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Ohio State Has All It Needs For A Magical, Amnesia-Inducing Season
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, ...
High School Football Game Descends Into Chaos After Reports Of Shots Fired
The Benton Panthers and the Bryant Hornets held their annual Salt Bowl football game Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. The game, which drew more than 38,000 fans on a steamy 92-degree day, was going along swimmingly—Bryant was leading 28-14 in the third quarter—when what sou...
Disgruntled Heavyweight Underdog Flees Ring Immediately After Opening Bell
Hot-shot heavyweight Efe Ajagba came into Friday night’s televised bout in Minneapolis a pristine 5–0 as a professional, with all five fights ending in knockouts, and four of those ending in the first round. He went to bed Friday night still undefeated, having notched his fifth first-round victory, ...
Moron Supreme Court Nominee<em></em> Doesn't Believe Dez Caught It
We already knew that illegitimate Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had predictably conservative political views, god-awful taste in food, and questionable finances, but does it shock you to learn that he has bad sports takes, too?...
Former Colts Announcer Who Used N-Word Was Quoting Auto Racing Analyst, And Now That Guy's Been Fired
This is an intricate little piece of modern-day racial insensitivity and old-school racism, so let’s start slow. Bob Lamey, who worked as radio play-by-play announcer for the Indianapolis Colts for over 30 years, retired suddenly on Sunday. News station 13 WTHR later revealed that he had used the N-...
Cowboys Center Travis Frederick Announces Auto-Immune Disease Diagnosis
Dallas Cowboys starting center Travis Frederick, who’s been with the team since he was drafted in 2013, was battling nerve irritation ahead of this season, putting his availability in doubt. In a statement posted Wednesday on Twitter, Frederick clarified the details of his situation, revealing a dia...
La Liga Players Hate Idea Of Playing Games In The U.S. So Much They Might Go On Strike
About a week after Spain’s La Liga and U.S. sports marketing firm Relevant Sports announced a deal that would see one regular season La Liga match played in the U.S. every year for the next 15 years, the Spanish league’s players have weighed in. It turns out they think the idea is trash....
Shane Larkin Talks About His OCD And How It Caused Him To Wash His Hands Raw<em></em>
ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan is putting together an excellent series this week on mental health in the NBA, and today’s piece focuses on how players decide whether or not to medicate, a decision often loaded with myths and stigmas. Shane Larkin, who played backup point guard for the Celtics last season a...
Browns OL Coach Bob Wylie: Stretching Is Overrated Because We Won Two World Wars Without It
Bob Wylie has 25 years of NFL coaching experience, with another 20 years in college and the CFL. The Browns’ offensive line coach even helps the programmers for the Madden series develop realistic-looking O-line play. According to his Browns bio, he’s also “a licensed pilot, an amateur magician and ...
Longtime Colts Radio Announcer Retires After Using N-Word In Front Of Black Colleague
Bob Lamey, who has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the Indianapolis Colts for over 30 years, suddenly announced his retirement on Sunday. Yesterday, a report from 13 WTHR revealed the reason behind Lamey’s unexpected departure: he said the n-word while telling a story to a black colleague....
Outgoing Transfer Accuses Texas A&M Of A Boatload Of NCAA Violations
The NCAA’s new transfer waiver rule lets players make the case that they should be allowed to play right away at their new schools, so long as their transfer was triggered by hardships beyond their control. Holding aside, for the moment, that requiring a waiver in the first place is bogus and unfair...
Sex, Steroids, And Arnold: The Story Of The Gym That Shaped America
When did the modern-day fitness movement really begin in the U.S.? ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2018: Dallas Cowboys<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Dallas Cowboys. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Dallas Cowboys. This 2018 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Paul Pierce Opens Up About Struggles After Stabbing: "I Was A Mess”
Today over on ESPN, Jackie MacMullan has the first of what promises to be a multi-part series on mental health in the NBA. While it’s mostly a profile of Kevin Love, who shared his experiences with panic attacks earlier this year, it also features insights from Paul Pierce and Chris Bosh on their ow...
There Are No Clean Hands In The Latest WWE Twitter Blow-Up<em></em>
Pro wrestling Twitter completely imploded on Wednesday. Well, more than usual....
Clemson Is Ready To Claim Its Dynasty
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, ...
Boban Plays Tennis
Boban Marjanovic appears to be spending some of his offseason back in his native Serbia, which has produced tennis stars like reigning Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic and former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. As tall, smooth-moving players with big serves increasingly find success in the men’s game, it’s become...
Josh Norman Has The Right Idea But The Wrong Solution
Washington cornerback Josh Norman has a proposed fix for the NFL’s salary system: a cap on how much money quarterbacks can earn. “I would address the quarterback situation,” Norman told The Ringer’s Kevin Clark, “because they get gosh darn too much money.”...
There's No Bad Idea Like A Sports Bad Idea<em></em>
It is a harsh truth, but an undeniable one: If it weren’t for bad ideas, we would not have anything to talk about on the Deadcast. In point of fact, if it were not for bad ideas the Deadcast itself would not even exist. But while our world is currently much worse off for all the bad ideas that curre...
This Cringe-Inducing Game Show Fuck-Up Comes With An Explanation
I’m aware that there are a lot of people out there who just simply cannot bring themselves to watch a person embarrass themselves on a TV. for fear of dying from second-hand embarrassment. I understand. I wanted to crawl into a hole and die when I first watched this....