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Robert Griffin III Still Has A Better Completion Percentage, Jay Leno
Carnac The Magnificent: [Holds sealed envelope to temple] Literally anyone else hosting The Tonight Show. ...

Yeah, This Is Roughing The Passer
I don't know what Gary Danielson is talking about, Kyle Maxwell hits Keenan Reynolds right in the facemask with the crown of his helmet. ...

I Can't Stop Watching This Snowflake Dive Bomb The CBS Camera
Yeah, yeah, make adjustments and play four quarters and all that stuff. Whatever. Look at this snowflake crash right into the center of the camera lens between Tracy Wolfson's and Army head coach Rich Ellerson's heads. Like a field goal. It's mesmerizing....

ESPN Broadcasters Are Talented Tweeters
Bruce Pearl and Carter Blackburn could use some creativity in the Twitter handle department. ...

Mark Scheifele's Shift Was Over Anyway
The rookie center for the Winnipeg Jets had some help getting off the ice, but none from his bench. Is this like in baseball when the rookie gets his first home run and no one congratulates him when he gets back in the dugout?...

Vikings Center John Sullivan Playing With A Shake Weight
The Vikings released a video with the central premise being that Adrian Peterson is terrible at giving gifts. In the video, Adrian Peterson gives teammates terrible gifts. Rather than show the video, we just made GIFs out of the parts where John Sullivan plays with his gift, which, as you can see ab...

The Rise Of Josh Gordon: The Browns' New Superstar Receiver
Buried, deep within the turd that is the 2013 Browns' offense, there is one bright, shining spot. (Do turds have bright spots? Whatever.) Josh Gordon, the only player taken in the second round of the 2012 supplemental draft, has become one of the best receivers in the NFL. ...

CBS Sports Promo Features Georgetown Fan Flipping The Bird
CBS ran this promo for a CBS Sports Network broadcast of Elon-Georgetown leading into the halftime show during Arizona-Michigan. As you can see, right there in the middle is a backwards-hatted Georgetown fan emphatically giving someone the two-for-Tuesday salute (and providing some lip-reading mat...

Michael Bay Remakes <i>Miracle</i> With Skating Helicopter
[Michael Bay walks into Jerry Bruckheimer's office] ...

The Main Ingredient: Mom's Orange Tree
In 1974, when I was three years old, my grandparents returned from a trip to Florida with a gift for my mother and my aunt. They carried it in a box, a few small branches of an orange tree. My aunt planted hers and it died almost immediately but Mom, who has a way with plants and flowers, potted the...

Arsenal Did A Lot Of Fingering During 6-3 Loss To Man City
Losing is no fun and losing 6-3 like Arsenal did today, is even less fun. So what's a club to do? Finger the shit out of everyone. Fans, each other, whatever....

Nick Saban Will Not Be Replacing Mack Brown At Texas
Nick Saban and Alabama have agreed on a contract extension and Kirk Herbstreit broke the news. All that's known at this point is that it is a long-term extension and his base salary will be somewhere between $7 and $7.5 million per year. None of this means anything. ...

Never Let A Cop In Your House: The Will Graves Story
This story is so stupid, I feel bad making you read it, but it's a teachable moment. Former North Carolina guard, Will Graves, was cited last week for misdemeanor charges when cops searched his home and found eight marijuana seeds, three (!) blunts and two burnt blunts, all helpfully scare-quoted in...

Deadspin Up All Night: Got Our Energy Back
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We've got a holiday party to get to. Give the weekenders your full attention. ...

Your Jeans Are Filthy. You Should Clean Them! Or Don't.
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She’ll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....


MLB Investigates Yankees For Potential Tampering With Mike Trout
This seems like a whole lot of nothing, but we can stand behind anything to make baseball's silly season the sillier. Yesterday, Yankees president Randy Levine had this to say by way of explaining why the team was hesitant to give Robinson Cano too many years:...

Another Reason Frank Thomas Deserves Your Hall Of Fame Vote
When I advocated for Frank Thomas's Hall of Fame candidacy, I mentioned that the autograph I got from him on the day he kinda-sorta saved my life had faded completely from the ball it was on. It turns out Thomas read my post, and he was kind enough to send me a new autographed ball. Seriously, put t...

The 2013 Deadspin Bear Of The Year
Deadspin is pleased to announce our 2013 Bear of the Year. There were a great many bears to choose, but ultimately our decision was a simple one: Bicycle-Riding Bear Who Ate a Monkey. ...
