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Corey Dickerson Boned Himself Out Of An Inside-The-Park Home Run
With his team down 6-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning of yesterday's game against the Brewers, Corey Dickerson stepped to the plate and ripped a pitch into the right-field wall. With the ball caroming sharply into no-man's land, it looked like Dickerson had himself a guaranteed triple and a possi...
D-Backs Closer Says He Quit Smokeless Tobacco After Tony Gwynn's Death
Though the late Tony Gwynn attributed his salivary cancer to smokeless tobacco, there wasn't necessarily a direct connection. (The stuff's obviously very harmful, but Gwynn's type of cancer was quite rare.) Either way, though, Gwynn's death has convinced at least one current MLB player to quit cold ...
American Soccer Fans Are The Saddest Soccer Fans
Since we've done this to other fanbases that suffered heartbreak, we figured it was only fair to offer up a collection of photographs of American fans looking dejected after watching Portugal tie up yesterday's game in the 94th minute (94th minute! Motherfucker!) of yesterday's game. Think of it as ...
What Has To Happen For The USMNT To Advance
The graphic you see above, inspired by this tweet from Chris Bunn, lays out the scenarios whereby the USMNT gets a spot in the Round of 16. If the Americans beat or draw Germany, they're through. The second-clearest path to qualification is a Portugal-Ghana draw. We're at four points, the same as Ge...
Deadspin Up All Night: By The Skin Of My Teeth
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We still have USMNT-Portugal for your lovely faces....
Isaiah Austin Diagnosed With Marfan Syndrome, Won't Play In NBA
Isaiah Austin left Baylor to declare for this year's NBA Draft, but his basketball career will sadly end there. The center was diagnosed with a genetic disorder that won't allow him to continue playing basketball....
Ghana's Black Stars Et Al: How The Goals Sounded At Home, June 21
Sure, Messi's goal sounded great in Argentina. But how did Ghana's two miracles come across in West Africa? Here's those goals, and the rest yesterday as aired on TV or radio in their home countries....
Your Belgium-Russia Open Thread
Belgium vs. Russia. The favorites of Group H kick the day off. Talk about it....
World Cup Mascot Fuleco The Armadillo Grinds With Girls On Stage
Brazil's World Cup mascot is an armadillo named Fuleco. Fuleco likes to dance. ...
Richard Thompson Muddies Commonwealth Predictions All To Hell
Jamaica, right? That's where the winner of the Commonwealth Games' men's 100 meters should come from. Enter Richard Thompson, of Trinidad and Tobago, who has now cast serious doubt of a Jamaican champion. ...
Padres Reliever Alex Torres Is First To Wear Padded Cap On MLB Mound
Padres reliever Alex Torres became the first MLB pitcher to wear a protective cap during last night's game against the Dodgers. The hat was very noticeable....
Deadspin Up All Night: B-Town Boy
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Rest up. It's a big day tomorrow....
Brewers Score Three Runs On Wild Pitch
Here's something you don't see every day: a bases-clearing wild pitch. With the bases loaded for Aramis Ramirez in the top of the third, Rockies starter Christian Friedrich threw a wild pitch that Michael McKenry couldn't handle and one run scored. Then McKenry threw it past Friedrich as he tried to...
Your Ghana-Germany Open Thread
Sorry it's 45 minutes late, but here's your place to talk about who's Ghana win this Group G match with big implications for the United States. ...
Here's What Lionel Messi's Match-Winner Sounded Like In Argentina
We normally wait until the next morning to post these, but by request we're putting up Leo Messi's added-time game-winner as aired on TVP in Argentina. ¡GOL!...
Costa Rica, Ecuador Announcers Issue Open Challenge To Colombia
We noted yesterday how awesome Colombian broadcast goal calls are, but Costa Rica and Ecuador are offering just as stiff a challenge. Here's every goal scored yesterday, as heard back in that country. (Costa Rica is above, from national radio. It includes singing.)...
Your Honduras-Ecuador Open Thread
The one you've waited all day for: Honduras vs. Ecuador....
Deadspin Up All Night: Shamalama Ding Dong, Doggy Bone
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Have a great weekend. Soccer....
Joel Embiid Did Not Sweat His Surgery
Not even surgery for a stress fracture in his foot—nor projections of him dropping precipitously in the NBA draft—can dent Joel Embiid's swagger:...