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Another One Bites The Dust
This past Friday, Deadspin lost another good one. Creative Producer Jorge Corona slipped quietly into the night (out of the company, and into a new job). Farewell, sweet prince....
Let's Remember Some Guys: Behind The Remembering
If I had the choice, which in fact at some time in the past I might have, I don’t know that I would choose to remember the things that I remember. There are moments from my life, real nights and days I lived in a younger version of my body, that I can feel fading into something more indistinct. Grea...
Disgusting Sneakerhead And Lovely Human Being Sam Woolley Is Leaving Us
Today is Sam Woolley’s last day at GMG; after six years of brilliantly illustrating across the network’s various sites as well as hosting the occasional Funbag and sharing the odd harrowing view into his personal care routine, he is now heading off into the hereafter. RIP Sam. Here’s how we’ll remem...
A Note On Drew
Irredeemable Vikings fan and beloved voice of Deadspin Drew Magary has been moved to the injured reserve list after an accident last week. He is receiving the best possible care, is surrounded by his family and friends, and is doing well under the circumstances. We miss his randomly capitalized exub...
There’s Gonna Be A Live Deadcast Party In Nashville And Y’all Are Invited!
NASHVILLE! MUSIC CITY! THE ATHENS OF THE SOUTH! HOTCHICKENTOWN! VANDYLAND! CUTLERVILLE! Y’ALLBANY! Nashville, we have never visited your fair city, but that shit is about to change, because we’re gonna do a live show and football watch party down there on November 5th! YEEEEEEEEEEHAW! YEE TO THE HAW...
There’s Gonna Be A Chicago Deadcast Party And You’re All Invited<em></em>
CHICAGO! Chi-Town! Chicagoland! The Windy City! The Second City! Mrs. O’Leary’s Fire Pit! Wrigleyville! Caponetown! Murder Capital Of The Conservative Imagination! The Big Witch’s Tit! Guess what, Chicago: We’re coming to YOU....
Emma Baccellieri Tracker: Emma Baccellieri To Leave Deadspin, Plus Hot Fresh Anagrams
Staff writer and heinous Duke fan Emma Baccellieri has been minding the night shift around here for about two years now. We’re sad to report that this is her last day at Deadspin, and that she will be leaving us to go work at Sports Illustrated, a once-prestigious publication that now functions as a...
There's Gonna Be A Deadspin Very Large Adult Game Party And You Are Invited
Are you one of the beautiful people heading to the frosty North for Super Bowl LII? Well then, you can toss all your other Super Bowl party invites in the urinal, because Deadspin is having a Very Large Adult Game party of its own. And it’s gonna be SO exclusive (open to the public) and SO fancy (a ...
I Can't Decide What To Get David Brooks For His Wedding
I mean obviously the first and most important point is: Mazel tov! After a few years of harrowing personal crisis for America’s Foremost Moral Decay Diagnostician, our boy David Brooks has at last found love, and gotten married (to his 23-years-younger former research assistant)!...
The Deadcast Is Returning<em></em>
Hey you! Do you like awful takes? Do you like awkward pauses? Do you like hearing two people agree on topics because they didn’t put enough planning into preproduction? Do you like the sounds of dogs barking in the background? Well, do I have good news for you: The Deadcast is BACK. I think. I mean,...
The NHL's Vegas Team Name Announcement Was A Mess
The previously unnamed Las Vegas NHL team held an event tonight and revealed that they will henceforth be known as the Vegas Golden Knights. Owner Bill Foley and commissioner Gary Bettman talked a bunch and eventually made the announcement, but there wasn’t much suspense, as the pool had already bee...
You Can Now Buy Deadspin Shit If For Some Reason You Want To Do That
I don’t think I’d want to wear stuff branded by a website I like. But you don’t judge me for my weird, some-might-say deviant peccadilloes, so I’m not going to judge you for buying some swag from the all-new Deadspin Store....
Your 2014 Deadspin HOF Inductees: Tommy Craggs, A Butthole, And Some Other Stuff
The 2014 Deadspin Hall of Fame class was never inducted, and to remedy that, here they are, two years later. We screwed up. Sorry!...
Ted Cruz Has Something Important To Say To The American People
Things got weird tonight at the Republican National Convention. Erstwhile Donald Trump enemy Ted Cruz took the stage, and boy did he have a lot to say....
Good Morning! The Jezebel Staff Is Running Deadspin Today
Hi, I’m the editor of Jezebel. Today, the Jezebel staff will be running Deadspin. ...
Deadcast: Is Ernie Banks’ Body Being Hidden In Washington, D.C.?
Since Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks died over a month ago, his surviving family members have been engaged in a blood feud with Banks's former mistress over both Banks's remaining assets (rumored to be valued at a mere $16,000) and his remains, the location of which are at present unknown. Even th...