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This Is A Brutal <i>Wheel Of Fortune</i> Beat
Hey, do you want to see two people get their souls crushed on live TV?...
Joel Embiid Has Monster Game, Says “69”
Joel Embiid had the best game of his professional career last night, with 46 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 blocks. He’s the first player to put up that line (though the NBA only began counting blocks in 1973). The Sixers beat the Lakers, 115-109, in a game where they shot just 22 percent from...
Deadspin Up All Night: The Party Is Over
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There's Carey Price Injury Drama Again
Canadiens goalie Carey Price has an overall save percentage of .877 and hasn’t looked like himself all season. He hasn’t played at all since Nov. 2, when he gave up five goals against Minnesota in a 6-3 loss. The team initially ruled Price as day-to-day with a “lower body injury,” but now it’s a li...
Deadspin Awards: Most Insane Coach
The Deadspin Awards are this month, and you can come! We also need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to help us determine the answer to an important question: Who is the most insane coach of them all?...
Self-Proclaimed Lotto Winner Yet To Pay $7.5 Million He Promised To Junior Hockey Team
Last month, various Canadian news outlets featured a heartwarming story about a local man giving back to his community. A British Columbia man named Mike Gould had promised to donate $7.5 million to the Kimberly Dynamiters, a local junior hockey team. The donation was announced before a game on Octo...
Two Georgia Tech Basketball Players Suspended For Accepting Benefits
Georgia Tech basketball senior Tadric Jackson and sophomore Josh Okogie have each been suspended three and six games, respectively, by the NCAA after accepting benefits from Ron Bell, a former friend of Yellowjackets head coach Josh Pastner....
Roy Halladay's Memorial Service Captured The Best Of "Your Favorite Player's Favorite Player"
It’s now been a week since Roy Halladay was killed flying a small plane over the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the public eulogizing that’s come pouring out over the last several days has centered on his incredible talent—and how can it not, when someone could pitch like that—but today offered some more i...
Deadspin Up All Night: Nothing Is Wasted
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Deadspin Awards: Worst Stadium Scam
The Deadspin Awards are this month, and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to help us determine the answer to an important question: What is the worst stadium scam of them all?...
Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Tom Savage Was Born To Be Strip-Sacked
Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....
A Tribute To Shitty Sports Talk Radio Callers<em></em>
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Canada Accidentally Forced Olympic Hopefuls Into Midnight Curling
Ah, tiebreaker scenarios: everyone’s favorite chaotic twist to a championship run. Baseball loved them so much, it went ahead and built it into the schedule. Yet some of the wildest tiebreaking calculus of the year occurred, out of all places, in the peaceful province of Prince Edward Island this...
Joel Embiid Packed A Season's Worth Of Shit-Talking Into One Game
The Philadelphia 76ers, who are maybe good, beat the Clippers, who are maybe bad, in Los Angeles last night, thanks to a big night from their big center Joel Embiid. The 7-foot-2 Cameroonian has been on a short minutes leash throughout his career, though his 32-point, 16-rebound performance against ...
Mike Francesa To Be Replaced By Chris Carlin, Bart Scott And Maggie Gray
The ever-incredulous Mike Francesa is following through on his promise to step down from his daily hosting gig on New York’s WFAN when his contract expires next month. Now we know his replacements—plural, because how could one person alone possibly carry on the, ah, unique legacy of Francesa. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Everybody Keeps On Talking About It
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Giants Fan Heckles Giants Players, Tumbles Over Railing, Gets Tased By Security
Sad to say, but this man had the most successful Sunday of anyone wearing a Giants jersey....
Notre Dame Fans Get Into Slippery Brawl With Miami Fans
While the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were getting their asses kicked by the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, a passel of fans reenacted the scene on the concourse of Miami’s stadium near sections 129 and 130. All was technically peaceful, until an offscreen Miami fan flung a beverage at the dude in the ...
The Deadspin Awards Are Happening Again
Last year, we held the first annual Deadspin Awards, a bad awards show celebrating the worst (and a few of the best) things in sports. The show featured us packing far too many people into a small and poorly air-conditioned venue, and exactly one celebrity cameo. This year, we are happy to announce ...
Wisconsin Is Finally Worth Noticing<em></em>
After two months of solid, boring victories against bad teams by margins of multiple scores, Wisconsin football finally played a game worth watching. And they made the most of it. Facing their first ranked opponent of the season (the soon-to-be-unranked Iowa Hawkeyes), the Badgers dominated, allowin...