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Treon Harris To Cops: "So Is This Going To Be On ESPN And Stuff?"
The University of Florida dumped a bunch of documents today, this time lightly redacted, about the investigation into the sexual battery allegation against freshman quarterback Treon Harris. The case was closed with no charges filed, and Harris will start the Gators' next game. The records include...
Phil Spector's Mug Shot Is Scary As Hell
Phil Spector's still in prison, and convicted life has not been kind to him. The Smoking Gun got his latest mug shot, and it pretty much says it all. ...
What We Talk About When We Say No One's Talking About Hope Solo
This piece originally ran at The Sport Spectacle....
Documents Explain Why Prosecutors Dropped Charges Against Thiago Silva
On the Fourth of July, Thaysa Silva boarded a Miami plane bound for São Paulo and never came back, according to prosecutors. She took the domestic violence case against UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva with her. ...
UFC Welcomes Back Alleged Domestic Abuser Thiago Silva With Open Arms
After UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva was arrested and charged with attempted murder back in February following a string of incidents that began with him allegedly forcing a gun into his wife's mouth and ended in a confrontation between the fighter and a SWAT team, UFC president Dana White said f...
The Trouble With Floyd Mayweather
Last week, Floyd Mayweather announced that he will fight a rematch with Marcos Maidana on Sept. 13. Their first fight, two months ago, was Mayweather’s closest challenge in years, with many in the boxing media believing that Maidana had earned the decision. And while that bout may have failed to mee...
Here Is The <i>America's Most Wanted</i> Episode Featuring Anna Benson
In 1996 Anna Benson, née Warren, was charged with the murder of 18-year-old Michael Evans. The charges were later dropped and she went on to marry Kris Benson and become famous for being Kris Benson's crazy, hot wife. Until today, barely anyone knew about the murder despite photos of a handcuffed A...
Anna Benson Was Once Charged With Murder
In 1996, Anna Benson, then Anna Warren, was charged with murder after an 18-year-old man was found executed in the weird graffiti-covered Knoxville apartment she shared with her boyfriend. The murder charges against Benson were eventually dropped, as were later accessory charges, because of a lack o...
David Nalbandian Could Face Criminal Charges After Injuring Line Judge
We thought Nalbandian suffered enough yesterday after taking out his frustrations on the base of a linesman's chair. The wooden board splintered, drawing blood from the confused and angry judge, and Nalbandian was disqualified from the final of the Aegon Championships (not a Game of Thrones refere...
250 Credentials Stolen From Daytona 500; First 250 People To Sign Up For The Deadspin Newsletter Receive Credentials To Daytona 500
Authorities are looking for the person who broke into a guest services trailer at Daytona International Speedway and made off with 250 race credentials offering limited infield access to Sunday's Daytona 500....
Maurice Clarett's Experienced Defense Team
Today's Maurice Clarett update: The "troubled" — that is to say, "known for pretty much everything other than being a football player — posted a $50,000 bond to be released after his charges of aggravated robbery. We'll put aside for a moment how a guy with little discernible income over the last ...
When Bearded Closers Attack
If you haven't checked in with former Red Sox/Expos/Twins closer Jeff Reardon for a while, well, jeez, why would you? Apparently, though, Mr. Reardon has had a bit of a hard time of it lately....
Perhaps The Job Is To Pay Off Those Legal Fees
Everybody remember Mark Chmura? The former Packers tight end, famously popular in Green Bay despite some pretty questionable moral choices, was acquitted of sexual assault and child enticement charges back in 2001 after a teenager accused him of raping her at a post-prom party. Chmura, a guy with ...
All Athletes Are Scum! (Just Trust The Profs.)
So we've spent the last hour reading about and researching the new study released by the "Center for Ethical Theory and Honor in Competitive Sports" — which, from what we can find, appears to be something operated out of the University of Idaho's basement (we imagine the office looking something l...
Paris Hilton And Ross Verba: Our Lucy And Ricky
We're not saying that Paris Hilton's already decumbent standards are getting somehow lower or anything, but one would think that when you're on the cover of Vanity Fair, you'd be able to party with a relatively high class of athlete. Nope: Hilton was out boobing it up in Las Vegas last weekend wit...
This Is Why They Keep John Daly Away From Golf Carts
The fine folks at Bad Jocks have compiled an outstanding reference resource: The Top 20 Blood Alcohol Content Leaders (Athlete Division), ranking the drunkest DUI athlete arrests....
McMichael's Wife Dropped From Fantasy Rosters
Just about two months after being arrested for throwing his wife from their car — it was his second arrest for spousal abuse within a year — Dolphins tight end Randy McMichael has pleaded out, accepting a misdemeanor of "trespassing," on his wife, in a similar way that Jason Christensen "trespasse...
Ahman Green, Pleader
For anyone who might have forgotten, Packers running back Ahman Green had some trouble with the law early this year; namely, he and his wife had a scuffle that started with a bunch of hollering and ended with some broken plaster and a visit from the 5-0. (Three days after the incident, Green filed...