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What Exactly Did LeBron James Do To Earn A Technical Here?
Poor LeBron, never getting the calls, always being targeted by the refs. But that's life in bizarro preseason, where the Raptors are 5-1, the Lakers are 0-6, and the Bobcats get every whistle against the Heat....

Lionel Messi Couldn't Hide Being Shocked When Barcelona Found Themselves Down 1-0 To Celtic
Barcelona's home leg of their UEFA Champions League tie with Celtic was supposed to be easy—let Barça's superstars overwhelm the Scottish champs and build an early lead. That isn't how it worked, though, as a 17th-minute Celtic goal silenced the Camp Nou crowd—and superstar Lionel Messi. Barça woul...

Idiot Detroit Columnist Labels San Francisco A "Strange Baseball Town" Because The Food Is So Amazing
For all the reasons one can/should/better love the spectacle and awesomeness of the World Series, one perpetual risk is that some lazy newspaper columnist will come out and play the "Robinson Crusoe" card, acting like they've suddenly been dropped on a remote Pacific island with no other way of pass...

Tuesday Night Fights: Lady Hockey Writer Compares Lady Street Fight To College Hockey Brawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs. The since-removed "Crazy Girl Fight" and "Rowan Ice Hockey vs. Temple Fight - 10/13/12." Tonight's commentator: Sarah Baicker, who covers the Philadelphia Flyers for Co...

Deadspin Up All Night: Bring You Up Again
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. THERE ARE NO SPORTS. But there is Erik, and the Tuesday Night Fights, and that's more than enough....

What Exactly Is A Lisfranc Injury, Anyway?
A displeased tipster wrote in today to ask why he was hearing so much about Lisfranc injuries. Maurice Jones-Drew was cleared today of having a Lisfranc injury. Santonio Holmes does have a Lisfranc injury. Cedric Benson too. Lisfranc, Lisfranc, Lisfranc. It was driving this reader nuts....

Eli Manning Hit Victor Cruz Because The Redskins Ran Their Same Two-Minute Drill Coverage From The First Half
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Washington's looks need to get less predictable....

Proposed New Bills Stadium Looks Fantastic, Will Never Happen
This is an artist's conception of a proposed new $1.4 billion stadium for the Buffalo Bills. It would have a retractable roof, a hotel, and shopping and dining. It would not be located in Toronto, so the plan is not feasible. [Buffalo News]...

The Best Stories So Far About Gross, Obnoxious People In The Press Box, Starring Reilly, Lupica, And An "Undiscovered American Sportswriter Douche Bag"
We asked for your stories about gross reporters being gross or obnoxious reporters being obnoxious, and here are snippets of the best entries we got so far. By all means, keep 'em coming....

WNBA Championship Parade Almost Happens
We hoped to recapture the magic of the single greatest headline/photo combination in Deadspin history, but the weather did not cooperate. Literally scores of fans were set to line the streets of downtown Indianapolis to fête their triumphant Fever, who prevailed in the best-of-5 WNBA finals this wee...

Mizzou's Corporate Card Was Used For $7,600 At A Vegas Strip Club
Missouri, like many schools, handed out credit cards to athletics department employees and trusted them not to abuse the privilege. Anyone who's ever had a corporate card can guess how that worked out: strip clubs and steakhouses. After an external audit of the program's finances, they're cracking d...

You Don't Know Me: On The Terrific And Unsettling <em>The Loneliest Planet</em>
I waste as much time on the web as anyone, but one thing I always avoid are those videos that careen around the internet that depict some poor schmoe being caught on camera doing something horribly embarrassing. I don't mind if local TV news reporters accidentally make fools of themselves—they signe...

Who Is Being Told To Stick To Sports Today?
Each day, lots of things that aren't sports happen all around the world. But if you have a career in sports, you better ignore all those non-sports events, particularly if they relate to our contentious election season. What the hell is wrong with you? Don't even think about other stuff, buddy....

Bristolmetrics: ESPN Anoints Alex Rodriguez As History's Greatest Monster
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....

Report: Carlton Fisk Was Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI In The Middle Of A Corn Field
Every October baseball marvels at itself and its history. Sometimes the history at which the game marvels includes Carlton Fisk's home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, when Fisk hit a twelfth-inning walk-off to force a seventh game. That happened 37 years ago Sunday. This, from Monday, report...

Barcelona Scores With 45 Seconds Left In Stoppage Time To Seize Victory Over Celtic
Barcelona avoided a home draw against Celtic when Jordi Alba tucked in a curl from Adriano in the closing seconds and claimed a 2-1 win over the Scottish side in Champions League action. Celtic actually held a 1-0 lead for much of the first half, albeit against the run of play as the heavily-favore...

The Giants Are Headed To The World Series Without One Of Their Best Players Because They Are Stupid
The San Francisco Giants will play in the World Series with a stupid, self-inflicted handicap. They will be without Melky Cabrera, their best regular-season hitter. Cabrera, whose 50-game performance-enhancing-drug suspension just ended, was left off the Giants' postseason roster for the dumbest of ...

Here's An Awkward Tiger Woods Interview On CNBC
Tiger Woods is only on CNBC for this interview with Maria Bartiromo to plug Fuse Science, his new sponsorship. Considering Woods's taciturn personality, the segment should have been a glorified commercial, a break from lots of numbers and stuff. But Bartiromo lets her news instinct take over and tri...

The Marlins Have Fired Ozzie Guillen
The Marlins have fired manager Ozzie Guillen, reports everybody, after a hilarious 69-93 season that included a five-game suspension, a feud with his closer, and a premature reality-show cancellation, and fell short of everyone's expectations. The Marlins were apparently unaware of Guillen's body of...

Now's Your Last Chance to Let Us Fix Your Inbox
A few weeks ago we asked all you stuck-in-the-dark-ages-types to send your email-related quandaries (for instance: What time is the best time to email your boss when you've been out all night and plan to be "sick" the next day?) to [email protected], with the promise of them being answered by t...