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We Have Found The Worst Thing On The Internet
Some guy kept pestering us to post this, presumably in hopes that it would go "viral." Well, it certainly deserves to. Help this guy out, Internet....
Damian Lillard Takes Boys And Girls Club On Surprise Shopping Spree
Trailblazers star Damian Lillard treated some members of the Portland Boys and Girls Club to a surprise shopping spree at Toys 'R Us last night, and it was the coolest thing. Just look at how happy this little kid is!...
Here's Another Insane Christmas Wish List
After our own Drew Magary shared his daughter's crazy-ass Christmas wish list with the world, we received many other lists from parents around the country who also have, uh, imaginative kids. Here's another one, and it's a doozy:...
Bill Belichick Has A Real Soft Spot For Christmas Songs
Does Bill Belichick love Christmas songs? You bet. He loves all of them. They make him smile, because they are so full of merriment. He really likes the ones with the bells. Look how happy he is. Just thinking about Christmas songs makes him happy. ...
The Most Impressive/Awful Video Christmas Card You'll See This Year
If you are planning a video Christmas card, you will not make one as good as this. You also will not make one nearly as horrifying. This is impressive in the way that certain elaborate mass murders are impressive. ...
Bootsy Collins Made A Christmas Song About Peyton Manning
We have Sports Illustrated Kids to thank for this, which is fairly ironic seeing as how it's very unlikely that any kids who see it are going to know who the hell Bootsy Collins is. ...
A Treasury Of Children's Insane Christmas Wish Lists
After I posted my kid's goofy Christmas wish list on Wednesday, we asked you readers to send in some of your own. You were not a disappointment to us. One guy's kid sent in the entire contents of the toy section at Target. Another reader's kid had a list that included a diagram (its instructions and...
Send Us Your Child's Insane Wish List
After today's breakdown of my kid's wish list, reader Jason sent in this gem:...
My Kid's Insane Christmas Wish List, Annotated
When I was a kid, I would dream up completely insane presents to put on my Christmas wish list—shit that no parent could ever possibly afford and no child could ever possibly deserve. And every year, my parents would tell me before Christmas that I would NOT be getting the little race car I saw on ...
Does <em>A Charlie Brown Christmas</em> Suck? A Very Deadspin Debate
It sucks, writes Drew Magary: "Why are we still subjecting kids to this awful shit?" | You're missing the point, writes Tom Scocca: "I love Christmas and Christmas is stressful as a motherfucker and A Charlie Brown Christmas is exactly right about the whole deal." ...
Watch These Mets Sacrifice Their Dignity For Your Holiday Joy
There are no words for this Flash holiday card from the Mets. Only tears of happiness, and off-kilter, music-like sounds made in sympathy for these merry gentlemen and what sports they are. ...
These Are The NBA Christmas Uniforms
The NBA uniforms for Christmas have leaked. The sleeves! Anything but the sleeves!...
For Sale: A Mickey Mantle Bat Inscribed “Merry Christmas Cocksucker”
It's been quite a year for Mickey Mantle bats. Earlier, we had the corked-bat auction and now we have this: a bat allegedly signed by The Mick with the note "Merry Christmas cocksucker." ...
Elated Redskins Fan Tackling A Christmas Tree? Elated Redskins Fan Tackling A Christmas Tree
The description of this YouTube video reads: "if the redskins make the playoffs, i'm going to tackle the christmas tree!" - dad. Well, dad did not disappoint, and we are all better for it. I can't imagine an image that more perfectly captures the joy of holiday season football than that of a grown...
Here's A Video Of Ed Reed And Bryant McKinnie Singing "Silent Night" At A Bar To Accompany Your Christmas Celebration
Tipster Nicholas sent us this video of Baltimore Ravens players Ed Reed and Bryant McKinnie singing "Silent Night" karaoke to an enthusiastic bar crowd, and really, what better day to post it than on Christmas? Nicholas says this video was taken on Dec. 2, a few hours after the Steelers beat the Rav...
Look At This Gigantic Ricky Rubio Blanket Someone Received For Christmas
BCS National Championship Game tickets are great, but a huge blanket with Ricky Rubio's face on it, among other Ricky Rubio-themed items? That's also an excellent Christmas gift. Rubio liked it so much he tweeted it out. What a lucky mom....
The Only "Athletes Sing Christmas Carols" Video That Matters: Sheed Remixing Jingle Bells
Oh, you've never seen the Pistons singing "Jingle Bells" circa 2006? Get out of my face....
Your NBA Christmas Day Spectacular Open Thread
Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, you can still celebrate five NBA games on Dec. 25! Unless you don't like basketball. In that case, you're probably low on reasons....
Crimson Tide Fan Surprises His Dad On Christmas With BCS National Championship Game Tickets
This dad was already elated to receive the same type of hat that legendary Alabama coach Bear Bryant used to wear as a Christmas gift, but then his son told him to look inside the hat for the bigger surprise. Aww. Roll Tide....
Kendrick Perkins Is Angrily Demanding That You Buy A Cubic Zirconia-Encrusted Thunder Pendant, So Get On That
Kendrick Perkins took some time out of his busy basketball schedule to star in a Tim and Eric sketch advertisement for a local jewelry store in Oklahoma City, Mitchener Farrand Jewelers—"the diamond guys on May" and your "official" NBA jewelry store in Oklahoma City....