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NBA League Pass Broadband 2013-14: Still Shitty, You Should Not Buy It

Last year we gave you a heads-up about the poor quality of NBA League Pass Broadband, the NBA's shady auto-renew system for its online video offering, and the league's non-existent customer service. Has the league finally gotten its act together for this season's edition? After several weeks of atte...

Teacher Slugs Middle Schooler Who Mocked His Favorite Football Team

Texas middle school student Reginald Wells was knocked out with a punch to the face by a teacher last Friday after Wells cracked a joke about the teacher's favorite football team....

ESPN Anchor Apologizes After "Lin Is Cooking With Peanut Oil" Joke

Remember when ESPN suspended Max Bretos for a month because he used a common colloquialism that, in the context of Jeremy Lin, seemed racist? Remember when media people saying racially obtuse things about Jeremy Lin was a thing? Lin's having a good game tonight against the Knicks, which means we'r...

Fugitive Comments On Own Most Wanted Photo On Facebook [UPDATE]

If the police are looking for you, it seems unwise to comment and argue on a "most wanted" photo of you circulating around Facebook....

Deadspin Up All Night: Man I Gotta Get My Soul Right

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Two Russian Children Take Turns Wrestling A Bear Cub

This is the kind of shit that used to go down in Russia back in 1997. Holy shit, Russia....

Are Silent Farts Really More Deadly? Science Has An Answer

Our buddies at AsapSCIENCE have created this short educational film that explains just exactly why you fart, why you fart at different volumes, and why those tiny little noiseless bandits are often the worst farts of all....

Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Jon Melander

This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...

Alleged Drunk Driver Seriously Injures Voice Of Marquette Basketball [Updated]

Steve "The Homer" True, a Milwaukee sports-talk personality and the longtime radio voice of Marquette basketball, sustained a serious head injury yesterday morning when the car he was driving was struck by an alleged drunk driver. As of last night, according to TV station WISN, True was listed in cr...

The NCAA Was Shamed Into Overturning Another Dumb Eligibility Ruling

After tons of public pressure and negative media attention, the NCAA has reversed its stance and will allow BYU runner Jared Ward to compete for his senior season. Good job, everyone!...

Pot Isn't Life And Death, And Tyrann Mathieu Isn't A Redemption Story

Tyrann Mathieu smoked some weed in college. If we're going to play this brain-dead association game, let's start by being clear about what he actually did. He smoked some weed, somehow got vilified for it, was thrown off his football team, went to rehab for weed, and now plays for the Arizona Cardin...

Andrea Bargnani: Still Really Bad At Defense

OK, so this doesn't feature the total loss of body control that our last addition to the Andrea Bargnani lowlight reel did, but J.R. Smith's exasperated reaction more than makes up for that fact. ...

Jose Fernandez's Surprise Reunion With His Grandmother Is Heartwarming

At the risk of sounding like a sentimental sap, this is definitely the coolest thing you will see today. Marlins superstar pitcher Jose Fernandez hasn't seen his grandmother since he defected from Cuba at the age of 15. So the Marlins decided to sit him down for an interview, ask him to talk about h...

Deadspin Up All Night: All These Things That I Can't Stand

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Former NFL Wide Receiver Sam Hurd Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

Sam Hurd, the former Cowboys and Bears receiver, faced up to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to drug trafficking earlier this year. At a hearing today in a U.S. District courtroom in Dallas, judge Jorge Solis sentenced Hurd to 15 years in federal prison....

Mexico Just Destroyed New Zealand. New Zealand Sucked So Much.

Mexico passed through them. They used long through balls, practically jamming it down the All Whites' throats. They dominated on set pieces. They defended with almost profound ease. They tripled their opponents' possession. And barring one the most unbelievable comebacks in the history of sports, Me...

Todd Christensen, RIP: He was a five-time Pro Bowl tight end who twice won the Super Bowl with the Raiders in the 1980s. The official cause of death was complications from liver transplant surgery. He was 57. [AP] ...

Untied Shoelace Leads To Two Great Displays Of Soccer Sportsmanship

After collecting the ball during a match last week in the Saudi Arabian league last week, Al-Nahda goalkeeper Tisir Al-Antaif found his shoelace undone. With his big Hamburger Helper gloves, he couldn't re-tie it himself. So Al-Ittihad's Brazilian striker Jobson bent down to do it for him....

Are You A Hall Of Fame Voter? We'd Like To Buy Your Vote

It's Hall of Fame season and there's no joy in it, because instead of discussing what matters—Edgar Martinez's elegant swing, Tim Raines careening around third, Mike Mussina flicking a knuckle curve at the edge of the plate—baseball fans will be discussing the voters, who are mainly sour, nasty old ...