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Saint Louis University's New Mascot Is Hungry For Your Soul
Saint Louis University’s mascot is the Billikens. No, a billiken is not a type of lake, an airplane, or an offbrand big cat. It’s a “mythical good-luck figure who represents ‘things as they ought to be’” according to the school’s website. Things apparently ought to be horrifying, because the updated...

North Carolina Governor Planted Questions From Fake Reporters To Avoid Answering Ones About Anti-LGBT Law
The Charlotte Observer reports that North Carolina governor Pat McCrory’s campaign planted three fake “press” questions at a recent event to keep that newspaper from inquiring about the millions of dollars of revenue lost by the state after its passage of the anti-LGBT House Bill 2....

Rex Ryan Doesn't Have Much Time Left In Buffalo
So much of the Bills’ 37-31 loss to the Jets last night had that familiar Rex Ryan stench to it: the untimely penalties, the wasted timeouts, the skittish offense spit-shined by a couple of big plays. But what really made this one stick to your clothes was the skunk spray that’s become of Ryan’s def...

Bills Fans Duel With Pepperoni Sticks
Two Buffalo Bills fans at Thursday’s game opted to use sticks of pepperoni as weapons instead of sustenance. Look at those graceful lunges and parries....

Bills Tailgating Lot Tries To Ban Fun
For the Buffalo Bills’ first home game, one tailgating venue has apparently tried to ban some of the fanbase’s most beloved behaviors:...

ACC Pulls Championships Out Of North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Laws
Following the NCAA’s lead, the ACC announced Wednesday it will be relocating all neutral-site championship events previously set in North Carolina. This is being done in reaction to House Bill 2, the anti-LGBTQ piece of legislation already responsible for the removal of the NBA All-Star Game, March ...

Rex Ryan Frees His Belly For His Brother
Rex and Rob Ryan are brothers, coaches on the Buffalo Bills, and now, weight loss partners....

Bills Linebackers Start Season By Missing Team Bus
Buffalo Bills linebackers Jerry Hughes and Zach Brown missed the first team bus for today’s game against the Ravens, so they called an Uber instead. From Hughes’s Instagram, geotagged somewhere on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway:...

Clinton Presidential Library Photos Reveal Cozy Relationship Between Bill and Trump
Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request made by Politico, the Clinton Presidential Library has just released a whole bunch of photos of good pals Donald Trump and Bill Clinton doing what boys do best: Having fun....

Erroneous Phone Call Reportedly Tipped Police Off About Rob Ryan Robbery Plot
Rob Ryan, erstwhile Saints assistant and current Buffalo Bills beverage lad, was the subject of a hilariously botched robbery plot while he was coaching in New Orleans, according to a report from the New Orleans Advocate....

Las Vegas NHL Team Is Going To Choose Some Bland-As-Hell Name
It’s probably time to accept that the name of the Las Vegas expansion NHL team will not be good. It will be boring, which at least is not actively bad, and then, within a few decades (if the team is still there), it will have the power of inertia behind it and you won’t even think about it anymore. ...

Billy Hamilton Can Fly, Maybe
Billy Hamilton is one of the very best defensive center fielders in baseball, and tonight he went all out to make one of his best catches of the season. He’s really fast, man. Fast enough to get asked jokingly about racing Usain Bolt, and fast enough to chase this Carlos Beltran hit down....

Report: Danny Valencia Punched Billy Butler For Tattling About Shoes
The San Francisco Chronicle has gotten the full story behind the fight between Oakland A’s teammates Billy Butler and Danny Valencia, which apparently started because Butler ratted out Valencia for wearing the wrong cleats....

Report: Billy Butler Injured During Fight With Teammate Danny Valencia
Oakland A’s designated hitter Billy Butler missed his team’s last two games while suffering from nausea and vomiting, and the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that he got those symptoms from a fight with teammate Danny Valencia....

Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Buffalo Bills<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Buffalo Bills. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Buffalo Bills. 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....

Billy Butler Beefs With Catcher, Crushes Huge Dong, Flips Bat
Last night, Oakland A’s DH Billy Butler spiced up a dull 6-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians by getting into an argument with catcher Chris Gimenez, taking a ball off the plate, socking a 442-foot tater, and then laying off an equally huge and authoritative bat flip. It was great....

College Football Playoff Caves To ESPN, Sanity; Semifinal Games Move To Weekends And Holidays
The College Football Playoff semifinals are abandoning New Year’s Eve, mostly, after this past year’s disaster that saw ratings plummet 36% and forced ESPN to issue free make-good ads during the national championship game....

Does Having A Daughter Make A Man A Better Feminist?<em></em>
Men have found a new way to make themselves the central figures in women’s fight for equality while congratulating themselves on their intellectual progressiveness. And, boy is it the worst. Policy makers and would-be opinion shapers eager to appeal to feminists and family values-ists alike have bee...