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Grip It Good
A RIDDLE: Who is stronger? Jeff, whose huge biceps pop up when he makes a "flexing" motion, as he frequently does; or his brother Jeremy, who has huge triceps thanks to endless skull crushers and "tricep kickbacks"? The answer may surprise you....
Today In Disinterested Baseball Fans: A Kid Doing Origami
This picture comes to us from reader Michael, and it was taken at a recent Twins-Brewers game. ...
Great Expectations
Head on over to the New Yorker and check out this post by Richard Brody on a new book of interviews with Orson Welles:...
Ticket to Ride
Robert Lipsyte describes the day Cassius Clay met the Beatles:...
Knicks And Raptors Agree To Trade For Andrea Bargnani
According to Howard Beck, the two sides have agreed on a trade that will send Andrea Bargnani to the Knicks. In return for Steve Novak, Marcus Camby, a 2016 first-round pick and two future second-round picks, the Knicks will receive the first overall pick from 2006, who is owed $22 million over the ...
Toronto Maple Leafs Get Their Man
Frederik Gauthier: "I don't really watch hockey." Grew up near Montreal but doesn't have a favourite team....
The Success of Failure
In Joe DePaolo's fine profile of talk radio host Mike Francesa, published earlier this year at SB Nation Longform, this struck me:...
Fantastic Finish Lifts San Jose Earthquakes Past L.A. Galaxy
First, Shea Salinas punched in to equalize in the 92nd minute. Then the Earthquakes struck again in extra time, with Alan Gordon heading in the match winner to the delight of an absolutely mad crowd....
Hassoun Camara Scores Impossible Bicycle Goal From Ground
I have no clue how this worked for Hassoun Camara, beyond the goalkeeper error cited by the commentator. But it did!...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Had To Learn
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll see y'all tomorrow....
How To Make Kebabs, Because You Like To Stab Things And Play With Fire
You dusted off your crummy charcoal grill way back in April, and by now, through all the contrived family gatherings that are really just flimsy pretexts for playing with fire, you've already run through your basic repertoire of grilled foods: chicken thighs and chicken breasts and steak and lobste...
Deadspin Up All Night: Wrapped Up In Books
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Weekend gang's on deck. Make yours a good one....
Dead Letters: Some Friendly, Productive Exchanges With Our Readers
Normally we begin with reader mail and close with Dead Tweets. Not today. There are some good tweets....
Help! My Fiancée Is Orange And So Is My Bathroom
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Minor-League Team Giving Away Guns On "Second Amendment Night"
THE HUNTSVILLE STARS ARE TRUE PATRIOTS NOT THAT THAT PINKO COMMIE OBAMA LOVING TEROR SUPPRTING BASEBALL TEAM U ROOT FOUR!1!! THEY SUPPORT AMERICA AND THEY SUPPORT ARE RIGHTS AS AMRICANS TO CELE BRATE THOSE RIGHTS!!1!!! LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE THE FOUNDERS SAID SO GOD DID 2!!! THE FORTH OF JULY I...
How Much Money Did The Knee Injury Cost Nerlens Noel?
If we assume that a healthy Nerlens Noel goes first or second in an historically thin NBA draft, he lost somewhere between $4 million and $5 million over the next three years—all because he vaporized his knee in February while playing amateur basketball as a nominally unpaid intern at Kentucky....
Lance Armstrong: Tour De France "Impossible To Win Without Doping"
It's a whole new Lance! A "nothing left to lose" Lance. An "I'm a scoundrel, like all the rest" Lance. An "I don't need or want your fucking love" Lance. And he's here to drop some truth bombs....
Just A Fire In A Light Tower During A Game At Nationals Park
No one was injured, and the fire never spread beyond the light tower up in right field, so go ahead and laugh!...