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Deadspin Awards: Worst Mascot
The Deadspin Awards are in July—keep your eyes on this space to see how you can win tickets to the event—and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to vote on one of the most important of all questions: Who is the worst mascot of all?...
Let's Check In On Tim Lincecum
Throughout his highly-publicized rehab from hip surgery this past offseason, former ace Tim Lincecum was clear on one thing: He was working hard to come back as a starter, despite the moderate success he’d found pitching out of the bullpen for the Giants in several stints since the 2012 playoffs....
How To Avoid Getting Hacked Like Laremy Tunsil
Laremy Tunsil might have the distinction of being the only celebrity to claim “I was hacked” without lying, as our own website was quick to note. It’s the quickest, laziest, lamest excuse to toss out after, say, a direct message that wasn’t as direct as expected (see wretched Anthony’s Weiner) or a ...
ESPN Interviews One Of The Guys From "Meet Me In Temecula"
The Christmas season is all about peace on Earth, goodwill towards your neighbors, and defending the honor of your favorite basketball player by driving 35 minutes to go fight some chump who talked shit online. Two Christmases ago, Twitter user @MyTweetsRealAF made the drive down to Temecula, Ca. af...
Future Superstar Matt Miazga Ready To Fight To Become "The Best American Player"
The worst you can say is that it hasn’t happened yet. This is no great shocker, since it was always going to be a long journey for Matt Miazga to go from promising MLS prospect to veritable Premier League legend. Yet it is a voyage Miazga himself is perfectly ready to start down step by step, as evi...
Cussing British Guy Soundtracks Mohamed Sanu's Marriage Proposal At The League Cup Final
Bengals wide receiver Mohamed Sanu went to the League Cup final today a single man, and left hitched. A full Wembley Stadium isn’t the most intimate setting for a proposal, but it makes up for that with grandeur and the surprise factor....
Are You A Bay Area Pro Athlete? San Francisco Might Owe You A Parking Ticket Refund
Today, at 3:43 EST, Deadspin received one of the better tips we’ve seen in a while. Reader Zain was checking to see if the City of San Francisco owed him any money from parking tickets that he overpaid. Unfortunately for him, they did not. But fortunately for us and Tim Lincecum, Zain discovered tha...
When Stadium Security Goes Bad
Last December, the University of Houston terminated its contract with Contemporary Services Corporation after the company’s security guards assaulted Cougars fans attempting to celebrate their team’s AAC championship. UH athletic director Hunter Yurachek stated he was “disappointed and angered” by t...
Referee Asks Ronaldinho For Autograph During A Game
And so Ronaldinho continues on in semi-retired career limbo. This weekend, the former Brazilian phenom laced up his boots for a one-off friendly with Ecuador’s Barcelona Sporting Club (no relation). Rather than suffering through some of the more harrowing moments we’ve seen from present day Ronaldin...
Hell Yes The MySpace Guy Should Pay The Giants To Keep Tim Lincecum
Did you know the MySpace guy is rich as hell? “Nah,” you’re probably saying right now, “MySpace sucks and nobody uses it. That dude must be broke.” Wrong! You see, MySpace Tom sold out at the right time....
Sikh Fans Refused Entry To Chargers Stadium Because Of Their Turbans
The Broncos kicked the shit out of the Chargers last week in San Diego. As always, plenty of Broncos fans showed up to laugh at Philip Rivers, but a few fans almost didn’t make it in because stadium security was scared of their turbans. 10News San Diego caught up with Verinder Malhi, one of the men ...
Fake Cops Under Fire For Beating Shit Out Of Houston Fans Celebrating AAC Title
Houston won its first AAC title yesterday with a 24-13 win over Temple. Afterward, Cougars fans rushed the field to celebrate their team’s championship, only to earn a series of beatdowns from the rent-a-cops guarding Houston’s stadium:...
Security Guard Chokes Panthers Fan
The video above, taken at last week’s Panthers-Cowboys game, shows a Cowboys Stadium security staffer choking a Panthers fan....
Gerard Deulofeu Cannot Be Stopped
Right after talking about how great this kid was this weekend, he goes and unleashes more awesomeness today in the League Cup. Look at that goal! Look at this assist!...
Security Guard Tries To Tackle Fan Rushing The Field, Eats It
USF upset Temple last night at Raymond James Stadium, and students rushed the field because they’re not old enough to remember when the Bulls were actually good. Given the Buccaneers are playing on that field today, stadium security did its best to keep fans off the playing surface. That didn’t work...
DeAndre Yedlin Did Something Good Today! USA! USA! USA!
You see that up there? That’s one of those rarest of sights, an American donning the shirt of a (ostensibly at least) top-tier European club. Yes, DeAndre Yedlin made his first ever start for Sunderland today, and he actually did something good, too!...
The Caucasian's Guide To Black Barbecues
As interracial dating, integration, and cross-cultural friendships increase, many people find themselves attending events in which they are the minority, and have no frame of reference from which to base their etiquette. In an effort to help bridge the cultural gaps we all have to traverse at some p...
Here Are Your Best (And Worst) Recurring Dreams
On Friday, we asked you guys to tell us about your recurring dreams, like the one where your teeth fall out, or the one where your gutters suddenly need cleaning again, or whatever unlikely scenario regularly terrorizes your subconscious. We noticed a few themes! ...
Tell Us About Your Recurring Dreams
It’s possible you have a recurring dream; one that crops up every few weeks (or days!) and you can’t seem to shake. Maybe you have a few of them! Lots of people have anxiety dreams that haunt them: Your teeth are falling out. Your house is falling apart. You have to take an exam for a class you forg...
<i>Straight Outta Compton</i> Celebrates The Day The Bad Guys Won
Director F. Gary Gray’s group-endorsed new N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton brings us back to a time when hip-hop didn’t yet dominate popular culture. Now that rap has long been at the forefront of pop music, it’s easy to forget that in the 1980s, the form wasn’t just new but also novel, an outsi...