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This Tight New Dance Is Taking College Basketball By Storm

About two weeks ago, Maryland Terrapins sophomore Jared Nickens posted a video of himself dancing to Ghost Town DJ’s “My Boo” with teammate Jaylen Brantley. It’s a fun dance!...

Here, Have Five Solid Minutes Of Warriors Highlights

I’m going to be honest, before I clicked play on this video I thought to myself, “Man, I’ve spent the whole dang season watching Warriors highlights. I’m going to get bored with this in under 30 seconds.” Then I ended up watching the whole thing from start to finish....

Alcides Escobar Made One Hell Of A Double Play

Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar can do a lot of cool things in the field, and last night he turned in his first stunner of this season....

UW-Milwaukee Basketball Play-By-Play Guy Quits, Burns Every Single Bridge On Way Out

Bill Johnson, who has been the radio play-by-play guy for UW-Milwaukee basketball for the past 16 seasons, announced on Instagram last night that he was retiring. Accompanying his announcement was a blistering broadside against the UW-Milwaukee athletic department, calling department executives “a t...

The Flyers And Capitals Did All Sorts Of Fighting In Their Series Opener

The Washington Capitals opened their Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers tonight. John Carlson pinged a slapshot in off a series of Flyers in the second period, and Jay Beagle added another in the third period. Two goals is far less than the nine that the Islanders and P...

This Pitch Was So Bad That Adrian Beltre Had To Call Time To Laugh At It

Chris Tillman had a rough night. The Orioles pulled him after he gave up 6 runs in 5.1 innings of work. That’s nothing to be ashamed of, the Rangers can really hit and they’re in their home ballpark. However this pitch to Adrian Beltre is flat embarrassing....

New York Giants Avoid Using The Word "Redskins" In Their Schedule Release (UPDATE)

Here’s the New York Giants’ schedule for the 2015-16 season. Notice which two games are not like the others?...

Brett Gardner Tumbles Butt First Into The Stands To Catch A Foul Ball

The Yankees wrap up a three-game series in Toronto tonight, and they got their second out of the night with a fair bit of pizazz, as Brett Gardner went ass-over-teakettle to make this grab here....

Trust Me, This Is A Cool Ultimate Frisbee Highlight

We’ve run a scant few ultimate frisbee blogs in the past few years here at Deadspin, but finally, our long national drought is over because the Philadelphia Spinners pulled off a truly dope frisbee play this week....

Nearly Perfect: Understanding The Greatest (For Now) Team In NBA History

“It’s a nice number, 72-10. It rings well.” - Phil Jackson...

Not A Dumb Question

Rockets Fans Express Their Confidence

I mean, can you really blame them?...

Noble Strongman Trevor Story Undone By His Own Dumb Stadium

The Colorado Rockies will try anything to not suck. They paid Mike Hampton something like a billion dollars, stuck their baseballs in a dang humidor, and even appealed to Jesus Christ. This year, they decided to try something new, and made the right-field fence about twice as high as it used to be. ...

Well Shit, That Was A Fun Night Of Basketball

There are, obviously, rules that explicitly govern sporting events. But there are also implicit rules, too, ones that say things like You always play to win and No player is bigger than the game. Last night, Steph Curry and Kobe Bryant took turns shooting holes in those implicit rules, and it made f...

The Desire To Be The Best Ever Is What Let The Warriors Achieve It

Seventy-three wins is unfathomable. Seventy-two wins is barely fathomable, and that’s only because the record books say the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls actually achieved it....

Korean Announcers Lose Their Shit Over Dae-Ho Lee's 10th-Inning Walk-Off Dinger

The Mariners stopped their five-game skid in the most emphatic way possible: by walking off the winners after a big ole’ dinger in the tenth inning against a division rival. You can watch the official MLB version of Dae-Ho Lee’s home run against the Rangers if you want, but we recommend these Korean...

Kobe Bryant Is Finally Going Away

In a few hours Kobe Bryant’s career will be over. It was very long....

Baylor Player Dismissed For "Team Rule Violation" Was Subject Of Rape Investigation

When former tight end Tre’Von Armstead was dismissed from Baylor’s football team last year, the team said it was because he violated team rules. A report today by Paula Lavigne for ESPN’s Outside the Lines shows that the dismissal happened a week after Baylor began an investigation for possible sexu...

Former Baylor Defensive End Shawn Oakman Arrested On Sexual Assault Charge [Updated]

According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, former Baylor football player Shawn Oakman has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a fellow student on April 3, 2016....

ESPN Asks How Kobe Bryant Being Credibly Accused Of Rape Affected Kobe Bryant

When a sports event becomes so big that it produces a flood of coverage, as Kobe Bryant’s season-long goodbye tour has, it’s easy for pundits and reporters to end up in awkward positions simply by virtue of having had to say so much for so long about one thing....