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Bogus NCAA Rule Limits Reporters To One Tweet Per Inning For Baseball Playoffs [Update]

College baseball writers better be prepared to be succinct as hell for the next four weeks....

Jaelene Hinkle Turned Down USWNT Call-Up Because She Didn't Want To Wear LGBTQ Pride Jersey

Jaelene Hinkle is a 25-year-old American soccer player who currently plays for the NWSL’s North Carolina Courage. Last June, the defender was named to the USWNT’s roster to play in a couple friendlies, but refused the call-up, citing “personal reasons.” In a recent interview, the devout Christian at...

These Minor League Baseball Team Name Nominees Sound Like Bathroom Euphemisms

A minor league baseball team in Amarillo, Texas is selecting a new name among five candidates. Local news outlet Myhighplains.com noted that the choices “all sound like the makings of a popular country song.” Yes, but only if that song were about doing a doo-doo, because that’s what these options ca...

The Week That Twitter Wrecked Everyone

During this week, which is only about half over, some extremely overstated acts of Twitter-based idiocy have already led to the cancellation of ABC’s hit reboot of Roseanne, thanks to the latest extremely racist flare-up of star Roseanne Barr’s longstanding and apparently incurable case of Internet ...

Real Madrid Manager Zinedine Zidane Abruptly Resigns Days After Winning The Champions League

Less than a week after leading Real Madrid to their third consecutive Champions League title in a 3-1 win over Liverpool on Saturday, manager Zinedine Zidane announced today in a shocking press conference that he was stepping down from the club....

Deadspin Up All Night: Motownphilly's Back Again<em></em>

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Seemed like a good night for some Philly music. ...

The Best Club In The World Is Real Madrid

Three Champions League titles in a row. Four such trophies in five years. The plain facts of Real Madrid’s astounding recent run in soccer’s most prestigious club competition means this Madrid team will go down in the sport’s history as maybe the single best exemplar of opulent, unimpeachable succes...

Cal Coach Lindsay Gottlieb Says Southwest Airlines Demanded Proof She Was Her Biracial Son's Mother

Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb was about to board a plane in Denver with her year-old son Jordan on Monday when she was stopped by a Southwest Airlines employee, who demanded to see proof that she was Jordan’s mother. Even after Gottlieb showed Jordan’s passport, the employee was not ...

Mother Of D-League Player Who Died On Court Sues NBA For Failing To Save His Life

The mother of Zeke Upshaw, the NBA D-League player who died after collapsing on the court in March, has filed a lawsuit against the NBA alleging no one performed lifesaving measures after Upshaw collapsed on the court....

Nick Saban Doesn't Want You To Blame Him For Restricting His Players' Transfers

Alabama offensive lineman Brandon Kennedy, who graduated in December but still has three years of eligibility remaining, was hoping to go to Auburn or Tennessee as a grad transfer next season. But so far, he’s been blocked by his now-alma mater from transferring to any SEC schools or future Alabama ...

Deadspin Up All Night: My Garden Is So Special

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We have a very good art team. ...

Liverpool Are Just Getting Started

It’s been a few days since Liverpool’s loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League final, and hopefully in that time fans of the Reds have managed to put the pain of the result in proper perspective. Yes, it sucks to see a magical season like that end in such heartrending fashion, but make no mistak...

"I'm Having A Ball Right Now!": How The Sports Men Did On The Premiere Of <i>The Bachelorette</i>

Well, here I am, team. Despite what I told myself about not being able to put my body through another season, what with the countless pep talks and endless late nights and the cold Gatorade showers, I’m back. Team, I don’t know how, I don’t know why (well, to be very frank, I do know why: that $$$ c...

Conference USA Is Completely Revamping Its Conference Schedule Setup And It's Just Brilliant

Tired of low seeds and early exits from the NCAA tournament, Conference USA is ready to try something different....

Deadspin Up All Night: My Bonnie

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Go Caps....

Deadspin Up All Night: Without You

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Game 7, baby!...

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Deadspin Up All Night: Seven Seas

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Goddamn this pollen bullshit to hell....

Reports: Dislocated Shoulder Could Knock Mohamed Salah Out Of The World Cup

Saturday’s Champions League final was a feverish, spectacular affair featuring memorable feats of athleticism, an even more memorable all-time boner, and a perfectly timed idiot on the pitch. The match was pretty significantly marred, though, by a first half injury to world-destroying goal-bot Moham...

Idiot On The Field Caps Off Perfect Champions League Final

Real Madrid claimed the Champions League trophy with a 3-1 win thanks to Liverpool keeper Loris Karius becoming some kind of player who puts the ball into his own net instead of keeping it out. More importantly, an Idiot On The Field interrupted play and prevented Cristiano Ronaldo from his own scor...