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Holy Shit: Brad Stevens Is The New Coach Of The Boston Celtics
Humming along, day before a national holiday, late afternoon, nothing to see here—wait, holy shit, Brad Stevens just took the head coach position with the Boston Celtics. The 36-year-old Stevens had been in charge at Butler for six years, with two NCAA finals appearances, four Horizon League champio...
How Bold Is The New BBQ Whopper? A DadBoner Taste Test
'Sup. Karl "K-Money" Welzein here with an urgent message about bold flavors. The other day I was at BK and decided to give the Carolina BBQ Whopper a go-round. Man, I gotta say, it was off the chain. With a flamed-up beef patty, all natch thick-cut bacon, pepper jack, lettuce, ripe tomates, and wit...
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: “Maniac” Matt Borne, AKA Doink The Clown
When Matt Osborne died on Friday, the news rang out far and wide. Fox Sports: "Report: Doink the Clown dead at 56." TMZ: "Doink the Clown Pro Wrestler Dies at 55." New York Daily News: "Ex-WWE wrestler Doink the Clown dead at 55." The implication was that the role had overtaken its actor. As this s...
36 Cheap American Beers, Ranked
I realize you're going to spend Independence Day happily drinking whatever cold beer you're served, because you're polite and you're an alcoholic. And I trust you'll have a fine old time no matter what you drink. But that doesn't mean America's shitbrews are all the same. The list below breaks down...
Nothing Says U.S. Independence Like A Pregnant Lady Brawling In Ohio
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: the since disappeared "Pregnant lady fight." Tonight's commentator: Ohio resident, and esteemed Deadspin commenter, Eric Peacock. (Coming next week: A drag-queen competi...
Grumpy Hater Jonathan Papelbon Doesn't Think Yasiel Puig Is An All-Star
Everyone loves Yasiel Puig, because Yasiel Puig has done nothing but be completely awesome since being called up by the Dodgers one month ago. Everyone except Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, that is, who thinks that it would be "a joke" if Puig made the National League all-star team....
The Greatest Doink The Clown Story Ever
Former wrestler Matt Osborne—aka Doink the Clown—died a few days ago. Justin Halpern, bestselling author and co-creator of the upcoming Fox sitcom Surviving Jack, told us this story about working with Doink way back in 1998. Halpern believes the Doink mentioned here is Osborne, but given that Doin...
Former MTV VJ Says Michael Jordan Tried To Win Her Virginity At Dice
The best thing about all the "MJ is a shit" stories is that, knowing what we know about him, every single one is plausible. There's not a tale that could make you sit up and say, "No way, Jordan couldn't have been that much of a jackass." Today's is a good one....
How A Great Boxing Novel Got The Movie It Deserved
"Sometimes you only get to win one championship."—Leonard Gardner...
The Final Two Goals Of The Stanley Cup, In Finnish
Earlier, we brought you a Doc Emrick-less version of all the goals scored in the Stanley Cup Finals. This is also Emrick-less, but we can make it up to you: it's the final two goals as called by Finnish broadcasters Antti Mäkinen and Jani Alkio....
The Yankee Bullshitters: What Joe D, Yogi, And Mickey Were Really Like
Last week gave a short post on the late, great Lenny Shecter. Now, for a real taste of his no-bullshit style, here's an excerpt from "The Flower of America" chapter of his 1969 book of essays, The Jocks....
Today In Disinterested Baseball Fans: A Kid Doing Origami
This picture comes to us from reader Michael, and it was taken at a recent Twins-Brewers game. ...
Melting the Plastic Man
Here's a classic for you—Gary Cartwright's 1973 Texas Monthly piece on Tom Landry:...
Ticket to Ride
Robert Lipsyte describes the day Cassius Clay met the Beatles:...
Gennady Golovkin Obliterated Matthew Macklin With A Lethal Body Blow
Gennady Golovkin retained his WBA middleweight title at Foxwoods tonight after dispatching what was supposed to be his toughest challenger ever, Matthew Macklin. The Kazakh did so by hammering Macklin with a terrifying body shot that left the challenger flat on the floor for several minutes....
Bounce, Rock, Skate
Stacy Peralta's 2001 documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys is a riveting thrill ride of pop-sport history. If you've never seen it—doesn't matter if are into skateboarding or not—do yourself a favor. ...