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Ralph Nader Is Just Mailing It In These Days
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Newspaper Typo: Senior Basketballer Wins “Hot Shit Contest”
From today's Daily Times in Maryville, Tenn. An easy typo to make, but not inaccurate: I have no doubt that Peggy "Baller" Ballard is indeed hot shit....
Driver Slams Car Into Motorcyclist, Because Russia
Just another dashboard-cam reminder that Russia and driving don't mix. Good thing this guy stops to check the damage to his vehicle first....
Jason Kidd Pleads Guilty To 2012 DWI
Just a few days after signing with the Knicks, Jason Kidd veered his Escalade off a Hamptons road, smashing directly into a telephone pole. He had had "a couple of drinks," he told a judge, "three or four." Now, exactly one year and one day later, Kidd is receiving his punishment....
Tiny Robot Does Quadruple Backflip, Sticks The Landing
The robot army gets yet another foot soldier for its inevitable war against the humans. This little guy is the world's preeminent mechanical gymnast, and can execute a perfect quadruple backflip off the horizontal bar. ...
Marrying Television, Football Gained An Audience But Lost A Game
Dig Sherry Kafka's 1973 Texas Monthly article on Don Meredith: "Tuning In Dandy Don":...
ESPN's Mark May Needs To Shut Up About Johnny Manziel
Here's Mark May, responding to the latest bit of news about Johnny Football:...
How Many Consecutive Pitches Can A Typical Baseball Fan Watch?
As you know, Deadspin has lately been documenting the amazing spectacle of the bored fan, the baseball enthusiast who finds a seat at the yard to be the best possible place to crochet, read the newspaper, play a baseball video game, or what have you....
Hey, the All-Star Game Is Finally Here! I Said, the All-Star Game Is Fi ... Oh, Forget It
No one who was playing professional baseball the year that I last watched an entire All-Star Game from start to finish is still playing today. Not one single player. Which is a fancy way of saying that I haven't watched an All-Star Game in decades. Now, I understand that literally hundreds of baseba...
Awesome Little Kid To Shaq: “Don't Ever Disrespect Houston Again!"
This kid makes me want to root for the Rockets. H-Town, baby!...
“Howie Felterbush” Has A Wife, And She Was At The Zimmerman Trial Too
Despite telling USA Today he didn't wish to be photographed, George Zimmerman trial spectator "Howie Felterbush" did get captured by the cameras of Jacksonville's First Coast News, alongside his wife "Cindy" (who also provided a quote to the news outlet)....
Johnny Manziel Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Stemming From 2012 Fight
Remember that whole mess that started last June, when Johnny Manziel got into a bar fight, got arrested, got suspended from the Aggies, got un-suspended, then won a Heisman? Whatever happened to the actual court case?...
SO MANY MASCOTS
When you can't sleep tonight, blame Adam Rubin....
Ex-NFL Player Charged With Leaving Toddler In Car At Strip Club
Former University of Florida linebacker Monty Grow, who later played two NFL seasons as a defensive back for the Chiefs and Jaguars, faces a child abuse charge after allegedly leaving a 3-year-old girl in his car while he hung out at a strip club....
Here's Old Footage Of Wilt Chamberlain Dominating College Basketball
This video comes to us from the same good soul who gave us old footage of Bill Russell jumping over a guy. This particular highlight reel features Wilt Chamberlain's performance during the last five games of his 1957 season with the Kansas Jayhawks. It is 20 minutes of Wilt destroying his hapless o...
Susan Slusser and Demian Bulwa detail the harsh journey Yoenis Céspedes's family endured to reach the U.S.: "Their travels included four countries, six boat rides, two trips to jail, an immigration raid, accusations of human trafficking and a dispute with a Dominican baseball agent." [San Francisco ...
Jeffery Taylor's Poster Dunk Is The Highlight Of Summer League
You've probably never heard of Jeffery Taylor, because Jeffery Taylor is a second-year role player for the Charlotte Bobcats. Well, now he's also the guy who detonated Aron Baynes with this spectacular dunk during a summer league game over the weekend. Now you know....