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Little Badass Sends Autographed Jersey To J.J. Watt
Last night, Texans defensive end and destroyer of worlds J.J. Watt tweeted out the picture above. It's a letter and a signed jersey that he received from a seven-year-old kid named Anthony Tarantelli, who just may be the most confident pee-wee football player on the planet....
Hey, Maybe Step Up Your Gift-Wrapping Game?
You spent time and money picking out that gift for your lady, right? (Right?) I would hate for you to blow it by handing that present over to her wrapped in newspaper. (Unless it's really cool newspaper that you picked up on a recent trip to Hong Kong or some such. Then you have my permission to u...
This Story Proves That Argentine Striker Diego Milito Is The Best
Diego Milito, the former Inter star striker who now plays for his boyhood team Racing Club back in Argentina, is the coolest. All it took was the following story, about "The Prince," one fan, rosary beads, and two shocking championships spaced 13 years apart, to convince us that it's true....
Jay Cutler Presser Lasts Three Questions Because Local Media Was Late
The bad Bears lost to the also bad Saints on Monday Night Football, and Jay Cutler had an awful game, throwing three interceptions as the Bears went down 24-0, and getting sacked seven times. Given how much shit Cutler gets from fans and the media (some of it deserved), and how much lame reporters l...
Khris Middleton Beats Suns With Contested, Game-Winning Three
Down one to the Phoenix Suns with under four seconds remaining, Bucks forward Khris Middleton hit this contested game-winner to send the surprising Bucks to 13-12. The final minute of the game featured as good of basketball as you'll see, with the teams trading baskets and combining to hit six str...
North Florida Loses Because They Dunked During Pregame Warmups
Tennessee Tech beat the University of North Florida 82-80 in college basketball tonight, in a non-conference matchup of two NCAA Division I schools that you have probably never heard of. But how the North Florida Ospreys lost was really quite brutal, as bad as you'll see in college basketball this s...
Oilers GM Craig MacTavish Is Now Also The Oilers' Interim Coach
Before Craig MacTavish became the Oilers' general manager, he coached the team from 2000 to 2009. He was fired after missing the playoffs for three straight seasons. MacTavish came back to the organization as a general manager in 2013; today, he fired head coach Dallas Eakins and appointed himself a...
Relay Runner Crashes Marathon Finish Line, Snaps Tape Ahead Of Winner
Shitaye Gemechu won the Dallas Marathon this weekend, but she did not get a chance to snap the tape at the finish line. That's because right as she reached the finish, a 51-year-old runner named Janice Moore came out of nowhere and was like, "Nah, this tape's mine."...
Sacramento Kings Shockingly Fire Coach Mike Malone
Uhh, what? Adrian Wojnarowski has reported that the Sacramento Kings have fired head coach Mike Malone, a move that hadn't even been hinted at. Malone was hired at the beginning of last season, and was tasked with returning the Kings to the playoffs. He seemed to be well on his way, developing a rap...
Deadspin Up All Night: Now That's Bad Luck
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Wofford Upsets N.C. State After Wiped-Away Buzzer-Beater
The Wofford Terriers beat North Carolina State today for the first time in 80 years after a buzzer-beater from Trevor Lacey was wiped off the board following video review....
That Ain't Money
Wallace Gilberry taunts Johnny Manziel with the money sign after sacking him in the first quarter today in Cleveland....
Auburn Football Player Shot And Killed
Auburn redshirt freshman Jakell Mitchell was shot and killed at the Tiger Lodge complex near the university Sunday morning. He was 18....
Oklahoma State Dismisses Tyreek Hill After Domestic Violence Arrest
Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has kicked running back Tyreek Hill off the team after his arrest on domestic violence charges, less than a week after Hill led the Cowboys to a comeback victory in Bedlam. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: In Cloud And Majesty And Awe
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Justin Bieber Submits Yet Another Shamefully Staged Basketball Highlight
Justin Bieber needs to be stopped. The motherfucker has once again posted a video of himself "playing" basketball that is so plainly fraudulent that it deserves to be buried under the collected scorn of the internet. ...
My Goodness, The Challenge Flag Is Still So Dumb
Were you watching Thursday night football? I hope you weren't. The most exciting part was debating whether a little red flag fell or was thrown....
Oklahoma State RB Tyreek Hill Accused Of Choking Pregnant Girlfriend
Police arrested Oklahoma State running back Tyreek Hill Thursday night on probable cause for a felony charge of domestic abuse by strangulation. According to the police report, Hill got into a fight with his girlfriend at his place in Stillwater....
Pete Prisco Very Adamantly Does Not Understand Probabilities
The most impactful decision in tonight's heinously boring Thursday Night Football contest between St. Louis and Arizona came with 6:10 left in the game. St. Louis, down 12-3, had 4th and goal on Arizona's 1-yard-line. In a situation where the Rams needed both a touchdown and a field goal to win, Jef...