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Dirk Nowitzki Gets Rejected By The Rim, Has A Funny Excuse
Dirk Nowitzki is old as hell. He’s still great, mind you, but he’s very, very old. So old, in fact, that he’s out here getting stuffed by rim despite being seven feet tall....

Jamie Benn And Tyler Seguin Benched In Blowout Loss
Nothing really went right in Dallas’s 6-2 loss to the Rangers, but it was a particularly bad night for the Stars’, uh, stars. Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin were benched with 12 minutes left, after being on the ice for three straight Rangers goals....

LCD Soundsystem Don't Owe You Anything, Including Silence
You could’ve seen this LCD Soundsystem reunion business coming if you’d looked hard enough—if you’d looked anywhere, in fact, for any length of time and with any degree of hardness. Hell, it was obvious to anyone who watched the full-length feature film devoted to their alleged final show, a Madison...

Pro-Domino's Pizza Tweets From Adam Schefter & Chris Mortensen Were—You Guessed It—Ads
Remember that pair of strange recent tweets from Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen suggesting that the two ESPN NFL insiders would be staying in on New Year’s Eve to watch the college football playoff and eat Domino’s Pizza? They were, indeed, part of an ad campaign....

#DaddySworeAnOath Is The Best Way To Mock Those Oregon Dinguses
Out of all the jamokes currently attending the Guns ’N Camo sleepaway camp in a remote and unspectacular administrative building in Oregon, the guy in the video above might be the jamokiest. Click play, and you’ll see Jon Ritzheimer tearfully inform his children that he won’t be home for awhile beca...

Daniel Sedin's Teeth Go Flying
Early in last night’s 3-2 Coyotes win, Canucks forward Daniel Sedin took a batted puck directly to the mouth. Watch the replay at the 22-second mark (or don’t!); you can see a tooth make a leap for freedom....

Kendall Marshall's Dad Thinks The Sixers Are Racist And A Joke
Veteran point guard Kendall Marshall recently joined the Philadelphia 76ers’ active roster after recovering from an offseason knee surgery. At the time of Marshall’s return, GM Sam Hinkie put forward a theory that the team would have gotten off to a much better start had Marshall’s steady hand been ...

Dan Haren Opens Up About Pitching, Bowel Movements, And All Those Dingers
Dan Haren, the now-retired MLB pitcher who overcame his inability to throw a pitch over 90 mph in his later seasons, reflected back on his career today with candor. Most of the times he remembered were moments where he was trying not to give up a home run. Also, Haren said he used Imodium, a lot....

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Report: Rafa Benítez Fired, Zinedine Zidane In As Real Madrid Manager
According to Marca, the rumors that have been swirling all day about Real Madrid manager Rafa Benítez’s job status were justified, as he indeed has been fired. Taking his place will be Real’s legendary player and heretofore coach of the reserve team, Zinedine Zidane....

Petros Papadakis Hams It Up
The Challenge with Fred Roggin is a Southern California post-game institution—something like a localized George Michael’s Sports Machine on ketamine and offering prizes to viewers—so here’s co-host Petros Papadakis celebrating the end of the season with a pig. I can’t really explain this, and it get...

Kicker Drills Self In Face
Here we see Buffalo Bills kicker Dan Carpenter doing his best impression of a Bills fan tailgating....

Dashaun Phillips Stretchered Off After Scary Head Injury
Washington cornerback Dashaun Phillips left the team’s game in Dallas against the Cowboys after going helmet to helmet with Darren McFadden on this hit. It was eerily similar to a play earlier in the game where Kyshoen Jarrett got shaken up. ...

Report: Chip Kelly Was Fired In Part Because He Messed Up The Eagles' Holiday Party
Holiday parties are a wonderful time of the year where you can get drunk with your coworkers, contract gonorrhea from them, or in Chip Kelly’s case, hurry on your pending unemployment. CBS’ Jason La Canfora has a report from the aftermath of Kelly’s firing by the Philadelphia Eagles, and it’s pretty...

Sputtering Florida Offense Manages Something Indescribable, Awesome
The Florida Gators were underwhelming offensively in 2015, and yet they managed to do something pretty neat today at the Citrus Bowl to tie Michigan up in the first quarter. We’re not even sure what to call this, but we like it....

Mark Dantonio Doesn't Have Time For Your Stupid Questions
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio wasn’t about to suffer multiple questions from ESPN’s Heather Cox before tonight’s Cotton Bowl playoff matchup against Alabama, so the Michigan State head coach went full Popovich and walked away. Maybe he heard about this....

What Our Parents Thought Of Deadspin In 2015
The writers at Deadspin asked their moms and dads what they thought of the site in 2015. Here are their unedited responses....

Louisville's James Burgess Ejected 11 Seconds Into Music City Bowl For Targeting
Louisville senior linebacker James Burgess was ejected just 11 seconds into the final game of his career, after officials ruled this hit on Texas A&M receiver Damion Ratley constituted targeting. The NCAA rule book defines ejection-worthy targeting as:...

Jimbo And Candi Fisher Are Divorced
Jimbo Fisher and his wife of 22 years, Candi, are officially divorced, GossipExtra.com’s Jose Lambiet reported today. The process didn’t take long; Lambiet reported that the Florida State football coach filed for the split less than five months ago and the couple has been separated since May. ...