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Colombia Commit Obvious Hand Ball, Get Away With It
Colombia lead France 1-0 in today’s Women’s World Cup match, and the French have reason to be sore after an obvious hand ball in the penalty area went missed by the match referee. Blatant cheating! It’s the FIFA way....

Rugby Star’s Surgery After Televised Broken Arm: VERY GROSS
The other day we brought you the above video of Australian former National Rugby League star Ben Ross getting his goddamn arm snapped in half during a televised charity arm wrestling match. When a big and strong man who made his living dominating other big and strong men let’s out a bone-chilling sc...

Idiot On The Field Disrupts Armenia-Portugal Euro Qualifier
A presumably Armenian Idiot invaded the pitch during the first half of today’s Euro 2016 qualifier and, unlike American Idiots On The Field, actually earned some decent attention and play-by-play from ESPN’s announcing team. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: Paper Falls Slow Like Confetti
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Shoutout to Joe Tone....

Someone Maybe Probably Etched A Swastika Onto The Pitch In Croatia
Look at the above image, taken from today’s Croatia-Italy Euro 2016 qualifying match. You’ll definitely notice the completely empty stadium, courtesy of a UEFA-imposed stadium ban after Croatian fans chanted racist things at not one but two prior international matches. What might slip your gaze is a...

Bear To Leaves: "Come Here, Stupid Leaves"
Sometimes life is a fucker and tries to deny you the things you want. Things like financial security, a good metabolism, or, in the case of this moon bear, some tasty leaves. Don’t let life do you like that. Get the leaves....

Jason Whitlock Out As Head Of The Undefeated
ESPN has removed Jason Whitlock from the website it created especially for him, according to ESPN PR man Richard Sandomir. A weasely press release quickly followed:...

Note To Jay Mariotti: <i>Ray Donovan</i> Premieres On July 12
This is an urgent message for Jay Mariotti. Jay, please read this....

Shaq: I'm Not Actually A 9/11 Truther
Shaquille O’Neal is disowning content posted on his personal blog and verified Facebook pages yesterday, claiming the company he contracted to pretend to be him online went rogue and that he is not and has never been a “9/11 truther.”...

Three Swimmers Injured After Being Hit By Bus At The European Games
Yesterday at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, three Austrian synchronized swimmers were injured, one severely, after a bus just up and plowed through them in the athletes village. The video, obtained by Meydan TV, is above, and it might be upsetting. ...

Soccer Player Earns Straight Red For Double-Footed Nutshot
Sounders 2 defeated L.A. Galaxy II 1-0 last night in exciting USL action, but it was a slightly abbreviated evening for Sérgio Mota as the Brazilian midfielder earned a sending-off from the third-tier soccer match after hammering his opponent’s balls with both feet....

Please Stop Yelling At Timofey Mozgov, You Mean Old Man
If you weren’t already convinced that longtime NBA referee and albino rage-turtle Joey Crawford is the worst, please watch the clip above....

Arsenal Fans Argue Over How Many Years Old 28 Years Old Is
Jackson Martinez was born on Oct. 3, 1986. The Colombian striker has been linked to Arsenal, but it may take much of the summer for fans to figure out how old that makes him. ...

Cleveland Weatherman Might Just Be Losing It, You Guys
Fresh off his bizarre antics a few days ago, WEWS chief meteorologist Mark Johnson turned his Cavaliers fandom up another notch on tonight’s late local news, as the ABC station’s weatherman brought a weed-whacker and a concrete block onto the set with him in reaction to tonight’s Cleveland loss. ...

Shaquille O'Neal Is A 9/11 Truther, According To His Own Website
TNT host Shaquille O’Neal regularly delights audiences with his “Shaqtin’ A Fool” segment, but the Inside the NBA personality is probably due for a taste of his own medicine after revealing to the world this evening that he is a 9/11 truther....

Norway's Maren Mjelde Strokes An Absolutely Perfect Free Kick
Mmm, the distance, the chip, the spin—this is just superb....

Ruben Amaro Jr.: How Bad A GM Do You Think I Am?
Last night, CSN Philadelphia’s Jim Salisbury reported that the Mariners are “checking in” on speedy Phillies outfielder Ben Revere. This makes sense: Revere has been squeezed out of his natural left-field role, and despite a down year, is still miles better than what Seattle has been getting from it...

Believe It Or Not, Germany Aren't Invincible
Yes, I am very aware of how crazy that headline sounds. Yes, I watched Die Nationalelf demolish Côte d’Ivoire, and how the score wasn’t 15-0 is beyond me. Germany are probably the best team in the world. They are the deepest team in the tournament besides the United States. They are a steamroller se...

The Sling I Wear On My Mangled Arm Smells Like Ass, Please Help
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....

Arab Leaders To Combat Anti-Qatar "Propaganda" With Pro-Qatar Propaganda
The Gulf Cooperation Council—an intergovernmental body made up of a handful of Middle-Eastern nations—is sick and damn tired of the Western media’s continued harping on all the terrible shit going on in relation to the Qatar World Cup. They will not stand for it anymore. As proof, they’ve called on ...