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Report: Papa John A Gross Shithead
Forbes just published a deep investigation into John Schnatter’s Papa John’s Pizza empire, and it reaches some expected conclusions. Based on conversations with 37 current and former Papa John’s employees, Forbes paints a picture of a mismanaged business being led by an increasingly petty and vindic...
France's Game Plan In The World Cup Final Was Just "Give It To Kylian Mbappé"
Throughout the World Cup, 19-year-old Kylian Mbappé showed why he was worth over $200 million to PSG last summer, displaying his unique blend of speed and skill to overwhelm the living hell out of his opponents. Though still very much a teenager, he was France’s focal point on the attack, serving as...
Deadspin Up All Night: That's All I Gotta Say
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The Family Of Colonel Sanders Defends His Honor From That "Weasel" Papa John
The whole reason Papa “John” Schnatter found himself in this PR catastrophe, one that has left him disowned and evicted from the Papa John’s headquarters, as well as practically scrubbed from the University of Louisville’s campus, is because he allegedly said “Colonel Sanders called blacks niggers” ...
An Extremely Informed And Credible Analysis Of The Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan Trade
So if you haven’t seen by now, the San Antonio Spurs traded disgruntled and vaguely hobbled star swingman Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors this morning, in exchange for not-previously-disgruntled-but-now-extremely-upset star swingman DeMar DeRozan. It’s hard to know exactly what to make of the t...
The Raptors Seem To Have Put A Knife In DeMar DeRozan's Back
Players are often understandably unhappy about being traded, because nobody much likes suddenly learning that they are going to spend the next few months or years living and playing in a city that they did not plan on living or playing in. Trades lead to hard feelings, but usually those are effectiv...
Reports: Kawhi Leonard Is Going To The Raptors And He Hates It
The good news, for Raptors fans: Kawhi Leonard is reportedly heading to Toronto in a trade. The potential bad news for Raptors fans, but good news for Lakers fans and fans of NBA drama:...
Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Alone In The Alley
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Watch This Weird Old Japanese Home Run Derby Featuring Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, And Bernie Williams
MLB’s single-elimination bracket format has revitalized the Home Run Derby—last night ruled—but can we do even better? As with game shows, the Japanese remain light years ahead of us in Home Run Derby technology....
Papa John Has Regrets
John “Papa John” Schnatter is sorry ... sorry he resigned as Papa John’s chairman, you cowards!...
Deadspin Up All Night: The Days Just Slip And Slide
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Deadspin Up All Night: Don't Be That Way
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France Topple Croatia In Hectic, Exhausting World Cup Final
A hilariously wild and ragged World Cup final concluded with a 4-2 victory for France, after a chaotic first half marked by a pair of dumb goals for France, and a second half marked by a Pussy Riot field invasion and maybe the dumbest goal you will ever see in a World Cup Final, from Croatia....
Deadspin Up All Night: In The Meantime
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Pizza Dipshit John Schnatter Claims Victimhood And Burns Roger Goodell In Strange, Strange Radio Interview
Papa John Schnatter did an interview on Friday with Terry Meiners of NewsRadio 840 WHAS, reflecting upon his extremely bad and dumb week and the bizarre and offensive comments that got him into so much trouble. I suggest listening to the whole thing. Meiners is direct and reasonably tough, and calls...
Hmm, Maybe We Could Come Up With A Different Way To Praise Athleticism?
By far the funniest thing about Fangraphs contributor Mike Werner’s reaction to video of Billy Hamilton’s insane catch Friday night is the possibility that Werner previously doubted the existence of spider monkeys, and understood this video of Billy Hamilton to be persuasive evidence of their existe...
Deadspin Up All Night: HRVATSKA RAKIJA
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Please enjoy this absolute banger while celebrating NUMBER ONE VICTORY OF MIGHTY CROATIA IN WORLD CUP....
Louisville Removes Papa John's Name From Football Stadium, Business School, Phone Contacts
A week that began with reports that Papa John’s founder Papa “John” Schnatter somehow worked an overt hard-r racial slur into a conference call with a marketing company is ending with the removal of Schnatter’s name from virtually everything on which it had previously been emblazoned. There are only...