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Violent Idiot On The Field In The UK Has Been Banned From All Football Matches Since He Was 16
77 minutes into a Football League Championship match between Leeds United and Sheffield at Hillsborough (where fan involvement and safety has always been an issue), a fan ran out onto the field and pushed Leeds United goalkeeper Chris Kirkland in the face. He then slipped, righted himself, and dis...
High Schooler Nails 67-Yard Field Goal. Will NFL Kickers Ever Catch Up?
Impressive! Austin Rehkow, of Central Valley (Wash.) put this one through the uprights with an inch or two to spare, as time expired. The kick tied the game, which CV would go on to win in overtime....
Another Horrible Way Friends Cockblock One Another
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: Sweepin' Down The Plain
It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be. ...
FIBA Really Wants Three-On-Three Basketball In The 2016 Olympics
Olympic basketball is fun. But doesn't it look a little too much like NBA basketball? Sure, the lanes are were trapezoidal, and the three-point line's a little bit closer, but those tweaks are minor when compared to the upheaval that FIBA's proposed three-on-three basketball brings. Watch the clip...
The Chargers’ PR Director Writes A Bitchy Letter To Chargers Fans
One of the most recent articles posted under the "News" tab at Chargers.com has "Take A Chill Pill" as its headline. That's an odd headline to see on an official team site that usually just runs straight, boring news stories about the Chargers....
Will Terrell Suggs Save The Struggling Ravens' Defense, Or Will He Doom It?
The Ravens are known for their defense. In most every game Baltimore plays—and this goes double when they play the Steelers—color commentators wax about "hard-nosed football" and "defensive mentality" and "slobber-knockers."...
Captain Greenbeard Invites You Upon His Ship, The <em>S.S. Acid Flashback</em>
Oregon continued on its path of destruction last night, obliterating Todd Graham's Arizona State team in Tempe in a game that wasn't near as close as the score might indicate. It brought a smile to the face of Ducks fans who ventured into the Valley of the Sun, this gentleman in particular who we'r...
Russell Wilson Getting The Football Snapped Into His Ass Summed Up The Seahawks' Offense
San Francisco 13, Seattle 6: Oh, this was not for the faint of heart. Yet another low-scoring NFC West scramble for yards, points, and general attention span of all those who bore witness to this borefest. Alex Smith and Russell Wilson both threw ill-timed and sloppy INTs that could've titled the re...
The Detroit Tigers Are World Series-Bound After A Dominant Sweep Of The New York Yankees
There will be many dissections and analyses of just how much of a drubbing the Tigers laid into the Yankees during this 2012 American League Championship Series, but if you even watched an hour of any given game, you saw near-complete domination of the Yankees, something we probably haven't seen sin...
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Toney Douglas, The Little Engine That Couldn't
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....
The Fantasy Football MVP Should Be An Official NFL Award
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....
It's Only The Preseason, But Jeremy Evans Put Together As Great A Basketball Sequence As You'll See All Year
You may remember Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans from last season's dunk contest. He's the guy who jumped over Gordon Hayward and dunked two balls at the same time....
When It Comes To America's Funniest Fantasy Football Team Names, Miller Lite Loves A Good Jerry Sandusky Reference
Honestly, I rarely pay attention to web advertising, but eagle-eyed tipster Patrick sends in this screenshot, which is compelling evidence that companies looking to push the boundaries of interactive ads might need to be a little more careful with their content. Miller Lite, apparently, is running s...
Chat With David Shields, Author Of Books About Race In The NBA And The Weird Shit Ichiro Suzuki Says
David Shields has authored 14 books and has written for a wide variety of publications throughout his career. His latest book, Baseball Is Just Baseball: The Understated Ichiro, is a collection of the most fascinating Ichiro quotes. Here's a sampling of what you'll find in the book:...
Trying To Do A Cannonball Into A Frozen Swimming Pool Is Not A Good Idea
That didn't stop this guy in Germany from giving it his best shot. "Fuck the fucking cold," he said, just before taking the, uh, plunge. The cold won....
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Nick Young, Who Is The Devil
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....
The Definitive List Of Shit Mankind Needs To Invent
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Jason Giambi Will Interview For The Rockies' Vacant Manager Position
Yes, Jason Giambi—the man who has no managerial experience at any level, posed for this Sports Illustrated cover, lives in Las Vegas by choice, and has spent the last four seasons looking like a sad dad on the Rockies' bench—is a managerial candidate. The Rockies are on the hunt for a new manager a...
Little League Football Assistant Coach Viciously Slaps Referee After Disputed Call
Meet Dion Robinson: a 43-year-old ex-con and soon to be former assistant football coach in a youth football league in West Park, Florida—weird. Specifically, Robinson has been arrested over 12 times and has pled no contest to charges including "cocaine delivery, indecent exposure and unlawful use ...