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Mike Francesa Weighs In On Rick Reilly Video: "That Will Live In Infamy"

Mike Francesa—no stranger to involvement in embarrassing videos—chimed in on the Rick Reilly "I had that first on Twitter" video today, claiming the incident would be the defining moment of Reilly's career and that the episode represents ESPN's journalistic downfall in a nutshell....

Former NFLer Jerramy Stevens Arrested After Alleged Domestic Assault Involving Hope Solo; No Charges Will Be Filed [UPDATE]

Details are still rolling in, but check out this series of tweets that started going around in the last few minutes from Chris Daniels, a reporter for KING-TV in Seattle, which you can see below....

Nikola Pekovic Doesn't Give A Shit About Crutches Or Pain

Minnesota Timberwolves center/human shark Nikola Pekovic sprained his left ankle in last night's game against the Mavericks, ending his night early and putting another hole in a roster that is already missing Ricky Rubio, Kevin Love, Chase Budinger and Brandon Roy. But Nikola Pekovic is no ordinary...

Robinson Cano Is Now An American Citizen

Cano, who split his childhood between baseball hotbed San Pedro de Macorís and Newark, N.J., made it official today, getting sworn in as a naturalized U.S. citizen. As is customary for all new Americans, Cano received his certificate, flag, and David Ortiz beard....

Rick Reilly's "I Had This First On Twitter": The Triumphal Dance Remix

When a live ESPN camera caught Rick Reilly ordering Stu Scott to credit Reilly's Twitter feed, it was an embarrassment for the former back-page Sports Illustrated writer. (Fellow panelist Steve Young was so disgusted he gives Reilly a "C'mon, man!" nudge.) We couldn't let it go with just the raw v...

Fake Gary Bettman Twitter Account Outs Gary Bettman's Two Remaining Fans

Last night a Twitter account purporting to be NHL commissioner Gary Bettman popped up. While the account turned out to be fake, many believed it at first, both because @Commish_Gary was Bettman's handle before he wisely deleted it pre-lockout, and because the impostor played it straight, tweeting j...

The Case For The NFL Adopting Fantasy Scoring For Real

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Deadspin NBA Shit List: Andris Biedrins, The Man Who Forgot How To Shoot

A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....

A Philadelphia Team Is In The Big East West

Sorry, it was physically not possible to make that headline any less confusing while remaining factually accurate. The Big East, in the midst of major realignment, is going to look a lot different next year. Commissioner Mike Aresco announced today that the 12-team conference will be split into two ...

A Pirates Scout Has Quit Working For The Pirates Because The Pirates Suck

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review refers to Mike Leuzinger as "a superscout." He had been the Pirates' area supervisor for North Texas and Oklahoma since 2004, and last year, he brought in Josh Bell, a top-flight outfield prospect the team had acquired by dangling a $5 million signing bonus. Before join...

Eric Berry Is Legitimately Terrified Of Horses

Fuck the Autumn Wind—this is the best thing NFL Films has ever produced. On last week's Inside The NFL (dug up by Kissing Suzy Kolber), we learned that Chiefs safety Eric Berry suffers from equinophobia. Equinophobia is no joke:...

The Story Behind One Of The Most Iconic Hockey Photos Of The '70s

Derek Sanderson was the prototypical '70s athlete. A Calder winner with Boston, the Turk was everything you'd want in a celebrity—he got into fights on and off the ice, he hung with the rich and famous, he womanized, he abused drugs and alcohol, he fled the NHL for the then-richest contract in profe...

James Harden High-Fived His Imaginary Teammates

In the second quarter of yesterday's home loss to Miami, James Harden was fouled by Ray Allen. It was ruled a clear path foul, so the Rockets got two shots and the ball. Harden made his first, and reached out to either side of the lane for his daps. The beard tells him to do things....

Tiki Barber's Life Just Gets Sadder Every Day

It's been six years since Tiki Barber retired from football, which means we've spent six years watching him desperately try and fail at becoming some kind of relevant media personality. Having washed out of the television business, Tiki is on to much sadder things....

How Phil Jackson's Handshake Deal With The Lakers Fell Apart

I'm not sure we're far enough removed to appreciate what an incredible story this is in the annals of sports: The Lakers turned down Phil Jackson. Someday they'll write a book or make a 30 for 30 about this, and we'll get all the details, but for now we just have to piece together what we know—and t...

Sara Ganim, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her tremendous work on the Jerry Sandusky story, has accepted a job at CNN....

Since Everybody Loves Fans Flipping The Bird, Here's A Steelers Fan Flipping The Bird Last Night

If there were any chance we'd miss such a thing as this, you all ensured we were covered. Thanks to the many, many of you who submitted your own versions of this angry Steelers fan, and keep the tips coming by emailing us....

ESPN Camera Catches Rick Reilly Ordering Stu Scott To Credit His Twitter Feed

Producers didn't give ESPN's Monday Night Football crew enough warning before heading out to them live for a postgame wrap-up from Heinz Field, leading to this bit of inside chatter amongst the panelists—most noticeably, Rick Reilly ensuring that Stuart Scott gave him the credit for being "first ...

Steelers Fans Are Inescapable And Terrible

I have been broadcasting to you live from Walt Disney World all weekend and, man, Steelers fans are everywhere. Even here, at the tiny little corner of a bar at my resort. This woman was so loud and so pro-Pittsburgh and only asked once what was the score. Immediately after I stopped recording her...

The Chiefs Celebrated A Touchdown That Was Not A Touchdown: Chiefs-Steelers, In Two GIFs

Pittsburgh 16, Kansas City 13: Mike Tirico could barely contain himself early on as the Chiefs took a 7-0 lead on the Steelers. Then Mike Wallace's thighs showed up....