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Premier League To Crack Down On "Intolerable Behaviour" Like Players Swearing At Referees
Citing “intolerable behaviour by players and managers in their competitions [that] have reached unacceptable levels in certain areas,” the Premier League announced Wednesday that referees will “take a stronger position and action towards unacceptable participant conduct” next season....
Russell Wilson And Ciara: That's Right, We Fucked
Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson and singer Ciara married yesterday in England. Today, the couple not-so-subtly boasted about the sex they had, because they can have sex now....
Report: Russell Wilson And Ciara Can Fuck Now
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and singer Ciara married today, according to E! News....
Blind MLS Refs Botch Obvious Own Goal Call
This is so obviously an own goal it almost hurts to watch, but neither an always-attentive MLS referee nor any of his assistants were able to notice the ball traveled well past the line. Great job, everybody....
Vin Scully Has Strong Feelings About Socialism
Tell us how you really feel, Vin!...
How On Earth Did Adonis Garcia Hit This Pitch?
The best baseball is the strangest baseball, and with that truth in mind, please enjoy the best offensive highlight of the Braves season, which is Adonis Garcia going golfing this evening in the middle of an at-bat against the Reds. He somehow came up with a hit in the process, despite reaching for ...
A Caucasian's Guide To Spades
Whether it is played in the back of a college cafeteria, at a bachelor party, or during a Black cookout—not a barbecue, because barbecues are different from “cookouts”—no activity solidifies the bonds of melanated people like a game of Spades. The internet will claim that Spades is a member of the “...
How Do I Tell My Friends I Can't Afford To Hang Out With Them?
Ask An Adequate Woman is a space where readers can ask the questions they can’t—or maybe just won’t!—pose to their friends about relationships, fashion, family dramas, dating, existential crises, weird sex stuff, and everything else. The Women of Deadspin (and some of our clever friends) are here to...
Uruguay Players Say Referee Taunted Them By Grabbing His Dick And Balls
The video you see above shows a couple Uruguay players haranguing the referees immediately after their 3-1 loss against Mexico in the Copa America on Sunday. You might imagine that the fervor of the players’ protestations was piqued by the pregame national anthem gaffe, plus the shellacking Mexico j...
Whatever You Say, Dude [UPDATE: He's Deleting Them]
Update: The Tennessee Republican later tweeted this:...
Judge Rules USWNT Must Abide By No-Strike Clause
A federal judge ruled Friday that the United States Women’s National Team is bound by a no-strike clause, ruling out the possibility of a strike before or during the upcoming Rio Olympics....
NFL Breaks Up Pete Morelli's Entire Officiating Crew After Bizarrely Terrible Season
There really is no way to describe Pete Morelli’s 2015 season other than as a nightmare. Blown calls—lots of them, and in very visible situations—led to the Morelli crew unsurprisingly being left out of the postseason, and now the league has come down with its strongest censure short of termination:...
Angry Italian Soccer Guys Slap The Shit Out Of A Referee
Sure, it has to suck to lose a promotion playoff match thanks to a penalty given a minute before the final whistle, as was the case when Isolese lost to Sciarborasca earlier this month in Italy’s eighth division. But going psycho on the ref like this isn’t the right response, either:...
Refs Missed Russell Westbrook's Travel At The End Of Game 1
Did Russell Westbrook travel in the waning seconds of last night’s Thunder Game 1 win? Yeah, totally. Does that ever get called, let alone late in a playoff game? Ehhh....
Twitter To Give You More Space For Your Bad Tweets
A godsend for all tweeters struggling with pithiness: Twitter will stop counting photos and links towards their 140-character limit, Bloomberg reports, citing a person familiar with the matter....
Root For The Oakland A's This Year
This is part of an occasional series of slightly belated MLB season previews....
Danny Valencia Spent A Game Hitting The Dog Piss Out Of The Ball
Oakland A’s third baseman Danny Valencia seems destined to have the kind of career that will leave him as A Guy to remember. The 31-year-old entered the league in 2010 and has played for six different teams while fashioning himself into a platoon righty who sends left-handed offerings into the seats...
Lower-League Spanish Team Unveils Kit That Makes Players Look Like They've Been Skinned Alive
You’ve probably never heard of CD Palencia, and probably never will again. The club plays in Spanish fourth division, though they currently are in the playoffs for promotion to the third. To support their promotion hopes, they’ve unveiled a new kit. It is ... strange....
Why Is This Ump Kicking Dirt Onto The Plate?
Today’s bizarre video comes courtesy of a Texas Bi-District Playoffs game between Texas High School and Whitehouse High School. After a Texas High player mashes a homer, it sure looks like the umpire runs over to kick a bunch of dirt on home plate....
LSU Baseball Game Interrupted By Baby Opossum
Saturday night’s Arkansas-LSU game suffered a marsupial delay in the seventh inning, as a baby opossum stormed the field and evaded capture by Razorbacks outfielders....