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Nerlens Noel's Injury Is Just The Latest Reminder Of How Stupid The One-And-Done Rule Is
I'd like to draw your attention to this passage from ESPN draft insider Chad Ford's analysis of how University of Kentucky big man Nerlens Noel's torn ACL might affect his draft stock (emphasis mine):...
Let's All Watch Marco Rubio's Panicked Drink Of Water In Extreme Slow Motion
It was the swig heard 'round the world. Florida senator Marco Rubio, tasked with delivering the official Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address, found himself parched and distant from the necessary tool to quench that burning fire. In other words, he was thirsty. Usual...
Tuesday Night Fights: Four Ladies, One Elevator Brawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "quebra pau no elevador." Tonight's commentator: Emma Carmichael. (Coming next week: Redneck action, yo.)...
Deadspin Up All Night: Where Even Richard Nixon Has Got Soul
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Volatile, volatile Michigan-based hoops coming your way. Do enjoy them....
Player From 1979 Final Four Stabbed To Death By Wife Who Says She Caught Him Looking At Porn
Matt White, the starting center on Penn's 1979 Final Four team, was found stabbed to death in his suburban Philly home yesterday. He was 53. Weirder still is that White's wife, Maria Rey Garcia-Pellon, has been charged with killing him by stabbing him in the neck while he slept, and she allegedly to...
Deadspin Up All Night: Somebody Come And Get Me
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Sean should be around in a bit with a little this and a little that. Come hang out....
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Two Dudes Showed Us How To Sneak Into The Super Bowl
Two Savannah State Students Recorded Themselves Sneaking Into The Super Bowl | Highlights include one of the men incredulously narrating "I wonder what's going on-they should've stopped us, they should've stopped us but they didn't." Read »...
Your Grammys Live Blog
The Grammys are usually more entertaining than the Oscars. They're shorter. People aren't afraid to dress poorly. There are fewer tradesman awards that no one gives a shit about. There are few, if any, montages. The music is better. And people don't spend months and months analyzing the choice of h...
Deadspin Up All Night: A Little Story For You
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Drew's got the Grammys covered starting at 8:00, so stick around for that and we'll have some more on the Paterno report as well. Take it easy....
Watch <i>Seinfeld</i> Slowed Down And Try Not To Die Laughing
Jerry's high-pitched nasal voice still shines through, but it's got a little drunk-guy-in-the-corner-of-the-bar-talking-to-no-one-in-particular vibe to it now that it's been slowed down. A tip of the cap to Samer's friend who does not use Twitter for bringing this to our attention....
Deadspin Up All Night: Raw Deal
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We're around in case someone else falls down today, and Sean and Tim will be with you tomorrow....
To Avoid Criticism, Shabazz Muhammad Must Collapse With Joy When His Team Wins
Shabazz Muhammad is proving a good canary in the coal mine for figuring out if we've dispensed with the superstar-athlete-doesn't-care-about-team-play concern trolling as we've grown more sophisticated about the complexity of the NCAA and the intellectual laziness of humping tired sports cliches. We...
How To Make A Pasta With Anchovies (And Other Stuff): A Guide For The Unafraid
It's pasta time! We'll do a simple pasta preparation, oh, once a month or so, because they're a nice respite from braising a pork shoulder for a month and whisking butter for the entirety of human history, and because pasta is a fun, cheap, quick way to whip up something unreasonably tasty and then ...
At UNC, "One Of The Worst Academic Fraud Cases In American History" Has Been Traced Back To One Guy
The University of North Carolina's academic fraud scandal has deepened and widened, and local officials have done the sensible thing in locating a fall guy. A brief refresher on why they need one: In December, an investigation officially found what had seemed probable from Julis Peppers' unintention...
Deadspin Up All Night: Can You Roll Down A Window
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The Snowpocalypse is upon us, so please enjoy a weekend trapped indoors with no football. Isaac, Sean, and Sam will be here to help you out with that. See you Monday....
Donut Flavors, Ranked
I don't think I'm alone in having a love-hate relationship with donuts. In a perfect world, I would be able to eat all the donuts I like. In this one, I have to wrestle with the fact that donuts are among the worst things I could ever ingest, somewhere between baby back ribs and C-4. A box of donuts...
Jason Whitlock Is Here To Accept Prizes And Answer Your Questions
Jason Whitlock has been writing about sports for more than 20 years. The former Kansas City Star columnist has also written for ESPN and AOL, and he now holds court as Fox Sports' national columnist. He is an esteemed recipient of Deadspin's Good Writering Award and he enjoys the television program ...
Deadspin Up All Night: I'll Never Know
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. It's supposed to start snowing here in Noo Yawk early tomorrow morning. Everyone be calm....
Deadspin Up All Night: How'd I Ever Get Through My Life Without You
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Sean will be around to share things with you, likely mostly basketball-related. Have a lovely evening....