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Swansea’s Ashley Williams Gives The Worst Back Pass Ever
Swansea City, or "The Welsh Barcelona" as nobody in their right mind calls them, have been doing rather well this season. Despite losing their second dapper manager in as many years after Paulo Sousa left for Leicester, they are currently second in the Championship and playing some proper tidy foo...
The Ultimate Anti-Bullying PSA: Kid Fights Back With Devastating Body Slam
Casey's had enough. The bigger kid on the right "has been bullied his whole school life," says the video description, "and this is what happens when he snaps!!" Hence the jackknife powerbomb. The Facebook commenters are universally in his corner, as we all should be, but the school didn't see it t...
Didier Drogba's Boobsy Birthday Cake (NSFW)
The Chelsea striker celebrated his 33rd birthday over the weekend at Il Bottacio in London, a big-name affair featuring appearances by Ashley Cole, Florent Malouda, William Gallas, Michael Essien and more. But the real star was Drogba's birthday cake, featuring him riding dirty with a trio of naked ...
Meet Tim Lincecum, Fashion Icon
Your morning roundup for March 14, the day Rebecca Black beat out Unblinking Cricket Fan for Next Big Internet Meme....
<em>MLB 11 The Show</em> is Still The Finest in the Field
I've seen the big leagues, son. I've squinted at the lights at Fenway as the sun makes a cotton candy sky behind the Citgo sign in left. But I ain't there right now. I'm down here chewing on grass, pitching… [Kotaku] ...
A Longtime Holdout Joins <em>Madden</em> This Year
Soldier Field, one of the more storied venues of the National Football League, has never appeared in the Madden NFL series, or any other NFL series. It's always been a generic venue under the name "Chicago Stadium," or "Chicago… [Kotaku] ...
We Are All Dave McKenna XXXVIII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit visits Airstrip One's memory hole....
Lakers Blogger From Japan Offers Disaster Updates, Perspective
Don Landrigan, who blogs about the L.A. Lakers at With-Malice.com, lives with his family on the southernmost of Japan's main islands. What that means is he's not in the heart of earthquake-and-tsunami disaster zone, but his take on the subsequent devastation doesn't match what he calls "half-crazed...
Your Pre-Selection Final Four College Basketball Open Thread
In the waning hours before brackets start getting filled out, the lone question amid four conference championship games is whether Penn State, Dayton or Richmond would get into the NCAA Tournament with a loss. Penn State and Richmond both look good, but today's likely a play-in for Dayton, which fi...
LeBron James Gets Hit In Mouth By Foe, "Hammered" By Teammate
Sure, the Miami Heat beat the Memphis Grizzlies by 33 yesterday, but this "Fox X Mo" clip from the end of the first half still bears mention. Why? Because America loves when LeBron James gets hit in the face and runs into teammate Dwyane Wade who, with a lowered shoulder, dropped him the floor lik...
Costumed Man Gets Publicly Shamed For Messing With Canadian Dance Team
Your morning roundup for March 13, the day Villanova probably gets the tournament bid it in no way deserves....
Washington Wins Pac-10 With Buzzer-Beater, Gus Johnson Loses His Shit
That's the Huskies' Isaiah Thomas with the jumper to nip top-seeded Arizona in overtime, and take the Pac-10. Gus Johnson melting down? Must be March! (Now's the time we remind you that CBS refuses to put Gus on the Final Four.)...
We Are All Dave McKenna XXXVII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit gets decertified and locked out in the cold. Today's topic: The National Law Journal has weighed in on Wee Danny Bully's suit!...
Here's Video Of The Princeton Men Beating The Harvard Men At The Buzzer
Deadspin's own Dicktern was at Yale today to tweet his observations as Princeton earned the automatic bid with a 63-62 win thanks to Douglas Davis's clutch buzzer-beater. It's official: Vikram wins, and Princeton is smarter than Harvard at basketball....
Nickels, Dimes, Pennants, Pennies or Points, Sports Gamers Still Get Value
Typically, these were unlockable items - prototypes of avatar awards, you might say. You earned them by accumulating points in gameplay, or found a cheat code that handed over all of it. Either way, there was some means of getting… [Kotaku] ...
Montreal Sportstalker Wields Profanity At An Impressive Pace
Someone who has been identified as Marco Campagna of Montreal's sports-talk radio was none too happy with the performance of equipment in 990 AM The Team's studios on Thursday. To remedy the situation, he dropped 11 F-bombs in 48 seconds, not knowing the mic was live....
Your Stony Brook, Harvard/Princeton And Many More College Basketball Open Thread
Stony Brook tipped off with Boston University at 12:02 p.m. for the uh, um, er, America East bid to the NCAA tournament. The highly anticipated brainblast between Harvard and Princeton at Yale goes off at 4 p.m....
Florida State Thought They Beat Virginia Tech Last Night, Until The Replay Said They Didn't (Updated)
This play was referenced in the Wake Up Deadspin post, but deserves a closer look. Florida State came really, really close to beating Virginia Tech in the ACC quarterfinals last night, but then the replay showed the purported game-winner didn't leave Derwin Kitchen's hand until just after the buzz...
Here's Video Of Men Dressed As Women Fighting Inside A San Diego Taco Shop
Your morning roundup for March 12, a day of nuclear-plant explosions, talk of Supermoons vs. the Pacific Plate, recovery efforts and aftershocks....
Imminent NFL Lockout Does Not Threaten <em>Madden 12</em>'s Release
Though the NFL's ownership is expected to lock players out, following a breakdown in negotiations with the players' union, EA Sports repeated reassurances that will have no impact on Madden NFL 12's release or its rosters.… [Kotaku] ...