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Discounted GoPro Set, $30 Bluetooth Speakers, Laser Measure [Deals]

New GoPros are in the pipeline , but the current-gen GoPro Hero3+ Black is still a fantastic action cam. You can save $50, and get the Surf/SUP/Kayak mounting package, today at REI. [GoPro Hero3+ Black with Surf/SUP/Kayak Mounts, $350]...

Don't Ask Bill Belichick If It's Time To Think About His Quarterbacks

The Patriots were bad, bad, bad last night, getting beaten soundly on both sides of the ball in a 41-14 road thumping at the hands of the Chiefs. But a good part of the attention is naturally going to settle on Tom Brady, who's been so consistently great over the course of his career that this sea...

Michigan AD Blames Communication For Re-Insertion Of Concussed Player

Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon released a lengthy statement early Tuesday morning blaming "a serious lack of communication" for the re-insertion of a concussed quarterback into Saturday's game against Minnesota....

The Best NBA Media Day Photos From Around The League

Today was NBA media day, a mostly useless exercise where players and coaches trot out the most optimistic of cliches for the season ahead. The answers are so predictable that one blog went so far as to create a media day bingo card. On the plus side, media day is also when players pose for all sorts...

Deadspin Up All Night: Turn The Bright On

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This Year's Highest-Paid MLS Player Isn't Actually Playing In MLS Yet

So, what we have below is an updated list of every MLS player's salary. There are some things worth talking about. ...

Model Strips Naked, Fights Cops At Aussie Rules Grand Final [NSFW]

The lady you see above is a Scottish model named Heather McCartney. That's her being escorted out of Saturday's Australian Football League Grand Final, essentially the sport's Super Bowl. She was kicked out of the stadium because, while watching the game from a corporate box, she decided to get supe...

Chart: Stadium Distance From Downtown In Four-Sport Cities

This chart from Redditor jamintime shows distance between stadiums and downtowns in cities with NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL franchises. Google Maps was used to track distance and define downtown and stadium locations. In cities with multiple pro teams in the same sport, the closest stadium to downtown wa...

Adrian Peterson's Texts Fired Up The Vikings

The Vikings looked like a brand new team yesterday, running roughshod over the Falcons as if motivated by some rousing pregame speech from Mike Zimmer. Close! It was facing the Falcons defense some rousing pregame text messages from Adrian Peterson....

Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke: "I Don't Make Decisions On Who Plays"

Brady Hoke deflected criticism about the handling of dazed quarterback Shane Morris Saturday during his weekly press conference today, claiming the Michigan head coach doesn't "make decisions on who plays, who doesn't play." When asked if Morris—who took a nasty, and illegal, shot to the head but wa...

Report: Jovan Belcher Showed Signs Of CTE

Jovan Belcher's brain showed signs of CTE, according to newly released information in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the Chiefs after the 25-year-old linebacker shot and killed his girlfriend before committing suicide in 2012. Belcher's brain was examined a year after his death, when his b...

Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru: A Sour Beer Worth Road-Tripping For

The Boston Beer Company confounds me. I do like their most famous and best-selling beer, Samuel Adams Boston Lager: It's a seminal brew in many a Masshole's drunken coming of age, mine included, and a large, unbalanced load of the Internet holds this fact against us. I can't swing a dead Yuengling a...

Audio Sans Wires, Kindle Paperwhite, Choose Your Smart Watch [Deals]

There's a wireless audio deal for everyone today. The Sony headphones normally sell for $85, the Boom Urchin is water resistant, and even comes with a suction cup to use it in your shower, and the Philips Fidelio is an awesome choice for anyone with an Apple device....

Can A Ref With No Red Card Send Someone Off? One Player Investigates

It’s an interesting question, one that Guingamp’s Benjamin Angoua tried valiantly to answer this weekend when, as the ref tried to show a red to a teammate, Angoua nipped and slapped at the card, hoping the ref would either listen to reason or get tired of trying to snatch the damn thing out of the ...

The Cardinals Took Care Not To Celebrate In The Diamondbacks' Pool

The Cardinals found themselves in much the same position as the Dodgers did a year ago: at Chase Field, about to clinch the division. Would they celebrate the same way, by diving into the right-field pool and peeing all over the unwritten rules? They would not, because the Cardinals are class person...

Deadspin Up All Night: My Ankle Hurt

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Jeremy Maclin's One-Handed Catch Keeps Eagles Alive

The Vikings Are Still Prominently Selling Adrian Peterson Jerseys

Even though the Vikings have suspended running back Adrian Peterson indefinitely due to child injury charges involving his four-year-old son, the team's still selling his jerseys at games. At full price, too!...

This Cardinals Fan's Playoff Music Video Makes Me Want To Fight Things [UPDATE]

We know what time it is. The St. Louis Cardinals clinched a playoff berth, which means that St. Louis Cardinal fans—the worst, wackest, whitest fanbase in all of sports—are going to hit us with an indescribably corny music video....

I Agree, Le'Veon Bell IS A Bad Motherfucker Right There, Woo!

Watch the play, because Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell goes through a few Tampa Bay Bucs en route to a first down, and it's impressive. ...