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An Encounter With La Salle's Lionel Simmons, Last Of The Local Gods
He was still the coolest guy in the building. Stylish sneakers, dark jeans, a navy-colored vest puffing out from a navy-colored sweatshirt. He was a little heavier now, and his close-cropped goatee had gone salt-and-pepper, but behind his black-rimmed eyeglasses he still wore that familiar sleepy lo...
Photoshop Contest: Sad Jason Dufner
Sad Jason Dufner being sad in a classroom full of children is our favorite thing about today. We can't stop staring at his mopey face and giggling to ourselves. Naturally, we decided that this picture calls for another Photoshop contest. Here's your cut-out:...
This Is The WNBA's New Logo
ESPN and the WNBA today signed a six-year extension to their existing agreement—bounce-passes on the WWL until 2022! The league also rolled out some cool new branding, featuring a lady tripping over four letter blocks....
Golfer Jason Dufner Appears To Be Having A Lot Of Fun Visiting These Kids In Dallas
Jason Dufner won the 2012 Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, and today he was back in the area, in Dallas, for the kick-off luncheon for the 2013 event. And, from the looks of it, he had a blast....
Rob Dibble Fired From High School Coaching Job Because He Sucked At It
Rob Dibble has something new to add to the list of things he sucks at, which now reads: not being a misogynist, knowing anything about arm injuries, and coaching high school baseball. ...
How Ayn Rand Led FGCU To The Sweet Sixteen, Sort Of
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
Somebody At LSU's Pro Day Asked If A Spandex Shorts-Clad Russell Shepard "Could Run With A Snake In His Pants"
ESPN3 is one of the WWL's best offerings, from its multi-screen coverage of tennis events to its always reliable Sri Lankan cricket broadcasts. This time of year the online channel is full of live pro day coverage, and yesterday found ESPN's Tom Hart and Andre Ware in Baton Rouge for LSU's exhibiti...
Jeff Green Hugged His Heart Surgeon After Making Game-Winning Layup
Here's a wonderful picture of Jeff Green, moments after sinking a game-winning layup at the end of last night's Cavs-Celtics game, giving a big hug to Dr. Lars Svensson. Dr. Svensson is the man who performed open heart surgery on Green to fix an aortic aneurysm over a year ago, saving Green's life a...
Oscar Pistorius Has His Bail Restrictions Eased, Can Leave Country
A South African judge has granted Oscar Pistorius's wish for relaxed bail conditions, ruling that Pistorius may now travel with police approval and can go back to living in the home in which he allegedly murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. ...
Enes Kanter's Dislocated Shoulder Looks Like It Feels Great
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Reminder: Do Not Fuck With Bison
Hey there. Deadspin here to pass along some friendly advice with respect to wild animals: try not to fuck around with them, OK?...
Miami Heat Win Streak Is Over At 27 Games
The Miami heat failed to win a game for the first time since a February 1 loss against the Pacers. The next Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, the Heat beat the Toronto Raptors 100-85 and kept on winning until tonight. ...
Senators Owner Launching Forensic Investigation Into Erik Karlsson Injury
How do you forensically investigate an injury that is more than a month old? I don't know, but Eugene Melnyk is doing it, goddammit. Back in February, recently-reformed goon Matt Cooke took Erik Karlsson into the boards on a hit that left the Senators defenseman clutching his Achilles tendon. Cooke'...
Brian Urlacher's Brother Is Running For Mayor Of A Chicago Suburb
Reader Rory sends in the picture above of a Casey-Urlacher-for-Mayor-of-Mettawa sign taken on Mettawa's more successful hay farm. Aside from being the home of Casey Urlacher's political dreams, Mettawa is also the home of his older brother Brian's former team. ...
By The Way, Buzz Bissinger Is In An In-Patient Treatment Program
Since Buzz Bissinger blew up the internet yesterday, he's been nowhere to be found. He hasn't tweeted a bit. In lieu of showing up on the Today Show, he provided a statement to the network....
An Epic That Stumbles. <em>The Place Beyond The Pines</em>, Reviewed.
Director Derek Cianfrance's last film, Blue Valentine, was a crushing study of a couple (played by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams) falling apart. It was beautifully made and well acted—I loved it—but the rawness of the emotions and the ambition of the structure (cycling between the present and t...
We All Wish We Could Be Ridiculously Photogenic Jiu Jitsu Guy
This picture, of Jiu Jitsu master Clark Gracie, has been floating around on the internet for a while now, but its incredible meme-worthiness went unnoticed for months. Thankfully, that mistake has been corrected, and now we are all able to enjoy Ridiculously Photogenic Jiu Jitsu Guy....
J.R. Smith's Twitter Come-On Has Been Immortalized On A T-Shirt
We all remember exactly where we were when we first saw J.R. Smith's classic pickup line winking coyly at us from the computer screen. Now, thanks to The Knicks Wall, those six famous words will live on forever in T-shirt form. Order one now. It's the perfect gift for that very special Twitter jump ...