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Here Is How To Turn Victory Into Defeat In 99 Yards
Miami U. has been the MAC’s punching bag for a decade, but the hapless RedHawks had a chance to beat a very bad BGSU team with a first-and-goal from the one and less than two minutes left in the game. Miami did not win, because they fumbled and allowed the Falcons’ Brandon Harris to take it the leng...
Lions Come Within Inches Of Beating The Falcons
Matthew Stafford looked to be up to his old fourth-quarter tricks this afternoon. With under 10 seconds remaining, down 30-26 against Atlanta, Stafford threw a touchdown pass to Golden Tate on a goal-line slant route. That touchdown initially seemed to solidify a dream comeback for Detroit, giving t...
Singer For Falcons-Lions Game Kneels At End Of National Anthem
At the end of the national anthem before today’s Falcons-Lions game in Detroit, singer Rico LaVelle dropped to one knee and put up a fist....
The Packers Got Hosed But Also Trounced
The Green Bay Packers’ chances of spoiling the Falcons’ first game in their gaudy new butthole stadium crumbled to dust on two plays on either side of halftime. ...
Mother Of Plano Mass Shooting Victim: "It Was Her Reclaiming Her Life"
She was reclaiming her life. That’s what the parents of Meredith Lane—one of eight people gunned down by Lane’s ex-husband at an NFL watch party she hosted last weekend—have told local reporters back in Texas in the days following the mass shooting. The gathering was to watch the Atlanta Falcons gam...
These Are The Animal Wranglers Behind The Internet's Only Good Twitter Account
SAN FRANCISCO—Alabama Street runs north through the heart of the Mission, from Bernal Heights Park, past the city’s best burrito spot on 24th, all the way up to 16th Street, when its name changes, for one block, and it becomes Rescue Row. The bulk of the city’s animal outreach and rescue organizatio...
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Atlanta Falcons<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Atlanta Falcons. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Atlanta Falcons. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Air Force Is Ready To Run, But Can Its Defense Keep Up?<em></em>
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Chris Long Has Malcolm Jenkins's Back In Anthem Protest
On Wednesday, Michael Bennett—who sits in protest of the national anthem, and was promptly challenged by a local columnist to quit football if he wants to have political opinions—said things would be very different if it weren’t only black players protesting. “It would take a white player to really ...
The Mets Are Dealing With Infield Injuries Just Fine, Thanks
There are any number of logical team strategies for dealing with injuries. Call up help from the minor leagues. Get a little more creative than usual with your defensive alignments. Let a catcher make his first career appearance at third base, but live in such terror of him actually having to field ...
Don't Ask Dan Quinn What Time It Is
Falcons head coach Dan Quinn, fresh off blowing a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl, has joined the rich NFL tradition of corny motivational gimmicks. Behold the clock in Quinn’s office:...
Penn State Football Trainer Accused Of Approving Frat’s Alcohol “Gauntlet” That Led To Pledge’s Death
Today was a wild fourth day of preliminary hearings in the case of 18 Penn State fraternity brothers charged in the February hazing death of Tim Piazza. Lawyers for members of Beta Theta Pi are attempting to get the case thrown out before it reaches trial, and a Penn State football staffer’s role in...
Malcolm Jenkins Calls NFL Owners "Cowards" For Not Signing Colin Kaepernick
Last season, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins was one of the NFL players who participated in a form of demonstration during pregame performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Jenkins raised his fist, along with several of his teammates; in Week 3 of the 2016-17 season, at least 35 players across the ...
NFL Network Panelists Try To Figure Out What A Griffin Is
The Kansas City Chiefs practice at Missouri Western State University. The school’s sports teams are nicknamed the Griffons, a fact that baffled three panelists on NFL Network today....
Julio Jones Hires Dive Team To Recover $100K Earring He Lost While Jet Skiing
Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones had a pretty chill offseason, resting for most of it to heal up from foot surgery in March. However, Jones was recently jet skiing on Lake Lanier, a large reservoir north of Atlanta, when he hit a boat wake and flopped into the water....
"Megatron's Butthole" To Remain Clenched
When we last checked in on the progress of the Atlanta Falcons’ new stadium, which features an eight-petal retractable roof known as “Megatron’s Butthole,” things were stopped up. The Atlanta Journal Constitution brings us an update today, and it looks like the hole will remain closed for some time....
Malcolm Brogdon Beats Joel Embiid, Dario Saric For Rookie Of The Year
The Bucks’ Malcolm Brogdon is the 2017 NBA Rookie of the Year, defeating 76ers teammates Joel Embiid and Dario Saric for the award. ...
Asdrubal Cabrera Joins Mets Fans In Wanting To Leave The Mets Behind Forever
Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera was activated from the disabled list Friday and slotted in at second base, a move that was so unwelcome that Cabrera requested a trade, according to various reports....
Lightning Send Jonathan Drouin To Montreal
In the first of what I hope are many blockbuster trades over the next couple of days, the Tampa Bay Lightning are sending forward Jonathan Drouin and a conditional sixth-round 2018 draft pick to the Montreal Canadiens for defense prospect Mikhail Sergachev and a conditional 2018 second-round pick. W...
Takkarist McKinley Is Enjoying Life
Atlanta Falcons defensive end Takkarist McKinley, who stole the show at the NFL draft when he gave an emotional speech while holding a framed photograph of his grandmother, recently signed his rookie contract with the Falcons. Let’s check in to see how things are going for him:...