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Grant Hart, 1961-2017
So there’s never going to be a Hüsker Dü reunion after all. Grant Hart is dead....
Craig Carton Resigns From WFAN After Arrest For Securities Fraud
WFAN radio host Craig Carton resigned today, exactly one week after news broke of his arrest for securities and wire fraud....
Referee Almost Hit By Huge Flare Fired From The Stands
Today’s Champions League match between NK Maribor and Spartak Moscow was briefly interrupted after a fan in the Spartak section fired a flare onto the pitch, narrowly missing the head referee....
Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Tom Savage Gets The Hell Out Of Here
Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....
Niners Fans, Enjoy This One-Handed Pick While You Still Have Life Within You
Hopefully, you’re not spending too much time worrying about the 49ers-Panthers game this afternoon, but if you are, you were rewarded with an amazing interception by Jaquiski Tartt....
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, ...