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Meet Tyler Lewis: The No-Look-Passing, Ankle-Breaking Teenager
Here's video of a high school sophomore who, since he's white, will be compared endlessly to Steve Nash. While not Nash-level yet, he has a lot going for him: great floor-vision, superior play-making skills, and not being Guerdwich Montimere. [Hoops Doctors, ONEentertainmentHOOPS.com]...
A Special Balls Deep Message To The Class Of 2010
It's graduation time across the country. I've done this post the past two years running, and I don't see new college grads getting any less annoying. So we'd best do it again....
Mooning Spectator Causes Rally Car Crash
Unpredictable terrain. Wild weather. Nothing can break the singular focus of the rally car driver. Except, evidently, one random fellow at the side of the road with his pants around his ankles....
Reliving High School Days More Rape-y Than Hollywood Makes It Seem
Remember Guerdwich Montimere, the 22-year-old man who posed as a 16-year-old to have another go-round at playing high school hoops? Turns out he slept with a 15-year-old girl while living the lie. Guess he was really committed to the part. [AP]...
Weekend Winner: The LeBron Combo
In sports, everyone is a winner-some people just win better than others. Like John Calipari, who is allegedly being shopped around as part of a package deal with James....
Michael Jordan Likes A Little More Lebensraum In His Hanes
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
ESPN Switches To "Future Hall of Famers"-Based Scoring System
There you have it. And please don't turn the comments into a RoFlaWa.*...
Peeping Tom Peeps In On MMA Fighter, Doesn't Peep So Good No More
A pervert snuck onto a couple's patio and tried to videotape them. The male half of that couple, a part-time MMA fighter, took exception, which he expressed via fists. As you probably guessed, that's the pervert, in his "after" pose....
Canadian Porn Ads Teach Valuable Lesson About Truth in Advertising
These have nothing to do with sports, but they're extremely funny and today is somewhat slow, so there. Pretty SFW, but you should be at home on a Sunday evening anyway. Your family misses you....
Racist English Footballer May Be Out of a Job
Leicester City defender Wayne Brown's vocal support of Britain's all-white BNP party and racist tirade proved so unpopular with teammates, he was suspended for a recent semi-final loss, and his future with the team is now in doubt. Makes sense....
Eastern Conference Finals Game One Open Thread
Boston, still unsatiated despite drinking the very soul of the City of Cleveland, takes on those sweep-happy Magic, led by legendary playoff warrior Vince Carter. This one kicks off...NOW!...
MLB Civil Rights Game Gets Blacked Out
At least in Memphis, home to both the inaugural game and the National Civil Rights Museum....
Mountain <em>Ew</em>!: High School Softball Coach Makes Players Drink Soda From a Shoe
The incident occurred, naturally, at a team slumber party. The drinkers of the unholy union of Drs. Pepper and Scholls had all struck out during a recent game. The coach has since apologized. Also apologizing? Me, for that headline....
Don't Forget to Send In Your Photos and Videos of Preakness Debauchery
Unlimited drinks for $20 means, at the very least, someone's got a picture of a jockey being tossed around like a beach ball against his fiery little will....
Head of English Soccer Says Spain and Russia Are Trying to Bribe World Cup Referees
Lord Triesman made the claim during a conversation with his ex-mistress, which she happened to be secretly recording. Between Triesman and Gordon Brown, prominent British officials should go ahead and just assume all their private tirades are being taped....
One-Eyed Funnyman Steve Nash Responds to Phil Jackson's "Nash Carries the Ball" Dig
"I've never heard anyone accuse me of carrying it...I mean, the best coach in the league, Gregg Popovich, didn't have a problem with it last week." Bam! Man, I can't wait until this series actually starts, sometime in mid-June....
Coach Unaware He's Mimicking Dance Squad's Every Move
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Buzz Bissinger's Twitter Tirade Makes Him All The More Lovable
Deadspin's best frenemy and best-selling author is, in fact, the man behind the infamous Buzz Bissinger Twitter account, which has been littered with highly entertaining, vituperative tweet spats ....
ESPN Wins The Courtship Of Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons is close to re-upping with ESPN, people familiar with the situation say, putting an end to speculation that he might head for a competitor or strike out on his own when his contract expires at year's end....
Stories That Could Have Been Written Three Months Ago: Nick Johnson's Injury May Require Surgery
Brian Cashman crossed his fingers and hoped Nick Johnson would last more than a month, but it appears right after the deal was signed Johnson walked under a ladder and broke a mirror in a room full of black cats. [NYT]...