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Giants Wide Receivers Are Adorably Hype For Odell Beckham's New Extension
After an extremely long and drawn-out negotiation process, the Giants have signed wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.—who was entering the last year of his contract—to a pretty sweet long-term extension....

Remember All Those Other Times The <i>National Enquirer</i> Squashed Scandals For Powerful People?
The New York Times reported yesterday that David Pecker, chairman of American Media Inc., which publishes the National Enquirer, has been granted immunity by the federal prosecutors investigating whether the president funneled hush money to women with whom he had affairs. Here’s how that worked, acc...

Get A Load Of This Hot-Doggin' Strike-Throwin' Baseball Nun
The Chicago White Sox invited Sister Mary Jo Sobieck of Marian Catholic High School to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for Saturday’s game against the Royals. She did some early hot-dogging with the slick little elbow trick you see above, but that was really just a preview. Her first pitch, thr...

David Beckham Is Still Trying To Build That MLS Stadium In Miami, This Time On A Toxic Waste Site
It’s been more than a year since we last checked in on David Beckham’s futile attempts to build a Major League Soccer stadium in Miami, to host an expansion MLS side. Back then, in May of 2017, Beckham and his fellow investors were on their fourth stadium site, in Overtown, after proposals for Dodge...

Kevin Durant Lightly Restrained After Hearing Very Funny Or Very Boring Heckle<em></em>
Last night, it was not “KD you suck” that got Kevin Durant’s attention and made him walk slowly in the direction of the heckler, but rather that classic barb that gets under everyone’s skin: “KD! You cheesebutt!”...

All Routine Groundouts Should Look Like This
When you’ve reached the “playing for the Salt Lake Bees” point of your baseball career, it’s perfectly reasonable to have some fun with it. Eric Young Jr., erstwhile MLB speedster and veteran of 610 big league games over nine seasons, showed how this was done in a game on Sunday. ...

Dereck Rodriguez, Son Of Pudge, Hits The Big Leagues
It is the year of the baseball sons. With Vlad Guerrero Jr. due up later this year (and set to ascend to Cooperstown shortly thereafter) and Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio also making their ways up through the Blue Jays’ system, the scions of ‘90s–2000s MLB royalty are starting to hit the big leagues....

Katie Ledecky Broke A World Record She's Already Broken Five Times Before
Nobody can be blamed for not paying too much attention to swimming in a when the Olympics aren’t going on, but whenever Katie Ledecky gets in the pool, I’ll make an exception....

Shit-For-Brains Columnist Says Existence Of Misogyny Should Prevent Becky Hammon From Being Hired, Unless For "Marketing"
Old man Pau Gasol wrote for The Players’ Tribune this week about the head coaching qualifications of Spurs assistant Becky Hammon, who reportedly has an interview lined up with the Milwaukee Bucks in the coming days. The upshot of Gasol’s letter is this: Hammon is exceedingly qualified to coach an N...

Matt Patricia: Sexual Assault Indictment Was "Mental Torture" And Bringing It Up Is "Unfair And Upsetting"
New Lions head coach Matt Patricia had a press conference Thursday, one day after the Detroit News reported that he had been indicted for sexual assault in 1996. The case was dismissed after, according to authorities, the victim decided not to testify due to feeling she could not “face the pressures...

AHL Goalie Makes 94 Saves In Five-Overtime Win
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms (affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers) and the Charlotte Checkers (Hurricanes) played the longest game in AHL history Wednesday night, with the Phantoms winning 2-1 in the fifth overtime. The game took 146:48 minutes of game time in total....

We Found Matt Patricia’s Sexual Assault Indictment In 30 Seconds. Why Didn’t The Detroit Lions?
The Detroit News reported Wednesday night that recently hired Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia was indicted on a sexual assault charge in 1996, when he was in college. The case never went to trial after, according to authorities, the victim decided not to testify due to feeling she could not ...

Spurs Assistant Becky Hammon To Interview For Bucks Head Coaching Job
Becky Hammon, the first woman to serve as an assistant coach in NBA history, will reportedly interview for the vacant head coach position with the Milwaukee Bucks. Per ESPN:...

Should The Giants Trade Odell Beckham?<em></em>
Odell Beckham is the only reason you should ever watch a New York Giants game, but he also happens to be in the final year of his contract and coming off a busted ankle. He wants to get paid, but it’s hard to see the Giants ponying up when MISTER MARA is out there with a clenched jaw, openly fuming ...

Kim Jong-il Liked<i> Bend It Like Beckham </i>And So Should You
With apologies to anyone who was hoping my earlier two reviews were the result of being an all-around miserable person who is incapable of enjoyment: I really liked Bend It Like Beckham!...

Ray Lewis Says Odell Beckham Jr. Has "Removed God From His Life"
Former NFL linebacker Ray Lewis, who now makes a living going on TV to say “God” and “greatness” as many times as possible, joined Colin Cowherd on FS1 today to dish about Odell Beckham Jr....

Call Bryce Harper Overrated At Your Own Peril
Bryce Harper hit the dick off two baseballs during yesterday’s 6-5 win over the Reds, and the second dinger was a particular source of embarrassment for one of the Cincinnati fans in attendance....

"I Like The Whimpering": Deadspin Editors Mock Innocent Child Cheering For Duke
On Sunday, Duke lost to No. 1 seed Kansas. Depending on your loyalties—more precisely, depending on if you’re one of the North Carolinians that overpaid for your undergraduate education or one of the Northeastern private schoolers that couldn’t make the cut at Yale—you took this one of two ways....

Bob Uecker’s Latest Malady Was A Venomous<em></em> Spider Bite
Bob Uecker is 84 years old and still going strong, but the longtime Brewers broadcaster has had some health issues in recent years. His latest scare was when a venomous brown recluse spider bit him in October after last season. From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Tom Haudricourt:...

Video Surfaces Of Odell Beckham Jr. Enjoying A Delightful Pizza Party In Bed, Plus Maybe Some Drugs?
Who among us hasn’t enjoyed the thrilling, illicit pleasure of a hot pepperoni pizza in a warm bed? Truly one of life’s great pleasures is slapping the pizza box down on the bedsheets and going to town on the cheesy goodness. As you will see in the strange and fleeting video below, Odell Beckham Jr....