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Deadspin Up All Night: Good Kid
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the snow, if you're near some....


Here's Another Awesome Richard Sherman Interview, Before Erin Andrews
Before Richard Sherman gave his fantastic interview on Sunday night, Fox Deportes got to him. We somehow haven't seen it until now. It might actually be even better than the one with Erin Andrews. ...

Richard Sherman Explains What People Mean When They Call Him A "Thug"
For the first time since breaking football, the media, and the internet, Richard Sherman addressed the reaction to his postgame interview, and his critics' use of the word "thug."...

Fat A-Rod In A Mariachi Band? Fat A-Rod In A Mariachi Band
Big fat A-Rod recently took a trip to Cancun, and it looks like he had a great time. Good for big fat A-Rod....

What You Need To Know To Bet On The Super Bowl (Early Edition)
Here is your early betting info for the Super Bowl, including the line movement, bet trend, money line, and over/under, as well as the performance of the Seahawks and Broncos against the spread and O/U this season. There's been a lot of early movement—rare for Super Bowls—and we'll be updating next ...

Tony Snell's Mom Once Called Steve Alford A "Motherfucker"
Over at ChicagoSide, Daniel Libit has a nice profile of Bulls rookie guard Tony Snell, who is in the midst of a surprisingly productive season after being drafted with the 20th pick in the 2013 draft. Libit's piece is a nice look into a fringe prospect's journey to the NBA and Snell's close relation...

Did Football Cause 20 Deaths In 1905? Re-Investigating A Serial Killer
On the last day of the 1905 college football season, Harvard hosted Yale in the 26th meeting between the two teams. At one point in the typically low-scoring affair, Harvard's Francis Burr trotted back to return a punt. As the ball fluttered through the air, Burr called for a fair catch. Then things...

Non-Profit Executive Roger Goodell Made $29.5M In 2012
The National Football League, as everyone knows, is a not-for-profit charity, the chief purpose of which is to promote the growth of the sport of football. Sure, it rakes in hundreds of millions of tax-exempt dollars annually, and pays its executives tens of millions, but why not? Who can quibble wi...

Maps: Which Of Our Readers Were The Biggest Homers In The HOF Vote?
Thanks to your input, the Deadspin HOF vote—revealed earlier this month—was generally agreed to be pretty decent. That might be letting some of you off the hook a little easy, though. We've given MVP voters plenty of crap for their homer votes; who, among our readership, turned out to be the biggest...

The Time Brett Hull Stole His Coach's Jaguar To Party All Night
Brett Hull stories are the best. Drinking, partying, half-assing it on the ice—you could make up a Brett Hull story right now and I'd believe it, just because his escapades have reached that rarified air where "authentic" matters more than "true." But here's a true one!...

Is Josh Smith The Worst Three-Point Shooter Of All Time?
The Detroit Bad Boys blog has an interesting and fundamentally unsurprising post about Josh Smith and his catastrophic shooting this season. So we thought, Why not pile on? Here are a few ways in which Josh Smith is even worse than he seems in an article that concludes he's the worst three-point sho...

Fox Sports Has A Message For Imaginary Haters Hating On UFC CEO's Son
The best thing about the relationship between Fox Sports and the UFC is that it works exactly the way you'd expect a relationship between Fox Sports and the UFC to work. This ensures that you can rely on Fox Sports to bring you the UFC content you want and need. Unsure what UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitt...

Greg Oden Blocks Jeff Green's Dunk Attempt At The Rim
It's been six days since Greg Oden played basketball(!) and didn't disintegrate. Good news: Greg Oden is still playing basketball! And he's meeting Jeff Green at the rim and swallowing up dunk attempts....


Nick Saban's Daughter Testifies In "Catfight" Lawsuit
A Tuscaloosa judge heard arguments yesterday filed against Kristen Saban, the daughter of Alabama's head coach. It was brought by her sorority sister Sarah Grimes, who claims...well, she claims Saban beat the shit out of her. ...

"Mysterious Formula" Decides How Knicks Give Courtside Seats To Celebs
We've all asked questions about exactly how the courtside seats on Madison Square Garden's Celebrity Row get doled out. Is there a ranking system that determines which celebrities get the best seats? Do those rich people even have to pay for their seats? Thankfully, The New York Times has provided s...

Would You Do It Again? We Ask Ex-NFLer Jim Skow
This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...

A Gorgeously Animated Guide To American Football
You may not need the education (the video is cheekily subtitled "For Liberals, Ladies, and Limeys"), but you'll still want to watch this fantastic guide to American football from BAFTA award-winning director, designer, and animator Fraser Davidson....