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Ex-Minnesota QB Philip Nelson Allegedly Assaults Former Football Player
Former Minnesota quarterback and current Rutgers transfer Philip Nelson has been arrested for allegedly assaulting another football player, leaving the man in critical condition. The police scanner audio provides some awful details about the incident....
These Women Are So Damn Excited To Get A Foul Ball
There's no specific time for this moment of sheer joy at a Royals-Mariners game on Friday. All we know is that these two women are so fucking pumped to get a foul ball....
Tracy McGrady's Professional Baseball Debut Did Not Go Well
Former NBA star Tracy McGrady made his debut on the mound with the Sugar Land Skeeters tonight, and left it 1.2 innings later with a 10.80 ERA. We've compiled the "highlights."...
Thank God For David Ortiz
Yu Darvish was perfect through the seventh inning against the Red Sox last night until David Ortiz hit a routine pop-up into shallow right field. It fell between Alex Rios and Rougned Odor and was officially ruled an error, thus preserving a no-hitter. For two innings the baseball world sat on the p...
Leaked Internal Scouting Report: The Patriots Do Not Like Johnny Manziel
Bro Bible just published an internal New England Patriots scouting report on Johnny Manziel, who was selected with the 22nd overall pick by the Cleveland Browns during last night's NFL draft. We got a look at a version of the report yesterday. Judging by this, the Pats apparently saw Manziel in much...
Deadspin's Johnny Manziel Obsession, Visualized
Both the ESPN and NFL Network draft broadcasts Deadspin and Regressing blogrolls were Johnny Football-obsessed tonight last night, but the Worldwide Leader and everyone around here was especially interested in the Heisman-winning Texan. Led by a drooling Jon Gruden a drooling Samer Kalaf and Tim Bur...
Here Are Your Worst Prom Hookup Failures
Once upon a time at this fair site, we ran a series of posts entitled Drunken Hookup Failure, chronicling sordid tales of young lust gone horribly awry. Today, we've decided to bring DHF back for a special prom-themed edition. Here now are some of our readers' very worst prom failures....
'Skins Don't Want Former Redskins Great Calling Himself A Redskins Great
Dan Snyder is just the worst, and his worstness reared its head once more yesterday when he sent a cease and desist letter to former Redskins great LaVar Arrington, demanding that Arrington stop calling himself a Redskins great....
The NFL Is Trying To Get You To Hate Football
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
Curious Buck
Pat Jordan's latest for Sports on Earthis a fun one:...
Who Does Jameis Winston Think He Is—Joe Namath?
A story about the other famous shoplifting quarterback, excerpted from the book Rising Tide: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath and Dixie's Last Quarter....
Now <em>That</em> Was A Russell Westbrook Game
If any player in the NBA can accurately be described as basketball cocaine, it's Russell Westbrook. When things go badly, like they did when he shot 9-of-26 in Game 3 against Memphis, he can make you regret that you ever even considered him a viable source of fun. But when things go right, like they...
Minor League Team Comes Back From 16 Runs Down To Win
That up there just might be the most unlikely box score in baseball history—the Class A Clinton (Iowa) LumberKings overcame a 16-run deficit to beat the Burlington Bees last night....
Craig Ehlo On What It Felt Like To Be On The Other Side Of "The Shot"
Twenty-five years ago today, Michael Jordan hit "The Shot," a play that remains one of the signature highlights of his career. Craig Ehlo, the man who makes up the other half of that iconic moment, talked to us last year about what it was like to guard Michael Jordan. Here's how he remembers the sho...
I Took TED's Stupid Grit Quiz!
If you're a sports fan like I am, you know that championships aren't won with talent or sound strategy or even proper personnel evaluation. They are won with HUSTLE and HEART and ECKSTEINIAN fortitude that cannot be measured, because measuring things is for nerds and pussies. ...
The Hoops Whisperer
Check out this Talk of the Town piece by Reeves Wiedeman:...
Jay Cutler Spawned Again
Jay Cutler, who has spawned before, has spawned once again. Cutler and his wife, Kristin Cavallari, welcomed Jaxon Wyatt Cutler into the world today....
Unobservant Fan Nearly Decapitated By Foul Ball
Everyone knows that the one thing you absolutely have to do when sitting behind one of the baselines is never take your eyes off the plate. This guy did not adhere to that rule, and he very nearly got his head taken off. ...
Newspaper Headline: "Heat Cut Nuts"
Playing against the Heat sounds like no fun at all....
How Carlos Gomez Unfixed His Swing And Turned On The Power
Most hitting changes are subtle and small. Even to the trained eye it can take time to notice a change a hitter may have made months ago. The emergence of Carlos Gomez, All-Star, goes hand in hand with a swing change he made at some point between July 6 and 23, 2012....