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UNC Keeps Digging Deeper Hole For Itself In Academic Scandal
The UNC academic scandal—that's much less scandal and much more conversation with the last person left in the world to have seen the ending of The Sixth Sense—continues. To recap, athletes at UNC were enrolled in bogus classes and received assistance from faculty and administrators to help maintain ...
Deadspin Up All Night: The Sun Don't Shine
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. It's super duper hot out, man. Last night I tried to be cute and wear a tight gray v-neck to the bar to have a couple of drinks with a friend, because I've recently been doing lots of pushups and sit-ups since I've learned from my mother that my litt...
Taste Test: The Ruffles Ultimate Line, Which You Must Never Eat, Ever
Do not eat the Ruffles Ultimate chips and dips. Do not eat them. Don't ever eat them. Ever. They are awful, disgusting, hateful garbage; if they were a prank, no sane person in full possession of his or her faculties would ever fall for them. Don't eat them. Never eat them. Not ever. Never. ...
Let's Count How Many Ways This Car Dealer Commercial Is Racist
Hint: that "Tonto" means "stupid" in Spanish plays a part. Why, yes, this car dealership is in Texas....
Deadspin Up All Night: The Race Is Yet To Come
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Our weekend gang is on deck. Stop on by. Enjoy yourselves. Baseball's back!...
Dead Letters: “Wtf Really Drew Ur Fucked Up”
Subject: Wtf really drew ur fucked up an I cnt go on with u tweaking ‘ eithier we both quit or I do I can’t waist all my time worring aboutyou look where that’s got us so far’ I love u k I just don’t like u creeping around’nget it together’ I need a cigarette bad can u roll us one where are u at dam...
Now Accepting Nominations For The Deadspy Awards, Our Anti-ESPYs
If ESPN can spend the worst sports week of the year staging a monstrously wasteful and self-indulgent awards ceremony, we at Deadspin figured ... hey, why not us, too? Introducing the Deadspy Awards, our suitably half-assed anti-ESPYs. For every meaningless ESPY, there will be a corresponding anti-...
Schools That Profit From Unpaid Labor Upset About For-Profit School
We told you last fall about Grand Canyon University, the for-profit school in Phoenix that began transitioning to NCAA Division I on June 1, with its basketball team (led by new head coach Dan Majerle!) slated to compete this winter as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Now comes word that...
Deadspin Up All Night: How Can I Get Along?
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Swing easy, you guys....
ESPN Aired DeAndre Jordan's "Jon Hamm Has A Big Dick" Joke
If you weren't aware, Mad Men star (and tonight's ESPYs host) Jon Hamm is alleged to be well-endowed. DeAndre Jordan cracked a joke about Hamm's man meat, and ESPN aired it....
Deadspin Up All Night: We're Just Crazy
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There are no sports tonight! Go do something useful. ...
A Terrified NCAA Bails On Its Video Game License
The NCAA announced today that it will no longer license its trademarks to EA Sports for use in the popular NCAA Football video game series. 2014's will be the last edition to feature the NCAA name and logos. (Individual schools and conferences have their own contracts.)...
Zodiac MF Takes On An Epic Boston Ladybrawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Boston chicks Fight Club." Tonight's commentator: ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER. (Coming next week: TBD.)...
Deadspin Up All Night: How You Gonna Go?
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the all-star game....
America Is Ruining Johnny Football
Let's talk about Johnny Manziel's hangover, which is a fun thing to talk about because it ends with Johnny Manziel getting screwed regardless of the truth. If Johnny Manziel really was hungover the night before a meaningless voluntary offseason QB camp session, then NFL people will crush him for n...
Deadspin Up All Night: Why Don't You Tidy Up?
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Derby tonight. Sean's on his way....
Raiders Fan “Dr. Death” Campaigns For New Stadium At Public Meeting
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority held a meeting today to discuss the economic feasibility of funding a new stadium that would keep the Raiders in Oakland for the foreseeable future. The meeting included time for concerned citizens to make public comments, and one Raiders superfan took f...