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When Alabama Loses, The Earth Shakes: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....
Price Of Fame: Ray Durham, Who Made Ballgames Worth Enduring
Over the next few weeks, we'll be examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's Hall of Fame ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series can be found here....
Just Another Reason To Love Nate Robinson
Nate Robinson has been playing with a banged-up right hand in his last two games, but if you think a messed up shooting hand is going to prevent Nate Robinson from taking pull-up jumpers, you don't know Nate. He's still got a left hand, after all....
Pols, Press Thought Winston State Atty Presser Was A Barrel Of Laughs
Once word leaked Florida State quarterback and Heisman favorite Jameis Winston wouldn't be charged with rape, today's televised press conference with state attorney Willie Meggs didn't seem to have much purpose. The Seminole alum-turned-prosecutor decided, then, to turn it into his own amateur hour ...
How Stupid Was The Bears' OT Field Goal? Let's Do Some Math
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. ...
Jameis Winston Won't Be Charged
ESPN is reporting that Jameis Winston will not be charged with sexual assault. ESPN Radio's Jeff Cameron reported it first. [Update, 1:56 p.m.: Confirmed.] ...
Who Should Be In The Baseball Hall Of Fame? Vote Now!
Here it is—your chance to vote in the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame elections!...
This Florida State Ball Boy Is A College Football Hero
Meet Frankie, AKA Red Lightning. He's a ball boy for the Florida State football team, and the three things he loves most are football, Florida State, and getting really excited about football....
How Would You Rank The Top 5 BCS Teams From Their Blind Résumés?
Here's a fun little thought experiment, from MrSEC.com. Some assorted strength-of-schedule and margin-of-victory measures of the top five teams in the BCS standings, with the schools unnamed and in a random order:...
The NBA Is Apparently Handing Out Red Warning Cards To Unruly Fans
This was posted to Reddit last night by a user who claims that his friend was handed this card at an NBA game....
Lenny Cooke: Almost Famous
What happens when the American Dream comes too early?...
Deadspin Up All Night: Chicago
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Deadspin Announces Process By Which Readers Will Vote For Hall Of Fame
When we announced that we had illicitly purchased a Hall of Fame vote from a veteran member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, we made clear that our intention was to turn the ballot over to the public. Starting tomorrow, we'll make good on that promise, but we wanted first to lay out ...
Guys Who Prank-Called Bills And Bucs GMs Won't Go To Prison
The two men who set up and recorded a conversation between then-Bills GM Buddy Nix and Buccaneers GM Mark Dominik will likely avoid prison time through an agreement with the government....
This Nick Young Impression From Byron Scott and James Worthy Is Epic
So, this is just great. Former Los Angeles Lakers teammates Byron Scott and James Worthy were on Time Warner Cable Sportsnet prior to a Lakers game, when they were charged with doing their best Nick "Swaggy P" Young impression. Turns out, Swaggy P sounds exactly how we all expect Swaggy P to sound....
Nuggets Announcer Praises Timofey Mozgov's "One Hand Jobby"
Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov had a fantastic game last night, finishing with 17 points and 20 rebounds against the band of desiccated corpses that currently makes up the Nets roster. But none of Mozgov's points were as impressive as the two he scored here, after executing a smooth "one hand jobby."...
The Badassest Rookie Linebacker The NFL Has Ever Seen
I was never a Bears fan, although I do admire the uniform — orange, black and white together just feels football-y, somehow — and I bawled like a crazy person while reading I Am Third and again while watching Brian's Song. (Damn you, James Caan. Damn you to tearjerking hell.) But recently I came acr...
Referee Accidentally Aids Israeli Basketball Team's Game-Winning Three
Down by one, Hapoel Jerusalem's Yotam Halperin hit a three-pointer with a lucky bounce to take a two-point lead over Maccabi Tel Aviv. But it took a well-placed referee for Halperin to get his game-winner....