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Corey Kluber Continues To Be Ridiculous, Gets Cleveland Franchise-Record 15th Straight Win
Cleveland continued their recent streak of insane dominance tonight, beating the White Sox for their franchise-record 15th win in a row. Corey Kluber, as usual, was a huge contributing factor....
With The First Nutshot Of The Season, Football Truly Has Arrived
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Kevin Sumlin's Wife Shares Racist Hate Mail Sent To Family
Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin’s wife, Charlene Sumlin, shared a piece of threatening hate mail sent to her husband tonight: ...
Ex-Notre Dame Football Player Says School Hid MRI Results From Him, Which Led To A Chronic Spinal Injury
Last Friday, former Notre Dame linebacker Douglas Randolph filed a lawsuit against Notre Dame, Brian Kelly, head Notre Dame football trainer Rob Hunt, and a handful of doctors, alleging that the Notre Dame football and training staff deliberately concealed a serious spinal injury from him, which he ...
Florida Cancels Game Against Northern Colorado Due To Hurricane Irma
The University of Florida has canceled its home game against Northern Colorado this Saturday due to the incoming Hurricane Irma....
Show Us Your Fantasy Football Team
The NFL season kicks off tonight, and with the return of real football comes the start of the fantasy football season. So show us what you’re working with....
The Battle To Stop A Sparks-Lynx Rematch In The WNBA Finals Has Begun
The 2017 WNBA Playoffs are underway and, if last night’s first round of single-elimination games are any indication, it’s going to be a fiercely competitive road to the Finals....
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Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here....
Hawaii Assistant Coach Breaks Wrist While Celebrating Blocked Field Goal
Hawaii blocked three field goals in their win against Western Carolina last weekend. One was returned 89 yards the other way for a touchdown, while another ended with an unfortunate and comical injury. After 6-foot-7, 300-pound defensive lineman Viane Moala got his hands on a kick in the first quart...
Urban Meyer Hits Tom Herman With The Classic Scoreboard Burn
With one week and one embarrassing loss in the books, it seems about right that college football fans already have to listen to some Texas coaches squirm and blame-shift....
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: New England Patriots<em></em>
Some people are fans of the New England Patriots. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New England Patriots. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Roger Goodell When Asked About Colin Kaepernick: "I'm Not A Football Expert"
Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League for 11 years as of this week, was asked on FS1's First Things First if he believes Colin Kaepernick should have a place on an NFL roster. ...
What's Going On With The Ezekiel Elliott Case, And What Happens Next?
If you’ve been following the Ezekiel Elliott saga—strap in, as this case has by now crossed the “saga” threshold—you might be a bit confused as to what the flying fuck is going on....
Hell Yes, Now The Red Sox Are Accusing The Yankees Of Cheating
If this sign-stealing scandal is truly going to reignite the rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox, it needs to hit a few more stages of escalation. Thankfully, the Red Sox have reportedly brought us to Stage Two, by running to the commissioner’s office and yelling, But, but, but! The Yankees are ...
Cleveland Won't Stop, Wins Fourteenth In A Row
The last two weeks were not necessarily going to be especially good for the Cleveland Indians. Jason Kipnis was suddenly back on the disabled list, as were Andrew Miller and Danny Salazar. Michael Brantley and Lonnie Chisenhall and Josh Tomlin had been there for weeks. The team’s lead over Minnesota...
Matt Chapman: Please Respect The Oakland A's, Do Not Stare At Us While We're In The Batter's Box
After arguing with Angels catcher Juan Graterol during today’s fourth inning, A’s third baseman Matt Chapman received the very special honor of his first career ejection. The argument had its origins in a larger beef over whether or not the A’s were stealing signs—they swear that they weren’t, the A...
Ian Happ's Bat Rebels And Humiliates Him
Sick of being swung through the air at high speeds and getting smashed against rushing white orbs, Ian Happ’s bat finally got a bit of revenge tonight, tripping up its owner as he tried to run out a grounder....
Former Colorado Assistant Joe Tumpkin's Ex-Girlfriend Sues Over School's Failure To Report Abuse Allegations
Pamela Fine, the ex-girlfriend of former Colorado University assistant football coach Joe Tumpkin, is suing him in district court alongside several athletic department officials and school administrators. It has been almost nine months since she first came to head football coach Mike MacIntyre with ...
Father And Son Alabama Fans Arrested After Brawling At FSU Game
During this weekend’s Alabama-Florida State game, a pair of rowdy Alabama fans got into a nasty-looking fight in the stands of the Falcons stadium. Officers responded to reports of a fight in the 120/121 section of the stadium at around 11 p.m. local time. According to an incident report obtained by...
Army Beat Navy; Who Cares About The Other Games?
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...