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Deadspin Presents: NFL Draft Jersey Bingo [Update: Entries Are Closed]
Philadelphia is a fantastic location for the NFL Draft for this reason: It’s easy for a lot of NFL fans to reach. It’s a relatively short drive or train ride from New York or Washington, and not too far from multiple other NFL markets. (Come on, Bills fans! It’s like six and a half hours. Come visit...
An Interview With A Man Who Has Willingly Watched Every Round Of Every NFL Draft Since 1999
Ron Adams and I were juniors in high school when the Philadelphia sports world was consumed by the 1999 NFL Draft. Who would the Eagles take with the No. 2 pick: Ricky Williams or Donovan McNabb?...
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NFL Draft Prospect Gareon Conley Accused Of Sexual Assault [Updates]
A player who is expected to go in the first round of Thursday’s NFL draft has been accused of sexual assault, according to Cleveland 19 News. But this is a weird one: The station is not naming the player, despite having a statement from his attorney, because the cops are dragging their feet on filin...
D'Onta Foreman Shares Heartbreaking Story Of His Infant Son's Death
Texas running back D’Onta Foreman had a tremendous season on the field for the Longhorns last year, rushing for 2,028 yards, scoring 15 touchdowns, and winning the Doak Walker award for best running back in the nation. Off the field, he suffered a tremendous loss....
Joe Mixon Settles Civil Suit With Woman He Punched
NFL Draft prospect and former Oklahoma Sooners running back Joe Mixon has settled a civil suit with Amelia Molitor, the woman he punched in the face in July 2014 at a sandwich shop in Norman, Okla., according to a joint statement released today—six days before the draft. The terms of the settlement ...
DeShone Kizer Says His Incredible, Thoroughly Detailed Bragging Was Taken Out Of Context
Former Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer escaped the toilet factory in South Bend when he declared for the NFL draft. His draft prospects are currently a bit murky, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him selected in the first or second round. But based on Kizer’s own self-evaluation, which he s...
The Browns Can't Possibly Fuck This Up...Right?
The consensus is that Myles Garrett will be the first pick in this month’s NFL draft, and that the Texas A&M DE can be a generational player. The consensus does not always turn out to be right, mind you—but it’s right more often than it’s wrong. The Cleveland Browns, picking No. 1, need just about e...
How The NFL Draft Is Massively Inconveniencing Philadelphians
The NFL Draft will be in Philadelphia this year, and even though the event is still two weeks away, the league has already inconvenienced Philadelphians with roads being shut down, construction, the closure of at least one school, and garish branding....
The Phoenix Suns Are Here For The Tank Party
After getting a look at the, uh, effort the Lakers are putting into making sure they hang onto their first-round pick in the upcoming NBA draft, the Phoenix Suns have decided to get in on that action....
How The Daily Fantasy Wars Almost Destroyed DraftKings And FanDuel<em></em>
The following is an excerpt from Dueling with Kings: High Stakes, Killer Sharks, and the Get-Rich Promise of Daily Fantasy Sports, Daniel Barbarisi’s book about a year spent attempting to become an elite daily fantasy player. The book is out now. ...
Deion Sanders Fondly Recalls That Time He Owned The Giants At The NFL Combine
Deion Sanders was picked fifth overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1989 NFL draft. Four of the first five picks ended up in the Hall Of Fame (word to Tony Mandarich), but even though it was a spectacular draft, there was no way Sanders was going to make it past the very top of the draft order. Dud...
NFL Tries To Hype Up Draft Order Coin Flip
The Vikings and Colts both finished 8-8 and tied with a .495 strength of schedule, so a coin flip determined who won the earlier pick. This somehow turned into a small event at the NFL Combine, as if there weren’t already enough excitement....
Leonard Fournette: I Didn't Get Fat, That Was Just Water Weight
Former LSU running back Leonard Fournette weighed in at 240 pounds at this year’s NFL combine, making him the heaviest running back in the draft class. Evaluators were apparently expecting Fournette to weigh a little less, but he eased their minds at a post-weigh-in press conference....
Everyone's Getting Horny Over A Villanova Defensive Lineman
Impress your friends with your knowledge of the existence of this year’s small-school NFL prospect: Tanoh Kpassagnon, a defensive lineman who played at Villanova. Listed at 6-foot-7 and 290 pounds, Kpassagnon went to this week’s Senior Bowl and made at least one NFL executive tumescent. From Philly....
Joe Mixon's Agent Says Video Of His Client Punching A Woman Can Be "An Educational Tool"
Joe Mixon’s agent, Peter Schaffer, went on 98.1 FM in Oklahoma City today and the session on the Monster of the Midday got contentious pretty quickly. It included a long diatribe from Schaffer about how his client had learned from what he did and was no different than any other 18 year old who made ...
Joe Mixon Will Reportedly Declare For The NFL Draft
Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon will skip his junior and senior seasons in college and head straight to the NFL draft. According to ESPN and The Oklahoman, Mixon told his Sooners teammates that he planned to go to the draft this afternoon....
The MLBPA Killed The International Draft, But Foreign Amateurs Still Got Screwed
For a second there, it looked like MLB’s just-finalized CBA was good news for international amateur free agents. The owners had originally pushed for the institution of an international draft, which would have artificially depressed the earning potential of amateur free agents from overseas and deni...
Report: MLB Owners Drop Demand For An International Draft
It seems there will not be an international draft under Major League Baseball’s next collective bargaining agreement. In the final days of negotiations before the current CBA expires Wednesday at midnight, whether or not to implement an international draft starting in 2018 was expected to be a parti...
Report: Latin American Players To Make A Stand At MLB's Collective Bargaining Session
Major League Baseball’s current collective bargaining agreement expires this Thursday, Dec. 1. With the deadline looming, Ken Rosenthal reported last week that a lockout could be imminent if the league and players association fail to reach an agreement before then. One of the issues on the line is a...
DraftKings And FanDuel Finally Agree To Merge, Still Face Major Antitrust Scrutiny
After months of reporting indicating that daily fantasy titans DraftKings and FanDuel would merge, they have finally agreed on the terms, and expect to close the merger sometime in 2017....