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Report: Vikings Will Handle Adrian Peterson's Status On Monday
The Vikings already deactivated Adrian Peterson for today's game due to his indictment on child injury charges, but the team will figure out his status going forward on Monday, according to a report....
The Foodspin Archive
Here’s a complete archive of all the Saturday Foodspin columns, which we’ll update each time there’s a new one....
Geronimo!
Washington's giving the Illini a thorough stomping, but Illinois has at least one shining moment: this fingertips catch by Geronimo Allison, upheld by replay....
Maryland Scores Bizarre Accidental Touchdown, Has It Taken Away
Maryland guy calls fair catch. West Virginia guy plows into Maryland guy. Maryland guy can't make catch. Maryland scores touchdown....
Ohio State DE Scrubbed From Lineup After Failing Second Drug Test
Ohio State very recently learned that they will will be without defensive end Noah Spence today, and for the foreseeable future. He has tested positive, again, for ecstasy....
Adrian Peterson Turns Himself In To Montgomery County Authorities
Peterson arrived at the jail and was let in through a side entrance. Authorities released his mug shot a short time later. His bond amount was set at $15,000, according to the sheriff's office....
Is Javier Baez's Rocket-Powered Swing Built To Last?
Without knowing it, Chicago Cubs rookie slugger Javier Baez pays homage to Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion with each swing. He takes big giant cuts and hits big giant homers. The problem is, the equal and opposite reactions to the mechanics that generate all that power render the other parts of...
Here Is The Worst Possible Photo
Pictured: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, right, and credulous bullhorn Peter King take a break from spewing garbage to devour some....
When Do Most No-Hitters Get Broken Up?
No-hitters have hit dead ball era rates, and every other week it seems like some random pitcher is staring down a chance at a no-hitter late in a game. So Zachary Levine of Baseball Prospectus did the grunt work of tracking down just how likely a no-hitter is to be broken up on any given out, and ho...
Rory McIlroy Hit A Golf Ball Right Into Some Bro's Pocket
Some crazy shit happened during Rory McIlroy's round at the the TOUR Championship today. McIlroy shanked a tee shot into a tree in the gallery, and the ball bounced off the tree and directly into a spectator's pocket. ...
Four-Star Wide Receiver Recruit Chooses Soccer Over Football
Drake Davis, a junior at Virginia's Fork Union, had the opportunity to be the next Julio Jones or Reggie Wayne at one of the several big-time college football programs that offered him a scholarship. Instead, he's decided to quit football and focus on soccer in hopes of maybe being the next Jozy Alt...
Lolo Jones On Aching Feet, Memory Loss, And Other Perils Of Dancing
The new season of Dancing With The Stars kicks off on Monday, and among its contestants are the usual list of obscure B-list actors and Duck Dynasty granddaughters. And then there's Lolo Jones....
That's How You Hail Mary
Despite being beat in every way possible in the first half, Houston's pulled within reach at halftime thanks to this Hail Mary at the end of the second quarter—enabled by an especially doofus-y move by BYU, which held the ball itself with only seconds remaining....
LeSean McCoy Says His 20-Cent Tip Was "Kind Of A Statement"
The Saga of LeSean McCoy's 20-Cent Tip continues to be a thing, and now McCoy has finally spoken on the issue. McCoy says that he's not the dick in this story, and that the people who work at the restaurant are the dicks. Everyone is accusing everyone else of being a dick!...
The Deadspin -51*: The Most Useless Thinkers, Doers, And Dreamers
Last week, Politico, a Washington, DC-based native advertising shop, produced the Politico 50, a list of "the thinkers, doers and dreamers who really matter in this age of gridlock and dysfunction."...
Rory McIlroy: Tiger And Phil Are "Into The Back Nine Of Their Careers"
The Tour Championship begins today, and it's the first time since 1992 that neither Tiger Woods nor Phil Mickelson qualified. We are, by any reasonable observer, toward the tail-end of a generational torch-passing at the top. The world's No. 1 certainly qualifies as a reasonable observer....
Lalalala, The Ginger Hammer Can't Hear You!
Here is a story in three tweets....
Angry Michigan Fan Calls Radio Station, Loses His Damn Mind
Michigan got the shit kicked out of it by Notre Dame last weekend, to the tune of a 31-0 blowout. This did not sit well with one Michigan fan in Toledo, who called into Ann Arbor radio station WTKA and let loose a tidal wave of impotent rage....
Burger King Phone Mixup Inspires Hilarious Series Of Pranks
There's a guy in Chicago whose office phone somehow got listed on a Burger King website as the contact number for one of their local restaurants. As you might imagine, he gets a lot of calls from people looking to complain about service, apply for a job, or check on when their shift starts. But rath...
Check Out These Baseball Dogs At The White Sox Game
The Chicago White Sox held "Bark at the Park" Monday at U.S. Cellular Field, letting fans bring their dogs to the game, and it appeared to be a success. Look at these baseball dogs!...