hosted Yale in the 26th meeting between the two teams. At one point in the typically low-scoring affair, Harvard's Francis Burr trotted back to return a punt. As the ball fluttered through the air, Burr called for a fair catch. Then things...