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Baseball Is Already Profitable For Tim Tebow
By now you know that Tim Tebow is going to hold a workout for MLB scouts—or at least he’s going to invite them. You also know he’s not going to make an MLB team, being 29 years old and not having played baseball in more than a decade. There’s only one question remaining: is it merely a publicity stu...
What's Going On With Ladarius Green And The Steelers?
Due to injury, tight end Ladarius Green hasn’t been able to practice for the Steelers since the start of training camp. So what exactly is ailing Green? Depends who you ask. Green either has an ankle injury or a head injury, and everything about his situation is just as confusing as that sounds....
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Indianapolis Colts<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Indianapolis Colts. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Indianapolis Colts. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
Steven Adams Appreciates Your Continued Concern For His Ball Bag
As you know, Thunder center Steven Adams got his hog and yams savaged on two separate occasions during last season’s NBA playoffs. Months later, Adams says his genitals are doing just fine....
Brazil Hands USA's Kerri Walsh Jennings Her First-Ever Olympic Beach Volleyball Loss
Beach volleyball genius Kerri Walsh Jennings has played in every Summer Olympics since 2004, racking up three gold medals and losing precisely zero matches along the way. That ended in Tuesday’s semifinals as Brazil’s Agatha and Barbara defeated the defending champion and April Ross in straight sets...
Chase Utley's Return To Philadelphia Was Perfect
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Chase Utley to the Dodgers almost exactly one year ago. Utley spent 12 seasons in Philly, winning a World Series ring and making the All-Star team six times. He is nearly as synonymous with the Phillies as Jimmy Rollins, and he played his first game in Philly as a vi...
Anthony Rizzo Climbed The Dugout Wall For A Spectacular Catch
There have been more athletic catches this baseball season than Anthony Rizzo’s fifth-inning snag against the Brewers tonight, but none of them have been anywhere near as cool. ...
Don't Flip Your Bat At The Umpire, Man
Should you flip your bat after drawing a walk? Who knows, probably not. Should you flip your bat up, over, and onto the plate umpire’s head?...
Art Briles: "I’ve Never Done Anything Illegal, Immoral, Unethical"
Former Baylor head football coach Art Briles, who was fired in May after an investigation into a massive sexual assault scandal involving the program, has visited a couple of NFL teams’ training camps this summer. Today, he showed up at the Houston Texans’ facility and talked to reporters. While tal...
Deadspin 25: Stanford Still Has Christian McCaffrey, So They'll Be Just Fine
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, ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Atlanta Falcons<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Atlanta Falcons. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Atlanta Falcons. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
Jim Harbaugh Doesn't Like Those Questions
During his media availability yesterday, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh was asked about three players who were not present at the official team photoshoot earlier this month. What’s the deal with those guys? Are they suspended?...
Don't Try To Surprise Adrian Beltre With A Beverage Shower Or He'll Fight You With A Broom
If you try to touch Adrian Beltre’s head, he’ll flip out. If you try to douse him in one or more jugs of celebratory post-game beverage, he’ll mount up, grab weapons, and ward you off with them....
The Lions Don't Care About Their Own Zero Tolerance Policy
This afternoon, the Detroit Lions signed tight end Andrew Quarless. Quarless, who played for the Packers for five seasons, will be suspended for the first two games of the 2016 NFL season from a July 2015 altercation where he shot his gun during an altercation outside of a Miami nightclub....
Jonathan Papelbon Subjected His Teammates To Terrible Pro-Trump Music
If there’s one thing you can say about Jonathan Papelbon, the ass-faced former Nationals closer who moves through life like an angry 14-year-old with a boner, it’s that he is always exactly who you expect him to be....
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Detroit Lions<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Detroit Lions. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Detroit Lions. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
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Cubs Apologize For Playing "Smack My Bitch Up" As Aroldis Chapman Exited Game [Updates]
Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth inning at home against the Cardinals last night, and as he walked off the mound the person in charge of the stadium’s PA system chose to play “Smack My Bitch Up” by The Prodigy....
Watch Your Head
After bouncing around the minors for a while, Canadian pitcher Scott Richmond is plying his craft in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the EDA Rhinos. Whether through sublime reflexes or blind luck, Richmond managed to turn one of the slickest and fastest double plays you’ll see all year...
Florida Gators' Top Receiver Cleared In Sexual Assault Case Adjudicated By Booster
Last Friday, it was revealed the University of Florida would allow Jake Schickel, a Jacksonville lawyer and UF football booster, to serve as the third-party counsel for the Title IX sexual assault case being heard against wide receivers Treon Harris and Antonio Callaway. Today, Callaway was cleared ...