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Flip Saunders Thinks The Big Balls Dance Cost His Team A Championship
After T-Wolves shooting guard Kevin Martin earned himself a $15,000 fine on Monday for doing the Big Balls Dance, a reporter asked Minnesota head coach Flip Saunders what he thought about Martin's display of testicle-based showmanship. Turns out, Flip Saunders is haunted by the Big Balls Dance, beca...

A-Rod Paid His Cousin $900,000 To Shut Up About Steroids
The last time we checked in with Alex Rodriquez's cousin Yuri Sucart, he was taking the fall for all manner of steroids-related sins. As first reported in the New York Daily News, we now know why: Rodriguez paid him a cool $900,000 to do so....

The NBA Continues To Crack Down On The Big Balls Dance
If there's one thing that should immediately earn an NBA player your respect, it is a willingness to do Sam Cassell's Big Balls Dance right in the face of a tyrannical, anti-balls league....

Deadspin NBA Shit List: Jason Richardson, The Man Who Did Not Dunk
Word out of Philadelphia is that veteran shooting guard Jason Richardson has a stress fracture in his right foot; this may prevent him from playing this season, and if it does, his career likely is over....

High School Quarterback Blows Play-In Game In Worst Way Imaginable
Spanish Fork High School had the lead and the ball in the final seconds of a play-in game against Maple Mountain, and was well on its way to the Utah state tournament. With Maple Mountain out of timeouts, Spanish Fork decided to run a play on fourth down and run off the six seconds remaining on the ...

Stella Artois Is A Disgrace To Belgium
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a big, trashy, sensationalist, and 100-percent accurate post titled "There Is No Excuse For Drinking Heineken," in which I argued that there are literally thousands of better-tasting ways to communicate to the world that you have a dollar more than the price of a Budwei...

Striking Images From Oscar Taveras's Funeral In The Dominican Republic
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras—who was killed in a car crash two days ago—was laid to rest in Sosua, Dominican Republic today. Thousands attended his funeral, including Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, Carlos Martinez, and Matt Carpenter, according to AP. Below is a series of photos f...

Watch These Old People From The '60s Get Shitfaced To Wiz Khalifa
Here we have some cobbled-together footage of old white people getting hammered in the 1960s, cheekily set to "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa. ...

Dominican League Players React With Shock, Tribute To Oscar Taveras
Here is video of the moments after players from Dominican League teams Tigres del Licey and Águilas Cibaeñas learned of the death tonight of Cardinals prospect Oscar Taveras. It's heartbreaking....

St. Louis Cardinals Prospect Oscar Taveras Killed In Car Crash
St. Louis Cardinals outfield prospect Oscar Taveras was reportedly killed in a car crash while driving to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. His girlfriend Edilia Arvelo, in the car with him, was also killed. Taveras's agent, Brian Mejia, confirmed the 22-year-old's death....

Michigan Gets Asses Kicked After Defacing Spartan Stadium With Spike
Can we talk about how weird and stupid this is? This is the Michigan Wolverines football team—awful in every way, from the tactical to the executive to the medical—shoving a spike into the Spartan Stadium turf and celebrating like a bunch of morons just prior to getting their shit kicked in by Michi...

Tom Izzo, In Makeup, Plays Accordion With KISS At MSU Midnight Madness
Tom Izzo is smart enough not to get on a motorcycle, but he'll take some risks. Last night, those risks included wearing KISS makeup and playing accordion onstage with the glammed-out rockers....

Update: Elegant Kipchoge, Now With Better Photos
Update on elegant, smiling marathoner Eliud Kipchoge and his recent canter through the Windy City: Now I have the photo documentation I was waiting for. For which I was waiting. Yeah....

Old Man In Sweater Knocks Virile Young Man Right On His Ass
That dude's confidence is now toast, because an old man in street clothes just handled him without breaking a sweat....

Desperation, No-Look, Over-The-Backboard Shot Somehow Goes In
Here's a crazy shot from today's Union Olimpija-Partizan Belgrade game. Olimpija's Blaž Mahkovic didn't give up on the possession, and now he's a highlight. What's Slovene for "Tommy Point"?...

Smoke, Flares, Riot Police In Belgrade Derby Make For Haunting Photos
Partizan and Red Star met today for the premier rivalry in Serbia's SuperLiga. The fan atmosphere was the real star. From these photos, you can see the countless flares billowing unending stacks of smoke into the stands and on the pitch, all in front of the numerous riot police. It all combines for ...

Indiana's Shane Wynn Goes 75 Yards On Reverse, Embarrasses Michigan St.
Michigan State is supposed to be one of the best teams in the country, but they looked ridiculous in the second quarter today against Indiana as they allowed the Hoosiers' Shane Wynn to go 75 yards for a touchdown on a reverse. They had plenty of chances to tackle Wynn; it seems they just chose no...

They Say That When Blood Hits The Ice, It Bounces
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Look, I Drew You A Baseball Calendar
Never too early to get that holiday wish list cookin'. For you baseball fans, this here calendar by Nicole Aline Legault looks like a sure shot: ...

Paul Rudd Invites Royals Fans To Kegger At His Mom's House
Paul Rudd is from Kansas City (actually Overland Park) and seems like a pretty fun and chill guy, so you can trust that he knows the sweetest place to celebrate the Royals winning the American League pennant. And that place isn't the Power & Light District, Westport, or some over-priced joint on T...