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Your Sunday NFL Open Thread
Here is your designated spot to yak it up about all things football. For instance, you can talk about the myriad ways the Browns will piss away a two score lead to the Giants. Just an example....
The Iron Sheik: Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Proves "He Have Grasshopper Dick"
When our old pal A.J. Daulerio got his hairy palms on this here Hulk Hogan sex tape, we were absolutely certain it would catch the attention of the Iron Sheik, occasional Deadspin contributor/Greatest Iranian of All-Time. ...
Large, Shirtless, Pole-Clinging North Carolina State Supporter Is Our Favorite Football Fan Of The Year
North Carolina State shocked the college football universe by beating third-ranked Florida State with an amazing last-minute comeback, scoring on a fourth-down touchdown pass and sending the Carter–Finley Stadium faithful into a frenzy. One man really stood out to us, and though we're used to bei...
Deadspin Up All Night: Crash Through Break The Glass
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There's still stuff going on all over—I literally couldn't keep track of the open threads, and the Division Series one disappeared, so it'd be great if people went and talked in there. Or wherever, no big deal. Stick around if you feel so inclined,...
Beer Of The Week: Blue Buck, In Time For Canadian Thanksgiving
Monday marks a holiday that in Canada is known as Thanksgiving. Any American will recognize the basic outlines of the day: Get together with friends and family and eat until you can compare stretchmarks and then succumb to naps. That doesn't mean it's the same holiday. Care to (U) guess (S) which (A...
Your Division Series Open Thread
Ai! Somehow this disappeared, no? There were comments, there was yakking—I'm very sorry. Won't happen again. As I said before—it's the A's in Detroit to face Verlander (who has already given up a run) and then Cueto vs. Cain in San Francisco at 9:37 p.m. We'll link back. Enjoy the games!...
Sign Of The Apocalypse: Mass Child Lead Poisoning
For nearly two decades, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to cover the end of times but declines to cede the scoop on the biggest event in world history....
Anti-Romney Ad In Ohio State Student Newspaper: He's Been A Michigan Fan A "Long, Long Time"
Via Buzzfeed, the anti-Romney advertisment that greeted readers of this morning's Lantern, the Ohio State student newspaper, assuming there are any, and that they felt like reading the paper on a Saturday morning. This ad took up a full page opposite the cover of the sports section (layout visible h...
Your College Football Open Thread
Hey, they didn't save all the good stuff for the night games this week. The Big 12 has a Big Afternoon coming up, highlighted by Kansas at Kansas State (a grudge match made all the better by Charlie Weis taking impotent shots at the KU student newspaper) and Oklahoma at Texas Tech. At 12, Northweste...
How To Drink Red Bull Total Zero: Not At All
The first thing you notice about the experience of drinking Red Bull Total Zero is the dread: ice-cold, sweaty-palm dread, bone deep, and you're still at least a half-hour away from popping the top and actually swallowing the stuff. ...
One Of The Best Division III Running Backs In The Country Died After A Violent Mugging
Tim McNerney, a Washington & Jefferson senior twice named to the Presidents' Athletic Conference all-conference team, died early Thursday morning after he and a friend were the victim of what police believe was a robbery gone awry. McNerney was in the midst of an excellent senior season for a Washin...
Your Week Six College Football Master Schedule
Schedule and broadcasters via and cross-referenced with. If you spot any errors, let us know below. Conferences reflect home teams. Ranked teams bold; rankings from the USA Today Coaches Poll. Times (EST)....
How's That "Going For It On Fourth Down" Thing Going For San Diego State?
This August brought momentous news: San Diego State Aztecs head coach Rocky Long had done lost his mind, and would be implementing essentially the strategy all advanced football stats people have been stridently advocating since the dawn of advanced football stats. Long was going for it on fourth (i...
Deadspin Up All Night: Rhiannon
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Have a good time watching all the sports this weekend. It's going to be a good one!...
Dead Letters: "Your Website Is Turning Into A Flaming Pile Of Shit"
Let’s start off with an important message regarding something that appeared in last week’s Dead Letters:...
Cockblocked In The Big Easy!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Come Chat With The <em>SF Weekly's</em> Joe Eskenazi, Author Of That Terrific Story About Bleacher Report
Earlier this week, the SF Weekly published a lengthy story by Joe Eskenazi about the rise and inner workings of Bleacher Report, purveyors of flavorless, pre-fabricated, market-based sports news. We thought the piece was great. Others thought the piece was not so great....
Wisconsin Football Coach Didn't Know The President Of The United States Was On His Campus
On Thursday, Barack Obama gave a speech at the University of Wisconsin. As is the case when any sitting president visits a college campus, a lot of attention was paid to the event. More than 30,000 people reportedly came to watch the President speak....
USC's Robert Woods Couldn't Keep His Balance After A Helmet-To-Helmet Hit, Missed One Play
Above, the uncanny floundering of USC wide receiver and All-American Robert Woods after he got spun around on a helmet-to-helmet hit. The spin itself might have made him dizzy—Woods does a full 180 after the hit—but as Jesse Palmer noted during the aftermath, it was pretty obvious Woods had his "b...
The Same Firm That Designed The Nets' Rusty Spaceship In Brooklyn Will Make A Soccer Stadium In Queens
The old maxim says that you can't determine the quality and endurance of a sports arena until Jay-Z has played at least six of eight consecutive concerts there. With that requirement satisfied and the Barclays Arena yet to crumble into a pile of orange-brown dust, MLS felt comfortable asking Barclay...