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World-Class Athlete Demoted To "Just A Pretty Face," According To World-Class Moron
Genie Bouchard, who was once ranked as high as No. 5 in the world, has been having a rough time on the court. She lost to 102nd-ranked Andrea Petkovic last week and 51st-ranked Donna Vekic yesterday, and her global ranking has plummeted to No. 70. This is certainly not the trajectory that either Bo...
Umpire Joe West Suspended Three Games For Calling Adrian Beltre The Biggest Complainer In Baseball
In June, on the occasion of becoming just the third major-league umpire ever to work 5,000 games, Joe West sat for a wide-ranging interview with USA Today, and one of the questions asked who believes is baseball’s biggest complainer. ...
Real-Life Father Neil Walker Learns That Fans Call Him Daddy: "I Guess I'm Flattered"
Daddy is a “slang term of affection used to address a male authority figure or idol in a sexualized manner,” according to Know Your Meme. Daddy is “meant to communicate respect/adoration to a male authority figure” with a “sexual tinge,” according to the Washington Post’s Memesplainer. Daddy is NOT ...
Braves Rookie Johan Camargo Hurts Himself Running On Field, Pulled Before Game Starts
Running—it’s hard! That’s usually declared in the context of, say, completing a marathon or something, but it can also apply to jogging out onto the infield to take your position for a baseball game. Here is proof in the form of Braves rookie Johan Camargo, who was set to play shortstop tonight befo...
Carter Capps Is Back, But He's Not What He Used To Be
For quite a while now, Carter Capps has mattered more to baseball as a symbol for questions about rules (and what they mean and how they’re enforced) than he has as an actual relief pitcher. This is, really, only fair: in the two-and-a-half years since he debuted a quirky but questionably legal deli...
Deadspin Up All Night: It's Not 'Cause You're In Love
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Is Gareth Bale Even Worth It?
Gareth Bale, once the assumed heir to Cristiano Ronaldo’s throne at Real Madrid, is now at risk of becoming an afterthought. Acquired from Tottenham in 2013 for a then-record transfer fee, Bale has only topped 30 La Liga appearances once in four seasons for Real Madrid. True, he has been as good as ...
<i>Ready Player One </i>Finds The Bleak Limits Of Nostalgia
It’s not hard to fracture the internet with a movie adaptation of a popular bad book. They’re made into movies all the time. They read like screenplays because they skip complex language that defies being replaced with pictures, and producers can’t resist a baked-in audience, which creates a baked-i...
Study Finds Buying Brewers New Spring Training Park Will Lose Money, So Town Buries Study And Commissions Friendlier One
The Brewers want a new spring training park. Gilbert, Ariz., would like to give it to them. The stadium would cost $90 million; the Brewers offered to pay $20 million of that. The adjoining mixed-use “village,” including retail and hotel, would cost another $70 million; the Brewers offered to pay no...
The Browns Really Want You To Buy This Whole Brock Osweiler Thing
Please remember that the only reason Brock Osweiler is currently on the Browns’ roster is because the Texans were so desperate to be rid of him that they gave Cleveland a second-round pick for absorbing Osweiler’s $16 million salary this season. Also remember that Browns GM Sashi Brown was most exci...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Drank The Water And I Felt Alright
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Would You Be Interested In A Talk Show With Tom Brady And Jim Gray?
Tom Brady has slowly and carefully built up his own lifestyle brand in recent years, with his extravagant pajamas, rabbit food, and post-human, Russell Wilson-esque ad pitches delivered through the Patriots QB’s online presence. It appears that Brady might be dipping his toe into a half-hour web ser...
Do The Astros Need Justin Verlander?
Justin Verlander’s contract is so big that the Tigers had no fear any other team would want it. After the traditional trade deadline passed at the end of July, Verlander and the $28 million he’s owed in each of the next two years easily cleared revocable waivers, making the 34-year-old Tiger still e...
Don Baylor Dead At 68
An easy way to measure an athlete’s influence on his or her sport is to consider what they meant to different groups of fans. Don Baylor, who died of cancer today at age 68, was many things to many people....
Darren Daulton Dead At 55
The 1993 Phillies opened the season 17-5 and led the NL East basically wire to wire. They upset the 104-win Braves in the NLCS and were a few outs from getting to Game 7 of the World Series when Joe Carter hit a walk-off homer to end the series. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Sweep Me Off My Feet
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Check Out LaDainian Tomlinson's Moving Hall Of Fame Induction Speech
Former NFL great LaDainian Tomlinson was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame tonight, and he kicked off his time in Canton with a moving speech about his heritage, his family history, and his vision for a future in which the country could come to work towards “the highest ideals of mankind.” ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Profitless Thoughts<em></em>
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JayWatch: Now It Sounds Like Jay Cutler Will Not Be Joining The Dolphins
While it hasn’t quite achieved the will-he-won’t-he twists of 2017's great NeyWatch, the Jay Cutler-Miami situation has had an unusual number of twists for a flirtation involving a 34-year-old replacement quarterback....
Christian Pulisic Starts His Season Off By Embarrassing Bayern Munich
America’s Wonderteen, Christian Pulisic, scored the opener of the German Super Cup for Dortmund against Bayern today, dispossessing a concerningly louche Javi Martinez and easily finishing....