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The Most Brilliant Thing You'll Hear All Day
I'm not going to explain this one, because I have faith in you. But I will say that you have to listen to the whole thing, and follow along with the subtitles....
This Is What A <em>WWE Raw</em> Script Looks Like
Pro wrestling is scripted in two senses. The first is, obviously, that match outcomes are predetermined, and that's the one that detractors, missing the point entirely, fall back on to taunt viewers. (Though WWE did have a problem with leaked outcomes last year.) The second is almost more important...
Kool Keith Gets Back Into Playoff Form With "Durant & Westbrook"
I would accuse Kool Keith of shamelessly pandering for sports-blog love by naming his new song "Durant & Westbrook" (off the upcoming Demolition Crash), but if by this point you haven't realized just how few fucks Hip Hop's King of Weird gives about the mainstream, then you haven't been paying atten...
Why Rich Lacrosse Parents Are Making Their Kids Repeat A Grade
In the lax-crazy scholastic sports scene of the high-end Washington D.C. market, a game between Landon School and Georgetown Prep is essentially 'Skins vs. Cowboys, except with more people named Topper. They're two of the fancy-pantsiest all-boys secondary schools in the area, and their athletic riv...
Tired of dumb sportswriting? Our pal Yago Colás and friends are raising funds for a site that will bring together sports and the academy, in service of addressing serious questions about class, race, gender, and all the rest. Check out their plans, and think about kicking them some money. [The Allro...
Swiss Army Gear, SmartWool Socks, Criterion Films, Custom Growler
Today in Deadspin Deals, winter is finally over, and we've got deals on everything you need for a great camping trip: Swiss Army gear, SmartWool socks, camping equipment, and beer. If you'd rather stay home, don't miss the huge selection of Criterion classics on sale. ...
Jameis Winston Crab Legs Now Available In Alabama
From Jack's Foodland in Eva, Al., comes this find, just a day after Jameis Winston was busted for shoplifting crab legs. In the future, all college football rivalries will be played out in the seafood aisles of the South....
It's Good To Be Rich Enough To Buy A Basketball Team
Larry Ellison has tried—and failed—to purchase an NBA franchise before, but his dream may soon come true thanks to the suddenly for-sale Clippers. The founder of Oracle is something like the world's fifth-richest man. His net worth is $50 billion, give or take a few billion dollars (and something is...
The White Chief Keef Has Arrived, And He's Everything You'd Expect
This video, by Chicago-area rapper Brewski, was sent to us by someone promoting "Brewski (The White Chief Keef)." There's a whole lot one could say about that, but it might just be best to watch the video, in which Brewski—who is at one point spotted wearing a Duke jersey, who has previously been se...
Mike Francesa Is Not Happy With His Fox Sports Partners
Mike Francesa's afternoon WFAN talk show simulcast moved from YES to Fox Sports 1 six weeks ago, bringing the longtime New York voice to a national audience—that is, when not pre-empted for Champions League soccer on the nascent News Corp (err, "21st Century Fox") network. ...
<em>Freakonomics</em> For The Derby: I'm Steven Levitt. Let's Talk Horses.
Steven Levitt is one of the authors of Freakonomics and a professor of economics at the University of Chicago. He's also something of a railbird and an adviser to Derby Jackpot, a legal online horse betting website. Dive into the discussion below and ask him about handicapping tomorrow's Kentucky De...
Hilarious Video Reminds Us There's Still Plenty Of Racism In Sports
This, a fake commercial for something called the No Foul Coalition, is an inspired bit of parody and a reminder that even without Donald Sterling, the sports world is still full of racist shit....
The Kevin Durant Backlash Has Begun, And It's Stupid
This is the cover of a section in today's Oklahoman, a newspaper which just took a chainsaw to the idea that smaller cities are more loyal and forgiving than the big ones. Shots fired, as they say....
Scenes From Three Game 7's In One Night
[Goalie Semyon Varlamov of the Colorado Avalanche looks on as the Minnesota Wild celebrate a goal by Nino Niederreiter of the Minnesota Wild to tie the score 3-3 in the third period at Pepsi Center on April 30, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. Niederreiter went on to score the game winning goal as the Wild...
London Fletcher Says He Started Feeling "Uneasy" About Redskins Name
Former Washington linebacker London Fletcher was recently a guest on NBC's SportsDash, and he was asked about how he felt about playing for a team that has a racial slur as a name. His response, flagged by DC Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg, was surprisingly honest....
Ex-USATF CEO Doug Logan: New Nike Deal Shows "Lack Of Judgment"
Doug Logan, the former Chief Executive Officer of USA Track & Field, has responded to his former employer's massive new deal with Nike, calling it a "lack of judgment of its current leadership."...
Donald Sterling, Charming Bully
Adopted Clippers fan Bill Simmons has filed his long-awaited Donald Sterling column for Grantland, and the most interesting part is a story about a plane ride spent sitting behind the Clippers owner. In the past few days, the Sterling anecdotes have naturally tended toward the grotesque, painting hi...
Atlanta Hawks Unveil Redesigned Pac-Man Logo
Did you know that the Atlanta Hawks used to have a secondary logo that was Pac-Man themed? Well, they did! And now they've reprised the logo and given it a fancy new design....
Kyle Lowry Abuses Deron Williams, Gets His Signature Highlight
You wouldn't be blamed for not knowing a whole lot about Kyle Lowry before this year. He's a 28-year-old point guard who's averaged 11 points and five assists per game throughout his career, and who has toiled away in relative obscurity in Memphis, Houston, and now Toronto. This year, he became the ...