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Ezekiel Elliott Accuser Discussed Using Sex Tape As Blackmail 

Yahoo’s Charles Robinson has gotten his hands on a portion of the NFL’s 160-page report on the Ezekiel Elliott domestic-violence case detailing an exchange between Elliott’s accuser, Tiffany Thompson, and an unnamed friend in which they discuss using sex videos featuring Thompson and Elliott as a me...

Rafael Devers Is 17 Games Into His Major-League Career And Already Getting Intentionally Walked

It’s now been nearly three weeks since Red Sox top prospect Rafael Devers got the call to the big leagues, moving on up at the ripe ol’ age of 20 after spending just nine games at Triple-A. It’s gone better than the team ever could have hoped. In his first 16 major-league games, Devers has hit .339/...

All The Best Cowboys Are Heading North Of The Wall

All Westerns are set at the end of the world. In most of the genre’s staples, the specific reasons why this particular gunslinger is in this particular town fighting this particular scoundrel quickly fade away. Stories of discovery and exploration take place in unforgiving environments, places where...

The Jaguars Are Doing Swell

NFL practices are a fun, affordable way to see your favorite players up close. If you’re near enough to the field, you can even hear what they say. On this pass from constantly underperforming QB Blake Bortles to receiver Allen Robinson, we get a little insight into the mystery that is the Jacksonvi...

Report: Ezekiel Elliott Will Appeal Suspension, Play Up Allegation That Accuser Harassed Him

Ezekiel Elliott reportedly will appeal his six-game suspension this week, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, with plans to build his case on the idea that the league did not do enough to consider the credibility of the woman who said he repeatedly hit her, Tiffany Thompson. That argument will...

Yankees Fans Enjoy Subway Ride [NSFW]

Being a sports fan isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, and when the team you root for fails to give you the joy and pleasure you’re after, sometimes you have to look for alternate avenues for good sensations. Hence these two Yankees fans coming together in sexual congress on the 5 train after the Yanks...

Rafael Devers's Home Run Broke This Yankees Fan

The Red Sox came back to beat the Yankees 3-2 and win the rubber game of their series thanks to their rookies: A ninth-inning home run from Rafael Devers and a 10th-inning single from Andrew Benintendi. And Devers’s homer silenced one very excited Yankees fan:...

Tim Tebow Took A Pitch To The Noggin And Walked It Off

The sound the ball makes when it rockets off the back of Tebow’s batting helmet is startlingly, frighteningly loud:...

Badass Cycling Man Celebrates Victory With Emphatic "Up Yours"

Here’s cyclist Lars Boom celebrating his victory on stage five of the Binckback Tour with an emphatic “up yours”:...

Someone Placed A Whopping $880,000 Bet On Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Now here is a damn sports bet:...

Here's Conor McGregor Knocking Down A Slice Of Pizza Wearing A Wig

Earlier tonight, aspiring boxer Conor McGregor lost to a heavy bag in a public workout so feeble and ridiculous that anyone watching had to wonder whether McGregor had some mysterious business reason for masquerading as a clown or just is one. Perhaps in response, UFC figurehead Dana White has poste...

The NFL Is Still Just Making It Up As It Goes Along

Sometimes, there aren’t any good answers. Today, NFL officials announced that they had decided to suspend a player accused of domestic violence for six games: The same penalty they promised years ago, and then went about ignoring as they saw fit. This seemed to make people quite happy, which was all...

What In The Goddamn Hell?

Report: Ezekiel Elliott Suspended Six Games By NFL

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy:...

Q&A: NFLPA President Eric Winston On Work Stoppages, Colin Kaepernick, And "The NFL Police"

The current collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players’ union runs through the 2020 season. But even with training camps in full swing and the focus turning to FOOTBAW, there are still a number of labor-management issues percolating behind the scenes. Deadspin recently spoke to ...

Welcome To Meat Sack, A Guide To Sports-Related Body Horror

The ecosystem of the human body does not want for complexity, nor do the myriad of idiot things we inflict upon it. This is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the world of sports, where athletes willingly submit their bodies, like monks to their vows, in pursuit of Larry having a nice, drunken ni...

Tyron Smith's "Bulging Dick" Issues Have Apparently Returned

Anytime an athlete gets diagnosed with a bulging disc, it’s only a matter of time until some unfortunate broadcaster slips up and briefly misdiagnoses them with a much more concerning issue. Today, Jane Slater joined the hallowed ranks of sportscasters who have done so....

World-Class Athlete Demoted To "Just A Pretty Face," According To World-Class Moron

Genie Bouchard, who was once ranked as high as No. 5 in the world, has been having a rough time on the court. She lost to 102nd-ranked Andrea Petkovic last week and 51st-ranked Donna Vekic yesterday, and her global ranking has plummeted to No. 70. This is certainly not the trajectory that either Bo...

Irish Media Calls Out ESPN For "Unrecognizable" Portrayal Of Conor McGregor's Dublin

ESPN longformer Wright Thompson returned earlier this week with a 5,000-word tome of a profile on alleged boxer Conor McGregor called “Crossing Crumlin Road.” McGregor’s hometown of Dublin and home neighborhood of Crumlin are rendered in evocative detail, and Thompson paints a portrait of Crumlin as...

Bill Simmons's Rankings Of Patriots Wins, Ranked

Bill Simmons had his buddy Hench on his podcast yesterday. They ranked the best 25 Patriots wins since 2001. It took almost two hours and I listened to all of it. Here is the correct ranking of Simmons’s rankings, honorable mentions excluded....