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Wake Forest Receiver Cortez Lewis Is The Master Of Personalized Handshakes
I’m not even kidding when I say that this is the most impressive thing I’ve seen all week. Put this man in a Hall of Fame of some sort....
Deadspin 25: Holy Shit, Ole Miss Might Actually Do This Thing
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, ...
Goodbye To Most Of The Football-Playing Sons Of Rappers
You know what would be cool? Seeing the sons of some of the best rappers from the 1990s playing college football against each other. Unfortunately, it’s not really going to happen anymore....
Classic Man: "In A Pinch, A Telephoto Lens Will Work To Start A Fire"
Frequently in this space, we will consult a different entry in the 1987 book The Modern Man’s Guide to Life to see how the advice therein has aged. On Monday, we discussed shopping; today, we’ll discover how to make fires without matches. ...
We Might Have The Goal Of The Year Already In This Filthy Scorpion Kick
Take a bow, Carsten Kammlott. This is some piece of work. Here’s the full video:...
Why Your Team Sucks 2015: Miami Dolphins
Some people are fans of the Miami Dolphins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Miami Dolphins. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
That's Unfortunate
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<i>The Guest </i>Is Nasty, Violent, Thrilling, And Best Served Cold
A little while into the brutal 2014 indie The Guest, we get one of the most viscerally satisfying bully payback scenes in cinematic history. There’s this kid, this meek and quiet and doughy high school kid whose only friends are online. His family’s cool, ultra-capable, mysterious new adult friend s...
Wiffle Ball Player Invents New Way To Rob A Home Run
Here’s some shit you might not know: serious wiffle ball players are secretly America’s greatest athletes. If you don’t believe me, just go ahead and start the video above....
The Packers Have A New Play-Caller
Preseason wins and losses don’t matter, but preseason games do. It’s a chance for players to get realtime experience with new systems and new coaches, and for a chance for coaches to get used to their new roles. Usually, the biggest changes happen on bad teams that have cleaned house, not teams that...
Nike Exec: “I’m Gonna Fuckin’ Kill You”
On Wednesday, website LetsRun.com published a University of Oregon Police Department report of an incident on June 25 in a field just west of Hayward Field. It was around 7 p.m., toward the end of the first day of the USA Track and Field national championships, and coach Danny Mackey was sitting wit...
Gabe Kapler's Advice To Baseball Players: Get A Nice Tan On Your Nuts
Former Major League Baseball player Gabe Kapler is now the Dodgers’ Director of Player Development, but on the side he also runs the blog Kap Lifestyle, which we’ve written about before. On Kap Lifestyle, Kapler and guests write about topics like nutrition, weightlifting, and working out. Today’s en...
Niles Paul Carted Off With Gruesome Ankle Injury (UPDATE)
The NFL preseason is a great time for unheralded players to make the case for playing time in the regular season and, unfortunately, for established players to risk injuries. The injury gods have claimed their first victim tonight, and it’s Washington starting tight end Niles Paul. Paul’s ankle bent...
Nike Global Director Of Athletics Threatens To Kill A Brooks Coach
Read this LetsRun article about Nike global director of athletics John Capriotti, red-faced and trailing a retinue of Nike lackeys, threatening to kill Brooks coach Danny Mackey for unknown reasons, and toss lightly with this episode of Alberto Salazar, red-faced and trailing a retinue of Nike lacke...
Deadspin 25: Unless Andrew Luck's Coming Back, Stanford Probably Isn't Winning 10 Games
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, ...
Don't Trust The "New Kurt Cobain Album"
On November 6, Brett Morgen, director of the recent Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck, will aid in the release of a new Kurt Cobain album, to coincide with the DVD release of the film. For some fans, any new Cobain content, no matter how craven, is an exciting development. But let’s not preten...
Deadspin 25: Texas A&M's Defense Will Be Good Someday, But For Now Just Enjoy The Points
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, ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2015: San Diego Chargers
Some people are fans of the San Diego Chargers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the San Diego Chargers. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
How To Have An Actual Conversation With A Woman
I know the headline may have ruffled your peacock feathers, but please, hear me out. Many men do not know how to have a conversation, and it would behoove our communities, our country, and dare I say the entire human race if this disconnect could be bridged. I’m not referring to suaveness in the pic...