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Two Residents Of Dunk City Explain How Their Georgetown-Shattering Alley-Oop Came To Be
PHILADELPHIA—I’d like to take you back to a simpler time. Last Friday. Almost dinner. Standing outside the Wells Fargo Center in South Philly. Wondering if I should stick around to watch Georgetown blow out a tiny Florida nothing school....
Join Deadspin And Gate F For An Opening Day Extravaganza
Hey New Yorkers, what are you doing next Monday? Working? Not anymore! You're coming to Professor Thom's on 13th and 2nd avenue to watch baseball all day. The festivities will kick off at 1:00 p.m. in the private loft upstairs, and there will be plenty of drink specials, baseball, and good times for...
Zombie John Harbaugh Couldn't Stand To See His Brother-In-Law's Season End
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The Year's Best Crossover Came In The NHL
Picking a "best hockey player in the world" is a fool's errand. We anoint an Alex Ovechkin, who seems determined to prove us wrong. We back one or another Penguin, when's it not even clear which is the best on his own team. We even, for a feverish couple of weeks, decide on Claude Giroux; whoops. Bu...
How Ayn Rand Led FGCU To The Sweet Sixteen, Sort Of
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
This Is Not Manny Ramirez
After being unable to find a job literally anywhere else, Manny Ramirez made his debut yesterday for the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan's top league. The fans were enthusiastic, and slightly confused....
Somebody At LSU's Pro Day Asked If A Spandex Shorts-Clad Russell Shepard "Could Run With A Snake In His Pants"
ESPN3 is one of the WWL's best offerings, from its multi-screen coverage of tennis events to its always reliable Sri Lankan cricket broadcasts. This time of year the online channel is full of live pro day coverage, and yesterday found ESPN's Tom Hart and Andre Ware in Baton Rouge for LSU's exhibiti...
Enes Kanter's Dislocated Shoulder Looks Like It Feels Great
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You Need To Watch Andrew "The Canadian Jordan" Wiggins's Latest Mixtape
Meet Andrew Wiggins. He's the 6-foot-8 superfreak in the video up there, making his fellow high school seniors look like 12-year-olds as he sails past them for dunk after electrifying dunk....
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Paterno Apologist Reveals Identity Of One Of Jerry Sandusky's Victims, Says He Was Hacked [UPDATED]
We told you yesterday about filmmaker John Ziegler's lunatic shouting tour to promote his jailhouse interview with Jerry Sandusky. Ziegler had hoped to use that interview to help rescue Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials from allegations that they covered up Jerry Sandusky's sex crimes again...
The U.S. Walking Away From Estadio Azteca With A Draw Is Out Of This World
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Matt Barnes Ruined A Perfectly Exciting Game With This Air Ball
Goddamnit, Matt Barnes. Last night's game between your Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks was really fun to watch! It featured multiple lead changes, Chris Paul and Dirk Nowitzki having big games, and O.J. Mayo forcing overtime with this crazy shot. And then you had to go and ruin everyt...
The Evolution Of Dirk Nowitzki's Beard
Sometime in late January, Dirk Nowitzki shaved. That would be the last time, at least until the disappointing Mavericks clawed their way back to a .500 record. Well, after last night's overtime victory against the Clippers, featuring a season-high 33 from Dirk, Dallas is 35-36. The beard? It is out ...
Tuesday Night Fights: In Which A Philly Cop Breaks Down A Street Fight
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Philly fight on lippincott st: Precious n Neesh." Tonight's commentator: An active-duty Philadelphia police officer, who's returning to TNF. (Coming next week: TBA.)...
<em>Room 237</em> Will Make You Love <em>The Shining</em> All Over Again
One of the saddest things about the death of a favorite filmmaker is realizing that you'll probably never see any new movie from him ever again. When popular musicians die, they always leave material lying around that their estates can spruce up and put out for the fans. (Jimi Hendrix died in 1970, ...
Every Obituary Should Have A NASCAR Reference In The First Line
From the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal:...
Manti Te'o's 40-Yard-Dash Was Slightly Better Than His Last 40-Yard-Dash
After an unimpressive time at the NFL combine, Manti Te'o gave the 40-yard-dash another shot at Notre Dame's pro day in South Bend. And true to his word, Te'o beat his old mark by about a tenth of a second. Fast? Faster, at least....
Who Is This Paterno Apologist Who Keeps Making An Ass Of Himself On TV?
If the name John Ziegler doesn't register with you, enlighten yourself by reading the late David Foster Wallace's lengthy 2005 profile of him in The Atlantic. Ziegler, a former talk-radio host who's now a documentary filmmaker, has been making the media rounds the last couple of days because he rece...