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The Columbus Crew's Austin Relocation Effort Has Its Own Oafish Astroturfing Campaign<em></em><em></em>
While the Columbus Crew are gearing up for an Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the formidable Toronto FC, their carpetbagging owner Anthony Precourt is continuing his efforts to move the Crew out of Ohio and resettle them in Austin. Last night, the Austin city council voted to look into the vi...
Patrice Evra Suspended, Cut From Team After Kicking Fan In The Face
Last week, Marseille defender Patrice Evra roundhoused one of his team’s fans in the face before a Europa League match and was suspended indefinitely by his club while they awaiting UEFA’s official punishment. That official punishment has now come down, and it will end Evra’s season and perhaps care...
What Happens To A Brain When It Gets Rattled
Today’s column is about brain injuries....
The Year's Best Slapstick Comedy Is This Video Of Three Bumbling Soccer Ladies
Kudos to the lowlight reel maker here for backing this hilariously embarrassing moment from Wednesday’s Barcelona-Gintra Women’s Champions League match—which features one sort of big screwup followed by a ginormous one—with an appropriately vaudevillian score. We present: The Three Stoogettes....
Colombian Soccer Player Directs Racist Slant-Eye Gesture At South Korean Players
South Korea hosted Colombia in an international friendly earlier today. During a minor dust-up between players, Colombian midfielder Edwin Cardona made the slant-eye gesture in the faces of some South Korean players....
Russell Wilson And The Seahawks Seem To Have Skirted Brain-Injury Protocol
During last night’s game against the Cardinals, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson took a direct shot to the jaw that left most reasonable observers thinking he would need to be evaluated for a brain injury:...
Doug Baldwin: "Thursday Night Football Should Be Illegal"
Thursday night football continues to be largely trash, as the Seahawks lost cornerback Richard Sherman for the season with a ruptured Achilles during tonight’s 22-16 win over the Cardinals. Several Seattle players used their postgame comments to be candid about the current schedule format—including ...
18 Seconds Of Pleasure, Courtesy Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson may or may not have dodged the concussion protocol earlier, but he set up a fourth-quarter Seahawks touchdown with this celebration of creativity and athleticism that culminated in Doug Baldwin hauling in what turned out to be a 54-yard catch and run. ¡Increible!...
Manchester United Scout Journeys To Iceland To See Game Being Played In Qatar<em></em>
Iceland and the Czech Republic met yesterday for a friendly match, which the Czechs won 2-1 over Thor’s Mighty World Cup-Bound Soccer Raiders. The current international break is replete with friendlies scattered around the world, and as such, major clubs have sent their scouts to go check them out. ...
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UNC In Trouble With Its Accreditor After NCAA Report On Academic Scandal [Updated]
After the NCAA’s final report on UNC’s academic scandal revealed discrepancies with what the university previously told its accreditor about the situation, the accreditor will again begin investigating. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: There Is No Peace
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Robert Kraft Among Sports Team Owners Who Appear In The Paradise Papers
The offshore holdings of New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft, along with those of several other American sports owners, have been discovered in the Paradise Papers—the millions of leaked documents that detail the international financial data of some of the world’s largest corporations and wealt...
Cycling's Most Infamous Motodoping Accusation Has Returned To Haunt The Sport
Last January, Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche was caught using an illegal motor in her bike at the cyclocross world championships, and though it was the first confirmed case of motodoping, the professional cycling world’s ultimate boogeyman has haunted the sport since a very specific inciden...
Dead Letters: "Millennials.....All Bluster And No Balls"
Subject: Josh Freeman...
One Year After The Election, We Still Wanna Die
Yesterday marked the anniversary of Donald Trump’s election victory and despite the encouraging gains made by Democrats the other night in down-ballot races, particularly in Virginia, filthy liberals like me are still, uh, not exactly soothed to have a ignorant bag of Velveeta in charge of things. I...
German Soccer Officials Are Realizing That Video Replay Fucking Sucks
The scourge of video reviews of subjective refereeing decisions has already infected soccer. The predominating viewpoint—mostly among soccer fans who haven’t seen how replay and inevitable replay-creep have poisoned American sports—on this unfortunate phenomenon has been that replay is good. But as ...
Federal Indictment Suggests Rick Pitino Knew Of And Participated In Bribery Of A Recruit
A federal indictment released yesterday against Adidas executives Jim Gatto and Merl Code and agent Christian Dawkins includes a key, previously undisclosed detail that may implicate fired Louisville coach Rick Pitino in the investigation into the bribery of NCAA basketball recruits....
Deadspin Up All Night: Bet You Ain't Know
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Deadspin Up All Night: My Gospel Of Greed
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Another pick from the hubs because he asked very nicely. ...
Heaven Is A Down-And-Out Hockey Town
This piece originally appeared in the April, 1995 issue of GQ. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....