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You Guys, There Might Be A Secret Species Of Bear Roaming The Himalayas
Big bear news today, everyone!...

Take A Tour Of English Soccer History With These Cool, Old-Timey Photos
This year is the 150th anniversary of the English Football Association, which was formed in 1863 with the aim of codifying all the different rules that governed the sport in different localities, and immediately devolved into a series of arguments in a bar. To commemorate the occasion, Getty has pos...

Young Superstars Neymar And Gareth Bale Are The Future Of El Clásico
Tomorrow is El Clásico, a matchup between two of the biggest, most storied clubs in the world: Real Madrid and Barcelona. It's the best rivalry in sports because it's the best kind of rivalry in sports. For 90 minutes, decades of shared history, clashing politics and nationalism will intersect with ...

What If A British Soccer Announcer Called The NBA Finals Game 7?
This is goddamn delightful. Here's a funny British guy combining some of the best things in the world—soccer commentary, the NBA basketball, gross and sweeping incompetence—and making something wonderful. ...

David Eckstein Stars In Commercial For Fake <em>Parks & Rec</em> Law Firm
Last week, the producers of Parks & Recreation graced the show with our favorite television easter egg of all time: a sabermetrics-inspired fake law firm. Now, they've gone and outdone themselves by getting David Eckstein to shoot a commercial for the fake law firm. ...


Mike Miller Considers Suing Heat For Setting Him Up With Con Man
Former Miami Heat swingman Mike Miller is strongly considering filing a $1.7 million lawsuit against his former team. Miller isn't considering suing for unpaid wages or bonus money, though. He believes that the Heat are responsible for paying him money he lost in a failed business relationship with ...

High School Cheerleader Sets Record With 44 Back Handsprings In A Row
Mikayla Clark of Westlake High School (Ga.) broke a world record with 44 consecutive back handsprings at her high school football team's homecoming game....

Deadspin Up All Night: Got Rich Going Stupid
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Drake Looks Thrilled To Be In Photo With Fianceé Of Eagles Player
Drake had to cancel his show Saturday night in Philly, but at the hotel bar, he ran into a group of ladies that included Laura Roberts, who's engaged to Eagles safety Kurt Coleman. Roberts, who was out for her bachelorette party, is the one in the black up front. Holy shit does Drake look excited....

What Happens When A Boxer Is Beaten To Death, And How We Can Stop it
After Jermichael Finley's recent spinal cord injury, a sportswriting friend of mine shook his head and referred to football as “America's sickness.” As severe as it was, though, Finley's injury wasn't nearly the worst a professional athlete suffered last weekend. On Saturday night, 26-year-old jun...

How Miami Got Away With It: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked
Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....

This Cavaliers Fan Turned His Beard Into A Basketball Hoop
This is Gary from Cincinnati, whom we've met before. He was spotted at last night's Cavaliers game, sporting his latest beard modification and some cool wristbands. Looking good, Gary....

Book Excerpt: Nicholas Dawidoff On The 2011 New York Jets
Over at Men's Journal check out this excerpt from Nicholas Dawidoff's new book, Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football:...

Greg Oden Dunked!
It was just four minutes in a preseason game, but those four minutes were Greg Oden's first NBA action in nearly four years. He had one bucket, a dunk on Al-Farouq Aminu, and was able to walk back up the court under his own power....
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Cardinals Minor Leaguer Thinks Jon Lester Is A Cheater [Update]
The photo above was captured and shared on Twitter last night by Cardinals minor league pitcher Tyler Melling, who wondered if that greenish splotch on the inside of Jon Lester's glove is vaseline. ...

Another Bro Behind ESPN Set Takes Off Shirt, Pours Soda On Himself
Just days after Clemson bro Davis Toney made himself America's Sweetheart by clowning David Pollack behind the College GameDay set, it appears the stunt has been co-opted by corporate culture scavengers as a Dr. Pepper-clad gent performed a similar feat behind John Kruk on ESPN's Baseball Tonight....

Greg Oden Has Been Sighted Playing Professional Basketball
Tonight perpetual pine-rider Greg Oden, who was picked ahead of Kevin Durant in the 2007 NBA Draft, logged his first minutes in an NBA game since 2009. The Heat put him on the floor for almost four solid minutes. Oden, who was picked ahead of a guy who has scored more than 12,000 points in 460 caree...

Adam Wainwright's Moment Of Desperation, Captured For Eternity
Adam Wainwright struggles defensively....
