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Hey, What Happened To The Juicy LeBron Quote In This ESPN Story?
Earlier today, ESPN's Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein wrote about how Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt is struggling to communicate with his players, and how LeBron James wasn't exactly giving him a ringing endorsement. It turns out that the story originally featured a much stronger quote from L...
David Blatt Is Officially On Notice
There's a lot going on with the Cleveland Cavaliers right now. They've alternated flashes of brilliance and basura. And LeBron James is not playing like LeBron James. Today, Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein dropped the news that players may have already tuned out rookie head coach David Blatt: ...
Dan Snyder's Stooge Has Spotted A Symbol of Organizational Dysfunction
Here's a surprise: Craven Dan Snyder hand-puppet Chris Cooley took a break from manning the office of Exalted White Ex-Player at D.C.'s Snyder-owned ESPN radio affiliate to go in, for the umpteenth time, on former teammate Robert Griffin III, to Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post yesterday....
So What Happened With The FSU Player And The Crack-Smoking Prostitute?
On Christmas Eve, while most of America was indulging in Christmas carols, bad bowl games, and General Tso's chicken, Tallahassee police released information on two investigations involving Florida State athletes. That seemed to all but ensure that nobody would actually read them, so I'm revisiting ...
Ndamukong Suh Suspended For One Game
Ndamukong Suh has been suspended for one game for stepping on Aaron Rodgers's injured leg. Suh will miss the Lions' Sunday playoff game at Dallas....
The Atlanta Falcons Have Fired Mike Smith
Black Monday has claimed its second victim in Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith. The announcement will be made official at a press conference later today, but everyone is reporting that Smith, who led the Falcons to five straight winning seasons before finishing 6-10 this season and 4-12 the sea...
Ndamukong Suh Is Stomping On People Again
Ndamukong Suh has embraced his reputation as the NFL's dirtiest player, and he borrowed from teammate Dominic Raiola's playbook tonight in crushing Aaron Rodgers's leg—the same leg that left the Packers quarterback leaving the field on a cart earlier in the game....
Jahleel Addae Undergoing Another Concussion Test
Chargers safety Jahleel Addae, who already had one concussion this season (despite insisting that, no, it was just nerve damage), came in helmet-first on Dwayne Bowe today and earned himself a trip to the locker room and another concussion test....
Dez Bryant Is Still Doing Amazing Things
Dez Bryant has been a human highlight reel this season, and this play against the Redskins today was so outstanding officials initially called it an incomplete pass. The play was reversed upon review, and declared a touchdown....
It's Time For A Fish Fry
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Kevin Garnett Successfully Pisses Off David West By Blowing On His Face
Notorious pest Kevin Garnett used a Lance Stephenson special to try and provoke Indiana's David West last night. It was super effective....
Anthony Davis Volleyball Spikes Manu Ginobili's Shot Straight To Hell
If you put your ear close to your laptop speaker and turn the sound up high enough, you can actually hear the ball itself screaming in terror, just before Anthony Davis pounds it into the parquet at the speed of light. Great googly moogly. It actually traveled back in time on its way down. Manu's ...
Did Brennan Clay Finally Get His Revenge On DeMarco "Spray Tan" Murray?
Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray missed practice Thursday with a reported illness. According to a source whose tips have proven accurate in the past, however, Murray wasn't sick. He was dealing with some off-the-field matters concerning girlfriend Heidi Mueller, thanks to a scorched-earth maneu...
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Grierson & Leitch's 2014 In Review: The Year's Worst Films
Yes, most people have already written their Top 10 movie lists for 2014. We're saving ours for the last week of the year, but while we wait for this full, rich, and weird movie year to end, we're going to start looking back at certain highlights. Today, it's a look at the worst movies of 20...
Good News, Fat-Ass: Here's Another Great Imperial Stout
Do you guys use Untappd? It's a combination social-media platform and beer-measuring contest wherein you and your friends brag about all the dope shit you drink. That part's pretty fun, or at least pretty harmless—it would lean more fully toward the fun part if I'd even heard of the super-rare stuff...
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?
It is time for a Deadspin holiday tradition like no other: our annual trawl of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's database of emergency room visits to discover the strangest, unlikeliest, and most awkwardly shaped objects America inappropriately shoved into its various holes. God bless us...
Tallahassee Police To ESPN: Go Fuck Yourselves
It's Christmas Eve, which means it's the perfect time to dump a nasty story you hope the media will ignore! And that's exactly what Tallahassee police did today while flipping two big ol' birds at ESPN....
What We Know About The Confusing Saga Of Brennan Clay And "Spray Tan"
The love triangle—or possible misunderstanding—involving NFL free-agent running back Brennan Clay, his wife Gina D'Agostini, and Cowboys halfback DeMarco "Spray Tan" Murray has played out slowly since the end of November, offering enough twists and turns to confuse even those who know the involved...
A Perfectly Festive Barrel-Aged Sour Ale
Christmas is a weird time for a boozer. I realize everyone's circumstances are different—profoundly different if you have kids of an age that requires them to be catered to in a Santa-type fashion—but even if you are religiously or culturally uninterested in the actual holiday, you probably have a d...