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First-Half Lowlights From The Pinstripe Bowl
Notre Dame and Rutgers square off in the Pinstripe Bowl at the New Yankee Stadium. You can almost taste the tradition. ...

Tony Romo: Poor Bastard
Ordinarily, the idea of someone or something being "cursed" is reserved for those who think The Flintstones was based on a true story and baseball writers. But this? This is almost too much to bear, even for people with brains. ...

Minnesota Was <i>This</i> Close To Winning The Texas Bowl
Ohhhh. Syracuse wins. ...


"Dad Gets College Football Tickets For Christmas" Video Has A Twist
So, videos of college football fans getting tickets for Christmas are popping up all over, as they do every holiday season, but this one stands out for the elaborate scheme. It's on par with the final minutes of a soap opera....

Why That Dumb AIDS Tweet Was So Captivating
Will Leitch, senior writer at Sports On Earth and founder of Deadspin, is doing his yearly fill-in for Drew Magary on today's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo. (Here is 2011's version, and here's 2012's.) Leitch has written four books. Find more of his business at his Twitter feed....

Missouri Players Flip Their Shit After Seeing Cotton Bowl Gifts
Each college football bowl has a specific gift package for the players participating, and it's safe to say the Missouri Tigers were happy with the Cotton Bowl's presents. The video starts out with some nice team apparel—you have to serve the appetizers first—but when the Apple products come out, hol...

Deck Us All With Boston Charlie
From the great Walt Kelly (circa 1948). ...

Ohio Player Gets A Football To The Face While Minding His Own Business
The Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl is going on right now. Don't worry about missing it, because it's the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. What you do need to see, however, is this poor Ohio Bobcat catching a football with his face. ...

Report: Tony Romo Out For The Season
With a victory against Philadelphia next Sunday, the Cowboys are in the playoffs, but Tony Romo won't get the chance to help his team win or lose or whatever it is Romo does. According to Adam Schefter, he's out for the rest of the season with a back injury....

Get The First-Person Experience Of Winning A World Series
Shane Victorino had a GoPro camera tag along with him from the final strike of Game 6 of the World Series up to the duck boat parade through Boston. Now you can experience what it's like having Ace of Spades champagne poured on you, without any of the stickiness. The locker room celebration feature...

Santa Rodgers Photobombs Green Bay's Captain Photo
Even when he's not playing, Aaron Rodgers still shows up in the Packers' team captain photos. This Sunday, Rodgers was an aloof Santa, lurking behind Sam Shields, John Kuhn, and Jarrett Boykin. He's been doing this for a while....
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Skins Fan In "Dallas Sucks" Shirt Thrown Down Stairs [UPDATES]
This Skins fan—clad in a "Dallas Sucks" shirt—just gets tossed down the stairs by some kind of security. The reason why is as clear as the reason for the dude in the Peyton Manning jersey at a Cowboys-Skins game....

Tony Romo's Christmas Card Allows For Endless Cheap Jokes
This is apparently Tony Romo's Christmas card, as sent to us by an anonymous tipster. Romo and Candice Crawford look so happy. Their kid Hawkins, on the other hand, seems to be struggling with the sandwich—hot dog?—forced in his face. Make your own punchlines....

Joe Flacco Bought A Mega Millions Ticket At 7-11
Really, when you get right down to it, signing a non-guaranteed contract is like playing the lottery anyway. So there you go, NFL, your most recent Super Bowl MVP and "highest paid player" recipient of a sham $121 million contract in the off-season is playing the lottery at a chain convenience store...

Is This Colorado State Coach Calling The WSU QB A "Fucking Faggot"?
Man, it sure looks like it. It's tough to tell, of course, it could be any number of other insults prefaced with "fuck you, you fucking" but it looks like Colorado State's defensive line coach Greg Lupfer called Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday a "fucking faggot" at the Gildan New Mexic...

Fight Erupts In USA-Canada Women's Exhibition Game
USA-Canada is quickly becoming the kind of grudge match you can respect and not one that makes you feel uncomfortable for Robert DeNiro. Prior to last night's throwdown in Grand Forks, these two teams also had a massive brawl in October in Burlington, Vermont. That's two fights in in three months ...
