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Cardinals Win On Suspicious Walk-Off, Umpires Disappear Before Reds Can Challenge
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds tonight, as Yadier Molina doubled in Matt Carpenter to give the team a critical 4-3 win, keeping them right in the thick of the N.L. Wild Card race. Thing is, Molina’s walk-off hit might have been a ground rule double, which would have left the game t...
MLB Game Ends In A Tie For The First Time Since 2005
Tonight, officials called the Pirates-Cubs game in the sixth inning with the score tied 1-1. Heavy rain in Pittsburgh forced the game to stop for over an hour, and it was eventually called. The two teams are not scheduled to play again this year, and the outcome won’t affect playoff positioning, so ...
Ambitious Running Back Flips Over, Through Would-Be Tackler For Spectacular Touchdown
This here is Michael Anderson of Division II West Virginia Wesleyan, taking the path of most resistance in for the touchdown....
Lady Gaga To Perform At Super Bowl Halftime Show; They've Done Worse
Lady Gaga is going to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show this year. This led the Deadspin staff down a rabbithole. We’ve been Remembering Some Shows, and figured we’d open it up to everyone....
Abdi Abdirahman Still Wins The Party
Abdi Abdirahman said he is “way more relaxed” at 39 than he was when he was younger, causing me to experience a mutifying, brow-furrowing dissonance....
UEFA Fines Celtic Over Fans Flying The Palestinian Flag
A large group of Celtic fans waved Palestinian flags before a Champions League preliminary game against Israeli club Hapoel Be’er Shevae last month. This morning, UEFA announced that they would be fining the club €10,000 for the protest because it violated a UEFA rule regarding the use of political ...
Josh Gordon Is Headed To Rehab
Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon will enter in-patient rehab, the team announced today....
Trusting Anyone In Cycling Is A Loser's Game
It’s been 11 years since Lance Armstrong won his last Tour de France. In the intervening years, cycling has undergone a series of reforms aimed at making the sport, above all else, trustworthy. Lance Armstrong became one of the most hated athletes of all time not because he cheated, but because his ...
NFL Suspends Randy Gregory 10 More Games For Violating Substance Abuse Policy
Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory has been serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, and was appealing another 10-game suspension for an additional violation of the policy. Today, Gregory dropped his appeal and will now remain suspended through Week 14....
Where Did Alabama Linebacker Tim Williams Get That Weed? He Got It From, Uh, Brandon Chicken
Alabama starting outside linebacker Tim Williams was arrested early Thursday morning for possessing a firearm without a permit. Were it not for the existence of Williams’s totally real and not-at-all imaginary friend, Brandon Chicken, he might have been hit with a drug charge, too....
American Fan At Ryder Cup Heckles Europeans, Gets Called Out To Putt For $100, Sinks It
There was tension between the Americans and Europeans at the Ryder Cup thanks to Danny Willett’s brother, but one American heckler in the crowd may have smoothed things over during today’s practice at Hazeltine National Golf Club....
Don't Laugh At Logan, He Has A Metabolism Issue
Do you think shit is funny? Do you think it’s some kind of joke? “If you weren’t so fucking fat, Logan, you’d have no trouble rolling over,” you’d probably like to say. Or maybe, “I’m not sure you really want it, Logan.”...
Get Rid Of The Score Ticker On NFL Broadcasts
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here....
Hunter Renfroe Put His Damn Dong On Top Of A Roof
Padres outfielder Hunter Renfroe absolutely hammered a two-run homer in Wednesday’s home game against the Dodgers. Send that baseball’s family a wreath....
Rafael Nadal Halts Play While Mother Seeks Her Lost, Weeping Child
When will parents learn the consequences of minding their children? First, the death of the handsome silverback Harambe. Now, the brief interruption of an obscure exhibition doubles match pitting Rafael Nadal and teen Simon Solbas against old guys Carlos Moyá and John McEnroe, out in Nadal’s home is...
ACC Football Championship Moved To Orlando Over Anti-LGBT Law
The Atlantic Coastal Conference made its departure from the Tar Heel State official Thursday, announcing via press release that the 2016 ACC football championship game will be held in Orlando....
Richard Sherman Explains Why Players Shouldn't Trust The NFL
Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has been starring in video segments for The Players’ Tribune, and the latest entry sees him speaking honestly about the nature of the NFL’s relationship with its players. ...
Notre Dame's President Wants You To Believe Discrimination Is Politics
Notre Dame president John I. Jenkins, a reverend who has already established himself as one of the biggest liars or frauds in America, has some things to get off his chest. Jenkins is upset that the NCAA decided to remove championship events from North Carolina due to the state’s anti-LGBT laws, and...
Colin Kaepernick Calls Trump And Clinton "Proven Liars" Who Were "Trying To Debate Who's Less Racist"
Hillary Clinton won the presidential debate because Donald Trump is a bad man who is bad at most things. But acknowledging that the two-party system dominates American politics doesn’t mean you have to buy into moral relativism. Colin Kaepernick watched the debate and despaired at both choices....