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Are You Ready For The Flood Of Bad Writing About The Cubs?
Listen, man, we don’t have to do this:...
![Tim Tebow Closer To Sainthood After Healing Sick Fan For Second Confirmed Miracle [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/ucv9crmbazar5jvbcv47.jpg)
Tim Tebow Closer To Sainthood After Healing Sick Fan For Second Confirmed Miracle [Update]
Let me tell you the story of Saint Timothy of Gainesville....

Report Disputes That Skins LB Su'a Cravens Needs Glasses "For A Very Long Time" After Concussion<em></em>
During an Oct. 2 game against the Browns, Washington linebacker Su’a Cravens suffered a concussion while attempting to tackle Cleveland running back Isaiah Crowell. Now, Cravens and his team appear to be having trouble settling on the exact severity of his brain injury....

NLRB Ruling Frees College Athlete Twitter, Opens New Avenue To End Amateurism
For today, a recent memo sent out by the National Labor Relations Board means Twitter users will be treated to the unfiltered thoughts of private school college athletes; for the future, it means those athletes might actually get their just due....

Derrick Rose Testifies That NBA Rookie Program Teaches Players Not To Leave Behind Used Condoms
In continued testimony Tuesday, Knicks guard Derrick Rose described the sexual encounter at the center of his civil rape trial as completely consensual. He also explained why he took his used condom with him afterward—he said he was taught to do that at the NBA’s rookie transition program....

The Chargers Are Mad At Their Kicker For A Stupid Reason
The San Diego Chargers lost a game in embarrassing fashion on Sunday, blowing a shot at a game-tying field goal with a botched snap. After the game, Chargers kicker Josh Lambo was seen sharing a laugh with Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski, and now he’s in trouble with his teammates and coaches be...

LSU's Live Tiger Mascot Is Dead
Do you love tigers and happy endings and hate animal enclosures? Then read something else, because this story isn’t for you. ...
![Hell Yes Tim Tebow's Teammates Should Be Trying To Make Money Off Him [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/yxbpmfj0ezmbwn0slhvl.jpg)
Hell Yes Tim Tebow's Teammates Should Be Trying To Make Money Off Him [Update]
Patrick Mazeika is a catcher currently playing Class A ball in the Mets’ organization. This classifies him both as a person who is struggling to make a living and also as a teammate of ultra-famous Tim Tebow. To Mazeika’s credit, he seems to have found a way to turn the latter circumstance into a lu...

Joe Panik Walkoff Double Keeps The Giants Alive
Joe Panik’s 13th-inning double to drive in Brandon Crawford gave the Giants a 6-5 win over the Cubs on Monday, keeping San Francisco’s season alive. The even-year cockroaches now have won 10 straight games while facing elimination....

Yale Apologizes For "Dehumanizing Images Of Redface" In Football Program
Yale and Dartmouth played their 100th football game against each other this weekend. Yale won, 21-13, for their first win of the season, but the historic victory was overshadowed by their own efforts to commemorate and honor the rivalry. Yale printed out special programs for the game, which were ado...

The Big Ten Got Exactly What It Wanted In Rutgers
Over the past two weeks, Rutgers has been outscored by Ohio State and Michigan by a combined 136-0, dropping to 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the Big Ten while sparking yet another round of people asking just why in the hell the Scarlet Knights are a part of the conference. This is to serve as a reminder t...

Vivek Ranadivé Deflects Almost All Blame For The Kings' Problems In Surreal Interview
The Sacramento Kings have been hilariously incompetent for a long while now, but especially since Vivek Ranadivé and a group of investors bought them three and a half years ago. They have shuffled through front office decision-makers (Pete D’Alessandro, Chris Mullin, Dean Oliver) and coaches (Keith ...

Laremy Tunsil Hurt Himself Getting Out Of The Shower
Rookie offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil was a surprising omission from the Dolphins’ starting lineup yesterday, as he hadn’t been listed on any injury reports during the week leading up to the game. Today, head coach Adam Gase finally revealed why Tunsil was unable to play on Sunday, confirming a rep...

The Blue Jays Will No Longer Serve Canned Beer To Their Rude Fans
Blue Jays fans are quickly earning themselves a reputation for being beer-tossing goons, and so the team is taking steps to prevent another scenario in which an opposing outfielder is nearly brained by a flying can....

Female High School Kicker Drops The Boom On Kick Returner
It’s been a good season for kickers knocking the hell out of kick returners. Joining the parade today is Kelly Macnamara, a kicker for North Penn High School in Pennsylvania....

I Want To Hug And Kiss Derek Carr's Touchdown Passes
There are a lot of ways for a quarterback to become famous. You can be the crazy gunslinger; you can be the big-brained maestro; you can be the giant fuck who is impossible to sack; you can be the, uh, guy who ran into a butt. Through the first few weeks of this season, Raiders quarterback Derek Car...

Curt Schilling Makes A Solid Point
Given all we’ve seen tonight, it’s good to see a straight shooter just giving us the true facts....

Blue Jays Sweep Rangers With Extra-Inning Walk-Off
The Blue Jays are headed back to the ALCS for the second straight year after completing a sweep of the Rangers with a 7-6 win on Sunday night. It was their first postseason sweep in franchise history....

At Least Someone Has His Priorities Straight
Larry King is correct and really talking about Tim Raines makes much more sense than talking about the debate or Giants-Packers....
