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Grierson & Leitch's 2014 In Review: The Best Forgotten Performances
Yes, most people have already written their Top 10 movie lists for 2014. We're saving ours for the last week of the year, but while we wait for this full, rich, and weird movie year to end, we're going to start looking back at certain highlights. Today, it's our favorite forgotten performanc...

Niners Will "Look Into" If Aldon Smith Was Drinking With Ray McDonald
The sexual assault investigation involving Ray McDonald also might have implications for San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith. As part of the investigation, the woman told San Jose police that she drank cranberry and vodkas with McDonald and Smith, according to a search warrant filed in Santa ...

Cops Posed As Woman To See If Ray McDonald Would Incriminate Himself
A search warrant filed as part of the sexual assault investigation involving Ray McDonald was made public yesterday, and it reveals what the woman told police as well as how cops have investigated the case—including posing as the woman in a text message exchange with the former 49er....

Get Your Christmas Crap The Fuck Out Of This Bear's Face, Please
It's almost Christmas, and you're in the holiday spirit, so it's understandable that you want to go around decking the halls and whatnot. But please try to remember that bears don't care about Christmas, because bears are not vapid and materialistic creatures, so don't go putting your plush Santa in...

Report: MLB Will Pay Bud Selig $6 Million A Year To Hang Around
Bud Selig will officially retire as MLB Commissioner on Jan. 25. At that exact moment, he will ascend to a higher plane of existence: a cushy-ass sinecure....

I'm <i>Live From New York </i>Co-Author James Andrew Miller. Any Questions?
James Andrew Miller is the coauthor of Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests, now available in an updated/expanded version to cover SNL's progress in the last decade. (Yeah, he's also the coauthor of Those Guys Have All ...

But Is He Elite?
Photo credits: Lynne Sladky, Eric Charbonneau/Invision/AP...

Frank Caliendo Does "The Night Before Christmas" As 10 Different ESPNers
Frank Caliendo was on that radio show with the two guys with the same name this morning, and he busted out many of his ESPN impressions to read "The Night Before Christmas." At this point, his voices are so good, you'd think he locked up all these personalities in his basement as part of an elabor...

Report: Michigan Offers Jim Harbaugh $8 Million A Year
Jim Harbaugh seems certain to leave the 49ers at season's end, if only because no one can stand him for more than four years, but everyone expects him to land in another NFL job. Well, here comes ol' mediocre Michigan, looking to blow up the coaching salary curve....

49ers Release Ray McDonald Following Rape Allegation
At a press conference this afternoon, San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke announced that the team had released defensive end Ray McDonald. This morning, police confirmed that McDonald was a suspect in a rape investigation, and in August he was arrested on domestic violence charges fol...

Did The D-Backs Trade Wade Miley Because He Wouldn't Give Up Gluten?
The Arizona Diamondbacks traded starting pitcher Wade Miley to the Boston Red Sox last week, and based on recent comments made by Miley, he may have been moved in part because of his refusal to adhere to the team's silly dietary restrictions....
![Cops: 49ers' Ray McDonald Investigated After Rape Allegation [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/zkixkdxssst9kkpmhxmj.jpg)
Cops: 49ers' Ray McDonald Investigated After Rape Allegation [Update]
San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald, who was arrested on domestic violence charges in August, has had a search warrant served at his house by police who are investigating a rape case....

Tim Howard Retracts Book Claim That Brad Friedel Tried To Sabotage Him
Tim Howard has announced that he will alter future editions of his just-published book, in response to Brad Friedel's complaint that the book unfairly and inaccurately claims that Friedel attempted to block Howard's move to the Premier League. This decade-old goalkeeper feud still burns brightly, ap...

Brooklyn Nets Pay Tribute To Superfan Who Passed Away
The Brooklyn Nets honored the life of recently deceased superfan Jeffrey Vanchiro—known as Jeffrey Gamblero—tonight with a video tribute, as well as t-shirts that the whole team and many Nets employees wore. Vanchiro passed away Sunday, after suffering serious injuries when he fell out of a second s...


NFL Admits Roughing The Passer Call On 49ers Was Wrong
The NFL has admitted it blew a call that felt pretty crucial at the time, a questionable roughing the passer penalty in yesterday's 17-7 Seahawks win that eliminated the 49ers from the playoffs. ...
![Nets Superfan On Life Support After Two-Story Fall [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/fsogpi0egrcm26dpuidq.jpg)
Nets Superfan On Life Support After Two-Story Fall [Update]
Nets superfan Jeffrey Vanchiro, also known as Jeffrey Gamblero, reportedly suffered severe brain damage and fractured his spine after falling from a second-story window at his father's house in Queens Saturday night....

MLB Facing Lawsuit From Highest-Ranking Hispanic Woman In Management
Sylvia Lind, the director of baseball initiatives in the Office of the Commissioner, is suing Major League Baseball for what she claims to be two decades of discriminatory practices. Lind is the highest-ranking Hispanic woman in MLB's front office. The lawsuit names as defendants the league, commiss...

This Panda Is One Cute-As-Shit Action Hero
This GIF becomes 100 percent funnier if you imagine that there is a hail of gunfire coming at the panda from the right side of the frame. Go ahead and do that right now....

Justin Bieber Submits Yet Another Shamefully Staged Basketball Highlight
Justin Bieber needs to be stopped. The motherfucker has once again posted a video of himself "playing" basketball that is so plainly fraudulent that it deserves to be buried under the collected scorn of the internet. ...