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Minor League Baseball Promotion Turns Into Slapstick Routine
Sometimes minor league baseball promotions are weird and bad, but sometimes they are weird and good. I say this one, from a recent West Michigan Whitecaps game, falls into the latter category. I say this because I enjoy watching children fall....
Minor League Team Loses After HR Hitter Fails To Touch Home Plate
There are bad losses, then there are bad losses, and somewhere well past that are losses where your ninth-inning go-ahead home run doesn’t count because you didn’t touch home plate after rounding the bases....
LeSean McCoy's New Party Sounds Fun, Too
Bills RB LeSean McCoy’s “females only” party was scheduled for last night. That was before everyone had a good laugh at it, and the Bills chided McCoy for using his logo. So around the time the party had been set to start, McCoy sent out the above note on Instagram....
Junior Galette's Twitter Rant Savages Sean Payton And The Saints
Linebacker Junior Galette was shockingly told by the Saints on Friday that he will be released before training camp. Galette signed a new contract last fall, and since New Orleans will have to swallow nearly $18 million of his salary, they must have been truly sick of him. The feeling’s mutual; on S...
Deadspin Up All Night: The Whole Thing's Tumbling Down
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The key to perfect french toast is a drop of almond extract. ...
Blue Jays' Awful Baserunning Turns Grounder Into Triple Play
You want to see a 3-6-2 triple play? Here’s one, courtesy of some putrid baserunning by the Toronto Blue Jays. How rare is this play? The last time it happened was in 1955, according to SABR....
Zack Greinke's Scoreless Streak Broken By Fielder's Choice
Zack Greinke’s attempt to break Orel Hershiser’s scoreless innings streak was ended today by, of all people, his opposing pitcher Jacob deGrom, as the Mets hurler drove in Kirk Nieuwenhuis with a third-inning fielder’s choice. The streak reached 45 2/3 innings....
Deadspin Up All Night: Looking For A Sign That I'm Still Alive
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Time for some spikeball. ...
CONCACAF Admits Referee Errors In Mexico-Panama Match
Wednesday’s Mexico-Panama Gold Cup semifinal was an ugly affair, with Mexico winning 2-1 after being the beneficiary of bogus red card and penalty calls. The refereeing was so poor that even Mexican newspapers admitted the game was a sham....
Tour De France Enhanced By Yet Another Bare-Assed Frenchman
Il est une tradition à nulle autre pareille....
Don't Try This At Home: A Few Words With B-Boys
June 27th is close to the summer solstice, so there may have been some magic in that, especially in Minneapolis, where the warmth and late, syrupy sunlight are not taken for granted. At any rate, on June 27th at Minnehaha Falls, where the meandering creek of the same name froths over a precipice and...
Junior Seau's Family Banned From Speaking At His Hall Of Fame Induction
Junior Seau’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame next month will feature a video celebrating his on-field accomplishments, but no mention of his football-caused brain injuries or his self-inflicted fatal gunshot wound in 2012. It also will not feature any words from his family members....
Reports: New Orleans Saints Release Junior Galette
The New Orleans Saints have reportedly released Junior Galette. The linebacker was arrested in January on a domestic violence charge which later dropped, and in June, the NFL looked into a video from 2013 which allegedly showed Galette beating a woman with a belt....
Deadspin Up All Night: The Nervous Walking
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We’re going to go hang out with our dogs and what not....
Laundry School: Everything Is Stained, And Everything Smells
Welcome back to Laundry School—here comes THE BIG ONE. Today we’re taking on stains and smells....
Why Your Team Sucks 2015: Washington Redskins
Some people are fans of the Washington Redskins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Washington Redskins. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group....
Boxer Cam Awesome Delivers Nutso Postfight Interview After Losing
Cam Awesome, né Lenroy Thompson, lost his semifinal bout tonight to Cuban heavyweight Lenier Pero but “won” the wacky postfight interview with ESPN, making references to himself being the “Taylor Swift of boxing” and insisting, as the way a man who changes his name to Awesome only can, that he was t...