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Jahlil Okafor Lays Bare One Of The Flaws With The Process
Nothing good ever happens after midnight. Nothing good ever happens after midnight. Nothing good ever happens after midnight. The saying isn’t actually true—many of the best things happen after midnight, in fact—but it’s a mantra Jahlil Okafor would’ve done well to internalize over the past two mont...
Deadspin Up All Night: Been So Long
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Eat Shit, Real Madrid! You Aren’t Getting Neymar!
Real Madrid are at a crossroads. Perilously near the end of the Cristiano Ronaldo era—which, while being incredibly fruitful for the player himself, has been something of a disappointment in terms of trophies—the club needs to decide who will lead them into the next epoch, where they hope to fare be...
Leicester City Can't Really Be This Good, Can They?
This truly is madness. Coming into this weekend, a third of the way through the Premier League season, the team sitting atop the table wasn’t the reigning champions Chelsea, nor the rich and stacked squad in Manchester City, or even Arsenal, enjoying their most promising season in forever. No, the c...
Deadspin Up All Night: Bitch You Better Off Voting For Donald Trump
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Controversy Over Lumberjack Celebration Engulfs Grey Cup
In what’s probably the most Canadian sentence I will ever write, the Edmonton Eskimos have successfully lobbied the Canadian Football League to restrict the Ottawa Redblacks from bringing along the loggersports team that traditionally saws off a celebratory log slice after touchdowns. The Grey Cup t...
Tyson Fury Is Boxing's New Heavyweight Champion Of The World
Wladimir Klitschko’s nearly ten-year-long reign as boxing’s heavyweight champion came to an end today as British fighter and 3-1 underdog Tyson Fury defeated the Ukranian in Düsseldorf by unanimous decision. It was Klitschko’s first loss since 2004. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Look Like Taraji P. Henson
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Someone Please Explain This To Us
Here is video of the perfoming of national anthems before today’s Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko heavyweight title fight. It is by something we were told by Michael Buffer is named “The Dark Center.” We’re all very confused by this....
Bournemouth And Everton Just Combined For the Best Finish Of The Premier League Season
Bournemouth and Everton just finished up a 3-3 barnburner that featured a Ross Barkley goal in the 95th minute, a mob of Everton fans rushing the pitch, then a Bournemouth equalizer after that in the 98th. Bournemouth’s first came in the 80th from Adam Smith, the English right back and noted economi...
Report: Jahlil Okafor Had A Gun Pulled On Him Outside A Club In October
According to a report from CSNPhilly.com, Sixers rookie big man Jahlil Okafor had a gun pulled on him last month outside of a Philadelphia club. They talked to witnesses, who described a scene wherein Okafor tried to punch someone sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car, followed by one of the ...
Western Michigan's Asantay Brown Taken Off Field On Stretcher After Being Blindsided In The Head
Western Michigan defensive back Asantay Brown left the field on a stretcher after being targeted with a blindside hit to the head by Toledo’s Alonzo Russell....
Wichita State's Anton Grady Leaves Court On Stretcher After Blow To The Head [UPDATES]
Wichita State forward Anton Grady left today’s loss to Alabama today on a stretcher after a blow to the head late in the game left him motionless on the court....
76ers' Jahlil Okafor Involved In Boston Street Fight
Footage from TMZ appears to show Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor involved in a skirmish on the streets of Boston late last night....
Five Books For Your Nerd-Ass Friend Who Still Likes Reading Like A Nerd
Useful as they are for keeping tables level, impressing visitors, and the like, books—actual, physical books—are even better as gifts. While a lousy one makes for a perfectly fine present, there’s no real reason not to get a good one. Here are some that we liked, and that we’re pretty sure you or so...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Was There
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<i>Creed </i>Hits Harder The Further It Gets From Rocky Balboa's Shadow
1. Creed works better as an actual movie than it does as a Rocky movie, which is quite the compliment, considering that it’s an excellent Rocky movie, too. (I hadn’t seen it yet when Grierson and I did our Rocky movie rankings on Monday; I’m higher on it than he is.) More than a mere boxing film, it...
The Patriots Are Sketchy And Deserve Scrutiny
Monday night’s Buffalo Bills-New England Patriots game was a primetime display of shoddy officiating. The most egregious instance involved an inadvertent whistle on a Danny Amendola catch that would have been a huge gain, if not a touchdown, but Gene Steratore’s crew bungled other plays throughout t...
Australian Basketball Fan Pours Beer On Marcus Thornton, Acts Like Nothing Happened
Celtics draft pick Marcus Thornton, not to be confused with Houston Rockets guard Marcus Thornton, dove for a loose ball and slid into a barrier during today’s NBL game between the Illawarra Hawks and Sydney Kings. As the Kings player got up, a fan in the stands sprinkled beer on his head. The beard...