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Victor Oladipo Turned Dwight Howard Into Dust With One Of The Best Dunks Of The Season

Russell Westbrook notched his sixth straight triple double tonight against the Hawks, but the best highlight from that game comes courtesy of Victor Oladipo, who climbed Mt. Howard and returned with a scalp....

Earl Thomas Considers Retirement After Breaking Leg

Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas left last night’s game in the second quarter after breaking his leg in a collision with teammate Kam Chancellor. Head coach Pete Carroll said after the game that Thomas will be out at least six weeks, and Thomas himself was considering retirement while the game wa...

Houston Denies ESPN Report, <em></em>Wants Nothing To Do With Former Baylor Coach Art Briles

Less than a week after one of the Baylor officials directly involved in the sexual assault scandal landed a job, another seemed primed to possibly snag one of his own—until the school in question said “fuck that.”...

Maybe Dwight Howard Shouldn't Be Allowed To Run The Fast Break

Dwight Howard had a decent game in a loss to the Suns last night, finishing with 17 points and 14 rebounds in 33 minutes. He also finished with one assist, but as you can see int he clip below, he was very close to finishing with two:...

Richard Sherman Drops Delayed Burn On Cam Newton

Richard Sherman is not one to easily suffer slights. Last year after the Panthers beat the Seahawks in the playoffs, Cam Newton was running a circuit around the Panthers’ stadium for his customary parade of high-fives, when he grabbed a “12th man” flag, crumpled it up, and tossed it....

Andrew Shaw Gets Penalty, Breaks Stuff, Swears A Lot

Andrew Shaw had scored the Canadiens’ first goal with two minutes left in Tuesday’s game against the Ducks, but he hampered Montreal’s chances at tying when he received a hooking penalty with 27 seconds left. Shaw took his rage out on his stick—and eventually, a bunch of other sticks....

The Story Behind The Perfect Photo Of Sports' First Streaker

When freelance photojournalist Ian Bradshaw went to Twickenham Stadium in the spring of 1974 to cover a rugby union friendly between England and France, he expected to shoot nothing more than another bloodbath between two fierce rivals. He returned instead with an instantly iconic photograph that si...

Liberty Hires Ex-Baylor Athletic Director Ian McCaw 

Liberty University announced Monday that Baylor’s former athletic director Ian McCaw has been hired as the school’s new AD. McCaw will assume the spot left open by Jeff Barber’s Nov. 17 resignation. McCaw is the first of the major three ex-Baylor officials publicly disgraced for their role in the sc...

Grey Cup Kneel-Down Gets Very Profane

Calgary executed an incredible comeback to force overtime with Ottawa in the Grey Cup, and as the Redblacks took a knee to end regulation, things got very f-bomby on the line of scrimmage. (Let’s get this camera angle on NFL broadcasts, eh?)...

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Kris Humphries Shatters Backboard, Ends Practice Early

The simplest way to get out of something you don’t want to do is to create an excuse centered on yourself: you’re sick, your grandmother died, etc. The most effective way to get out of something you don’t want to do is to ruin that something entirely: why sit on the bleachers with a feigned headache...

Down Goes Miss Arizona

Brandon Dawkins must have gotten hurt on the play; it took him an awful long time to get up....

NCSU & UNC Launch Bench-Clearing Brawl

North Carolina State and North Carolina brawled in the second quarter today after a play eventually ruled an incompletion after video replay....

You Wanted A "Go Fuck Yourself" Shirt, You Got A "Go Fuck Yourself" Shirt

Deadspin readers, to go by my inbox, agree on very few things, but agree on them strongly. Dogs, the readers say, are good; each successive editor-in-chief has done more to ruin the site than the last; the St. Louis Cardinals can go to hell; and we should sell a “Go fuck yourself” shirt....

Kemba Walker Is Why You Shouldn't Give Up On Young Players

To really appreciate how far Kemba Walker has come, dust off that copy of NBA 2K12, slide it into your wheezing Xbox 360, and find young Kemba on the roster of the 7-59 Charlotte Bobcats, where he is stuck behind D.J. friggin’ Augustin on the depth chart, slinging passes to the likes of Byron Mullen...

Love Is Real: Gucci Mane Got Engaged At The Hawks Game Tonight

Gucci Mane was a distinguished guest of the Hawks tonight, and while the Hawks lost the Bird Derby to the Pelicans, Gucci was the star of the evening. He played a short set during halftime, did a little Mannequin Challenge, and then proposed to his girlfriend Keyshia Ka’oir. The couple was featured ...

Judge Will Decide Who Won High School Football Game After Officiating Blunder [Update]

Plainfield North won the Illinois Class 7A state semifinal game last weekend by scoring a do-or-die two-point conversion in overtime to stun Fenwick High. Plainfield surrendered a touchdown on Fenwick’s opening drive, but they pushed down on the throttle and were rewarded for their bravery with a tr...

Borussia Dortmund And Legia Warsaw Combined To Score A Zillion Goals Today

Legia Warsaw played Borussia Dortmund in a Champions League match today. Each team scored multiple times. Here is one of the goals scored in the game today:...

Doug Baldwin Flipped Off His Coach Before His TD Throw To Russell Wilson

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin was just as baffled as you were on Sunday when he was instructed to throw a pass to quarterback Russell Wilson in the red zone....

Kent Bazemore Laughs As He Sets Up Dwight Howard For An Alley-Oop

Although the Atlanta Hawks were losing in the second quarter today against the New York Knicks, Kent Bazemore still found a chance to be happy. Marshall Plumlee was having a tough time with Dwight Howard during the possession, and Bazemore could only laugh as he passed to Howard for an easy alley-oo...