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Mayor Bloomberg Gets A New Sign Language Interpreter
Mayor Bloomberg has a new sign language interpreter today (you may remember his previous one). Here she is communicating what the mayor might look like if he attempted to run in the New York Marathon....
Deadspin Classic: The Hater’s Guide To Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s new album, “Red,” has sold 1.2 million copies in its first week, which is some sort of record for something or other. In 2010, Drew Magary wondered: Why the big fuss over a woman who makes “training-bra music”?...
Need Help Battening Down The Hatches? Bob Vila, America's Handyman, Is Here To Take Your Questions
Worried about your windows? Wondering what to do about that leaky ceiling? Scared your basement (or your whole place) is going to be filled with water? Bob Vila—yes, that Bob Vila—is here to help. He spent nearly 20 years on television, and he's still doling out all kinds of fix-it advice on his web...
How To Improvise A Meal Out Of Whatever Crap You Have In Your Pantry: A Guide For Ill-Prepared Hurricane Shut-Ins
By now you’ve taken all the standard hurricane precautions—closing the drapes, double-checking to make sure you have an umbrella in your coat closet, duct-taping your pets to the walls, and so on—but you’re at a loss when it comes to the most important challenge of a natural disaster: what to do wit...
Boston TV Reporter Knocked Down Three Times, Poked In The Face By Fence, Loses Hat, Finishes Report
In the ever-competitive world of televised hurricane coverage, reporters must go the extra step to stand out above the competition. Here's WHDH-Boston's Steve Cooper showing true resilience, falling three times (just like Jesus!) and rising again to finish his report from Plum Island. Poor Steve e...
Washington D.C. Fox Affiliate Interviews "Zombie Pirate" For Insight On Hurricane Sandy
Here is the actual broadcast transcript of an interview that aired this morning on D.C. Fox affiliate WTTG:...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend An Old Golfer Went On A Fantastic Tirade
"Suck My Fuckin' Dick, You Piece Of Shit": Golfer Mark Wiebe's On-Air Meltdown Would Fit In Well On Your Local Muni | PGA Champions tour golfer Mark Wiebe's missed putt during yesterday's second round sent the 55-year-old on a humorously foul tirade. Read »...
Deadspin Up All Night: Chomping Bits On Your Way To The Supermarket
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll have some more stuff for you tonight as football continues and baseball possibly concludes. It's gonna be good times. Tomorrow? Who knows if it will even come....
Deadspin Up All Night: Take What's Yours
Gracias por su continued support of Deadspin. We'll have the World Series open thread up shortly, and will be flipping back and forth between that and whichever college football game proves most interesting. Tomorrow, Sean and Tim and all your old favorites. Enjoy your Saturday, hang out in the op...
How To Eat Halloween Candy: A Guide And A Power Ranking For Sad Adults
That the Snickers bar is the best of all candy bars is a point so obvious and unassailable that it needn't be argued here. What's odd and paradoxical-seeming, and thus noteworthy, is that its superiority is the precise reason why the Snickers is not the best candy bar for Halloween. That is to say, ...
Your Week 9 College Football Master Schedule
Schedule and broadcasters via and cross-referenced with. If you spot any errors, let us know below. Conferences reflect home teams. Ranked teams bold; rankings from the USA Today Coaches Poll. Times (EST)....
Deadspin Up All Night: Ain't Got No...I've Got Life
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. You've got plenty of NFL and MLfuckingB action to keep you occupied this weekend, so enjoy that. The weekend crew will be here to enjoy it with you....
Dead Letters: We Have Found America's Most Insufferable Patriots Fan
Subject: Its Muzz from Woburn responding to your rant about me...
Do Not Touch Daddy's Electronics
When I was 6 years old, my dad was an avid collector of hi-fi equipment. He had an entire bookcase filled with all kinds of boxy hi-fi pieces, each one featuring hundreds of switches and knobs and dials and all kinds of crazy shit that helped you hear every possible sound inside a recording studio, ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Bitten By A Boar
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll have a Tigers-Giants open thread, and the nightfolk will be here to let you know what's up. So don't go out, or anything....
New York Policeman Arrested On Charges That He Planned To Slow-Roast Some Ladies
Well, this is pretty much the grossest thing. It happened in neither Florida nor Ohio, though. Rather, it unfolded in the nation's greatest city. Reports The New York Times:...
The Lazy Man’s Guide to Email
Being lazy is a quality one should be proud of. And here to help the pro-lazy is the newly launched Outlook.com. Thanks to a bunch of smart features, Outlook.com makes it easier and quicker than ever to manage your incoming email so you can spend less time in your inbox and more time on important t...
Deadspin Up All Night: Oh, I've Been Waiting Desperately
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There's baseball on tonight, so there'll shortly be a place for you to talk about the games. Maybe the usual boys of the night will stop by, too. Until then, yak here....
Tuesday Night Fights: Lady Hockey Writer Compares Lady Street Fight To College Hockey Brawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs. The since-removed "Crazy Girl Fight" and "Rowan Ice Hockey vs. Temple Fight - 10/13/12." Tonight's commentator: Sarah Baicker, who covers the Philadelphia Flyers for Co...
Deadspin Up All Night: Bring You Up Again
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. THERE ARE NO SPORTS. But there is Erik, and the Tuesday Night Fights, and that's more than enough....