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Deadspin Up All Night: Dark All Around
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Players Don't Care About NFL Fines, Still Wearing Beats Headphones
Wearing the wrong headphones will cost players $10,000. That's clearly not enough to deter them, and it's a goddamned bargain for this sort of advertising....
Who Was Responsible For The Herschel Walker Trade?
It was 25 years ago today that the Cowboys traded superstar running back Herschel Walker to the Vikings for a mess of players and picks, a number of whom would be crucial pieces in Dallas's '90s dynasty. It's gone down as one of football's shrewdest trades, and a quarter-century on, Jimmy Johnson an...
Tom Brady Rolled His Ankle But He's Good To Go
When Tom Brady was added to the Patriots' injury report on Friday, it seemed like another serious factor to consider in this whole What's wrong with Tom Brady?/Oh nothing actually debate of the last few weeks. Or at least some patented Bill Belichick tomfoolery:...
Madison Bumgarner's Curveball Made Hitters Look Dumb Last Night
Madison Bumgarner accomplished a very specific feat in last night's Game 1 NLCS win: The Giants lefty broke the record for most consecutive scoreless innings pitched with 26.2 after he exited the game against the Cardinals. It was entertaining to watch him work his way through the lineup, but obviou...
NASCAR Goes Full WWE As Matt Kenseth Attacks Brad Keselowski Post-Race
In a scene that could have been taken from the Attitude Era, Matt Kenseth ambushed Brad Keselowski tonight after tonight's NASCAR Bank of America 500 in Charlotte....
UF Receiver Latroy Pittman Carted Off After Devastating Blow To Head
Florida's Latroy Pittman was taken off the Florida Field turf tonight on a cart after taking a shot to the head that is horrifying to watch....
Deadspin Up All Night: I Am Infested
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Michigan State Suplexed Purdue's Akeem Hunt Right Onto His Head
Oh, man, that's an ugly botch. (Commentators noted it could have been called a personal foul.)...
Report: Bradley Beal To Miss "Significant" Time With Wrist Injury
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal will miss "significant" time after suffering a wrist injury in a preseason game against the Charlotte Hornets Friday, according to CSN Washington's J. Michael. Nobody would give Michael a specific timetable because Beal and the team are still consulting with doc...
How To Braise A Big Chuck Roast, And Stave Off Scurvy, For Now
Living the life of a regular person—teetering indefinitely on the edge of total destitution, that is to say—you get familiar with the tension between the limits of your financial wherewithal and the ugh like totally selfish desire to not just eat pasta and plain rice and cereal all the time and get...
Football Team Rushes For 600 Yards, Scores 78 Points, Still Loses
Last night's Pennsylvania high school game between Warren and Meadville finished with a 79-78 final score, in regulation. Losers Meadville racked up 799 total yards—600 of them on the ground!—and couldn't top their hosts, who came into the game with a 1-5 record....
Hockey Fight Ends In Player's Head Being Bashed Into The Ice
Your ugly ice hockey fight of the night comes from the AHL, where Trevor Gillies of the Adirondack Flames grabbed Rochester forward William Carrier's head and bashed it into the ice....
This Shot Looks Like It Was Deflected. It Wasn't.
Enner Valencia earned an 88th-minute equalizer for Ecuador with this wild shot that looks like it was deflected—but replay showed it wasn't. He just put that much Guzan-stunning English on it....
Deadspin Up All Night: Leaving The Bodega
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The Eagles Made A Halloween-Themed Video About Li'l Eli Manning
It looks like they worked very hard on this. The least you could do is watch it....
The Best Car-Drying Towel, Cheap TVs, $15 Vacuum, and More Deals
This microfiber towel is considered by many detailing aficionados to be the best for drying off your car. I own it, and can confirm that it's less a towel as much as a towel-shaped sponge. [ Meguiar's X2000 Water Magnet Microfiber Drying Towel, $8]...
Hate Mail (Mostly) From Cardinals Fans
Our recent coverage of the St. Louis Cardinals has elicited many responses from our readers. Some of them are angry, some of them less so....
Trinidad & Tobago Women's Soccer Team Gets Unlikely Help From Haiti
On Wednesday we wrote about the Trinidad & Tobago women's soccer team, which arrived in the U.S. for World Cup qualifying with just about $500 to its name. That wasn't nearly enough to cover the food, travel, and equipment needed for the next three weeks. But fans and colleagues have stepped up to h...
Endurance Is Booming, But Has Leadville Trail 100 Gone Too Far?
Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colo., is as quirky and canted and laid-back as any mountain town main drag. The commerce here is of the kitschy variety you find in ex-boom towns—antique stores, gem shops, ice cream parlors—except for an August weekend every year when the intersection of Harrison and ...