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Thunder Acquire Taj Gibson And Doug McDermott For Cameron Payne
The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott from the Chicago Bulls, in exchange for Cameron Payne, Joffrey Lauvergne, and a second round pick, reports Brian Windhorst....
Tyrese Has A Goddang Benihana In His Backyard, And It Looks Dope As All Heck
So my fellow Deadspin bloggers and I were scouring the internet for premium clickable content today when we—okay, it was just Samer—stumbled across the following video of singer/actor/philosopher/sex symbol Tyrese Gibson dancing and screaming and just generally flourishing to that one Ace Hood bange...
Taj Gibson Was Totally Chill About Blake Griffin Almost Taking His Head Off
In the third quarter of last night’s 83-80 loss to the Bulls, Blake Griffin completely misjudged Taj Gibson’s pump fake and inner arm-chopped him across the face. It’s the type of foul that oftentimes causes a fight, or maybe just a “hold me back bro!” confrontation, but not this time. Griffin was i...
<i>Payback</i> Is Mel Gibson At His Nastiest, And Therefore Best
After one viewing, I’m ready to call Mad Max: Fury Road the best English-language action flick since Terminator 2, if not Die Hard. It’s a motherfucker of a movie, a new benchmark in violent cinematic mayhem. I’ve you’ve ever read this column and you haven’t seen it yet, stop reading and go now. You...
Mike Wallace And Brandon Gibson Gave The Weirdest Interview
After Dolphins receiver Mike Wallace was either benched in or pulled himself from Miami's regular-season finale, he stood by his locker and remained silent while teammate Brandon Gibson spoke to reporters in his place....
Diamondbacks Fire Grit Lord Kirk Gibson
The Arizona Diamondbacks have done away with manager Kirk Gibson and bench coach Alan Trammel, just a few weeks after canning general manager Kevin Towers. And so ends the Era Of Grit in Arizona....
<em>The Expendables 3</em>: An Actor-By-Actor Breakdown
No film series in recent memory relies more on the sheer mass of its cast than the Expendables movies. I've seen the assembled talent referred to as the Traveling Wilburys of '80s Action Stars, but there were only five of those guys. This more resembles the cast of a '70s disaster movie, in which ...
Drive Angrier: The Bleak Mayhem Of Mel Gibson's Original <em>Mad Max</em>
For someone who's never been to Comic-Con, the whole idea seems a bit baffling—waiting in line all day to attend a half-hour promotional junket for a movie that won't be out for another year, getting to say you were there when Robert Downey, Jr. said he had a pretty good time making this next Aven...
Anaheim's Ducklings Have Them On The Verge Of An Incredible Comeback
There's nothing quite like hockey players to make you feel old. Even if you're a hockey player yourself....
I Was Shot And Raped By An FSU Player. I Still Cheer For The Seminoles.
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was in the process of driving the Seminoles 80 yards in 1:06 to win a national championship, and Ashley Witherspoon, class of '91, was getting loud....
Goalie Fight Breaks Out During Timeout
A good goalie fight should be like a good summer fling: short and passionate. These two AHL goalies brushed against each other at center ice and it was on. For one brief moment, they truly lived. ...
Taj Gibson Has A Strange Happy Face
It's not every day your backup power forward hits a buzzer beater, albeit to end the first quarter, so we'll cut him some slack if he doesn't yet have the Kobe ice grill committed to muscle memory. Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images...
The Greatest Slugger Never To Play In The Major Leagues
As David Ortiz adds to his legend this week—the version that omits any mention of PEDs, of course—let's take a moment to appreciate John Schulian's 2000 SI profile of Josh Gibson:...
25 Years Later, Kirk Gibson's Homer Is More Than Just A Highlight
It's more than the ball sailing over the head of a dejected Jose Canseco and into the seats in right, Gibson limping around the bases, pumping his fist. The iconic images last just seconds. But if you want to know why Kirk Gibson's home run, hit 25 years ago today, is one of baseball's greatest feat...
Kirk Gibson Is <i>Pissed</i> At Ryan Braun
Kirk Gibson, a manager of a Major League Baseball team, has called out Ryan Braun. He's super pissed at Braun and went so far as to mention how his wife blames Braun personally for stealing a World Series appearance from the Diamondbacks. Do you see how crazy this PED scandal is making people? ...
Althea Gibson and Robert Lipsyte's Forgotten Bookmark
My friend Michael Popek owns a used bookstore and runs a site called Forgotten Bookmarks, devoted to the things he finds in old books. The site did so well Michael published a book of the same name. (Check out this Q&A we did in 2011 and this profile of Michael by Shannon Firth.)...
Long Gone
Tender story by David Davis over at SB Nation Lonform: "'She is Gone': The Search for the Gibson Home Run and for the Answers to a Family Tragedy":...
Taj Gibson Goes On F-Bomb Tirade After Game 2 Ejection
Game 2 between the Heat and Bulls was a real snoozer until early in the fourth quarter when referee Scott Foster and the Bulls decided no one wanted to hang around to see the rest of the game play out....
Under Pressure
In the summer of 1968, Jack Olson wrote a series for Sports Illustrated about race (it was later turned into a book). Here is the first piece: "The Black Athlete: A Shameful Story." ...