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Here Are Some Angry Letters People Sent To The FCC After M.I.A. Flipped Off The Super Bowl
Maybe this doesn't need to be said, but normal people don't complain to the FCC. It's not that they don't get offended: it's just that it takes a hell of a lot more to offend them than the sort of thing that actually makes it on television. Like M.I.A. slipping a middle finger past NBC censors. Not ...
After Evading The Law Twice, Zach Bogosian Should Finally Have To Face The Shanaban (Update)
In November, Bogosian dropped Cody Eakin with an elbow across the head. It was arguably clean. In December, Bogoian wrecked Pierre-Marc Bouchard face-first into the boards. It was very arguably dirty. Both times, Bogosian escaped suspension....
March Madness Strikes Middle School Hoops: Model Parent Beat Assistant Coach Silly For Disciplining His Daughter
This story comes out of Indiana and you know how crazy they go for basketball out there. Shelly Miller was having a presumably typical, non-violent day before he picked up his daughter after basketball practice at St. Stanislaus School. Then his daughter told him a harrowing story of the assistant ...
Dead Letters: "Do You Know How To Read? I'm Nearly Certain That Cognition Is Beyond Your Grasp"
Subject: you’re an idiot......
Tragically, The Best Mascot In March Madness Has Been Eliminated
On this week's video excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, Mike Pesca of NPR tells you everything you might want to know about WuShock, the wheaty Wichita State Shockers mascot. The real Shockers fell to VCU, 62-59, last night, but WuShock lives on with all of us....
Dwight Howard To Be Named Owner, President, CEO, Star Player Of The Orlando Howards
The Magic's strategy for keeping Dwight Howard is to try and land a star player before the trade deadline, in the hopes that Happy Dwight would want to stay in Orlando. It's risky, but it's probably their best and only hope. So that's fine....
Dead Letters: "Since You Were Purchased You Have Been In The Tank For The Liberals. Stick To Sports You Idiots."
Subject: Breitbart piece from Gawker...
Freeroll Is Back: Play Fantasy Basketball Tonight For Free, Win $500
Back by popular demand, it's another DraftStreet freeroll. It's a one-time thing, and if you can assemble the best team without going over $100,000, you might just win up to $500 to spend on whatever or whomever you please....
There Is A Rich History Of Fans Shining Laser Pointers In Athletes' Eyes, Especially Cristiano Ronaldo's
Perhaps you heard about the latest hockey dad behavior, in which a maybe-well-meaning father shined a laser pointer in the eyes of the other team's goalie. But you probably hadn't heard that there's a long, fine tradition of shining lasers in pro athletes' eyes. Cristiano Ronaldo, naturally, gets ...
FLOTUS On Board: One Reader's Boldest Experience
Ring the bells—the winner of the "My Boldest Experience" essay contest has been chosen. Behold, a tale of cargo vans and khaki pants by Deadspin reader Cameron B., who is just won a $100 AMEX card. Read and be inspired....
This George Mason Fan Wins The Title For Most Enthusiastic Flipping Of The Double-Bird
We saw this live and didn't think much of it, until several of you insisted we take a second look—and indeed, this is one motivated bird-flipper. George Mason pulled out a close win over Georgia State in last night's CAA tournament quarterfinals, and one assumes there was some animosity between t...
Jon Hamm, Who Used To Comment On Deadspin, Clarifies His Involvement With Texas Longhorns Baseball
We posted a story earlier today about a story Mad Men star Jon Hamm told on Letterman last night. Hamm told Letterman that he was tempted to walk onto the baseball team at the University of Texas, but Longhorns ace Roger Clemens intimidated him. But Hamm was in junior high when Clemens left UT. We w...
A Conversation With The Coach From <em>Undefeated</em>, The Oscar-Winning Football Documentary
Undefeated, Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin's documentary about the 2009 Manassas (Memphis) Tigers season, won the Oscar for best documentary feature on Sunday. It's like that Friday Night Lights series you treasured so much recently, but it's real, and grittier. Perhaps it's even better: the Tigers'...
Dead Letters: Chill With The Communist Soccer, You Idiots
Subject: CHILL WITH THE SOCCER...
Wanted: Your Brilliant Words In Exchange for Glory and $100
You've already read Cajun Boy's opus on the subject...now prove to the world that you, in fact, are the King of Boldness, by sending your 500-word essay/blog post/epic poem/manifesto to Deadspin at [email protected] with "My Boldest Experience" as the subject line. The best (funniest, most compe...
Jon Hamm Channels His Inner Don Draper, Tells Letterman Bullshit Story About Playing Baseball With Roger Clemens
See update from Jon Hamm....
ESPN's Hines Ward "Happy Endings" Headline Is A Rorschach Test For Racists, Perverts Everywhere
Did you read ESPN.com's story about Hines Ward being cut by the Steelers, the only team he's known for 14 seasons? Did you see that their headline was "No Happy Endings," because Ward loves Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh loves Ward and it's sad that it had to end this way?...
The U.S. Beat Italy For The First Time Ever Thanks To This Clint Dempsey Goal
With Landon Donovan unfit to take the pitch, the U.S. wasn't given much chance to beat Italy in today's international friendly match in Genoa. But Clint Dempsey—scoring machine for Fulham of late—drew first blood for the Yanks off a timely pass from Jozy Altidore. It was the first non-penalty sco...
Are You Bolder Than The Cajun Boy?
You've already read Cajun Boy's opus on the subject...now prove to the world that you, in fact, are the King of Boldness, by sending your 500-word essay/blog post/epic poem/manifesto to Deadspin at [email protected] with "My Boldest Experience" as the subject line. The best (funniest, most compe...
NHL TRADE FUCKING DEADLINE
There's the closing bell, and we've broken out the all-caps and fired up the ol' siren gif. That can only mean one thing: the NHL's trade deadline has passed. Lots of smaller-but-significant moves made (trade trackers here, here, and here), but everyone wants to know: whither Rick Nash? We'll know i...