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"Ur Probably Rob Ray": Jeremy Roenick's Spirited Banter With The Twitter Troll He Wants To Fight

Yesterday, we brought you the story of Jeremy Roenick exploring the legality of a death match with a Twitter troll. Since then, the troll in question has gotten in touch and sent us the direct messages Roenick sent him. We reached out to Roenick about the authenticity of these DMs, but he never got ...

Wow, The NFL Actually Fined A Player For Faking An Injury

Back in Week 7, Emmanuel Sanders had a fortuitously timed cramp. His "injury" saved the Steelers from having to use a timeout or take a delay-of-game penalty. It was fake, and we all knew it was fake, and Sanders knew we knew, but it's not like the league could do anything about it....

The Big Buck Hunter Is The Hunted: Stalking The Chance To Play For The Video-Deer-Shooting Championship

The hunting grounds in Big Buck Hunter, the deer-shooting arcade game, are not limited to the inside of a machine. Not for a player like Andy Lin. Lin—a fashion photographer with long, dangling hair, a wispy goatee, and a talent for advanced breathing techniques—will be competing in the national Big...

Last Night Reminded The World That Blaine Gabbert Is Hopeless And Chad Henne Isn't

We wondered in September why the Jaguars had refused to bench Blaine Gabbert (pictured above, on his ass)—their woeful second-year quarterback—in favor of Chad Henne, their slightly below-average (serviceable!) young veteran backup. Since then, Gabbert's play has, uh, I guess we could say picked up:...

A Thursday Blowout Offered The Quintessential Jaguars Gif

Another underwhelming Thursday Night Football matchup on paper, Indianapolis-Jacksonville had its saving grace: it was, somehow, the first and only national game this year for Andrew Luck and the frisky Colts. They didn't disappoint, having their way with the Jaguars. Which is all well and good for ...

How NFL Players Found Their Voice On The Marriage-Equality Issue

When Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe wrote his famous "lustful cockmonster" letter to a Maryland state delegate back in September, he wasn't just defending gay marriage: Kluwe was also sticking up for Brendon Ayanbadejo....

Just Five Games Into The Season, The Lakers Have Fired Mike Brown

Well, this is strange. USA Today is reporting that the Los Angeles Lakers have fired Mike Brown. Sure, the Lakers have struggled to begin the season—but it's five games of 82! That's the equivalent of one game in an NFL season. And Brown's task was not easy, either: He had to integrate Steve Nash (...

T.I. Will Be Doing Color Commentary At The Hawks Game Tonight

If you weren't planning on watching tonight's Heat-Hawks game, you should be now, because according to a press release that was sent out this morning, rapper T.I. will be doing color commentary for at least two quarters during the game....

Chat With ESPN NHL Analyst And Former Coach Barry Melrose [UPDATE: THE CHAT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE BARRY MELROSE IS]

Everyone's favorite hockey analyst, Barry Melrose, is here to answer your questions. Feel free to ask him about his coaching days, what working at ESPN is like, the NHL lockout, mullets, or anything else that your heart desires. And be sure to check out Melrose's new book, Dropping the Gloves: Insid...

Nate Silver discredits entire body of work, picks Jets to beat Seahawks in Seattle....

Arian Foster Is Vegan, Except For When He Eats Chicken

When Arian Foster announced that he was switching to a Vegan diet this summer, the doubters appeared. "If this doesn't work, I'm going to kick your ass," teammate Brian Cushing told him. Is it even possible to consume the however many thousands of calories a day hardworking NFL players burn through?...

The Best Videos Of The Week

A Division III golf coach loses his mind, Tim Duncan flips a fundamentally sound bird, Chris Berman tackles the big issues, and Riley Cooper almost has the best kick-return TD of the year. Here are the best videos of the week....

Deadspin NBA Shit List: Dwight Howard, The Superman Of Unfunny

A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....

"Anal Charles," "Python Manning": What Happens When An SI.com Article Gets Mangled By Spellcheck

Reader Colin alerted us to this SI.com fantasy football advice column, published yesterday afternoon, and offered a theory. It was composed totally on an iPhone, and autocorrect had its way with the player names. That's not a terrible guess....

A Bloodied Christian Tiffert Got The Last Laugh As Seattle Stole Victory In Salt Lake

One of the best-supported squads in American soccer finally won a playoff series last night, as Seattle Sounders beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 on a rocket one-timer by Mario Martínez in the 81st minute....

Profane Rant By D-III Christian College's Golf Coach Is A Thing To Behold

You could forward through the first 1:55 of this clip to get to the yelling and the screaming and the oh-so-many bad words. You could. But you shouldn't, because the buildup is what makes the explosion so great. Calm, helpful strategy gives way to praise for the one player who shot a decent round,...

Deadspin Up All Night: Do You Think You Could Try?

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The PM crew is here, and they will not let you go gentle into that good night....

Kobe's Not Mad At Mike Brown Or His New Offense. He's Mad At The Guys Who Can't Run It.

Things are not well in Lakerland. They're 1-4, last in the Pacific, and toward the end of last night's loss to Utah, Kobe Bryant gave coach Mike Brown what can only be described as the look. Kobe doesn't hide it when he's angry....

Rob Gronkowski To Astronaut In Space: "Are You Floating Right Now?"

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams Skyped with Patriots punter Zoltan Mesko and 6-foot-6 second-grader Rob Gronkowski earlier today. Guess who asked Williams, "Are you floating right now?" and "Aren't your suits way heavier than ours?" just before he makes the same pensive face as a middle-schooler try...

Nick Saban Cutout Stolen From Gas Station, Returned To Gas Station; Nation Exhales

We can barely keep up with all the breaking Nick-Saban-cutout news. We were just processing the horrible reports—wondering how to tell the children, really—that a life-size cutout of the Alabama coach was stolen from a Tuscaloosa gas station early this morning. We were roughly two-thirds through Küb...