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Sandwich Board Becomes Weapon In New Jersey Soccer Fight
The third New York Derby takes place this evening, and it got wild in New Jersey beforehand. The AP’s Rob Harris was there as a brawl popped off out front of Bello’s Bar & Grill, right across the Passaic River from Red Bull Arena. One dude even started swinging with a sandwich board:...

Chad Barrett Scores Goal In Opening Minute, Injures Self Celebrating
Sounders forward Chad Barrett came off in the second minute due to a hamstring injury suffered while celebrating his goal, scored in the first minute....

Liverpool Beat Stoke Thanks To Lightning Strike From Coutinho
Philippe Coutinho’s rocket from outside the box proved to be the deciding goal in today’s 1-0 Liverpool win over Stoke, and is more likely than not to hold up as the Premiership’s golazo of the opening week....

Leicester City Player Calls Man "Jap" At Casino, Apologizes
Leicester City are at it again. Striker Jamie Vardy was caught on camera at a Leicester casino On July 26th repeatedly calling a man “jap” because he thought he was looking over his shoulder at his cards. He has since apologized for the incident, but the club are investigating. Vardy started and sco...

Watch Sydney Seau's Tribute To Her Father At His Hall Of Fame Induction
Junior Seau told his daughter Sydney before his death that he wanted her to speak on his behalf if he ever made it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall wasn’t having any of that, though they eventually relented and gave the 21-year-old a few minutes to talk about her dad. She notably doesn’t...

Deadspin Up All Night: Toda La Noche
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League One Team Accidentally Scores, Allows Opponent To Score On Them
That’s the manager of Doncaster Rovers explaining why his team intentionally allowed a player from the opposing team to dribble down the field and score. ...

Jose Mourinho Is In Midseason Form As Chelsea Barely Survive Swansea
Chelsea opened their Premier League title defense today with a topsy turvy 2-2 draw against Swansea City. As you can see, Jose Mourinho ain’t too happy about it. Our staff of amateur lip readers concurs that he’s dropping a “Fuck off Michael!”—directed towards referee Michael Oliver—but you could ma...

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The First Goal Of The Premier League Season Is ... An Own Goal
Here it is, the day we’ve all been waiting for: the return of the EPL. Manchester United-Tottenham is our opener, and though Spurs started brightly, all their good work was undone thanks to a terrible pass by Nabil Bentaleb. It wasn’t the prettiest season-christening goal, but we’ll take it....

Minor League Game Cancelled Due To Distracting Circus Tent
Tonight’s Florida State League game between the Clearwater Threshers and Tampa Yankees at George Steinbrenner Field was cancelled tonight due to a distracting circus tent behind the outfield fence. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: Cat's Foot, Iron Claw
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Extreme Humidity Is Turning My Home Into Gorgonzola
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She’ll be here every week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Check the Squalor Archive for assistance. Are you still dirty? Email her....

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Man With "Who Dat" Forehead Tattoo Accused Of Grabbing Officers' Balls
An inmate at Orleans Parish Prison was charged with two counts of battery of a police officer, simple battery, and sexual battery when he allegedly grabbed two officers’ testicles in separate incidents Monday and Tuesday....

The Best Of The Best: Our 2015-16 Premier League Preview, Pt. 3
You’ve made it to the third and final installment of our Premier League preview, and what lies below is a rundown of what we at Deadspin consider the six (6) least bad teams in all of England’s top flight. This thirdish of the league is important because this is where teams are fighting for all-impo...
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Minnesota AD Resigns For Sexually Harassing Colleagues Via Text Message [Updated]
Norwood Teague, the University of Minnesota’s athletic director, has resigned this morning. His decision stems from sexual harassment complaints made by two university employees, which Teague explained by saying he “had too much to drink and sent inappropriate texts.”...

Report: NFL Might Sell Season Tickets For Non-Existent L.A. Team
According to Fox Sports’ Mike Garafolo, NFL owners will meet next week and discuss selling season tickets to NFL fans in Los Angeles. As you are probably aware, there is no NFL team in L.A. for these fans to go watch with their season tickets, but who cares!...

The Only Real Question That Needs To Be Asked At A Debate
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ESPN's Chris Broussard Got $10,000 To Speak At A Public University
On ChrisBroussardSpeaks.com, Chris Broussard—ESPN’s frequently wrong personality who once said being gay was an “open rebellion to God” and more recently had Mark Cuban call his reporting “ridiculous”—asks, “Is your audience ready to dig deeper and gain more insight into themselves than ever before?...