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Dumb NCAA Rule Prevents Georgia Southern From Playing In A Bowl Game
A byzantine NCAA rule strikes again! ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Gas Light Street
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Players Cry And Students Boo As UAB Announces End Of Football Team
UAB president Ray Watts confirmed today that the school's football team will be shutting down. Watts first spoke to the team in a private meeting before informing Blazers supporters and students....
Andre Johnson Bought A Buttload Of Toys For Kids Again
Texans receiver Andre Johnson has spent lots of money on toys for local kids in protective services' care for eight straight years. He also poses with the receipts for media. So, here's your annual photo of Andre Johnson holding some long-ass receipts....
Michigan Fires Inept Doofus Brady Hoke
Michigan man Brady Hoke, who bungled the health of quarterback Shane Morris then attempted to defer responsibility, is no longer a Michigan man. The school relieved him of his duties today....
Down With Pizza Shaming
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering weapons, QB friends, the Raiders, and more....
Big 12 Announces There Could Be Two "One True Champions"
Since it's believed the College Football Playoff selection committee will reward teams for winning conference championships, knots in the Big 12's undies tightened because the Big 12's highest rated team, No. 5 TCU, doesn't control its own destiny in winning the conference's championship. Afraid it ...
MLB Umpire Dale Scott Comes Out As Gay
Dale Scott, who has been an MLB umpire for the last 29 years, quietly came out as gay two months ago. He was profiled in the October issue of Referee Magazine, and when he was asked to submit some non-umpiring photos, he sent them the one above, in which Scott is posing with his husband and partner ...
AC/DC's New Album Sounds Like All Their Other Ones, Thank God
AC/DC's Rock or Bust, out today, sticks to the band's basic three-chord structures, same as always. But I'm talking about emotional chords, not musical ones: Namely, their holy trinity of Rock, Drunk, and Fuck. ...
Report: Deceased Ohio State Football Player's Brain Will Be Examined
According to the Franklin County (Ohio) coroner, a neuropathologist will examine the brain of deceased Ohio State football player Kosta Karageorge "for signs of traumatic brain injury," ESPN reports. Dr. Anahi Ortiz told ESPN that brain examinations aren't typically done in autopsies, but is in this...
Andre Miller Throws Some Classic Old-Man Game At The Heat, Scores
Andre Miller is 941 years old and has been in the NBA longer than it has existed; his first career assist, as a matter of fact, was a pocket bounce-pass to a rolling Chester Arthur for a two-handed jam. In all the years since, Gramps has learned a few tricks to augment his nonexistent athleticism, ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Who Are You To Say
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Over-Excited Washington State Fan Eats It On Live TV
Wow, we didn't know the famed Apple Cup could pump up Washington State kids this much, but ol' girl was totally psyched when the camera was rolling. Her Cougars ate it about as hard as she did in the 31-13 loss to the Washington Huskies....
Odell Beckham Jr. Continues To Be A Superhuman
We already knew that Odell Beckham Jr. is a mutant who possesses the ability to make catches that mere mortals can only dream about, but we didn't know that he could also do stuff like this:...
Peter King Is A Goddamn Embarrassment
SI.com's Peter King, the most powerful NFL writer in the business, sees his job as flattering other powerful people so that they'll allow him to uncritically pass on whatever they'd like to have passed on. He's very good at it, as the incredible correction buried a couple of thousand words into hi...
He Just Heard Michigan's Not Going To Fire Brady Hoke
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This Will Probably Be The Slowest College Basketball Season Ever Played
You can't make many sweeping judgments early in the season, but one thing is nearly certain at this point: This will be the slowest-paced season that college hoops has seen. If it is, we're in for some really dire basketball this winter. ...
FIFA Announces Who Will Stand Next To Ronaldo When He Wins Ballon D'or
As inevitable as Cristiano Ronaldo's impending Ballon d'Or victory has been, this year's award campaign has been especially tedious. So we're happy that FIFA's announcement of the three finalists brings us one step closer to being done with the whole thing....
Cherokee Chief Apologizes For Dan Snyder Alliance
Dan Snyder had a lousy Native American Heritage Month. His team went 0-for-November, bottoming out in Indianapolis with RGIII on the bench and the owner's pet's career in worse shape than his left and right menisci. Plus there was that brutal New Yorker cover and a gloriously oblivious "Happy Thanks...
Travis Kelce Explains His In-Game Wank: "He Deserved A Shot To The Face"
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is really good, was caught making a wanking motion during last night's game against the Broncos. The well-executed wank was in response to Broncos linebacker Von Miller laying a bit of a cheap shot on Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, and after the game Kelce took to ...