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Do McDonald's All-Americans Believe Student-Athletes Should Be Paid?
Chicago Side's Daniel Libit, who wrote about future former UCLA coach Steve Alford for Deadspin yesterday, spoke to the McDonald's All-American boys' players in the Windy City this week and asked them about compensation for NCAA athletes....


This Astros Fan Is Cooler Than You Will Ever Be
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Here's How Rangers Broadcasters Reacted To Yu Darvish Blowing His Perfect Game With A Single Out Remaining
Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish nearly entered the record books tonight in Houston until Marwin Gonzalez singled up the middle with two outs in the ninth, ruining Darvish's attempt to complete a perfect game against the Astros....

Would You Like To Hear Bob Costas Perform Some Ludacris Lyrics?
Of course you would....

Tuesday Night Fights: In Which A Bieber Wannabe Gets Slapped Around In The Street
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: the aptly named, "Street Fight." Tonight's commentator: Deadspin commenter and degenerate boxing fan Iron Mike Gallego. (Coming next week: a roller derby powerhouse exa...

Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: <i>Dora The Explorer</i>
A look at the awful children’s programming you’re forced to endure before you can finally kick the kids out of the TV room to watch sports for eight hours. Illustration by Jim Cooke....


Andrew Wiggins Goes Between The Legs On Reverse 360 Dunk
This happened at yesterday's McDonalds All-American Dunk Contest. Despite not winning the contest, Maple Jordan nearly shut the gym down with this ridiculous dunk. ...

She Don't Use Jelly, She Uses Tim Tebow And Dwyane Wade And LeBron Jam
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FAU's Deal To Name Its Stadium After A For-Profit Prison Company Is Off
Florida Atlantic has withdrawn from its stadium naming-rights deal with for-profit prison operators Geo Group. This is a historic moment: we've finally found an industry too shady even for college sports....

Danny Boyle Mesmerizes Himself. <em>Trance</em>, Reviewed.
For director Danny Boyle, anything worth doing is worth overdoing. With each genre of movie he makes, you get the sense that he wants to be sure it's the most demonstrative of its kind ever. Trainspotting was the druggiest movie ever. 28 Days Later was the zombie-iest movie ever. Slumdog Millionaire...

Yankee Stadium Caught Opening Day Fever, And Died
Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the seats....

Sandy Koufax Relieves Magic Johnson To Throw Out First Pitch On Opening Day
OK, this was a great bit of theatrics. Just as Magic was getting ready to throw the first pitch to Orel Hersheiser, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly came out to the mound and called for the lefty. ...

Bryce Harper Starts The Season With Two Home Runs
Man, that's a gorgeous swing....

Your Opening Day Open Thread
Rejoice, baseball has returned! The first slate of games will be getting started in about ten minutes, so park yourself here and spend the day yakking with your fellow enthusiasts. You have the floor....


Cardinals Skipper Flips The Bird
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Michigan Destroys Florida For Final Four Berth
This was an ugly one. Michigan beat Florida 79-59, dominating from cover to cover. Short of a mini-run at the end of the first half, Billy Donovan's squad was out of whack all game. The image above was grabbed from the end of the broadcast but, really, it could have been taken two minutes into the g...