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Deadspin Up All Night: It Caught On In A Flash
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Athletes Should Play In Costume On Halloween
The Cleveland Cavaliers threw their Halloween party Monday, and LeBron James dressed up as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. He looked pretty scary in the light:...

Deadspin Up All Night: Why Don't You Dance With Me?
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Everyone Failed Braxton Beverly<em></em>
On the same day that NCAA president Mark Emmert told a crowd at the Knight Commission that allowing schools to dictate a college athlete’s ability to transfer “never made any sense” to him, the NCAA denied N.C. State guard Braxton Beverly’s appeal to play for the 2017 season. Wolfpack head coach Kev...

Deadspin Up All Night: Shake Your Body Line
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Report: Florida Believes It Can Fire Jim McElwain With Cause Over Death Threat Allegations
Edward Aschoff and Mark Schlabach are reporting at ESPN today that University of Florida administrators are working out how to fire head football coach Jim McElwain without paying his $12 million buyout, with sources telling the Worldwide Leader that McElwain’s claims of death threats against his fa...

Deadspin Up All Night: Grisly Reminder
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Timing Is Everything
Via reader Scott, here’s Ashland’s Cameron Mendel landing a late equalizer against Tiffin with some very fortunate placement:...

Deadspin Up All Night: Spooky Scary Skeletons
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Bob McNair's Really Stepped In It Now
Houston Texans owner Bob McNair compared NFL players, who are employees and free men, to prison inmates during last week’s league meetings. (The exact wording, as McNair argued for banning players from protesting during the anthem: “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.”) According to variou...

Wilton Speight's Parents: Medical Treatment At Purdue After Fractured Vertebrae Was "Absolute Train Wreck"
In the Detroit News, the parents of Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight have a harrowing account of the treatment their son received at Purdue last month after a hit that left him with three fractured vertebrae in his back....

Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Starting To Get Used To The Gaps
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Will 60-Year-Old LeBron Still Be Able To Dunk?
How long will LeBron James still be able to dunk? How many old people can dunk? How many people have died while dunking? My friends, this is but one subject in this week’s Deadcast....

Deadspin Up All Night: Good Times
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Check Out An Actually Interesting Debate On Amateurism In College Sports
If you’re tired of hearing college coaches and athletic directors stumbling over themselves to repeat the same tired, NCAA-issued lines about maintaining the “integrity” of college sports, you’re in luck. Starting at 7 p.m., the college sports model will be put under a microscope, as Deadspin friend...

Deadspin Up All Night: One Of Them
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Have You Seen JuJu Smith-Schuster's Bike? [Update]
It’s been a rough week for Steelers rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster. Martavis Bryant is talking shit online about him, he’s landed in the concussion protocol, and now some rapscallion has made off with Smith-Schuster’s prized bicycle. This is bullshit! Give it back!...

Jim Boeheim Has Plenty Of Half-Thoughts On Why Colleges Players Shouldn't Get Paid
Jim Boeheim spoke with the press on Friday, per Syracuse.com, touching on Syracuse’s upcoming attempt to bounce back from a 19-15 NIT campaign, UNC’s last-minute dodging of NCAA penalties, and the fact that, actually, jersey sales aren’t really that high, so college athletes should probably be happy...

Deadspin Up All Night: Down The Hill
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Miami's Jim Larranaga Admits He Was Mentioned In FBI's NCAA Investigation
Confirming what a great many expected, Miami head coach Jim Larranaga announced in a prepared statement Monday afternoon that he is “Coach-3" in the FBI’s investigation into the college basketball recruiting system....