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Christian Bethancourt's Season Debut Didn't Go So Well
San Diego Padres catcher Christian Bethancourt made his first pitching appearance of the season today, when he came on in relief with his team trailing the Dodgers 7-1 in the fourth inning. Things went poorly. ...
Red Sox Fan Acts Like A Jamoke
Is the foul ball worth the dignity you lose while trying to get it? In this instance, probably not....
Idiot On The Field Steals Tom Brady's Jersey
A few of the Patriots showed up with their Lombardi Trophy for Red Sox opening day, and overactive galoot Rob Gronkowski had fun with quarterback Tom Brady by nabbing his recently recovered Super Bowl jersey. ...
Roger Federer Can't Be Stopped By Rafael Nadal, Or Anyone Else
Two famous rivals named Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both got hurt, and both entered rehab cocoons for most of 2016, biding their time until this January. One emerged a radiant butterfly, posting a 19-5 record on the season, playing in three championship matches—a lovely comeback by any metric. Bu...
Madison Bumgarner Does It All Because He Can
The San Francisco Giants lost their season opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks after going through a humiliating and on-brand bullpen collapse in the ninth inning. Whatever. Nobody cares how the game ended, because Madison Bumgarner was on the field....
The Padres Are Barely A Major League Team
It’s opening day! That glorious day, gravid with promise, when every team is in first place and fans around the country can believe, if just for a little while, that their team has what it takes to go all the way. Except for Padres fans. All hope is lost. I’m sorry....
Deadspin Up All Night: Throw That Speedball By You
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Happy Opening Day....
Madison Bumgarner Hasn't Changed At All, Hits Dinger (UPDATE: Another Dinger!)
In the first four innings today, Madison Bumgarner was perfect—12 batters up, 12 batters down, five strikeouts. In the fifth inning today, he was perfect in a different sense—smashing a dinger....
Yadier Molina Will Technically Now Be The Highest-Paid Catcher In Baseball
After weeks of negotiations, the Cardinals have reportedly reached a deal for a three-year extension with Yadier Molina. The team will officially announce the contract this afternoon, but early reports have pegged the total sum at $60 million, which would make the 34-year-old baseball’s highest-paid...
Flyers Goalie Michal Neuvirth Taken Off Ice On Stretcher After Collapsing<em></em>
Emergency personnel took Michal Neuvirth off the ice on a stretcher after the Flyers goalie collapsed early in Philadelphia’s game against the Devils tonight....
Deadspin Up All Night: Just Like The Ocean Under The Moon
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Hopefully you were not fooled on this day of fooling......
Christian Bethancourt Has Officially Made The Padres' Roster As A Two-Way Playing Experiment
Ten months after Christian Bethancourt notched two outs in a blowout for his first big-league pitching appearance, the San Diego Padres catcher is officially getting his chance to make it as a two-way player. After spending his offseason focusing on his pitching, he was included on the roster announ...
Tracy McGrady, Rebecca Lobo Selected To Basketball Hall Of Fame
The 2017 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will include two-time scoring champion Tracy McGrady and UConn star Rebecca Lobo. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Like Kurt Cobain Was Here
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Now go outside!...
Coastal Carolina Suspended Their Entire Cheerleading Squad And Won't Say Why
Last night, Coastal Carolina’s athletic department announced that the school’s cheerleading team had been indefinitely suspended pending a conduct investigation. Myrtle Beach news station WMBF noticed that the cheerleading team had been scrubbed from the CCU athletics website, with their section now...
The Baltimore Orioles Will Just Keep Swinging
This is part of an occasional series comprising MLB season previews....
Nobody Trusts The Process More Than America's Most Prominent Young Socialists<em></em>
In April of last year, Philadelphia right-wing talk radio host and Daily News columnist Dom Giordano cooked up a hot take comparing now former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie to Bernie Sanders. It ended with an almost Breitbartian non sequitur: “Hinkie robbed area basketball fans of th...
Adrian Peterson Is In Exile
Two weeks ago, when the Minnesota Vikings signed free agent back Latavius Murray, general manager and honorary third Bayless brother Rick Spielman said publicly that the signing meant that Adrian Peterson will not be back with the team next season. Since then, Peterson has languished in free agency,...
That's Probably It For Jimmy Rollins
It’s likely most baseball fans didn’t even realize that Jimmy Rollins was with the San Francisco Giants at spring training this year. The 38-year-old former Phillies star signed a minor league deal with the team in December, and was a long shot to make the opening day roster. After going 5-for-42 in...
Aw, This Career Minor Leaguer Tearing Up Over Making The Phillies' Roster Is Great
Brock Stassi is 27 and has spent his six-year career in professional baseball bouncing around the Phillies’ minor league system. He found out today that he’d get his first taste of the big leagues with a spot on the team’s Opening Day roster, and his reaction was very earnest and very sweet with ple...