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Yes, It's Almost Time For Hockey. No, There's No Hockey. Deadspin Tries To Explain.
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ESPN Definitely Messed Up The Halftime Scoreboard For UK-Florida, But It's Not Because You Can't Score One Point
Yeah, that wasn't the score at all. It was 24-0, Florida, and we do not know why it said 17-1. However many of you wrote it in claiming that the score was not only incorrect, but necessarily incorrect, because a team could never have one point. Not so. It would take a blocked extra point, a recover...
How Did Logan Mankins Play An Entire Season With A Torn ACL?
Last week, we learned via Adam Schefter that Patriots offensive guard Logan Mankins played the entire 2011 season on a torn ACL. Mankins, who sustained the injury in New England's season opener, finally had surgery to repair the ligament last February. Until then, however, the injury hadn't been dia...
Will Brett Favre Have To Discuss His Penis Under Oath?
Brett Favre's (alleged!) penis is back in the news and now it's because he doesn't want it shown off. We told you last week about the two former Jets masseuses who, as part of their ongoing lawsuit against Favre alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, tried to get him to admit that photographs p...
How To Crip Walk: A Guide To Serena Williams's Very American Gold Medal Celebration
Maybe you've heard that Serena Williams, the greatest female American tennis player of all time, did a controversial dance after winning gold in singles at the Olympics over the weekend....
Everything You Need To Know About Sarah Phillips, Former ESPN Columnist And Social-Media Scammer
Last week, we published a long story about Sarah Phillips, the ESPN columnist who, among other things, used her connections to the Worldwide Leader to hijack a teenager's Facebook venture. The story developed quickly from there, getting progressively more complicated as more tipsters came forward wi...