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Deadspin Up All Night: Well, We'll Be Free And Easy
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Greg will join you for the basket action tonight—talk down here....
Jaromir Jagr's Playoff Beard Is Way Too Much
There are some things Jaromir Jagr is unmistakably great at. Playing hockey, for instance—which Jagr does especially well, even now, at the age of 41. When he puts his hips out and leans forward, with his body between the defender and the puck, no one can dream of filching possession. He may have b...
A Collection Of Your Stories About Meeting Muhammad Ali
On Friday, we republished "My Dinner with Ali," Davis Miller's great story from 1989 about his life-affirming encounter with Muhammad Ali. Almost immediately, the comments section began filling up with readers' own accounts of meeting Ali. You can find a few of those through the links below, but you...
The Four Most Punchable Faces In Human History
Before we get to the Funbag, some notes of vital interest. If you're in New York tomorrow night, I'll be doing Scott Rogowsky's Running Late show over in Brooklyn. It's like a live talk show-type thing. You can buy tickets here. You get a free beer (not kidding) if you mention Deadspin at the door, ...
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Both Chicago Teams Played In The Fog, And It Was Gorgeous
We noticed last night that Wrigley Field looked like it had been transported to Silent Hill. (This being the Cubs, maybe Superman 64 is the better analogy.) But the fog covered the South Side too, and the morning-after photos are equal parts eerie, quirky, and beautiful....
Deadspin Up All Night: Hush A Wild Violet
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. No playoff sports tonight—so I guess you'll have to talk about Tebow or something. Do so down here....
This Is What A Seahawks-Themed Wedding Looks Like
Ryan and Janna Willmaser got married last weekend. Ryan and Janna are big Seahawks fans. This is, I suppose, the natural outcome of things: lots of neon green, and wedding vows that included swearing to love the Seahawks forever and ever, til death do you part....
Tim Donaghy On Game 2: Trying To Keep A Blowout Interesting
As he has done for us in years past, Tim Donaghy, the owner and operator of RefPicks.com and a former NBA referee who spent 11 months in prison for relaying inside information to gamblers, will review the performance of his former colleagues during the NBA Finals. Here's a quarter-by-quarter breakdo...
Kid At Monster Truck Rally Is Saddest Kid Ever
This young man looked upon the grotesque, motorized monsters as they crushed steel and burned fuel, and he wept a single tear. For America....
It Looks Like The Offseason Is Driving Russell Westbrook A Little Crazy
Pretty cool Vine, Russell Westbrook:...
There's No Limit To The Ways In Which LeBron Can Hurt His Opponents
If there was ever a moment to be afraid that the moronic lowing of "LeBron isn't clutch!" was going to be heard once again, it was during the first half of Game 2 between the Spurs and Heat. James played tentatively throughout the half, finishing with four points, four assists, and one rebound on 2-...
NBA Players Read Mean Tweets About Themselves
Jimmy Kimmel has been making celebrities read mean (often fake) tweets about themselves for some time, but now he's expanded to the world of the NBA. And that's a good thing, because now we get to watch Rajon Rondo face the fact that he looks like Franklin the Turtle....
LeBron's Latest Stunner Was This Demolition Of Tiago Splitter
The Heat made easy work of San Antonio tonight, taking advantage of an off-night by the Spurs' stars to cruise to a Game 2 victory. Yet all anybody wants to talk about is this apocalyptic block by LeBron James....
Deadspin Up All Night: Never Felt This Hot
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Rogue Kickball League Succumbs To The Man, Agrees To Shorten Its Games
An adult kickball league said to be a worse menace than the gang violence and heroin epidemic that once plagued New York City's Lower East Side has finally, mercifully been brought to heel....