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Yuli Gurriel Under Fire For Possible "Slant-Eye" Gesture After Homering Off Yu Darvish [Update]

Yuli Gurriel is facing questions about a gesture made in the dugout after his second-inning home run off Yu Darvish in tonight’s Game 3, as the MLB International feed caught the Astros first baseman appearing to make a “slant-eye” gesture. The L.A. Times says they’ll ask Gurriel about the gesture af...

Deadspin Up All Night: Spooky Scary Skeletons

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FW: FW: The Seahawks Are Getting Kicked Out Of The NFL

Everyone is pretty pumped up, if we’re just going by the expressions on the faces of the Seattle Seahawks players and coaches arrayed about their locker room. Richard Sherman is cheesing like a five-year-old on photo day. If Pete Carroll was grinning any harder, his smile would somehow be larger tha...

Bob McNair's Really Stepped In It Now

Houston Texans owner Bob McNair compared NFL players, who are employees and free men, to prison inmates during last week’s league meetings. (The exact wording, as McNair argued for banning players from protesting during the anthem: “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.”) According to variou...

This Is The Sort Of Weird Controversy That Always Seems To Happen In Montreal, Huh?

Alex Galchenyuk has struggled this season, scoring just two points with zero assists in 10 games as he’s been shuffled up and down the Canadiens’ lineups. The left winger was on the top line as recently as last week; he was on the fourth line in last night’s 4-0 loss to the Kings. As Galchenyuk goes...

Blake Griffin Helps Clippers Stay Undefeated With Buzzer-Beating Three Over Blazers

After the Clippers squandered a nine-point halftime lead over the course of the third quarter and slipped behind the Trail Blazers in the fourth, Blake Griffin stepped up to play the hero—grabbing a Patrick Beverly pass to drain a buzzer-beating 25-footer and seal the win for Los Angeles....

Wilton Speight's Parents: Medical Treatment At Purdue After Fractured Vertebrae Was "Absolute Train Wreck"

In the Detroit News, the parents of Michigan quarterback Wilton Speight have a harrowing account of the treatment their son received at Purdue last month after a hit that left him with three fractured vertebrae in his back....

Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Starting To Get Used To The Gaps

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Will 60-Year-Old LeBron Still Be Able To Dunk?

How long will LeBron James still be able to dunk? How many old people can dunk? How many people have died while dunking? My friends, this is but one subject in this week’s Deadcast....

Jim Tomsula Is Back Where He Belongs

Here is a brief clip of Washington defensive line coach Jim Tomsula firing up his players before Sunday’s game against the Eagles. He looks at his linemen and yells, “Everybody play naked! Butt-ass naked! Everybody play butt-ass naked!”...

Jake Allen Is Rudely Reminded That Ice Is Slippery

Blues goalie Jake Allen was doing just fine through the first half of last night’s game against Calgary, holding down the fort while his team took a 3-1 lead. But just when you think you’re safe, that’s when some devious frozen water will turn you into a fool. While trying to play the puck behind hi...

Italian Soccer Fans Ramp Up Anti-Semitism, Protest Holocaust Tributes

A passage from Anne Frank’s diary was read over the loudspeakers in Italian soccer stadiums and moments of silence were held before yesterday’s Serie A matches as a stand against recent incidents of anti-Semitism by Lazio FC supporters, but some fans turned their back and sang the Italian national a...

Scumbag Tottenham Fans Team Up To Pee In Cup, Fling It Toward Rival Fans

The following video, filmed during yesterday’s Tottenham-West Ham League Cup match, depicts one Spurs fan in attendance whipping out his schlong in the middle of the stands, peeing into a cup, and handing that cup of pee to a fellow Tottenham fan, who then flings it across the stands towards the vis...

Eric Gordon Caps Rockets Comeback With Buzzer-Beating Three

The Rockets were losing for all of the final 18 minutes of their game against Philadelphia tonight, but after the clock hit zeros, Houston was celebrating the win. That’s because, on the game’s last possession, Eric Gordon sidestepped Joel Embiid’s upright arm and delivered a tricky corner three to ...

The Pelicans Are Already So Fucked They Have To Sign Josh Smith

Josh Smith, the guy who even three years ago was a withered hand choking to death any offense’s hopes of spacing and scoring, was last (un)seen touring with Maccabi Haifa this NBA preseason, following a stint with the Sichuan Blue Whales in China. He was reportedly looking for an NBA comeback, and i...

Deadspin Up All Night: Good Times

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News Anchor Eats Spicy Chip, Drinks Coffee, Barfs

People on the internet have been eating some kind of spicy chip and recording their reactions, and I don’t really care to find out more about why this is happening, but no additional information is necessary to watch this unfortunate news anchor barf after trying the snack....

Some Indonesian Guy Named Terens Puhiri Is Apparently The Fastest Man In The World

I don’t know much about Indonesian soccer, not even enough to be properly impressed when Wikipedia describes 21-year-old Borneo FC forward Terens Puhiri as “The Next Boaz Solossa,” but what I do know is what fast looks like. And this guy sure is fast:...

Steaming Pile Of Shit

There's Still Some Beauty In The World, And It's In Pittsburgh

Puerto Rico is struggling to stay alive....