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If You Like Anteaters, Root For UC Irvine
UC Irvine is in the dance for the first time as a Division I basketball program. Congratulations, Anteaters. Wait, Anteaters?...

The Cowboys Will Basically Pay Greg Hardy Per Game
Defensive lineman Greg Hardy, whose domestic abuse charges were dismissed in February after his accuser didn't show up to court, signed a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys today that can reach up to $13.1 million if all incentives are reached....

Exciting NCAA Tourney Upsets: Not Brought To You By Enforced Amateurism
Over the next week, a relatively unheralded team from a small conference will probably defeat a blue blood program from a major conference. This will be surprising because we will have expected the more powerful team to win, what with their larger budget, better-paid coach, etc....

NFLPA Re-Elects DeMaurice Smith As Executive Director, For Some Reason
The NFL Players Association re-elected incumbent Executive Director DeMaurice Smith early Monday morning. This year's election had swollen to nine candidates, many of whom were ridiculous and under-qualified, but there had been a growing sense that the players were increasingly unhappy with Smith an...

Is WrestleMania Going To Be Garbage, Or What?
Welcome to Deadspin's new irregular pro wrestling column, in which Tom Breihan and Ernest Wilkins will comb through the past month of superkicks, lariats, and 450 splashes in search of the greatest things that this most American of artforms has given us....

How Anthony Davis Gives The Pelicans Open Looks They Don't Deserve
Good ball movement generates open shots. This is Basketball 101, so fundamental to the game's primary education it may as well come down on stone tablets to every young player. It's proven: perhaps to the relief of youth coaches around the country, SportVU player-tracking shows that ball movement in...

A Day In The Life Of The Most Reckless Ballplayer In History
Yesterday, we republished W.C. Heinz's 1958 profile of Pete Reiser, a ballplayer whose talent could have carried him to the Hall of Fame, but whose penchant for pushing his constantly battered body beyond any reasonable limits undercut his career. At one point in the profile, Heinz details a perio...

Kyrie Irving Unleashes All Hell In The Perfect Meaningless Game
San Antonio isn't usually a place for mid-March NBA thrills. Oh, the latter-day Spurs remain perfectly capable of playing the sort of gyroscoping, pinball-passing game pretty enough to goose Red Auerbach's carcass from 6 to 12, but it's very a long season and a very old team and while you can usuall...

DeMarco Murray Goes To The Eagles
DeMarco Murray reportedly went to Philadelphia with the goal to sign a contract, and he did. The Eagles gave the running back a five-year deal worth $42 million with $21 million guaranteed....

Michael Sam! Mike Golic's Son! It's The NFL Veteran Combine!
Are you ready for some workouts???...

Join NFL Prospect Anthony Boone In The Film Room
Anthony Boone started at quarterback for two years at Duke, and now he's getting ready for the NFL Draft. Anthony's here to break down film and answer your questions. This is your chance to get technical....

When Was The Last Time LeBron Started A Game Not Wearing A Headband?
Look at that, a pretty standard picture of LeBron James driving to the hoop in the Cavaliers win over the Mavericks last night. But wait a second, where is the man's ever-present headband?...

Dwyane Wade Sounds Pretty Fed Up With Hassan Whiteside
Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside was ejected from last night's game against the Celtics after plowing straight through Celtics center Kelly Olynyk for no good reason, earning himself a one-game suspension. After the game, Dwyane Wade sounded like a man who is losing patience with Whiteside:...

Chill Out: LeGarrette Blount's Just Going On Vacation In Arizona
As NFL free agency unfolds, everything's being watched for some kind of tip as to who's going where, even Twitter habits. So, when Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount tweeted that he was going to Arizona today, Twitter thought he was going to the NFL team in Arizona....

Your Best Stories About Getting Dunked On Like The Losers You Are
We asked you to give us your best stories of getting dunked on and tales of dunking on people, but the former had funnier returns. There were many nuts—some from famous athletes!—in many faces. Here are some of our favorites, in no particular order....

Babysitter Claims Aaron Hernandez Tried To Kiss Her
The fact that Aaron Hernandez tried to kiss hired babysitter Jennifer Fortier isn't particularly relevant to the alleged murder of Odin Lloyd—Fortier was on the stand for today's portion of the trial—but it's still interesting to see if Hernandez's fiancée Shayanna Jenkins has a change of heart ab...

Report: Tim Tebow Learned How To Throw A Football
Tim Tebow. When was the last time you thought about that guy? The NFL's been so busy with other stories that we forgot about The Man Who Just Won. Fear not, however: Tebow's been learning how to tighten his throwing motion, and he's reportedly considering an appearance at the new veterans' combine t...

49ers Deny Report That They're Trying To Trade Colin Kaepernick
The post-Jim Harbaugh 49ers roster will have notable changes—running back Frank Gore has reportedly agreed to a deal in principle with the Eagles—but one report claims San Francisco's seeing what they can get for quarterback Colin Kaepernick....
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Report: Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks Agree To One-Year Deal [UPDATE]
Per Adam Schefter, the Seahawks and Marshawn Lynch have agreed to a new deal. John Clayton added the contract details: one season for $11 million. (Update below.)...

Walmart: We Don't Have Any Dez Bryant Parking Lot Video
Well, it's on the record: Walmart says it has no video of Dez Bryant from July 11, 2011, the day police were called to investigate a disturbance in a Lancaster store's parking lot....