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It's Probably Time To Start Worrying About Sammy Watkins

Star Buffalo Bills receiver Sammy Watkins had surgery to repair a broken foot in the offseason, but was supposed to be fully healthy and ready to play by the time the season started. Watkins started the first two games, but missed last week’s game after his foot got stepped on during practice. He’s ...

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...

Rex Ryan Posed As A Reporter To Ask Julian Edelman If He'd Be Playing QB

Who will quarterback the Patriots this weekend? Jacoby Brissett? Jimmy Garappolo? Julian Edelman? Everyone involved in this weekend’s Patriots-Bills game is interested in finding out, nobody more so than Bills coach Rex Ryan. So he performed some extremely simple subterfuge on a conference call with...

Bills Fans Body-Slam Cardinals Flag Through Table

Two Buffalo Bills fans hopped up onto the bed of a pickup truck for yet another table-smashing, but this instance had nuance....

"Would You Believe A Home Run?" Dodgers Clinch N.L. West, Give Vin Scully One Final Walk-Off Call [Update]

The Dodgers came back from a 3-2 deficit in the bottom of the ninth as Corey Seager’s solo homer forced extras and Charlie Culberson homered in the tenth for a walk-off win—one that claimed the division for L.A. and gave Vin Scully the chance to call one final walk-off in his last time behind the mi...

Patrick Peterson Picks Off Tyrod Taylor With One Hand

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson had a fantastic one-handed catch as he picked off Buffalo Bills QB Tyrod Taylor today. The play looked even better from the sidelines:...

Fight Breaks Out At Senators Practice After Patrick Sieloff Hits Clarke MacArthur

Bobby Ryan fought teammate Patrick Sieloff at today’s Ottawa Senators scrimmage after Sieloff laid a hit on winger Clarke MacArthur....

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Thanks To Draymond Green, NBA Refs Will Be Cracking Down On Hits To The Dick And Balls

Draymond Green was the loudest, brashest, most dick kicking-est player on the NBA Finals-losing Golden State Warriors, and he has already secured a legacy of sorts for himself: starting next season, NBA referees will be making a point to spot and penalize strikes to the dick and balls, or what the A...

New Touchback Rule Designed To Reduce Number Of Kickoff Returns Is Actually Increasing Them<em></em>

I do not like to say I told you so (I love to say it), but all my haters and doubters (there were none) can eat every last speck of my shit. ...

Deadspin 25: Long Live Central Florida, Our College Football Overlords 

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, ...

Tiffany Trump's Secret Service Detail, Like Her Father's Attention, Absent

As of today, Ivanka Trump has officially become the first Trump scion to receive her very own Secret Service detail. While Trump’s elder sons are more than equipped to hunt their own assassins, one Trump child remains notably protection-less. I am, of course, talking about none other than aspiring s...

Lions And Titans Combine For 29 Penalties In A Battle Of The Inept

Today’s Titans-Lions game was a sloppy showing between two teams that seemed to have no self-discipline on the field....

The Strangest Kickoff You'll Ever See Happened In A Real College Game

Eastern Michigan smoked Charlotte tonight, but the highlight of the game was a strangely-competent EMU team kicking off from the 49ers’ 20-yard line after a series of personal fouls drawn during and after the Eagles pulled off a pick-six. We never thought we’d see this once, but then we saw it again...

"What A Whiff By The Officials!" Ole Miss Takes 24-3 Lead On Alabama Thanks To Refs

Two missed calls by the officials allowed Ole Miss to take a three-touchdown lead on Alabama on a play that featured a missed targeting call and an improperly applied unnecessary roughness call....

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Rex Ryan Doesn't Have Much Time Left In Buffalo

So much of the Bills’ 37-31 loss to the Jets last night had that familiar Rex Ryan stench to it: the untimely penalties, the wasted timeouts, the skittish offense spit-shined by a couple of big plays. But what really made this one stick to your clothes was the skunk spray that’s become of Ryan’s def...

Bills Fans Duel With Pepperoni Sticks

Two Buffalo Bills fans at Thursday’s game opted to use sticks of pepperoni as weapons instead of sustenance. Look at those graceful lunges and parries....

Bills Tailgating Lot Tries To Ban Fun

For the Buffalo Bills’ first home game, one tailgating venue has apparently tried to ban some of the fanbase’s most beloved behaviors:...