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It Appears North Carolina Has Published Julius Peppers's Transcript For Some Reason
Little over a year ago the University of North Carolina threw one of its own on the altar of the NCAA, firing head football coach Butch Davis after the school was penalized for, among other things, improper benefits and academic violations. Having dispensed with Davis, the school sought to turn the...
New England Patriots To Work Out Plaxico Burress
Deadspin asks and Bob Kraft delivers. Maybe. After biting on Jerry Jones's double move earlier in the week, Plaxico is finally making his first team visit of the year and may end up with a rival to his two most recent organizations....
Horse Goes Nuts During Equestrian Portion Of Modern Pentathlon, Turns It Into Wild Bronco Rodeo Competition
We told you yesterday about the weird event of modern pentathlon, one discipline of which is show jumping with an "unfamiliar horse." It seems the horses aren't always fond of their unfamiliar riders, as steed Shearwater Oscar went nuts at the beginning of his run with Korean rider Hwang Woojin, ...
Report: Feds Now Investigating Whether Jerry Sandusky Sent Child Porn To Others
That's according to CBS News, which said the inquiry is being conducted by U.S. Postal Inspectors:...
Won't Someone Please Sign Plaxico Burress? He Sounds Very Sad And Bored.
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Plaxico's "please give me a job" tour continues in Houston....
Why Your Team Sucks 2012: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here....
Women's Gymnastics Team Teaches Jenna Bush How To Dougie Like A Gold Medalist
I guess when you're the Team USA women's gymnastics squad and you've just completed an incredible run through the team and individual competitions, you're allowed some free time to just hang around London, chill out on the roof of a double-decker bus, and teach one of George W. Bush's daughters ho...
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Fan Of The Pittsburgh Pirates? Prove It By Paying Them Money To Join Their Stupid Fan Club. [UPDATED]
The Pittsburgh Pirates are at last contenders again, but they're still the Pittsburgh Pirates. They finally have fans excited again because they're actually winning. But they're still not above showing some degree of contempt for those fans by offering them something they're calling the Fan Advisor ...
France Stunned Spain With A Handball Quarterfinal Buzzer-Beater
Handball's been a bit of a breakout sport for American audiences, though today's quarterfinal between reigning gold medalist France and Spain wasn't aired live in the U.S.. That's a shame, because it was a battle befitting the two pan-sport rivals, one finally seized by the Gauls when William Acc...
The Nationals Bunted In The Winning Run From First Because The Astros Played Defense Like Morons
I had to watch the video below twice just to make sense of how mind-bogglingly terrible the Astros were on this play. After Roger Bernadina led off the 11th with a single, the Nats were simply hoping to have Kurt Suzuki bunt him over to second. But that's when the Astros went to work, and just look ...
Andrew McCutchen Learned To Play The Game The Right Way By Watching The D-Backs And Doing The Opposite
"McCutchen's impressive hustle," MLB.com labels this highlight. It could just as easily be called "the Diamondback are bad at defense and baseball and should have sharp objects removed from their homes."...
Report: Some Penn State Trustees Are Appealing The NCAA's Sanctions, And A Federal Lawsuit Is Planned
The Paterno family announced its intention to appeal the NCAA's sanctions on Friday, and the NCAA responded almost immediately to more or less say, "So?" Now here comes a newly elected member of Penn State's board of trustees, who filed an appeal of his own this afternoon, according to ESPN's Don Va...
Pat Sajak Somehow Ended Up On A Sidney Crosby Hockey Card
This O-Pee-Chee Crosby card, from the 11/12 set, was released last August. But apparently not until this weekend did someone notice that Pat Sajak is just chilling in the background—"someone" being Pat Himself....
Take A Look At NBC's Feed Of Usain Bolt's Record Setting 100m Performance
Just kidding, don't waste your time. If you want to see the race, you know where to go. In this space, we're going to talk about how pitiful NBC's online product has been. Debate the merits of tape delaying all you like, it's clearly working (or at least not hurting) from a ratings standpoint. To th...
Columbus Crew Midfielder Kirk Urso Is Dead At 22
Columbus Crew midfielder Kirk Urso is dead, according to a press release from the MLS team. There's no cause announced, and we'll be sure to update as soon as we hear anything else....
Andrew McCutchen Gets Hit By A 101 M.P.H. Fastball, Shows Us What A Badass He Is
We've previously alerted you to the greatness of Andrew McCutchen, and last night he made us swoon once again. Even though his team lost 3-0 in the opening game of a series against the Cincinnati Reds, McCutchen gave us the highlight of the game when he took an Aroldis Chapman fireball square on th...
Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe Explains Why He Thinks Joey Porter Is "A Frothing Dingleberry"
There was so much goodness in our rollicking Chris Kluwe live chat from the other night that it almost seems unfair to single out just one of Kluwe's responses. But one answer in particular caught my eye and demanded some additional details:...
And Now The Paterno Family Is Appealing The NCAA Sanctions Themselves
Onward State has the complete letter the family sent this afternoon to the NCAA, but here's the gist:...
Bobby Valentine And Buster Olney Don't Like Each Other Very Much
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: After Buster said the players all hate Bobby, Bobby fires back....
This Steelers Fan Has A Memorial Sticker On His Car's Rear Window Dedicated To His Foreskin
I don't know if memorial car stickers are a thing elsewhere in the country, but they're popular in Florida. People here regularly attach vinyl stickers to their rear windows in tribute to a beloved who has passed away....