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Messi Trick PK Sets Up Suárez Hat Trick
Barcelona were so bored with a second-half ass-kicking of Celta that they executed a trick penalty, with Lionel Messi dumping off to a sprinting Luis Suárez—who completed his hat trick with the goal. Cheeky? Disrespectful? Hilarious? All of the above....

High School Ref Says Hockey Dad Beat Him Up After He Ejected His Son And Wife
Last weekend, Howell High School and Manalapan High School played to a 1-1 tie in boys hockey at Howell Ice World. The game got wild in the third period when a Howell player was given a ten minute penalty for cursing at referee Dave Brown. There was only five minutes left in the game, so this essent...

The Broncos' Terrifying Defense Won The Super Bowl
Did Denver have a tremendous amount of faith in its defense? Did Denver have absolutely no faith in Peyton Manning? Chicken-and-egg, but either way it worked, and Denver won Super Bowl 50, 24-10....

CBS: Don't Be So Mean To Mike Carey, Internet
Former ref Mike Carey has been CBS’s in-game officiating expert for two seasons now, and it’s probably not a good sign for anyone involved that Mike Carey getting things wrong has become a running joke. But CBS thinks the internet needs to recognize that Carey gets most of his calls correct, and eve...

Fast-Food Smackdown: McDonald's Mozzarella Sticks Vs. Wendy's Bacon Fondue Fries
Cheese trails only corgis and dead British men as a stimulator of exaggerated public devotion. Forgetting for a blessed second the “lactose intolerant” cowards who try to hide dime-store haterism behind their genetics and intestines, we all stand ever ready to declare undying love for good old thick...

Moving Away Doesn't Fix Shit
Some lady in a furry hat full-on bodied me without looking up from her phone as I was walking in the West Village a few weeks ago. I impulsively said, Bitch instead of mumbling an apology like I normally do. Was I finally shedding my obsequious Midwestern politeness after six months of living in New...

Real Madrid Are Still Humping The Story That Ronaldo Cost More Than Bale
Of all of Cristiano Ronaldo’s various behavioral quirks, which have brought us so many laughs over the years, one of the funniest and most puzzling is his curious attachment to being the most expensive player alive. When he first came to Real Madrid, the club paid what was then a world record transf...

Tyrese Has A Goddang Benihana In His Backyard, And It Looks Dope As All Heck
So my fellow Deadspin bloggers and I were scouring the internet for premium clickable content today when we—okay, it was just Samer—stumbled across the following video of singer/actor/philosopher/sex symbol Tyrese Gibson dancing and screaming and just generally flourishing to that one Ace Hood bange...

Russell Westbrook Ejected As Thunder And Mavs Get Into It
Mavericks-Thunder was never going to be close, not with Dallas resting all five starters after an overtime game the night before. And it wasn’t—OKC jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter, extended it to 23 by halftime, and cruised to a 108-89 win. But not being competitive didn’t mea...

Reporter: I Was Told Not To Write About Gareth Bale's Transfer Fee Because It Would Annoy Ronaldo
Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo are superstar teammates for Real Madrid. They both cost a whole bunch of money to buy. Bale cost a little bit more. Ronaldo does not like being reminded of this. Here’s proof:...

Kendall Marshall's Dad Thinks The Sixers Are Racist And A Joke
Veteran point guard Kendall Marshall recently joined the Philadelphia 76ers’ active roster after recovering from an offseason knee surgery. At the time of Marshall’s return, GM Sam Hinkie put forward a theory that the team would have gotten off to a much better start had Marshall’s steady hand been ...

Dan Haren Opens Up About Pitching, Bowel Movements, And All Those Dingers
Dan Haren, the now-retired MLB pitcher who overcame his inability to throw a pitch over 90 mph in his later seasons, reflected back on his career today with candor. Most of the times he remembered were moments where he was trying not to give up a home run. Also, Haren said he used Imodium, a lot....

Ole Miss Left Tackle Laremy Tunsil Scores Touchdown
Ole Miss star offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil started this season on the sidelines. He’ll end it having scored a touchdown in what’s yet another blowout major bowl game, as the Rebels took a 34-6 lead into the locker room. The trick play even got our Russian announcer friends excited:...

What Our Parents Thought Of Deadspin In 2015
The writers at Deadspin asked their moms and dads what they thought of the site in 2015. Here are their unedited responses....

How On Earth Did Neymar Pull Off This Spinning Backheel Assist?
Technically this little flick didn’t quite come off the way Neymar intended, but he definitely meant for that ridiculous touch to redirect into Luis Suárez’s path, and holy shit, can you imagine having such otherworldly talent that even when your unbelievably audacious moves don’t work exactly right...

Enjoy The NFL, Jared Goff
Jared Goff came to Cal as a skinny freshman who had to fight for the starting job against Zach Kline, one of the highest-ranked recruits who’s ever taken his talents to Berkeley. Goff won the job, but not much else, as the Golden Bears struggled to a 1-11 season in 2013, with the lone victory agains...

Gilbert Arenas Proposes That The WNBA Contain More Butts
Gilbert Arenas, a man best known for giving away his shoes on Twitter, has some thoughts on how to improve the WNBA. He was inspired by this mildly NSFW Instagram video:...

Europa League Team Thinks It Can Buy Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, And Gareth Bale
Oh, Manchester United. Haven’t we been over this already?...

Muslim Sports Heroes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar And Muhammad Ali Condemn Donald Trump
A flopped-over traffic cone named Donald Trump who is uncomfortably close to controlling America’s nuclear arsenal has spent the last several days whipping up a xenophobic frenzy against Muslims, and among other things expressed bafflement at the possibility that there existed Muslim sports heroes....

A Divorced Dad’s Budget Guide To Mealplanning
I’m a child of a broken home. Before they split, my broke-ass parents had a couple nickels to rub together; afterward, a lonesome nickel did little to fill up the pantry in my dad’s house, and he had just enough ignorant confidence in the kitchen to get himself into trouble. The dishes he created we...