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Brian Urlacher's Injury Horrified His Teammates, Brought Them To Prayer
Bears All-Pro linebacker Brian Urlacher opened the new year with an MCL sprain, though his reaction was so terrifying teammates fell to their knees in prayer. From DeKalb's Daily Chronicle:...
The <em>New York Times</em> Has A Five-Point Plan For Fixing College Sports
Here's Joe Nocera, writing in The New York Times Magazine this weekend:...
Presenting The Best Deadspin Comments And Commenters Of 2011
Welcome to the New Year, assorted e-ne'er-do-wells. By now you've likely recovered from the family-filled, merriment-choked, productivity-free nightmare of December and are ready to return to the cozy, productivity-free familiarity of misery and isolation. Good for you. To kick off 2012 properly, y...
License Plate Guy Hates The Cowboys And Has The Banal Novelty License Plates To Prove It
Your morning roundup for Jan. 2, the day we learned you're not that tall. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Drayton Florence Saved The Best For Last In Earning NFL Flop Of The Season Honors
Bills cornerback Drayton Florence has made a career out of his tough-guy image (just ask Mark Sanchez) but the stunt he pulled Sunday against the New England Patriots puts him firmly in Italian soccer star territory. It was less a flop or dive and more of a hurl—a leaping, falling charade of nonse...
Michael Beasley Did Not React Well To Seeing His Injured Finger
In the context of today's injuries, this one's relatively tame—but Michael Beasley's "Oh shit! That's my bone!" reaction to a finger injury (reports say it was a laceration, one patched up with a few stitches) is priceless. ...
This One's For All The Tostitos: Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Well, the day is almost over, but not before The Cowboys and Giants decide the NFC East. It took 17 weeks but we actually have a compelling prime time game with legitimate stakes...at stake. Cowboys win and they're in, Giants win and they're in. The only thing we know for sure is that one of these ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Air Your Grievances
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the offseason, most football fans. We'll be around....
Bengals Country Is Experiencing Rapid Growth: Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
There's still plenty of action left in the day so let's dive right in. ...
LeBron James Gets Engaged, Preemptively Breaks His New Year's Resolution To Stop Being So Tacky
LeBron proposed to his long-time girlfriend, Savannah Brinson, at a joint New Year's Eve and King James birthday celebration last night. And she said yes! How romantic....
Darrelle Revis Is The Michael Jordan To Brandon Marshall's Bryon Russell: Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
It seems like only yesterday it was week one and I was doing weird things like Fictional Character Associated With The Region Game Simulator and forgetting to include the random game here or there. Well, FCAWRGS went by the wayside. Let's make it a great week 17, no? ...
Sunderland's Ji Dong-Won Delivers Last-Second Winning Goal, Then Makes Out With A Fan
Sunderland continued a giant-killing weekend in the English Premier League by stunning Manchester City in the final seconds of stoppage time with a goal by Ji Dong-Won....
Illinois Ball Boy Later Flagged For Unsportsmanlike Conduct While Attempting To Pick His Friend's Nose At Fight Hunger Bowl
Your morning roundup for Jan. 1, the day we whimsically shook our heads and thought "they've done it again." Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
No, Kathy Griffin, Your Attempts To Seduce Anderson Cooper Will Not Be Enhanced By Getting Naked
Somewhere, there is a person for whom seeing Kathy Griffin in her underwear is appealing. This video is for you. For everybody else, at least admire the tenacity with which she goes after the visibly-distressed Anderson Cooper. (She got even more aggressive later.) Happy New Year, and here's hopin...
Deadspin Up All Night: Make Merry
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. What a year....
This Guy Died This Year: The Man Who Hated Us
2011 was a bad year for assholes. It was the year we were finally rid of this demented and twisted man who hated everything at the very core of what it means to be an American, a human. This man who spit hateful words toward those unlike himself, whether it be based on race, religion or sexual ori...
Northwestern Coach Pat Fitzgerald Is Wondering Why God Has Forsaken Him
The Meineke Care Care Bowl Of Texas became the scene of a spiritual crisis for Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald, as he sought divine explanations for a momentum-killing tripping penalty. [ESPN]...
This Guy Died This Year: Nate Dogg, The King Of G-Funk
Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale always sounded smooth. His voice gave him a niche within G-funk's very stylized confines for the most quintessential G-funk crooner of them all—not that there were many, because who else did we really need?—and he held that title for as long as it even existed....
The Road To The Real Bowl Games: Your New Year's Eve Bowl Games Open Thread
Ah yes, the other Bowl games. Everyone likes to complain about things like .500 teams playing in bowl games and whatnot, but wouldn't you rather be watching football than, you know, not watching football? New Year's resolution: be more grateful for the things you have, people—and chat about the game...