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Phil Morris Now Knows It's Wrong To Bring Up Concentration Camps At Jewish League Soccer Matches
"A Manchester FA official has been suspended after being found guilty of making a vile comment about the Holocaust before a Jewish league match. Phil Morris – a referee appointments secretary – was disciplined by an FA panel after telling a ref who was due to oversee the Jewish league game: 'Tell t...

This Week In Unintentional Dong Submissions
Tipster Lauren C. seems like as good a place as any to start this week's dongphoria. As she explains, "My friend is an elementary school teacher and this is a picture of what she confiscated from a boy in her class. He told her it was Yoda with a light saber."...

Deadspin Up All Night: Have A Laugh
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Only A Fool Would Want His Kid To Play Football
I had to go get my watch fixed the other day, and the watch fixing place that I go to is one of those old school clockmaker shops that looks like it's run by a serial killer. There are old clocks all over the place and random magazine clippings tacked to the wall, with all kinds of strange tools sca...

Somebody Took The Time To Compile Baseball's 10 Worst Swings From The 2011 Season
The only criterion were swings at pitches outside the strike zone. [SB Nation]...

Pro Wrestling Isn't Always Fake, As Jesse Sorensen Learned During Sunday's TNA Pay-Per-View
Professional wrestler Jessy "Jesse" Sorensen remains hospitalized after suffering a broken neck during the TNA promotion's "Against All Odds" pay-per-view event Sunday night in Orlando. TNA president Dixie Carter (not to be confused with the late Designing Women star) said in a statement Sorensen ...

The Big 12 Is Like West Virginia's Wealthy Uncle
West Virginia was all "Fuck you, Big East," and the Big East kept saying, "Not so fast, young man," but now WVU has agreed to pay $20 million to the Big East to be able to leave in time for football season, with the Big 12 agreeing to cover half of that in the form of a loan, part of which will be ...

Deadspin Up All Night: Be Gentle
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Report: Spanish Basketball Team Cut Former University Of Memphis Player For Taking Penis Enlargement Pills [UPDATE]
Roburt Sallie apparently never informed the team he was taking ExtenZe, and the team was concerned all that testosterone would trigger a positive drug test. [Larry Brown Sports]...

Nevin Shapiro Is Writing Crazy Emails To The <em>Miami Herald</em> From Prison
Recall back in August when it looked like a tiny Ponzi schemer would derail college football. This was long before Jerry Sandusky, when we were all so innocent and frolicked in Happy Valley, and all of that. Nevin Shapiro, the Ponzi schemer in question, wishes we wouldn't forget him....

The Stages Of Internet Grief, As Applied To Whitney Houston's Death
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Deadspin Up All Night: Wake Up Feelin' Good
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Creighton's Doug McDermott Learned Being The Coach's Son Sometimes Means Being Humiliated On TV
Creighton fell to Wichita State 89-68 last night—the 15th-ranked Bluejays' third loss in a row—and the slow meltdown of the perennial MVC powerhouse was made clearly evident in this incident late in the first half. Creighton star Doug McDermott's erratic play earned him a nasty tongue-lashing from...

Did Dirk Nowitzki Shout "Fucking Faggot" After Hitting The Shot That Locked Up Tonight's Mavericks Win?
We're not entirely sure what it is Dirk Nowitzki shouts after hitting the dagger to ensure tonight's 97-94 double-OT win over Portland, but it sure looks like the same thing that earned Kobe Bryant an unprecedented $100,000 fine last season....

Deadspin Up All Night: Slow It Down
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Tim's gonna hang around to see if any other wildness ensues later during Kentucky-Vanderbilt, and tomorrow he and Sean will carry you through the first Sunday of the NFL offseason. Enjoy your night....

Sweden Has Rednecks Who Drift Tractors On Rally Courses
This is presumably a Michelin promo video for this weekend's Rally Sweden WRC event in Värmland, but for whatever reason there's video interspersed of a side event which features people drifting their farm tractors. I've never seen this before, and I come from farm country where it snows a whole l...

David Robinson Was Victimized By One Of The Great Videobombs Of All Time
NBA Hall-Of-Famer David Robinson decided to take in today's Kansas State-Texas game, but even at 7'1" his view could be blocked by an old woman who stood up when he was sitting. [ESPN]...

Digger Phelps Is Tired Of Kentucky Fans' Bullshit; Kentucky Fans Tell Him To Go To Hell
Kentucky basketball fans have invaded Nashville in an attempt to overwhelm Vanderbilt fans ahead of today's matchup between the Wildcats and Commodores, one which ESPN chose as its College GameDay site of the week. (They're not-so-cleverly calling it "Occupy Memorial.")...

Deadspin Up All Night: Gossip
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The Sad Story Of The Sorority Girl, The Scrappy Guard, And The Law That Came Between Them
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....