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Jeremy Hill Did The Ickey Shuffle
You know, that dance from the TV insurance ad. ...
Hey, What's This Guy Up To?
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Kelvin Benjamin Gets Rocked, Holds On For TD Catch
The Cincinnati Bengals have some hard hitters, and opposing receivers who go across the middle risk enough without the compressed zone of short yardage. Kelvin Benjamin absorbed that risk—and a huge hit from George Iloka....
Rugby Somehow Gets More Brutal-er
It took Wigan's Ben Flower two minutes into today's Super League Grand Final against St Helens to be sent off. The reason? This punch to Lance Hohaia. He earned that red card. Here's the video:...
Cedric Benson Is Sending NFL Teams This Tape In Hopes Of Landing A Job
Cedric Benson has been out of the NFL since suffering a debilitating football injury during the 2012 season. He's apparently trying a comeback; this is the video he's sent to NFL teams to show them he's healthy and worth a tryout....
Bill Belichick Really Just Wants To Talk About Cincinnati
Bill Belichick was in excellent press-conference form two days after the Chiefs demolished the Patriots. Reporters kept asking him about the Patriots' roster, Tom Brady's age, and concerns for the team's current state. Belichick wasn't interesting in talking about anything else but Sunday night's ...
Grab Your Screwbat And Go Win, Young Man
In a sport so endearingly perverse that a hitter who fails in seven out of 10 trips to the plate is considered something of a star, there's only so much a coach can do....
Love, Actually: David Fincher's Dark, Thrilling <em>Gone Girl</em>, Reviewed
In early 2011, when David Fincher was getting ready to shoot The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo while in the midst of Oscars promotion for The Social Network, the director made a revealing comment about how he separates his work into two categories: "movies" and "films." To his mind, Fight Club a...
Can A Ref With No Red Card Send Someone Off? One Player Investigates
It’s an interesting question, one that Guingamp’s Benjamin Angoua tried valiantly to answer this weekend when, as the ref tried to show a red to a teammate, Angoua nipped and slapped at the card, hoping the ref would either listen to reason or get tired of trying to snatch the damn thing out of the ...
John Rocker Was Born To Be A <em>Survivor</em> Villain, And To Lose
You remember John Rocker....
What's Up With Boomer Esiason's Neck?
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Reporter Beaten For Asking Soccer Star If He Ritually Sacrificed Rapper
The brother of Asamoah Gyan, Ghana national team captain, has been arrested for allegedly leading a group of men in the brutal beating of a Ghanaian journalist. The reason for the alleged attack? The reporter had asked Gyan about rumors that he had a missing rapper ritually sacrificed. Wait, what?!?...
Bengals TE Tyler Eifert Suffered A Very Gross Elbow Injury
Cincinnati Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert appeared to have dislocated his elbow trying to break his fall after a catch in the first quarter of today's Bengals-Ravens game. Guh....
Bengals Re-Sign Player, Helping Him Pay For Daughter's Cancer Battle
In June, Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still learned his four-year-old daughter, Leah, has stage four pediatric cancer. Still missed offseason workouts to be with her, shaved his head in solidarity, and filled his Instagram with pictures of Leah and updates on her treatment....
Saints Build Statue Of Man Who Tried To Move The Team
The Saints and Pelicans surprised owner Tom Benson with a 13.5-foot bronze statue outside of the Superdome, a venerable and iconic arena that nine years ago Benson tried to get declared unusable after Hurricane Katrina in an attempt to break his lease and relocate the Saints to San Antonio. ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Cincinnati Bengals
Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group....
Cop Who Threatened Bengals Player With Taser During Traffic Stop Fired
Sam Montgomery, a defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals, was caught for speeding in South Carolina back in June. R.S. Salter, the state trooper who pulled over Montgomery, threatened to use a taser on the cooperative NFL player before arresting him. Being an unnecessary prick cost Salter his job ...
The Curse Of Ben Affleck's Birth Strikes Red Sox Again
By now, you may be tangentially aware that a Ben Affleck Birthday curse exists for the Boston Red Sox. It goes like this: since Good Will Hunting debuted in 1997, the Red Sox have never won a game on August 15th, Ben Affleck's birthday. Why Good Will Hunting? Probably because no one saw Chasing ...
Steeplechaser Loses Gold Medal For Taking Off His Shirt During Race
France's Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad was running in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the European Athletics Championships, clear ahead of the field, when he took off his shirt in the final stretch to celebrate. That topless jubilation cost him his gold medal....
Chart: Which MLB Teams Have The Best And Worst Benches?
The chart above from August Fagerstrom of FanGraphs shows which teams this season have had the most and least productive benches. ...