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Rhode Island's Football Stadium Started Blaring Hip Hop And Dubstep At 2 A.M. Last Night
Perhaps haunted by the ghosts of booty booty booty booty rockin' everywhere, Rhode Island's Meade Stadium came alive during the witching hour. According to Eric, the URI student who took this video, the music began blaring at 2 in the morning, featuring favorites like "Ms. Jackson," "21 Questions,...

Tuesday Night Fights: Let Us Give Thanks For Topless Women Fighting In The Street
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Frankford Girl Fight" and "North Philly Fight So Slow." Tonight's commentator: A Philadelphia cop who sees shades of NatGeo porn....

Here Is A GIF Of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Trying And Failing To Play Football
Rob Ford, the portly mayor of Toronto, took some time out of his schedule today in order to toss around the ol' pig skin. Thankfully, cameras were rolling, and the world was blessed with the GIF you see above....

Deadspin Up All Night: Shining Light
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll be around for a bit tomorrow, trying to bring you some cool sports content. You should join us....

A.J. Barker Isn't Backing Down From His Letter To Jerry Kill
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Barker salted the Minnesota earth in his wake....

Deadspin I-Team: Who Are Those Amazing Lakers Bros?
OK, these guys have now become way too internet famous to not be identified. We must know who they are. How did they afford those seats? Are they brothers, or just bros? Did they wear matching t-shirts to the game and buy matching jerseys to wear over them?...

Australia's Rugby League Cracks Down On Big Hits, And Fans Aren't Happy
In any discussion of player safety in American football, rugby inevitably gets invoked in two ways: NFL players are called pussies for wearing body armor, and rugby is pointed to as an example of how players will self-police and self-preserve on tackles when they're not overly protected. Neither of...

Never Miss Another Live Sporting Event Again With Slingbox
There's a sense of dread that comes over me when I miss a significant portion or all of a game involving a team I really care about. The feelings experienced are something like those experienced when being sent to the principal's office: you have no idea what's going to happen, but you assume it's...

Philadelphia Gets Down To Brass Tacks, Just Asks Andy Reid If He's Going To Resign
Things are so bad in Philadelphia that reporters are just asking Andy Reid if he's going to quit to save himself the indignity of being fired. The Eagles were soundly defeated by the Redskins yesterday, 31-6, bringing Philly down to 3-7 and all by itself at the bottom of the NFC East. Mike Vick can ...

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread
Chicago at San Francisco: So, this might have been a decent game but neither starting quarterback will be playing due to concussions. Instead it's Jason Campbell and Colin Kaepernick. Yikes. Kaepernick did surprise the Jets earlier this year with some solid Wildcat-esque play, but presumably the Be...

Deadspin Up All Night: In A Swirl Bunch Of Nothing
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. It's Jason Campbell versus Colin Kaepernick tonight on Monday Night Football. Awesome....

C.J. Spiller Says Ryan Fitzpatrick Is "Probably The Best QB That I've Played With"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Yes, even better than Will Proctor, Cullen Harper, or Kyle Parker. Probably....

The Marlins' Megadeal Could Be Good For Miami If Jeffrey Loria Didn't Exist
It took almost a week, but everyone's taken their physicals and the commissioner's office has signed off on the crazypants deal. Deep breath: The Marlins will receive Henderson Alvarez, Yunel Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeff Mathis, Jake Marisnick, Anthony DeSclafani, and Justin Nicolino. The Blue ...

Got Thanksgiving Questions? The <em>New York Times's</em> Expert, Sam Sifton, Is Here To Answer Them
Sam Sifton was, until last year, The New York Times's restaurant critic. He also manned the paper's Thanksgiving help line. Now he's written a delightful little volume of essentials, Thanksgiving: How To Cook It Well. It's not too late to save your holiday! Sam can help, with sides, desserts, place ...

Holiday Gift Guide: For People Who Like Sports And Shirts
Sports are cool. Shirts are also cool. In the photo above, you can see couple of sports shirts. Cool. Do you know any shirts like that? Put them in the discussion below, please....

College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Kansas State, Of Course)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...

Meet Boxing's Next Big Thing: Adrien Broner, The Problem That Cannot Be Solved
Saturday night, Adrien "The Problem" Broner knocked out Antonio DeMarco in the eighth round, on HBO, after thoroughly beating his ass. If you don't watch much boxing, you may be unaware that Adrien Broner, at 23 years old, is boxing's Next Big Thing, not in the sense of The Next Big Overhyped Flavo...

Brad Keselowski Wins The Sprint Cup, Does Awesome Half-Drunk Interview On <em>SportsCenter</em>
Brad Keselowski won the Sprint Cup last night, which is a NASCAR thing, I think. After winning the cup he went on SportsCenter to give a post-race interview, at which point he transformed into your semi-drunk friend who always corners you at the bar and insists on on the two of you having a "real ...

Report: The NFL Made Disability Payments For Brain Trauma While Publicly Denying That Football Causes Brain Trauma
Officially, it was three years ago that the NFL first acknowledged that repeated concussions can indeed have a long-term effect on mental health. In the six years before that, the league had taken the opposite stance, publishing a series of scientific papers that denied any link between football and...
