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Mike Florio Tries To Do Something Nice, Regrets It Immediately
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio announced yesterday that he had a giveaway for his readers: eight codes for a free copy of a football video game. This gesture turned out to be easier promised than executed....
Here Is Another Incredibly Sad Attempt At Arena Financing Grift
The New Orleans Pelicans will launch a developmental-league team before the start of the 2018-19 season, but first, they have to decide where it’ll go. Five cities were initially vying for the right to join the NBA’s minor league (which recently rebranded to serve as an advertisement for a sports dr...
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Lane Kiffin Is Consulting Disgraced Former Baylor Coach Art Briles
We hadn’t heard much from Art Briles for a while, and that was a good thing. The disgraced former Baylor coach, who ran the program amidst a horrifying and wide-ranging sexual assault scandal, has popped up here and there in efforts to salvage his public image, even as new lawsuits against Baylor co...
Wayne Rooney Met Some Old Friends<em></em>
The photo above shows Everton striker Wayne Rooney antagonizing the nearby Manchester City fans after he’d just scored against the home team during yesterday’s match. The keen-eyed Twitter user @Mirallas noticed that this picture bears a striking resemblance to another post-goal Rooney celebration a...
Boston College Claims "Everything Is Fine" With Coach Who Said He Would Stare At The Eclipse<em></em><em></em>
Boston College head football coach and best Vine user in history Steve Addazio had an interesting take on yesterday’s solar eclipse. While everyone else was fretting about possibly going blind by staring directly into the sun, Addazio refused to be cowed by fear:...
Rangers Manager Jeff Banister Takes Matters Into His Own Hands, Carries Pigeon Off Field
The Rangers and Angels were joined by a very special guest on the infield tonight: a pigeon, who hobbled around with a seemingly injured wing until someone was finally brave enough to step up to the plate and rescue the poor creature by himself. That would be Texas manager Jeff Banister, who scooped...
Seth DeValve Is The First White Player To Kneel For The National Anthem
Last week, Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett issued a call to action to white players on national anthem protests: “It would take a white player to really get things changed, because when somebody from the other side understands and they step up and they speak up about it... it would change the...
Odell Beckham Jr. Limps Off Field After Tough Hit, Crumples In Pain Outside Locker Room
Odell Beckham Jr. limped off the field during the second quarter of tonight’s preseason game against the Browns after a hit that knocked his legs out from under him:...
Dante Fowler Charged With Three Misdemeanors After Allegedly Punching Man, Throwing His Booze In Lake
Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler has been formally charged on misdemeanor counts of battery, criminal mischief and petit theft after a July incident in which he allegedly punched a man who criticized his driving before stomping on his glasses and tossing his recently purchased liquor in a nearby l...
Spanish Swimmer Sacrifices His Race To Pay Tribute To Barcelona Victims
Spanish swimmer Fernando Alvarez was in Budapest this past weekend for the Masters World Championships, and before he swam in a 200-meter breaststroke heat, he asked swimming’s governing body (FINA) to hold a minute of silence in tribute to the 15 people who were killed last Thursday in a terrorist ...
Eagles WR Complains About Being Fined For Block; Guy He Concussed Tells Him To Play Better
Wide receiver Bryce Treggs signed with the Eagles last September and caught a whopping three passes in his rookie season. He’s trying to make it onto the roster again this year, and a solid seven-catch preseason debut against the Packers might help his cause. However, Treggs also picked up a $25,000...
Anquan Boldin's Retirement Made Me Remember That Time He Had His Face Broken By A Hit<em></em>
Eric Smith hit Anquan Boldin so hard, he knocked himself out....
Rice's Best-Case Scenario Is Being Average
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
<i>Game Of Thrones </i>Finally Pits Ice Against Fire
Game of Thrones began with our supposed hero laughing off a warning that an icy apocalypse was nigh. One of Ned Stark’s first scenes showed him beheading a deeply freaked out Night’s Watch deserter, who used his last breath to warn Ned that winter was coming....
Report: NFL Close To A Contract Extension With Roger Goodell
The NFL is nearing an agreement on a five-year extension to keep Roger Goodell as commissioner, a move that would extend Goodell’s tenure through 2024, per Sports Business Journal’s Dan Kaplan. This should come as no surprise....
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Tennessee Titans<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Tennessee Titans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tennessee Titans. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Pfft, "Solar Eclipse," Big Deal
Apparently many of the youths are very excited about a “solar eclipse” today. The moon’s transit will carry it directly between the sun and the earth in the skies over the United States, where, along a certain corridor of geography, it will obscure the sun’s rays completely for a little while. I sup...
At Nationals, The Juniors Stole The Show And Previewed U.S. Women's Gymnastics' Golden Future
ANAHEIM, Calif.—This national championships was supposed to be the one with at least a little suspense. After all, Simone Biles, the gymnastics juggernaut, was on hiatus from the sport—though she did just announce that she has started working out again—and there were several gymnasts who, at least o...