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LeBron James Is A Better Defender Than The Computerized Version Of An Ideal NBA Defender
There is plenty of great information to be gleaned from Zach Lowe's exclusive look at the Toronto Raptors' camera tracking system, known as SportVU, but buried within the piece is yet another anecdote that demonstrates the fact that LeBron James is not of this planet....

ECHL Goalie Arrested After Allegedly Groping Waitress, Screaming Racial Slurs In A Bar
The night after tending goal in a 3-1 loss to Gwinnett (he was pulled after 25 minutes), Orlando Solar Bears netminder Zoltan Hetenyi hit the town to drown his sorrows. Sometime around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, Hetenyi caused a ruckus at the Arena Tavern in Duluth, Ga., leading us to create this totall...

Every Cold-Weather City Should Host The Super Bowl
Despite the objections of Joe Flacco, next year's Super Bowl will be played in lovely northern New Jersey. It might be windy. It might snow. But as long as no great disaster happens, like thousands of trapped fans at Seacaucus Junction going Donner Party on each other, the NFL will make a lot of mon...

Here's Jim Ross Calling LeBron James's Monster Dunk On Jason Terry
We all knew this was coming....

Miami Withstands Jeff Green, Continues To Roll
The Heat won Monday night for the 23rd straight time, leaving only the 71-72 Lakers with a longer streak at 33....

Atlanta Cheerleader Carted Off Court After Bizarre Injury
Between the third and fourth quarters of tonight's Hawks-Mavericks game in Atlanta, a Hawks cheerleader slipped and appeared to hit her head on the court....

Here Is A Perfect LeBron James Dunk
The Heat are in Boston this evening attempting to extend their winning streak to 23 games. The Celtics lead 59-53 at the half after jumping out to a big early lead....

Deadspin Up All Night: Love Is The Best
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Sean will be on in a bit. ...

Finally, Someone Has Created Spoiler-Free NHL Highlights
Hockey fans: do you go to sleep before the West Coast games end? Want to relive the action, the back-and-forth scoring, and the game-winner without ruining the drama? Do we have the site for you. ...

Not Every Conference Tournament Had "Excitement" Or "Spectators"
You're looking at shots from the stands during the semifinal of the Great West tournament in Chicago, via Brian Sandalow of ChicagoSide. Usually, small programs can at least count on friends and family to make the hike to conference tourney games, but it seems even mom and dad preferred the Big Ten ...


Last-Minute Handball Sends Wigan Athletic Past Newcastle
The Premier League is ridiculous this time of year. In addition to the giants fight for European qualification at the top of the table, you have really, really bad teams fighting to avoid relegation at the bottom. ...

"Roof Top Bottle Poppin" Liars Busted By Mario Chalmers
Roof top bottle poppin life. ...

Your College Basketball Open Thread
We've got four games left before Lunardi can finally shame the also-rans of this years Selection Sunday. Three games tip off now:...

Another Buzzer-Beater For Another High School State Championship
Here we have Mercy star senior Maria Weselyj hitting a three point shot as time expires to give her team a 54-53 win in the Connecticut Class LL state final. Had Weselyj not made the shot, Mercy would have lost four consecutive Class LL finals, making her Mercy's very own Jim Kelly. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: Looking To Prove A Point
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin....

Dolphins Lineman Richie Incognito Is Big-Time Man-Crushing On Jake Long To Woo Him Back To Miami
Jake Long, the No. 1 overall pick by Miami in 2008, is presently an ex-Dolphin, via free agency. This does not sit well with Richie Incognito, the fellow Dolphins o-lineman (above, right). Long (above, left) may have been banged up with sundry injuries the past couple of years, but if he would come ...

Justin Durant's Jokey Chick-Fil-A Application Is Actually A Rite Of Passage For America's Child Laborers
This week Detroit Lions linebacker Justin Durant, a free agent, popped by a Chick-fil-A and filled out part of an application. (Middle initial: R.) His explanation was succinct. “Rough outchea bruh,” he tweeted....

