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UFC 155: The Clumsy Marketing Of Cain Velasquez, UFC's Brown Ambassador
For a long time, Cain Velasquez, who will fight Junior Dos Santos for the UFC heavyweight title on Saturday, was a rumor. He trained in one of the world's best camps, in San Jose, Calif., and stories would filter out about his freak inexhaustibility, about how he would spar with good stand-up fighte...
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Two University of Texas Football Players Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Woman [UPDATED]
The players have neither been arrested nor charged with a crime, and police have not released their names. An investigation is taking place, but here are the details from KENS in San Antonio, where the Longhorns are staying as they prepare for Saturday's Alamo Bowl game against Oregon State:...
Straight From 1984, Here's The Disco Version Of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" That Never Quite Caught On
A reader named Brian, presumably going through his old VHS tapes, has been uploading a number of old Virginia news broadcasts. He sent along this one, a 1984 broadcast from Hampton Roads station WAVY-10, about the Tidewater Tides (then the Mets AAA affiliate) and a local band trying to update the ...
Down With Toy Apartheid: The Gender Apocalypse Of The Playroom Can't Come Soon Enough
Every toy is in some sense educational, though we tend not to think about this much while buying toys, and people always become excited when there's a struggle over the curriculum. So last week, in response to a protest campaign, Hasbro announced that it would be expanding its Easy-Bake Oven line: I...
The 100 Most Popular Deadspin Posts Of 2012
We have our own delicate sensibilities about our favorite posts of the year. You can find them on many of our other year-in-review lists. But this isn't our show alone. Deadspin is a community, with lots of readers, all with their own favorites. So here is our attempt at democracy—a list of the top ...
Sean Elliott Is Hogging All Of San Antonio's Water
San Antonio has been dealing with a harsh Texas drought for the past two years, and the available water resources are dwindling. As a site that has dealt with pressing water bill issues in the past, we at Deadspin feel obligated to tell you that Spurs color commentator—and former player—Sean Elliot...
Hideki Matsui To Announce Retirement, Will Have Plenty Of Time To Enjoy His Massive Porn Collection
According to multiple reports, former Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui is set to announce his retirement from baseball. Matsui played seven seasons with the Yankees before making one-year stops with the Angels, Athletics, and Rays. He will always be remembered for collecting big hits in Game 6 of t...
The Brooklyn Nets Have Fired Head Coach Avery Johnson
As reported by Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, Avery Johnson is no longer the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets, now with a 14-14 record, have been underwhelming during their first season in Brooklyn, and Johnson's firing comes on the heels of star point guard Deron Williams publicly complainin...
ESPN's Lomas Brown Spent His Christmas Insulting People On Twitter
Former Lions lineman Lomas Brown has been getting a ton of shit from people since admitting the other day he once deliberately allowed quarterback Scott Mitchell to get injured during a game. Though we never realized it until the Mitchell story got out, Brown is an ESPN analyst. But then we looked i...
MLB Teams Are Getting New Batting Practice Hats. Some Of Them Are Neat. One Of Them Features A Screaming Indian
Uni Watch got its hands on the designs for the new batting practice hats that each of MLB's 30 teams will be unveiling in the coming months. Some of the hats are great, like this one, which brings back the A's old elephant logo. Unfortunately, the Atlanta Braves' hat looks like this:...
Lane Kiffin Wearing A Sombrero? Lane Kiffin Wearing A Sombrero.
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Jason Babin Blasts The Eagles And Their "Socialistic System"
Before the 2011 season, the Eagles brought in Jim Washburn and then Jason Babin—who's only ever thrived in Washburn's 4-3. It worked well for a year, when Babin recorded a team-record 18 sacks. Like everything else defensive-related in Philly this year though, the D-line play has gone to shit. The E...
The Grierson & Leitch Worst Movies Of 2012
It's the final week of 2012, so we're wrapping the year up the way movie people are supposed to wrap the year up: Lists! Today, we each give our five worst movies of 2012. Tomorrow, we count down each of our No. 6-10 best movies of the year, and Friday, we finish off with each of our top five....
Scott Mitchell Is Not Happy About The Fact That Lomas Brown Let Him Get Injured In 1994
Last week, we told you about former Lions offensive tackle and current ESPN NFL analyst Lomas Brown admitting to intentionally blowing a block in the hopes that his team's quarterback, Scott Mitchell, would be knocked out of the game with an injury. Brown's plan worked. Mitchell left the game with ...
It Looks Like Kyrie Irving Had Himself A Nice Christmas (As Did The Two Ladies On His Lap)
Judging from the picture at the right, Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving had himself a pretty great Christmas. Irving tweeted the photo on Christmas day before deleting it and going into a totally inept mode of damage control:...
Andruw Jones Charged With Battery After Alleged Domestic Dispute
There aren't many specific details yet known, but the AP is reporting that former major leaguer Andruw Jones started his Christmas Day in jail after he was arrested on a battery charge early this morning in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth. Seems police were called to respond to a domestic dispute betwe...
Hackers Take Over Steubenville High School Football Team's Website, Threaten To Release Personal Information Of People Involved In Alleged Rape Case
Hackers who claim to be from the groups Anonymous and KnightSec have taken over the Steubenville High School football team's website, posting a video and message demanding an apology from those involved in the alleged rape that took place in August involving players of the football team. If no one ...
Here's A Video Of Ed Reed And Bryant McKinnie Singing "Silent Night" At A Bar To Accompany Your Christmas Celebration
Tipster Nicholas sent us this video of Baltimore Ravens players Ed Reed and Bryant McKinnie singing "Silent Night" karaoke to an enthusiastic bar crowd, and really, what better day to post it than on Christmas? Nicholas says this video was taken on Dec. 2, a few hours after the Steelers beat the Rav...
Who Is The Most Masturbated-To Woman In History?
I just recently got a Christmas card from Drew and his family and I have to say: Is there any bigger fucking waste of time, energy, and paper than a Christmas card? I understand why people used to do it before Facebook existed, but currently, if someone has a baby, not a day goes by that a photo of ...
Look At This Gigantic Ricky Rubio Blanket Someone Received For Christmas
BCS National Championship Game tickets are great, but a huge blanket with Ricky Rubio's face on it, among other Ricky Rubio-themed items? That's also an excellent Christmas gift. Rubio liked it so much he tweeted it out. What a lucky mom....