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Underwater Polar Bear Basketball Is The Best Kind Of Basketball
While other polar bears are spending their days doing frivolous things like swimming laps and eating fish, this badass right here is getting his game tight. ...
Infographics: Every NFL Offense's Production, Visualized By Position
Instinctively, you know every team has strengths and weaknesses. You see it in the box scores and the advanced metrics, but when the teams line up, a shitty running back doesn't look impossibly different from Adrian Peterson. So, here's a visual aid. Every NFL offense, visualized by how each of the ...
Family Member Says Paul Oliver May Not Have Meant To Kill Himself
USA Today has more details on the death of former Chargers safety Paul Oliver, who died last month from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Citing a police report, USA Today paints Oliver as a man who was directionless and possibly depressed at the time of his death....
Jim Irsay Sent Another Nighttime Drunken Tweet, We Hope
The unpredictable Colts owner sent out this wonderful photo around halftime last night, captioned "FIRE UP Colts Nation 4 Sunday! Loud n Proud! Stay tuned for 10 winners-2 free tics,$100,Colts Hat!" He then didn't tweet for another nine hours....
The Sneaky Public Drinker's Guide To Impromptu Tailgating
Massachusetts has a lot going for it. First and foremost, it's a really fun word to say. We also have a lot of apples here, plus more peaches than you'd think. And I can't say for certain, but I assume we still have unparalleled access to the Funky Bunch....
Here's Dusty Baker's Version Of How He Got Fired
This morning, the Reds announced that Dusty Baker is out as Reds managers after six seasons. It was ostensibly a "mutual" decision, but no one bought that. Now Baker gets to tell his side of the story, and if you believe him, he threw himself on his sword to save his hitting coach....
The Deadspin Twitter -100*: The 73 Worst Accounts In Sports
Last week, SI.com published its third annual Twitter 100, a list of the Twitter feeds that Sports Illustrated staffers purportedly consider "essential to your daily routine for finding news, information and entertainment from the sports world."...
What Really Went Wrong With Rob Gronkowski's Arm Surgeries?
Hours after the 2013 Super Bowl, Rob Gronkowski danced on stage at Encore, the kind of Vegas club you pray your friends never drag you to. As I watched the inevitable TMZ video—Gronk body-slammed a pal onstage—I was less interested in Gronk Gronking than in the black cast encasing his left forearm. ...
Tiger Woods: Not A Huge Fan Of Adorable Baby Squirrels
At the Presidents Cup, Davis Love III has been carting around with a pet baby squirrel, which is pretty adorable. Lindsey Vonn, Olympic skier and current girlfriend of Tiger Woods, thought it would be a good idea to perch Love III's little buddy on her boyfriend's shoulder. Was Tiger feeling it? Ti...
Alex Rodriguez's Suit Against MLB Is The Year's Best Baseball Reading
Late last night, Alex Rodriguez filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court, accusing MLB and Bud Selig (specifically named as a defendant) of, and I'm quoting, "improperly marshal[ing] evidence that they hope to use to destroy the reputation and career of Alex Rodriguez, one of the most accompl...
Bill Eppridge Is Dead. His Photos Will Never Die
Bill Eppridge, one of the greatest photojournalists who ever picked up a camera, a longtime LIFE and Sports Illustrated photographer and the man behind the harrowing, iconic picture of a fatally wounded Robert Kennedy lying in a pool of blood in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen in June 1968, died on Thur...
Here Is The Robot That Will One Day Hunt Us Down Like We Are Vermin
Meet WildCat, the latest robotic creation from the species-betrayers at Boston Dynamics. WildCat can run 16 mph on flat surfaces, and although it hasn't yet acquired a taste for human blood, that will surely change in the near future. ...
Look How Much LeBron's Hairline Receded From NBA 2K13 To NBA 2K14
Some thanks for flinging off the headband and using your forehead as one of those Super Mario invincibility stars for that entire fourth quarter, huh? Jerks. Though I guess the real question is why video game LeBron looked like that last year in the first place. ...
Shitbag Browns Owner Yuks It Up
Look at this evil motherfucker. Laughing it up as the Browns eked out an ugly win. This time next year, Jimmy Haslam could be in federal prison. Never forget that if supervillains were real, they'd start as sports owners....
Chris Mullin Still Has A Sweet Jump Shot
Chris Mullin may be 50 years old, but the NBA hall of famer can still shoot the hell out of a basketball. Mullin, who is now an advisor to the Sacramento Kings, participated in an impromptu three-point contest at a recent Kings practice. Above is video of Mullins's first-round attempt. He hit 14 of...
Reds Fire Dusty Baker; Is He A Hall Of Famer?
After the Reds washed out in the one-game wild card, GM Walt Jocketty was asked if Dusty Baker would be back next year. "I think so," Jocketty said. "He's got another year on his contract." It sounds like the GM was overruled from above, because reports out of Cincinnati have Baker out as Reds manag...
Paul Rhoads Goes On Rant For The Ages After Officials Screw ISU
Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads, already on the hot seat after losing the Cyclones' opening game to Northern Iowa of the FCS, had a right to be upset with officials after tonight's game against Texas, a 31-30 Longhorns win....
Cleveland Spanks: Your Browns-Bills GIF Roundup
Browns 37, Bills 24: Even with both starting quarterbacks leaving due to injury, this was probably the most entertaining Thursday night game this season. Yes, even with Brandon Weeden and Jeff Tuel....
