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Soccer Team's Fan Slugs Soccer Team's Player After Soccer Team's Win
In America, athletes punch fans. In England, it's the opposite. After Stevenage's 3-1 FA Cup victory over Newcastle on Saturday, a man reportedly clad in a Stevenage scarf superman-punched Scott Laird, a Stevenage defender. This is not how you incentivize the team....
Watch Marshawn Lynch Geaux To The House
The Seahawks salted away the Saints with the play you see here. Sorry, Marcus Allen. You can have your 74 yards and Facenda voiceover. Marshawn Lynch just gave us the most "holy shit" run in postseason history....
Your Medium-Sized Seahawks-Saints Open Thread
If the Seahawks win this game, there is no god. Unless –- wait — there is a god and he is prone to merciful acts such as that time when the Seahawks made the playoffs with a losing record....
The Great Qwest Field Beer Scandal Of 2011
Here's a video purporting to show that a "large" beer at Qwest Field is exactly the same amount as a "small," despite the $1.25 price difference. Drink up tomorrow, Seahawks fans....
The Only Time In History Someone's Been Excited To Play For A MAC School
With last night's GoDaddy.com Bowl, Miami (OH) became the first team ever to go from 10 losses to 10 wins in one year. Before the game, interim(!) coach Lance Guidry got them fired up....
Charlie Whitehurst Thought Until Today He Was Going To Start
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Pacific Northwest Jesus, in more hopeful times....
Even The ESPN Announcers Were Tired Of Watching That Orange Bowl
ESPN3's online feed does away with commercials entirely, leaving dead silence in their place. Except sometimes they forget to cut the announcers' mics, leading to awkward exchanges like last night's between Jaws, Gruden and Tirico....
Pete Carroll Is The Only Playoff Coach With A Quarterback Controversy
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Whitehurst or Hasselback? As if it matters....
<em>Step Up 4</em> Starring Clayton Kershaw Had A Disappointing Opening Weekend
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Here's The Favre Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
The massage therapists' lawsuit — against Brett Favre; the Jets; and the team's massage coordinator, Lisa Ripi — is below. If you'd like analysis, please consult the many Americans conversant in both the suit's particulars and the relevant case law....
The Losers Win The Weekend
The Seattle Seahawks, with a 7-9 record, will host a playoff game next weekend. Predictably, there are already calls for realignment, reseeding, and an entire rejiggering of the playoff process. We say no: this is an all-time great moment for mediocrity....
Seattle's 12th Man Is A Traitor
What do a majority of Seattle fans have in common with the rest of the country? They're all rooting against the Seahawks this Sunday....
So Not The Eagles' O-Line Then?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Already-Suspended Hawkeye Adam Robinson Arrested For Pot Possession
Robinson was a passenger in a car pulled over in Des Moines last night, and was charged with possession of marijuana. You'll recall he was suspended from the team earlier this month under nebulous circumstances. [KCCI]...
How About A Nice Story For Once?
Consider this a palate cleanser to usher you into Christmas. It's the story of a high school football player, and the total stranger he tucks into bed every night....
This May Or May Not Be Rex Ryan's Wife Making Foot-Fetish Videos (UPDATE)
There’s a celebrity in the foot-fetish world who posts videos with titles like “Hot Mature Sexy Feet.” The videos feature a woman who looks like Jets coach Rex Ryan’s wife, Michelle — and, in one, a man offscreen who sounds like Rex....
The Aussie Football Players, The Pregnant Schoolgirl, And The Leaked Naked Photos
Australian football is in the middle of a sex scandal that blows away anything we've got. Months after a 17-year-old came forward claiming two footballers slept with her, she released nude photos of players and is threatening to leak tons more....
Two Fans Hit Half-Court Shots For Money At Same Game
Villanova has a promotion where two lucky fans are chosen to try to hit a layup, free throw, three-pointer and half-court basket within 25 seconds. No one had ever won, until one day, both fans did. They received the worst prize ever....
Frivolous Lawsuit Theater: Seahawks Fan Hit By Jet's Giant Snowball Wants Some Money
You'll recall the Jets being pelted with snowballs by the Seattle crowd, when Shaun Ellis decided to return the favor. Two years later, a fan has decided to sue....
HS Team Lives By The Three-Quarter Court Shot Dies By The Three-Quarter Court Shot
On Dec. 4, Annapolis Area Christian School and McDonogh were tied 47-47 in a high school baskeball game when AACS stole an inbounds pass and Phillip Perry nailed a looooong shot to win the game....