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Bernie, Of <i>Weekend At Bernie's</i> Fame, Threw Out The First Pitch In Oakland This Weekend
The Oakland A's have adopted the "Moves Like Bernie" dance. This is a "dance" popularized by some rapper featuring a plot point from Weekend At Bernie's II (Bernie's back...and still dead!): Bernie, a corpse, gets hit with some crazy voodoo in the beginning of the film and everytime he hears music ...

In Defense Of The Blundering Red Sox
Well. What else is there to say about the Red Sox that has not already been said? They started the year banning beer from the clubhouse to put an end to those chicken and beer stories. Bobby Valentine then began the season publicly questioning one of the team's better players. They were compared to ...



Luke Donald Is Sorry For Calling A Golf Course Architect A "Cock" On Twitter
On Saturday, Luke Donald, frustrated with a bogey on the 18 at TPC Boston, sent out two tweets without looking very closely at which box he was typing in: his cell phone number, and another, in which he called the guy who designed the course "a cock."...

The Official Boise State Twitter Feed Was Honest For About 30 Seconds After The Broncos Lost Their Season Opener
Here's the official account for Boise State Athletics (Go Broncs!) reacting to Friday night's loss to the Michigan State Spartans. They're right, of course—Boise State didn't score after halftime, and ended the game with only 206 yards of total offense—but for some reason they still felt compelled t...

How Tall Are Nick Saban's Shoe Inserts?
It's pretty easy to find Nick Saban's height: Saban was a defensive back for the Kent State Golden Flashes for the 1970, 1971, and 1972 seasons and also played for the baseball team in 1972. Every year and for both teams, his height and weight were listed at 5-foot-6, 185 lbs. So he's about three a...


Excerpts From The Recent <em>Outside</em> Magazine Story That Make Lance Armstrong Look Like An Asshole
Yesterday, the factions of the internet that have strong opinions about Lance Armstrong were aflutter after Outside magazine published an essay penned by Mike Anderson, a one-time member of Lance Armstrong's inner circle. It's a doozy, and we encourage you to read the whole thing. But in the interes...

Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: The Tide Doesn't Move
Happy Labor Day weekend! Your unpaid student-athlete workforce is already on the job. So it's time for the 2012 Deadspin College Football Top 25 Or So. As always, teams are ranked according to the values and priorities of college football, as best we understand them, no matter how contradictory thos...


Why Your Team Sucks 2012: Washington Redskins
Some people are fans of the Washington Redskins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Washington Redskins. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here...

Penn State Has To Return The Bowl Trophies We All Know It Won Between 1998 And 2011
There's been some confusion about this since yesterday, when Jason Bristol of WHP, a television station in Harrisburg, Pa., first reported it. Initially, an NCAA spokesperson told Bristol that the NCAA expected Penn State to return the six bowl trophies the program had won during the 14 seasons from...

Why Your Team Sucks 2012: New England Patriots
Some people are fans of the New England Patriots. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New England Patriots. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here....

Gregg Williams Gave A Pep Talk To His Old High School Football Team
Disgraced former Rams, former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams is taking some time off to find himself, after being given a year to do so for his role in New Orleans's bounty scandal. Last we heard, he was backpacking through northern Thailand and spending time with the native tribes, but...
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How Much Would You Pay To See A Photo Of Ryan Lochte's Alleged Penis? [UPDATE]
Deadspin is presently in negotiations with a person who is in possession of a photograph of a penis. The penis supposedly belongs to Olympic gold/silver/bronze swimming medalist Ryan Lochte. The photograph is a neck-down bathroom-mirror self-portrait, in which the tip of the penis almost but not qui...


