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Ronda Rousey Having Fun At A WWE House Show Was Everything Great About Wrestling<em></em><em></em><em></em>
PHILADELPHIA — Everybody in the arena knew Ronda Rousey was coming out next. The delay seemed to stretch on forever as we waited. It had been 25 seconds since Nia Jax’s theme ended ... 26, 27, 28, 29 … and, finally, “Bad Reputation” played. Ronda Rousey made her entrance. She got the loudest cheer o...

The Combine At Night Is Where The NFL Happens
INDIANAPOLIS — At 1:12 a.m., my phone lit up with a text. It was one of my spies telling me the party had arrived....

Who Killed Pitt Basketball?
PITTSBURGH — I hadn’t even made it to my seat, and Pitt basketball was already living down to my expectations....

NFL Makes Combine Pressers A Less Crappy Experience<em></em>
INDIANAPOLIS — Having Podium 1 framed by indicators for the shitter seemed appropriate and on brand. The NFL has since had a change of heart, however. Deadspin will continue to update this developing story as circumstances are warranted....

For Reporters, The NFL Combine Can Be One Awkward Feeding Frenzy
INDIANAPOLIS — “This is already a degrading experience.”...

NFL Sets Up Combine Pressers In The Most Appropriate Spot
INDIANAPOLIS — Greetings from the bowels of the Indiana Convention Center, where the media sausage is churning its way through the 2018 NFL scouting combine. If you just got here and can’t find the shitter, make your way toward Podium 1, where Colts general manager Chris Ballard (pictured) has wrapp...

Let's Play Broomball: The Other Ice Sport!
Any asshole can play hockey, but the delightful Minnesotan sport of BROOMBALL is for TRUE ICEBOYS. ...

Eagles Fans Are Absurdly Confident
MINNEAPOLIS — Talk to them in Philadelphia. Talk to them in Minneapolis. Talk to Eagles fans wherever they are, and they say one thing: The Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl....

Immigrants Past, Present, And Future On One Minneapolis Street
About a mile south from U.S. Bank Stadium, in a midtown Minneapolis building-turned-market called Mercado Central, the only visible reminder that a big sports game is happening in the city this weekend is a sign of protest. On a message board dressed with community announcements and plumber suggesti...

OH MY GOD SNOWMOBILING RULES DROP EVERYTHING YOU HAVE NOW AND BUY A SNOWMOBILE OR ELSE SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE ONLINE LIKE A LOSER<em></em>
This week the Deadspin Snow Idiots visited the toddlin’ town of St. Bonifacius to ride some snowmobiles with friend of the blog Karl and his father-in-law, Jeff. And brother, lemme tell you: I have wasted my life. To think I went 41 years without knowing the feel of a growling snowhog between my amp...

How An NFL Contract Negotiation Goes Down
NEW ORLEANS — Back and forth they went, both sides snapping off data points and counterpoints in a careful effort to leverage whatever they had. They were so into the task at hand that neither the thunderclaps from outside nor the 10-minute warning could interrupt their banter. They were teams of la...

A Trip To The Remnants Of Donald Trump’s Atlantic City Casino Empire, Now Up For Sale
I was in what used to be a high-roller lounge. It’s on the 50th floor of the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City....