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Roger Goodell Is A Finalist For <i>Time</i>'s Person Of The Year
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of Hitler, Stalin, and the Ayatollah Khomeini, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been named one of eight finalists for Time magazine's Person of the Year "honor."...
Blackhawks Fans Love Some Good Face Licking
Apparently these fans like getting their face licking on at Blackhawks games, and it seems quite enjoyable judging by the man's orgasmic reaction. This seems like the appropriate time to remind all sports fans that you never know when the camera will be trained on you, so be cautious about doing wei...
Is Competitiveness Poor Sportsmanship?
Thanks to social media, sportsmanship has taken on proportions well beyond the usual no-cutting-the-course, no-tripping no-brainers. Recently, the brand of sportsmanship that's garnered attention—and been called "inspiring"—includes stopping mid-race to help a fallen competitor, at the cost of perso...
Peter King Is A Goddamn Embarrassment
SI.com's Peter King, the most powerful NFL writer in the business, sees his job as flattering other powerful people so that they'll allow him to uncritically pass on whatever they'd like to have passed on. He's very good at it, as the incredible correction buried a couple of thousand words into hi...
What Happened When Janay Rice Met With The NFL In June?
The NFL has consistently shown throughout the Ray Rice saga it has no idea how to deal with domestic assault, perhaps not more obviously than when the league interviewed Janay and Ray Rice at the same time during a June 16th hearing. Questioning the victim of domestic assault in the presence of her ...
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Ray Rice Wins Appeal, Eligible To Play Immediately [UPDATE]
Ray Rice will be reinstated to the NFL, according to NFL.com's Ian Rapaport:...
Help! My Cat Wants A Handjob!
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering presidents, sun bears, blocking the box, and more....
Diego Maradona Shows Off Another Use For The Hand Of God
Technically, he's still using his hand to score, just in a bit of a different way....
Panda Bear Takes Some Snow Tumbles, Knows What Livin' Is All About
The snow might be wrecking everyone else's shit right now, but it's treating this big panda bear named Da Mao pretty well. ...
Ivory Coast Fans Mob Pitch As Team Qualifies For Africa Cup Of Nations
Ivory Coast took on Cameroon at home in Abidjan today, in their final match of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. With three minutes of stoppage time left, and both teams assured of qualifying with a 0-0 draw, Cameroon was content to let the Ivory Coast pass the ball around unmolested....
How The NFL Exploited A Child Abuser To Restore Its Brand
1. When talking or writing about the NFL's handling of the Adrian Peterson case, it's difficult to separate discussion of the vicious cruelty of Peterson's actions from the fairness of the NFL's adjudicatory process. You can wholeheartedly believe Peterson belongs in jail, or in hell, and believe at...
NFL Suspends Adrian Peterson For The Rest Of The Season
Amid a weeks-long battle over Adrian Peterson's potential reinstatement, the NFL has decided to push the issue to its end game. The league announced today that Peterson will be suspended indefinitely and without pay—a punishment the NFLPA has already said it will appeal on his behalf....
Reports: NFLPA Demands Peterson Reinstatement; Vikings Execs Divided
Despite reaching a plea deal in his child abuse case earlier this week, the NFL has not yet reinstated Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. On Friday, the NFLPA reportedly sent a letter to the league demanding that Peterson be reinstated on the basis that the league reneged on the deal that was ori...
Ravens GM Testimony: Ray Rice Told Goodell He Hit Fiancée In Elevator
The NFLPA's push to reinstate Ray Rice could finally give us definitive answers on how royally Roger Goodell fucked up when handling Rice's domestic violence case. ...
Adrian Peterson And Ray Rice Should Be Reinstated Now
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
Obedient Black Bear Doesn't Want Any Trouble, Man. OK? It's All Good.
Hey, hey, hey, take it easy, chief. Nobody here wants any kind of problem, all right? Everything's cool. Just be cool....
Royals Fans Celebrate Pennant With Long, Sloppy Victory Kiss
The YouTube description accompanying this video claims that these two lovebirds are total strangers, which seems a little hard to believe, but I guess anything is possible when two people are a few beers deep and the Royals make the World Series for the first time since 1985....
These Are Our Favorite Vines
Vine is great. The Deadspin staff spends a good chunk of every work day sharing and laughing at Vines, and earlier today I asked everyone to share their favorite Vine of all time with me. These are the responses I got....