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Deadspin Up All Night: I Don't Even Know
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Former Pro Wrestler Wrecks Man Who Allegedly Tried To Threaten Him With BB Gun
Pro wrestler Shad Gaspard, best known for being part of the tag team Cryme Tyme on WWE Raw in the mid-2000s, foiled a poorly planned robbery attempt at a Florida gas station Friday....
Suspended Morehead State Coach Sean Woods Charged With Battery
Morehead State coach Sean Woods has been charged with battery after two players reported him to campus police for physically abusing them during a November basketball game....
Soccer Guy Loses Mind After Game, Suddenly Thinks He's In A Kung Fu Movie
Look closely and you can see the exact moment that Mumbai City striker Thiago Cunha, mere moments after losing on aggregate to Atlético de Kolkata in the Indian Super League semifinals, completely forgets that he’s in a soccer game and instead becomes convinced that he’s the star of some martial art...
San Diego City Council Members Righteously Own Chargers President Dean Spanos
In November, San Diego residents voted against ballot Measure C, which would have provided the San Diego Chargers with $1.15 billion in taxpayer money for the purpose of building a new football stadium. It was the voters’ way of telling Chargers owner Dean Spanos to stop asking for handouts and to f...
Oakland City Council Approves Framework Of NFL Stadium Plan
Oakland is one step closer to helping Mark Davis pay for an NFL stadium. The Oakland City Council and Alameda County Board of Supervisors both voted to approve the framework of a plan that would require that Oakland pay $200 million and give up a $150 million piece of land. The County Board vote pas...
Lakers Decide Not To Stay At Trump-Branded Hotel Over "Security Concerns"
According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Lakers will not be staying at the Trump SoHo hotel this week. They were initially scheduled to stay there in advance of their game in Brooklyn against the Nets on Wednesday, but they decided not to because of “security concerns.” Supp...
Deadspin Up All Night: Drink And Gamble
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What Does The U.S. Department Of Energy Do?
The Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department in the United States government, created in 1977. It is a descendant of—and consolidates the functions of—several predecessor agencies, among them the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), which was itself a descendant of ...
Triple H: Donald Trump Is Unclear On Whether Wrestling Is Real<em></em>
Back in 2007, WWE ran a storyline that culminated with CEO Vince McMahon being blown up in a limo. You don’t need me to tell you that McMahon is still alive and was not actually blown to pieces, because you aren’t a moron who thinks wrestling is real. Apparently, the same cannot be said for our futu...
The Patriots Can Win With Anyone
It has felt at times this NFL season like there are no good teams, or at least no teams without glaring, potentially fatal weaknesses. The Patriots certainly have theirs—a shorthanded offense, a middling defense, occasionally disastrous special teams—but they are surely the best of the bunch, and th...
Nike Joins The Quest For A Sub Two-Hour Marathon
In a brilliant height-of-the-Christmas-sales-season marketing move, Nike announced via two breathless press releases, in Runner’s World and Wired, that they are entering the sub two-hour marathon game. ...
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Deadspin Up All Night: Cause And Effect
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Deshazor Everett Lays Out Darren Sproles Before He Can Even Catch The Punt
Eagles running back and return man Darren Sproles didn’t appear to signal for a fair catch on a punt in the fourth quarter, but he wasn’t even able to attempt to field the ball, as Skins cornerback Deshazor Everett ran him over. ...
The Giants Got Motivated This Week By Watching A Guy Punch A Kangaroo
Ordinary pep talks were not enough for Ben McAdoo to motivate his Giants to take on the 11-1 Cowboys tonight. According to the New York Post, the head coach chose something a little bolder as his inspirational technique for this week: that viral video of a guy punching a kangaroo in the face in orde...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Love To Watch Things On TV
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Here's A Weird Hockey Move: A Headbutt To The Crotch
Because why skate normally when you can lower your head to barrel directly into your opponent’s crotch instead? ...
NFL: Supporting Kanye West Does Not Qualify As A Charitable Cause
For one game only, the NFL allowed players the freedom to express support for charities in the “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign last week. Many players chose organizations with a personal connection (Brandon Marshall and Project Borderline for borderline personality disorder, Ryan Shazier and the Nati...
Deadspin Up All Night: The Gold Of A Better Life
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