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Here Are Some Potential Locations For FIFA's New Headquarters

According to a report from the New York Times, soccer federation and bribe repository FIFA is considering moving away from its longtime headquarters in Switzerland and setting up shop elsewhere. The Times speculates that potential host countries could potentially engage in an Amazon-style competitio...

<i>Once Upon A Time In Hollywood</i> Is A Fun Movie About Making Shit Up

In 1992, when I would have been 11 years old or so, I went with my family to the theater to see the movie Radio Flyer, starring Elijah Wood and the annoying dinosaur enthusiast kid from Jurassic Park (Joseph Mazzello) as brothers in an abusive household in... probably the late 1950s or early 1960s? ...

The Giants And Phillies Become Model Of Teamwork And Selflessness While Fighting Wind-Blown Tarp Together

A few East-Coast ballparks have come up against their arch-nemesis this afternoon—falling water—as an onslaught of thunderstorms have conspired to threaten, at least, an ongoing game in the Bronx and an upcoming one in Philadelphia....

Christian Pulisic Scores First Two Of What Are Sure To Be Hundreds Of Chelsea Goals

The start of Christian Pulisic’s first Premier League season is just 10 days away, though the former Wonderteen has only spent a few weeks with Chelsea after the USMNT lost the Gold Cup final. Has he had time to get up to speed and prepare for a grueling campaign? With the obvious caveat that presea...

The Strikeout Machines In Houston Are Firing At Full Capacity [Update]

Justin Verlander’s still got it. The 36-year-old Houston Astros starter flexed his muscles once again on Tuesday night, striking out 13 Cleveland Indians over seven innings of scoreless two-hit ball as his team picked up its 10th win in the past 12 games. It was the Astros’ fourth straight win with ...

Baseball Players, Listen To Me: Stop Wearing Shirts Under Vest Jerseys

Attention all baseball men! Have you been outside? It is thousands of degrees outside and somehow even more humid. Terrible! It is almost August. And so I say to you: it is time to stop wearing these ridiculous t-shirts under your jerseys....

A List Of Suggested Public Editors For Deadspin

Deadspin is currently in the process of reporting a story on its owners, an exercise that we’ve done in the past to varying degrees. In a total coincidence, the folks in charge have started pushing for a “public editor” to ensure that all future articles that may include reporting on ourselves would...

Why Your Team Sucks 2019: Detroit Lions

Some people are fans of the Detroit Lions. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Detroit Lions. This 2019 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....

Shirtless Nikola Jokić Jubilantly Dances Under A Big Tree

The footage is dark, but the figure is large and fleshy enough to rule out the possibility that it is anyone but Nuggets center Nikola Jokić....

Which Of The NFL's Five Holdouts Has The Most Leverage?

The NFL’s current collective bargaining agreement has largely made training camp holdouts a thing of the past. By codifying significant daily fines, docking a regular-season game check for each preseason game missed, and placing limitations on the accrual of service time toward free agency, this CB...

Moroccan Soccer Player Tries To Quit In The Middle Of A Preseason Ass-Kicking

Turkish side Fenerbahce took on German giants Bayern Munich in a preseason friendly yesterday. Things did not go well for the Fenerbahce players, who were dominated throughout the game and lost 6-1. That performance earned them plenty of boos from the home fans, which were enough to drive team capta...

The Three-Way Trevor Bauer Trade Looks Pretty Good For Everyone

The Trevor Bauer trade was at least a little overshadowed, because within minutes of the news breaking, one of its major pieces was involved in a big ol’ brawl. Understandable, but it really is a fascinating trade that confounded expectations and may have made the Indians—ostensible sellers here—an ...

Yasiel Puig Involved In Massive Reds Brawl Within Moments Of Being Traded To Indians

Literally as I was hitting publish on a blog about Trevor Bauer being fined for a meltdown, and how it might’ve been his final act as a member of the Cleveland Indians, Bauer was traded by the Cleveland Indians. I did that! Sadly, Bauer was not traded to the New York Mets. Even more sadly, he was tr...

MLB Fines Trevor Bauer Over Ball-Chucking Meltdown [Update]

Trevor Bauer was fined by Major League Baseball Tuesday for his tantrum on the mound Sunday, when Bauer chucked the ball over the wall in center at the end of a brutal outing against the Kansas City Royals. Bauer apologized for the meltdown after the game, but MLB apparently still felt he needed to ...

Dennis Whitton is a sports journalism lifer who was fired for non-performance reasons by cynical investor types—in this case, hedge-fund ghouls—after they bought his publication, the Lowell Sun. He wrote a very good farewell column, and the money people, out of sheer cowardice, deleted it. Media Nat...

Lou Anna Simon Is Finally Leaving Michigan State

Disgraced former Michigan State president Lou Anna Simon will retire from the university at the end of August, according to a report from MSU Today. It’s been a long and ignominious slide for Simon, whose 15-year tenure as president at MSU was marked by a “culture of indifference and institutional p...

Deadspin Up All Night: So Really, What The Fuck I Got To Lose?

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Can’t stop, won’t stop....

Here is a very good blog from Kyle Wagner, former Gizmodo intern, about Jeremy Lin’s free agency, legacy, and place—or lack thereof—in today’s NBA. [New York Daily News]...

Code Red: Jon Gruden Says Nathan Peterman "Is Growing On Me"

When Nathan Peterman finished his tour of pain with the Buffalo Bills last November, he wasn’t sent to football prison, even though that clearly would’ve been the right decision. Peterman earned a second chance with the only team that would make sense for him to give him one. (“Sense” is used lightl...

Caster Semenya Won't Be Allowed To Defend Her 800-Meter Title At The World Championships

South African runner Caster Semenya won’t be allowed to compete in her primary event, the 800 meters, two months from now at the 2019 World Championships, because a Swiss court has reversed the June ruling that temporarily suspended the IAAF’s discriminatory hormone policy....