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Rutgers Forgets To Field Kickoff, Gives Maryland Incredibly Long Onside Kick

The latest bit evidence to support bringing the relegation system into college football comes from the incredibly under-anticipated matchup between Rutgers and Maryland. Near the end of the first quarter, the Scarlet Knights failed to complete one of the simplest tasks someone could be asked to do o...

Deadspin Up All Night: Ç<em></em>a Plane Pour Moi<em></em><em></em>

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Give In And Enjoy The Leafs

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When The Future Is Bright

Deadspin Up All Night: Drop The Pill And Then Say Hello

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Which Episode Of <i>I Love Lucy</i> Is This Embarrassing NBA Media Slapfight Like?<em></em>

Have you seen some cryptic and not-so-cryptic tweets and subtweets from some sports bloggers about who invented the special and not-at-all generic idea of comparing NBA teams to TV shows and movies? Are you wondering who first came up with this innovative and original idea that nobody else could hav...

Everyone Needs To Relax With Their NBA Previews, Please

We at the Deadcast are not in the business of telling you not to care about things. We are more or less in the business of being wrong and flippant about things, but you can and should absolutely do what you want. If you’re excited about the fact that the NBA regular season begins comparatively soo...

Report: Dodgers Cut Minor Leaguer After Being Told He Sexually Assaulted Maid

The Daily Beast is reporting that the Los Angeles Dodgers cut a minor league player in 2015 after a hotel manager emailed the team to tell them that the player had sexually assaulted one of the hotel’s maids....

Rae Carruth will be released from prison on October 22, 17 years after he was found guilty of conspiring to murder Cherica Adams, who was pregnant with his child when she was shot and killed by Van Brett Watkins in 1999....

Deadspin Up All Night: A Check And Some Dap

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Cristiano Ronaldo's Lawyer Claims Documents Related To Rape Allegation Were Doctored [Update]

In light of the new lawsuit against Cristiano Ronaldo pertaining to an incident in 2009 in which Kathryn Mayorga says Ronaldo raped her, the Portuguese forward’s lawyer has released a statement contesting the accuracy of the documents produced in the Der Spiegel report that broke the story....

“At one point during a non-televised break they chanted my name while I danced like a wedding drunk to the O’Jays’ ‘For The Love of Money,’ knowing full well that the song reminds us what money is: The Root of All Evil.” Joe MacLeod wrote a highly entertaining account of his experience on Who Wants ...

Colts Lineman Matt Slauson Played Almost An Entire Half With Two Broken Vertebrae

On Monday, the Indianapolis Colts placed starting guard Matt Slauson on injured reserve with an unspecified injury. Slauson played all 83 offensive snaps in the team’s loss to the Patriots last week, and his injury was only apparent after the game. As it turns out, he had been playing since early in...

Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Laying Low

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Deadspin Up All Night: Back To The Top Of The Slide

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Khabib Nurmagomedov's Dad On His Son Fighting In The Stands: "I Am Going To Regard This Severely"

In the build-up to UFC 229, Conor McGregor said, among many other wild provocations, that his opponent’s father was a “quivering coward.” Why? Because the father had not stabbed Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov when the two appeared together at a mosque, and had been “showing fake respect out of fea...

Three Thai Tennis Umpires Banned For Life For Betting And Match-Fixing

Three Thai tennis umpires have been banned for life after being found guilty of match-fixing and betting offenses at low-level tournaments, according to a release from the Tennis Integrity Unit, an anti-corruption group....

Graham Gano's 63-Yard Game-Winner Caps Off Wild Ending To Giants-Panthers

The back-and-forth shootout between the Giants and the Panthers was an entertaining spectacle where narratives seemed to go through entire life cycles multiple times, and each team’s season outlook changed by the minute. With 2:16 left to go in regulation, Graham Gano converted his third field goal ...

Report: Maryland Football Players Get Jackass Maryland Booster Kicked Off Michigan Trip

Maryland football players pressured athletic staff to remove a team booster who made insensitive comments about the death of Jordan McNair from the team’s charter flight to Michigan on Friday, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. The booster is a local attorney in Maryland who decided ...

Odell Beckham Jr. Follows Up Trashing His Teammates By Muffing Punt, Surrendering Touchdown [Update]

Odell Beckham Jr. said a lot of not so nice things about his Giants teammates in an interview that aired on ESPN this morning. The Giants kicked off their game against the Panthers not long after, and so far Beckham’s biggest contribution to the game was not of the positive variety....