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UEFA Rudely Fines Besiktas For Delightful Cat On Pitch
Yesterday’s Champions League match between Bayern Munich and Besiktas experienced a brief interruption in the second half, courtesy of a friendly little kitty-cat scampering onto the pitch:...
We Like This Old Nun From Loyola-Chicago
Loyola-Chicago, the only team to pull off an upset so far in this NCAA Tournament, features an especially lovable and pious fan in its cheering posse. Her name is Sister Jean, and she’s a 98-year-old nun. She is very cool:...
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Loyola-Chicago Beats Miami On Last-Second Three-Pointer [UPDATE]
Donte Ingram’s three-pointer in the final second of the game earned his 11th-seeded Loyola-Chicago team a 64-62 win in a game that saw the Ramblers blow two would-be game-winning shots in the final fifteen seconds before Ingram earned upset redemption....
UNC Greensboro's Zone Defense Nearly Suffocated Gonzaga
In its first-round loss to No. 4 seed Gonzaga, 13-seed UNC Greensboro did what they do best for 39.5 minutes, nearly knocking off the reigning national runner-ups in the process....
Trae Young Couldn't Carry His Whole Team
Oklahoma’s Trae Young almost certainly just played the last game of his NCAA career, and he busted his ass. Today’s 83-78 overtime loss to Rhode Island featured the entire Rams team each making important contributions, while Young put practically all of his Sooner teammates on his back....
Where Is Donald Trump Even Getting This Shit?
There is the version of Donald Trump that everyone gets served, and it is an extremely luxurious experience—a thick and luridly salty braise of all-beef bombast served smothered in a chunky and flavorless dressing that looks like ranch but tastes like vinegar and forgetfulness. It is fatty and extre...
MLB Tells Aaron Judge To Stop Saying Nice Things About Manny Machado<em></em>
Speaking to reporters before yesterday’s spring training game between the Yankees and the Orioles, Aaron Judge praised Orioles star Manny Machado and said he’d sort of limply recruited Machado. “Adding him to our lineup that we already got would be something special,” Judge said. “I told him he’d lo...
Mike Daum Can Score. Now He Needs To Change.
There are few teams across the Division I landscape that are as consistent as South Dakota State when it comes to reaching the postseason. The Jackrabbits play in the Summit League and have won the sprawling mid-major conference’s auto-bid in five of the last seven seasons, and while none of those ...
Deep Three Sends Kevin Harlan Into Maniacal Laughing Fit
Ten-seed Oklahoma and seven-seed Rhode Island are currently locked in a close first-round matchup; so far, Rams senior guard Jared Terrell, the team’s sharpshooter and leading scorer, has struggled inside the arc, shooting just 4-of-12. But the Weymouth, Mass., native has been on fire from a mile aw...
Joe McKnight's Killer Gets Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison
Ronald Gasser was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday by Jefferson Parish Judge Ellen Kovach for shooting and killing former NFL player Joe McKnight in Dec. 2016. Prosecutors brought second-degree murder charges against Gasser, though he was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in January. “L...
Two Pioneering Climbers Presumed Dead After Disappearing In The Alaskan Wilderness
Famed climbers Marc-Andre Leclerc and Ryan Johnson are presumed dead nine days after disappearing in Alaska’s Mendenhall ice field. The climbers were on an expedition to climb the Mendenhall Towers near Juneau, and were expected to be back in town March 7. The last time the pair sent was heard from ...
This March, Jalen Brunson Is Right Where He Belongs
Jalen Brunson didn’t think too much about hanging out at Madison Square Garden as a kid. He considered it normal. To him, it was....
The 2018 Hater’s Guide To The Field Of 68<em></em>
The tournament starts today and, in accordance with sacred Deadspin tradition, it is our solemn duty to say a bunch of ignorant, awful shit about all of the teams in this year’s field. Like Tennessee! You think I’m buying Tennessee men’s basketball doing ANYTHING worth a shit? I don’t think so. That...
Minor League Baseball's New Extra Innings Format Turns The Rulebook Into Nonsense<em></em>
A few weeks after Major League Baseball announced a series of surface-level rule changes aimed at improving pace of play, Minor League Baseball has announced that it’ll start experimenting with something more significant. During extra-inning games this season, a runner will automatically be placed o...
Harvard Owned By Clumsy Referee
It’s a good thing nobody really gives a shit about the NIT tournament or has any capacity to feel sympathy for people who go to Harvard, otherwise we might have a real college basketball scandal on our hands....
A Neat Playoff Idea: Let The Top Seeds Choose Their Opponents
Credit goes to the Maple Leafs announcers on TSN for bringing this to my attention tonight, even though it was decided on at the start of the season, but here is a fun idea to mix up the playoffs from the Southern Professional Hockey League:...
Deadspin Up All Night: Listening Too Long To One Song
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Your bracket is a good bracket....
For Kelvin Sampson And North Carolina's Native Americans, The Fight Never Ends<em></em>
Kelvin Sampson has been in the basketball business for some time, and if you pay attention to the game his name will ring some bells. Maybe you remember him coaching Washington State, or Oklahoma, or Indiana; maybe you saw him looming over a huddle as a NBA assistant. Given that he’s got the Univers...
There Goes Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas retired today. After 11 seasons as the Cleveland Browns’ starting left tackle, a career that included an astonishing streak of 10,363 consecutive snaps played, Thomas will now do whatever he wants. In five years, he will become eligible for what looks like a surefire Hall of Fame inductio...