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Deadspin Classic: Ines Sainz, You Give Me An Erection
Ines Sainz, international sports reporter of note, turns 31 today. To commemorate her birthday, here's a column submitted by "Anonymous Aging Male Sportswriter" from Sept. 15, 2010. This was a counterpoint to Emma Carmichael's first piece for Deadspin, "Letter From A Young Female Sportswriter: Ines ...
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Drake
For Music Week, our own Jack Dickey will be defending his seemingly indefensible music tastes....
This Is What It’s Like To Be Hungover At 34
HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR... Every year I get older, hangovers get worse. Like this hangover, the one I'm suffering through right now. It feels like someone wiped their ass with my face. I woke up this morning at 6AM in my friend's apartment and was paralyzed on the bed because I knew the slightest mo...
Deadspin Classic: The Forgotten Man Of <em>Moneyball</em>
Moneyball the movie is in theaters on Friday. Eric Walker doesn't appear in the film, and he's mentioned only briefly in Michael Lewis's book, but he was central to the statistical revolution that Moneyball chronicles—the "pebble that started the avalanche," in his words. Two years ago, he told us h...
The Weekend's Best Tackle Was On This Guy Running From The Cops
Your bare-chested speed demon is one Andrew Sercu from Columbia, Mo., who is charged with domestic violence and resisting arrest. After a brief standoff, Sercu sprinted from his home but didn't get very far....
The Rams Were A Real Pain In Ahmad Bradshaw's Nuts Last Night
Your morning roundup for Sept. 20, the day we learned that putting on a banana costume sometimes isn't worth it. Photo via tipster Ryan, who saw it on ESPN.com and wrote, "Thanks for the nut grab photo, ESPN." Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Cedric Benson's Ass Was Showing Yesterday
Your morning roundup for Sept. 19, the day we learned binge drinking can negatively affect your ability to dance. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
That Mayweather/Ortiz Fight Was Something, Wasn't It?
Your morning roundup for Sept. 18, the day we mourn the Marble Rye Lady. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Boise State Calls Mississippi State's Misspelling And Raises Em A Misplaced Apostrophe
Your morning roundup for Sept. 17, a day we pour one out for the late Jeffrey Jarrett. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
You're Not As Cool During A Hookup As You Think You Are
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
College Football In Mississippi Has Gone To The Dogs
Your morning roundup for Sept. 16, the day we found out soda fountains could be deadly. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Watch An Agile Woman Juggle Five Balls With Her Hands And Feet
In this video that's titled "Selyna Bogino doing the 5 balls longest routine ever! XD," Italian acrobat Selyna Bogino apparently does the 5 balls longer than anybody — woman or man — has done it before....
Stories Like This Confirm That Cleveland Needs Carl Monday Now More Than Ever
"A Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputy was charged today with menacing and public indecency stemming from two summer incidents in the Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Reservation. Paul Lawrence, 32, is accused of masturbating in his car on June 12 and following two women on Aug. 29, a day he had call...
Vladimir Putin Is Manly Sportsman Of Sport
Every few months, ubermensch Vladimir Putin is strategically caught on camera engaged in the type of muscular activity that would induce brain clotting in lesser humans. Putin wrassles a bear. Putin hurls a weakling to the earth with an uchi mata. Putin shoots a whale with a crossbow (no, seriously)...
Here's An Actual Sport That Requires Nothing More Than Holding A Beer
No, really. That's it. And it's called Masskrugstemmen. "The game is far more popular in Germany, where it is played in beer halls and outdoor festivals. Contestants line up, extend one arm parallel to the ground, grip a one-liter beer, and try not to spill. Drop any brew, and you're eliminated." [...
The Indians' Shelley Duncan Made Leaping Catches At The Wall Three Straight Times Last Night
Your morning roundup for Sept. 15, the day we learned we're going to Mars. Photo via Big League Stew. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Watch A Mom Jump Into A Fist Fight Between Her Daughter And Another 12-Year-Old Girl (NSFW)
"The Long Island woman arrested on charges she encouraged two 12-year-old girls, one of them her own daughter, to fight outside a local school is speaking out, saying she allowed the fight to protect her daughter....
Here Are Eight Mugshots Of Amish Guys With Odd Hair And Beards
Pictured here are "eight members of an Amish sect who were ordered jailed by a Kentucky judge after they refused to pay fines for failing to affix orange safety triangles to their horse-drawn buggies."...
Sadly, There Isn't Video Of Those Prison Guards Who Stabbed And Maced People At The Albuquerque Hooters
Per the KRQE report on shenanigans breaking out during Monday night's Broncos/Raiders game at an Albuquerque Hooters, police really don't know "what specifically set the brawl off." But that doesn't mean there are a lack of details about it....