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Whiskey Smackdown: Fireball Vs. Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire
How do you know when you’ve really made it in life? It depends on who you are and what racket you’re in. For charming chumps like us, success could mean dental insurance, a bed that doesn’t fold in half, or an honorably discharged student loan. For those of loftier falutions, arrival in the big leag...
NCAA Finally Puts Hammer Down On Games Against Fake Colleges
The NCAA is finally setting actual standards for its members, declaring “countable opponents” must be real colleges and not pseudo-schools masquerading as real colleges in order to earn game checks for showing up and getting blown out....
Let's Watch Some Dudes In Chicago Engage In Roman Candle Warfare
You haven’t lived if you haven’t engaged in the highly dangerous yet thrilling pastime of fighting with fireworks. We mostly used bottle rockets where I come from, but here are some friends (or gang rivals, depending on who you’re asking) on Western Ave. in Chicago using roman candles as the weapon ...
Cincinnati Reds Stadium Aflame
The Tall Stacks fireworks feature at Great American Ball Park has led to a portion of the stadium being evacuated after a malfunction caused an actual fire to break out....
A Highly Scientific* Analysis of GRRM's Progress On <i>The Winds of Winter</i>
This post originally appeared on Watchers on the Wall. Republished here with permission. ...
José Mourinho Gets Philosophical In Rant Directed At Haters In The Media
“The world is a bit strange. Maybe because of diets, and maybe because of the quality of produce we are eating, I think memories are getting shorter,” José Mourinho begins his wild, metaphysical ride that somehow ends with him basically calling certain members of the media jealous cowards....
Weed Review: Will Beast Mode 2.0 Make You Feel Like Marshawn Lynch?
Did you know that a Seattle marijuana-delivery service is now offering a Marshawn Lynch-inspired strain called Beast Mode 2.0? It's true. So we got a local enthusiast to review it for us. Here are his (scattered) thoughts. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: This Is Exhausting
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin, assuming we still have it, which after today maybe we don't. Either way: Here is the final Tommy Craggs story. ...
Chart: Which Fired NCAA Football Coaches Were Biggest Disappointments?
Around this time every year, a handful of major college football programs dump their coach in search of quick success. Some moves work better than others. ...
This Is The Best Fall Beer
You know how dickheads of a certain stripe like to accuse the rest of us decent and delicate folk of being "fake outraged" when we get offended by things like racist team names, sexist advertising, or casual child abuse? They are so certain of their wrong opinions that they cannot imagine that we ...
The Jets Took Fireman Ed Out To Lunch And Tried To Woo Him Back
Jets superfan Fireman Ed retired from the superfan game a few years ago, so now he's just Fireman Ed. Actually, he's retired from firefighting, too, so he's just Ed Anzalone. Anyway, the New York Jets are so desperate for that superfan-led J-E-T-S chant that they tried to wine and dine Ed back into ...
Minor League Baseball Team's Fireworks Turn Into Stadium Fire
The Lancaster JetHawks' planned fireworks after Saturday's game quickly turned into an actual fire in the outfield wall....
Robbie Keane Blasts "Fucking Stupid Decision" To Play Match On Hot Day
It was 90-plus degrees and humid in Chicago yesterday, and even more unpleasant down on the pitch where the Fire drew the visiting Galaxy 1-1. After the match, L.A. captain Robbie Keane blasted the decision to play in the middle of the afternoon....
Don Draper's '80s Reboot: The Cutthroat Seductions Of <em>Halt And Catch Fire</em>
"It's just a computer!" Mad Men's Peggy Olsen shouted recently, on both the most prestigious show on television and a shrewd ad for the new show vying to replace it....
Moron Takes Selfie With Carlsbad Wildfire
It's been a bad week for idiots and selfies, so here's a guy in San Diego grabbing a selfie with a wildfire—one that's forced tens of thousands of evacuations....
Indoor Football Receiver Makes Magnificent Catch Over The Wall
Johnny Lester of the Professional Indoor Football League's Georgia Fire had an outstanding touchdown catch on a deep route Friday night. Indoor football rules apparently don't require feet in the end zone. ...
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s Car Engulfed In Flames At Texas Motor Speedway
Today's weather-delayed running of the [Corporate Sponsor] 500 in Texas got bad for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. very quickly as his car lost a tire then caught on fire after hitting the wall....
OHL Goalie Takes His Stick To The Back Of His Opponent's Head
London Knights goalie Anthony Stolarz seemed to be fed up with pokes and prods after the whistle, because when the Windsor Spitfires' Josh Ho-Sang hit him with his stick on a dead puck, Stolarz reacted poorly....
Rob Ford Ran His Dick Into A Fire Hydrant
No, really, that's what happened....