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Video Shows Pittsburgh Police Punching Man Outside Penguins Arena
A video posted to Facebook yesterday shows a Pittsburgh police officer landing about a dozen punches to a man already on the ground Tuesday night outside of the Penguins arena. In the video, you can hear officers yelling, although it’s hard to tell who is yelling at each moment. You can hear, “Shut...

Auburn QB Kicked Off Team For Allegedly Behaving Like A College Student
Barely a day after it was reported that Auburn quarterback Sean White had been arrested for public intoxication, Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn dismissed White from the program, saying in a statement that White had “made poor decisions that are not in the best interest of our program, and more import...

Steelers Score Twice And Get In Some Quick Rounds Of Craps
The Steelers are enjoying themselves early against Minnesota, jumping out to an initial 14-0 lead against the Sam Bradford-less Vikings. They’re having so much fun, in fact, that they added another game to the mix after their touchdowns....

Bizarre D-III Field Goal Likely The Weirdest You've Ever Seen
Division III Texas Lutheran fired home a field goal late in the first half of its win over Belhaven today, but it’s about the weirdest you’ll ever see. In fact, it was so weird officials awarded three points to the Bulldogs despite it being illegal as hell....

Mike Fiers Suspended Five Games For Throwing At Luis Valbuena's Head In Retaliation For Bat Flip
Mike Fiers had a really bad first inning yesterday against the Angels—five runs allowed, including a two-run shot from Luis Valbuena, who had the audacity to get a little excited and flip his bat. This did not please Fiers. He expressed this displeasure by throwing at Valbuena’s head. That backfired...

It's Been A Year Since One Of Larry Nassar's Victims Took Her "Shot In The Dark"<em></em>
When Rachael Denhollander reached out to the Indianapolis Star last summer to tell them about the sexual abuse she said she endured at the hands of former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University physician Larry Nassar, she had modest expectations....

Arsenal, England Owned By Rowdy Germans
Hot, steamy Europa League action kicks off this afternoon, and the formerly great Premier League club Arsenal’s first opponent will be the German Bundesliga’s FC Koln, whose fans took an approximately 600 kilometer trip on a Thursday in order to completely overtake the streets of London. These incre...

Kirk Herbstreit Smarms On Ohio State Recruit, Who Responds By Calling Him A Sheep
Last weekend, offensive lineman and five-star recruit Jackson Carman visited Ohio State. On Monday, he made the fairly benign comment that he would like to see Dwayne Haskins, Jr. get some playing time. On Tuesday, Kirk Herbstreit chided him for it and doubled down when someone suggested that footba...

The Texas A&M Regent Who Called For Kevin Sumlin's Firing Spent $600K On A Bigass Tank
Remember Tony Buzbee, the lawyer on the Texas A&M Board of Regents who recently called for Kevin Sumlin to be fired? He just blew a “little over $600,000" on an M4 Sherman tank that was used during World War II....

Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield Issues Weak-Ass Apology For Badass Flag Planting
At the end of the Oklahoma Sooners’ 31-16 victory over Ohio State in Columbus, Baker Mayfield taunted the crowd in one of the coolest possible ways: He planted an Oklahoma flag at midfield....

A Quick Check On How Bills Fans Are Starting The Season
With a gaudy 1-0 record, Buffalo is all alone in first place in the AFC East. But much more importantly than that, let’s check in with Bills fans:...

Look Out World, We Got Another Watt
J.J. Watt has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention for both his on-and off-field actions over his career, but today, once the games began, it was one of his brothers who took over the spotlight....

Happy Couple Wed In Parking Lot At Buffalo Bills Game
Today being the first Sunday of the NFL regular season, and Bills fans being Bills fans, a couple of Bills fans chose the parking lot outside the Bills stadium and the morning before the Bills home opener as the venue and time for their nuptials. Congratulations!...

Here Is How A Team Ends Up With Third-And-Goal From Their Own 7-Yard Line
Louisiana Tech got blown out by Mississippi State tonight, and it’s hard to see how with such offensive finesse as this....

And Then There's Pablo Carreño Busta
Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro are known entities; Kevin Anderson now has dedicated blog space, too. The only remaining question mark among the four U.S. Open men’s semifinalists is Pablo Carreño Busta. The answer is that he is a 26-year-old tennis player from Gijon, Spain, and the No. 12 se...

Alabama's Governor Won't Give Us The Auburn Softball Complaint; Maybe They'll Give It To You
Last month, ESPN reported that former Auburn softball player Alexa Nemeth had filed a complaint alleging that players suffered sexual harassment and abuse under then-head coach Clint Myers. This complaint, per ESPN, also said that “Coach Clint Myers knowingly let his son Corey Myers have relations ...

Urban Meyer Hits Tom Herman With The Classic Scoreboard Burn
With one week and one embarrassing loss in the books, it seems about right that college football fans already have to listen to some Texas coaches squirm and blame-shift....

Former Colorado Assistant Joe Tumpkin's Ex-Girlfriend Sues Over School's Failure To Report Abuse Allegations
Pamela Fine, the ex-girlfriend of former Colorado University assistant football coach Joe Tumpkin, is suing him in district court alongside several athletic department officials and school administrators. It has been almost nine months since she first came to head football coach Mike MacIntyre with ...

Bucs-Dolphins Game Postponed Due To Hurricane Irma
The NFL has postponed this Sunday’s game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins because Hurricane Irma is expected to make landfall in Florida sometime this weekend....

Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Pittsburgh Steelers<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....