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South Korea's Performance Is Why The World Cup Exists<em></em>If there’s one thing that will really stick with me from this morning’s World Cup action, it isn’t Mexico spending 90 minutes stress-barfing all over themselves. Neither is it the shock of defending champion Germany failing to get out of the group stage. What I’ll most likely remember long after thi...
Watch Olympic Silver Medalist Daryl Homer School Us In Saber Fencing Daryl Homer became the first American man to win an Olympic saber silver since 1904 last month in a bout that lasted mere minutes—as all fencing bouts do. If you blinked, you’d have missed the final point that broke the 14-14 tie and the decades-long medal drought. (Peter Westbrook won bronze in th...
How To Get A Prison-Style Workout
When Coss Marte entered prison, he says, his cholesterol and blood pressure were so high that doctors told him he could die before his seven-year term was through. This medical dilemma had a lot to do with the stresses of operating a New York City drug delivery service large enough to net him about ...
Watch A Pro Pitching Tutorial, Including Steven Wright Teaching Us His Knuckleball<em></em>
You probably know how to throw a ball, and maybe even how to do so with some force, accuracy, and/or intention. Maybe you played baseball as a kid, or in college, or once a week this very summer with a ragtag group of friends and coworkers....
Watch U.S. Olympians Teach Us Mortals How To Row
At first glance, rowing seems to belong to the well-heeled and faintly evil. In House of Cards the Underwoods stoically row their way into the right fitness level for world domination. The Winklevosses, those large adult twins, rowed big boats at the real Harvard and at the thinly fictionalized Harv...
Deadspin Awards: Best Sports Baby
The Deadspin Awards are in July and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to answer a vexing question:Of all these good sports babies, who is the best sports baby? ...
Tiny Acrobatic Dog Should Be The Next President
The Feb. 27 Villanova-Marquette men’s basketball game was graced with a halftime show featuring a small dog performing a variety of tricks. With the help of Christian Stoinev, Scooby the dog jumped through hoops, balanced on precarious spots, and rolled around on a basketball....
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Deadspin's Favorite Sports Moments Of 2015
The Deadspin staff pick their favorite sports moments from 2015, and explain what made them so special. Here they are....
Today's Lesson In Sportsmanship Comes From The Islamic Republic of Iran
On a day when we learn of the lengthy suspensions handed down to New Orleans Saints players amidst the bounty scandal, here's a palate cleanser of sportsmanship (or, as they like to call it in the soccer world, Fair Play) that took place yesterday in Dubai....