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Here's The Ludicrous Blown Call In Today's AC Milan-Juventus Match
In a call that reminded many viewers of England-Germany in the 2010 World Cup, AC Milan's Sulley Muntari was deprived of a goal and Milan of a wider lead over Juventus when this clear goal was declared to be, by officials.. no goal....
Fox San Diego Sports Anchor Implies Danica Patrick Is A Bitch
Ross Shimabuku, Fox 5 San Diego's current sports anchor could teach a master class in subtlety. Of course, no one would know a thing about what "subtlety" means, but the arts are a dying skill anyway....
Inspired By Jeremy Lin, Dr. Ruth Talks About Taking It To The Hole
Finally, Dr. Ruth has weighed in on Linsanity and she's done so in typically Ruthian fashion. As a big time Knicks fan, Dr. Ruth has been enjoying the emergence of Jeremy Lin and used the frenzy as a perfect segue to talk about sex....
Minnesota Man Videotapes Girls High School Basketball Games, Masturbates And Perpetuates Creepy Stereotypes
Richard Querna "likes to film the ones with talent." But what does he mean by talent? "When [Mankato policeman Dale Stoltman] asked if Querna likes to film the ones that are good looking, the man "acknowledged that might be true." Ah....
Your College Basketball Open Thread
Here is your open thread for a full day of college basketball. Photo via....
Charles Barkley Dropped A "Jeremy 'Rin'" On-Air Last Night, But Was It On Purpose?
Despite having plenty of words by volume erupt from his lips, Sir Charles hasn't always been the most cunning linguist. (That's turrible.) So we don't know what to make of his slip-up last night, in which he went to the Asian-pronunciation-stereotype box and dropped a "Jeremy Rin" on viewers after...
Marquette Coach Buzz Williams Flirted With Death By Dancing In Front Of WVU Students After Last Night's Win
Given that Morgantown is a place where they murder people with bows and arrows, Marquette head basketball coach Buzz Williams probably wasn't smart when he decided to dance a solo tango on the WVU court after the Golden Eagles' 61-60 win over the Mountaineers last night. (It didn't help that he w...
Welcome To Jose Canseco Tweets As Motivational Posters
We're debuting a new feature today where we celebrate Jose Canseco by creating motivational posters out of his actual tweets. We believe it is in this context that the world can best appreciate our favorite Bash Brother....
Holy Moly Expectations Are Lowly In Washington
Your morning roundup for Feb. 25. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...
Pirates Owner's Response To Team President's DUI Gives Us The Best Headline Of The Day: "Nutting Right On Coonelly"
I'm pretty sure the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette intends to tell us that columnist Ron Cook thinks Pirates owner Bob Nutting is correct for continuing to support team president Frank Coonelly, whose DUI arrest in December just became public knowledge yesterday. The headline was no doubt written that way ...
Memo: Weeks After Sandusky's Arrest, PSU President Was Really Pumped That Only Eight Prospective Students Had Withdrawn Their Applications
Less than a month after Jerry Sandusky had been arrested and the Penn State damage-control thresher had mowed down Joe Paterno, newly installed PSU president Rodney Erickson began sending out stupidly triumphant memoranda to the university's board of trustees. Here's a new one. It comes to us via pu...
250 Credentials Stolen From Daytona 500; First 250 People To Sign Up For The Deadspin Newsletter Receive Credentials To Daytona 500
Authorities are looking for the person who broke into a guest services trailer at Daytona International Speedway and made off with 250 race credentials offering limited infield access to Sunday's Daytona 500....
"I Didn't Really Have To Do, Like, A Ton Of Undercover Digging": Meet The 16-Year-Old Who Scooped Everyone On Ryan Braun's Mishandled Sample
Curt Hogg is a high-school junior who lives in Brown Deer, Wis. On Feb. 14, he wrote a post on his Milwaukee Brewers fan blog, Plushdamentals, reporting that Ryan Braun's PED urine test sample had been mishandled. Yesterday, the rest of the world learned that Hogg's reporting was correct: Braun avoi...
Tonight On The Longhorn Network, It's Texas Softball Featuring "Great Breasts And Online Fetishes"
Reader Geoff was engaged in some late-night channel-surfing a few days ago and caught this shocking anomaly. Somebody actually receives the Longhorn Network!...
ESPN Won't Be Bringing Craig James Back Once His Gay-Baiting Senate Campaign Is Over
That's per SI's Richard Deitsch, who had asked ESPN a question about those gay-baiting comments James made during Wednesday's debate, and what impact they might have on James returning to work for the network. Deitsch subsequently tweeted the Worldwide Leader's answer:...
Reader Mail: All The Letters We've Gotten From One Persistent Critic
We’re doing a special edition of Dead Letters this week, featuring recurring Deadspin agitator Joe Devanna, and every email he’s sent us in the past 12 months, presented in chronological order....
Racist, Or Racistly Delicious? Ben & Jerry's New "Lin-Sanity" Flavor Features Fortune Cookie Pieces
Available only at their Harvard Square location, Ben & Jerry's is selling a limited edition "Taste The Linsanity" flavor, which includes delicious little crumbles of fortune cookie. This, despite the Asian American Journalists Association's clear warning that there's no "compelling reason to draw a ...
Topps Sued For Firing Employee, Then Putting Him On A Trading Card
In the fall, Topps released a handful of very odd cards. Dubbed "American History Relics," they were five-card runs of John Henry, Pecos Bill, and Leif Ericson. Despite their rarity, the cards were a flop — one sold for $84 on eBay — perhaps because they were so strange. Card collectors like collect...
Ryan Braun Says He Never Had Herpes
At least once over the past few months, you probably heard some variation of this story emailed to us back in December:...
This Might Be Soccer's Worst Missed Goal This Year
That's Deivid de Souza of the Brazilian side Flamengo during Wednesday's semifinals of the Guanabara Cup. Flamengo lost, 2-1, and it seems few people in Brazil are missing the opportunity to taunt Deivid for his gaffe. [Dirty Tackle]...