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Chugging Is Dumb
We need to talk about your drinking. To have an intervention, of sorts....
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If your dentist isn't thrilled with you when you come to visit every six months, it might be time to upgrade your toothbrush. Amazon has solid coupons available on the Oral-B Healthy Clean 3000, and the Deep Sweep 5000. These actually straddle our favorite toothbrush, the SmartSeries 4000, so buy ...
Madison Bumgarner's Fastball Is Getting Deadlier
Giants ace Madison Bumgarner didn't seem to have his best stuff during Game 5 of the NLCS, and was particularly let down by his cutter. It was flat, non-biting versions of that pitch that yielded an RBI double to Jon Jay and a solo home run to Tony Cruz Jr. (Matt Adams also took him deep on a curveb...
Katie Nolan Tries To Chug Six Beers Better Than Madison Bumgarner
Katie Nolan has a problem with people claiming that pitcher Madison Bumgarner's chugging four, five, or six beers after the Giants win postseason games. (We've gone with different wordings, because he's really just pouring them on his face, though that's still cool.) So, Nolan attempted to show ho...
Massive Soccer Brawl With Punches, Flying Kicks, Sees 12 Guys Sent Off
Deportivo Roca and Cipolletti, rivals in Argentina's 3rd division, really, really don't like each other. In the middle of a match between the two earlier this week, one bad tackle sparked a full on melee, with multiple players catching fists to the face and studs to the body....
Madison Bumgarner Takes Six Beers To The Face
Giants ace Madison Bumgarner "chugged" four beers at once when his team won the wild card play-in game. When he "chugged" five beers after winning the NLDS, everyone wondered if he'd be able to work his way up to six beers in the event of an NLCS win. So, did he go for the full sixer last night? Y...
Mike Matheny Manages The Cardinals Straight Out Of The Playoffs
According to possibly apocryphal lore, Tommy Lasorda described baseball thusly:...
They'll Love Tom Brady In La Liga
You are now imagining Tom Brady holding his face and rolling around on the ground....
Deadspin Up All Night: All's Faire
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Hark thou. ...
Report: Tom Brady Coulda Been A Jet
From the Daily News' Gary Myers comes an alternate history worthy of Harry Turtledove: A source who was in New York's draft room in 2000 claims one scout aggressively urged Bill Parcells to select Tom Brady with the Jets' sixth-round draft pick....
Why And How NBA Mock Drafts Are A Sham
This post originally ran at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. It is reprinted here with permission....
Radio Hosts Nearly Come To Blows On Air Over Strength Of Raiders' Brand
Shit got extremely real on the Doug and Wolf Arizona sports radio show this morning. Whereas most sports radio meltdowns involve a host getting into it with a caller or an interview subject, this one saw the two co-hosts very nearly scrapping in the studio....
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This Sport-Brella umbrella shelter is awesome for the beach or a picnic, and it's down near its lowest ever price right now. I got one a few weeks ago for the beach, and absolutely loved it. [Sport-Brella Umbrella, $46]...
What The Royals' Pennant Win Sounded Like From The Parking Lot
It's the next-best thing to being inside the stadium! (No it's not. A bar would have been better. Or your couch in front of a TV. But I'm glad this video exists!)...
The Giants Can't Stop Winning Weird
After a 6-4 win keyed by another one of those Giants rallies that just sort of happen, San Francisco finds itself a game away from the World Series, and completely unable to explain it....
Important NBA Voices Begin Agitating For A Shorter Season
The book on NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reads that he is an innovator, more open to radical change than expected from somebody whose most salient job responsibility is protecting a multibillion dollar industry. And now that Silver has kicked Donald Sterling to the curb and signed a new media rights...
Adam Jones's Take On The Season: "Fucking Awesome"
The Orioles just lost four straight games to the Royals to get knocked out of the playoffs, but you won't see a morose Adam Jones moping around. His team had the second best record in the American League this season, and reached the ALCS for the first since Mike Mussina was pacing the mound. Jones...
Deadspin Up All Night: Condoleeza Rice On My Wrist And It's Lovely
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There's more where that came from....
Jesus, Have You Looked At The 76ers' Roster?
Just look at this roster. Look at it. ...
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This isn't a sexy deal, but it sure is useful. Today only, Amazon is selling Rubbermaid Deck Boxes for $63. These boxes are a great place to store your tools and outdoor equipment, have a molded seat built into the top, and can be locked with a standard padlock. These typically sell in the $80-$...