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Okay, Seriously, What's Going On With Antonio Cromartie's Penis?
Free-agent cornerback Antonio Cromartie’s wife, Terricka, recently gave birth to the couple’s sixth child. This is the 14th child that Cromartie has fathered, and the third that has been born after he had a vasectomy....
"That Stuff Sucked": How Roger Federer Was Defeated<em></em>
By now you may know that Juan Martin del Potro beat Roger Federer last night, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-4....
Roger Federer Is Out
Following several close calls—needing five sets to beat the unseeded pair of Frances Tiafoe and Mikhail Youzhny in the tournament’s first and second rounds, respectively—Roger Federer is out of the U.S. Open, falling to Juan Martin del Potro tonight. ...
Craig Carton Allegedly Arranged Ticket Scam To Pay Huge Casino Debts
WFAN radio host Craig Carton, of Boomer & Carton Show fame, owed an outstanding debt of $2.5 million to a casino in 2016, according to the Security and Exchanges Commission’s fraud lawsuit against Carton, businessman Joseph Meli, and the pair’s companies....
Impending Hurricane Causes Fantasy Fans To Wonder: What About Doug Martin’s Suspension?
Hurricane Irma is a Category 5 storm that looks poised to cause a massive amount of damage to people and property. In response, the NFL has moved the Buccaneers-Dolphins game scheduled for Sunday in Miami to Week 11, when both teams had scheduled byes....
Report: Radio Host Craig Carton Arrested In Alleged $2M Fake Ticket Scam
Radio personality Craig Carton, who co-hosts the Boomer & Carton show on WFAN and CBS Sports Network, has been arrested as part of an alleged fake ticket scam that netted $2 million, NBC 4 New York reports....
Outfielder Leonys Martin Makes Cubs Debut As Pitcher
When Joe Maddon looked at his bullpen depth chart in the eighth inning of yesterday’s blowout against the Pirates, he somehow settled on recently acquired center fielder Leonys Martin....
A Letter To Juan Martin Del Potro From A Guy Who Gave Up Too Early
QUEENS, N.Y.—Sir, I am sorry that I missed your U.S. Open tennis match on Monday evening. I missed it because I saw the first two sets and you looked dead in the water, an expression I’d assumed was about fish until looking it up last night and learning it had to do with boats. Anyway, down 6-1, 6-2...
The Dodgers Should Probably Be Afraid Of The Diamondbacks
When the Diamondbacks shipped three prospects to Detroit for J.D. Martinez, it was that most classic of deadline deals: the rental slugger. Martinez is a free agent after the season, but for the D-backs he’s a big bat in the lineup for a very good, playoff-bound team that believed it needed only a c...
Former USMNT "Savior" Julian Green Sent Away To A Last-Place Club With No Manager
Faster than you can say “Freddy Adu,” Julian Green is on the move again....
CFL Team That Hired Art Briles: We Worked Out Johnny Manziel, But "Too Many Red Flags"
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats—recently in the news for hiring disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles before announcing less than 24 hours later that they would actually not be hiring Art Briles—reportedly worked out former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel last week before deciding not to purs...
CFL Team Regrets Receiving This Much Attention<em></em><em></em>
Within roughly 24 hours, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats tried to hire disgraced former Baylor football coach Art Briles, entered “discussions” with the CFL, and changed their mind. Today, team owner Bob Young called the idea to hire Briles a “large and serious mistake.”...
Art Briles's Career In The CFL Lasted Less Than 24 Hours
After the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that they were hiring disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles as an assistant earlier today, the CFL declared tonight that Briles won’t be joining the franchise after all:...
Oregon Will Be As Bad As Its Defense Allows
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Art Briles Lands CFL Job
Art Briles, who coached the Baylor football team during a period in which his players are alleged to have committed up to 52 rapes, has found himself a new job. The CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats have just announced that Briles has been hired as an assistant head coach....
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Sage Northcutt Claims To Have Been Hacked [NSFW]
Relentlessly positive UFC golden boy Sage Northcutt has had a rough time of it lately, what with losing two of his last three and having had his most recently scheduled bout called off due to injuries to him and his opponent. Earlier tonight, though, Twitter user Zombie Prophet revealed a discovery ...
GRRM On <i>Game Of Thrones</i>: I Don't Have Time To Watch <i>Game Of Thrones</i>
George R.R. Martin, author of the acclaimed A Song of Ice and Fire novels and also a friend of Deadspin, recently did an interview with Metro, in which he spoke about the differences between his books and Game of Thrones, as well as whether or not he’s working on writing The Winds of Winter. He clai...
Lane Kiffin Is Consulting Disgraced Former Baylor Coach Art Briles
We hadn’t heard much from Art Briles for a while, and that was a good thing. The disgraced former Baylor coach, who ran the program amidst a horrifying and wide-ranging sexual assault scandal, has popped up here and there in efforts to salvage his public image, even as new lawsuits against Baylor co...
Bournemouth Player Prevents Possible Goal Using Nothing But His Voice
Saturday’s Bournemouth-Watford game featured a curious incident when Nathaniel Chalobah, in perfect position to score, ran up to and right on past the ball seemingly for no good reason. Thanks to the fine folks at the BBC’s Match of the Day, we now know that this wasn’t an inexplicable brain fart on...