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Andrelton Simmons Drops The Ball, Still Catches It

Though Andrelton Simmons usually plays perfect defense, the shortstop had a little trouble with a Jay Bruce pop fly Wednesday against Cleveland. But he’s Andrelton Simmons, and it’s impossible for him to fuck up a play that easy....

Why Don't You Ding-Dongs Come To The Net?

Roger Federer is a generous man. He’s spent the last two decades of his life pouring every bit of his heart, mind, and soul into giving us the best tennis experience possible. All he’s ever asked of us in return is that we come to the net more....

Come Bask In The Glow Of Rocky Gale's Delight At His First Major-League Home Run

Rocky Gale is 29 years old. He has been in San Diego’s minor-league system since 2010, and he has spent almost all of that time in Triple-A. Other than a very brief showing as a September call-up in 2015—eleven games, only one of which he got to play more than three innings, with ten plate appearanc...

What Is <i>Mother! </i>About?

Here’s a question: Should you go see Mother!, the new, polarizing, bearshit-insane film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem that everyone is talking about though apparently no one saw and the few who did see it had no idea what in God’s name was ...

Baseball Team Cruelly Loses Game Eight Innings After Celebrating Championship

At least the Wichita Wingnuts got to savor the taste of victory, as they streamed out of the dugout onto the field to celebrate clinching the championship of the American Association, an independent baseball league, on a ninth-inning groundout. Unfortunately, they didn’t actually win the game. ...

Robert Griffin III And Santana Moss Are Sniping About Mike Shanahan's Firing

Former Washington wide receiver Santana Moss, who retired in 2014, went on 106.7 The Fan in Washington D.C. yesterday morning and dredged up some good gossip from the early-2010s Skins teams. Moss played with Robert Griffin III for three seasons, two of which came under coach Mike Shanahan. In their...

Josh Donaldson Wants You To Know: This Wasn’t A Catch

It was a pretty good night for Nick Pivetta. Despite giving up back-to-back homers to open last night’s game against the Dodgers, the pitcher with an ERA approaching 7 didn’t allow any more runs and ended up getting the win against Clayton Kershaw, thanks to an Aaron Altherr hit a grand slam in the ...

Oh Hell Yeah, It's Time To Get On The Memphis Bandwagon

Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

Washington Ends Su'a Cravens's Season Before He Gets A Chance To Show Up

Roughly two weeks ago, Washington safety Su’a Cravens abruptly told management that he planned to retire from the NFL. He didn’t say why, but the team apparently convinced him to change his mind for a little while and placed him on the exempt/left squad list, which would give him a month to decide w...

ESPN's Public Editor Is Mad Online

ESPN public editor Jim Brady published his takeaway from the Jemele Hill situation Friday, and came down firmly on the side of the corporate behemoth against an employee who tweeted opinions about the U.S. President from her private account. It was an offensive and horrifying conclusion, but in Bra...

Auburn QB Kicked Off Team For Allegedly Behaving Like A College Student

Barely a day after it was reported that Auburn quarterback Sean White had been arrested for public intoxication, Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn dismissed White from the program, saying in a statement that White had “made poor decisions that are not in the best interest of our program, and more import...

Report: Cops Found Lawrence Timmons Trying To Leave L.A. After Dolphins Reported Him Missing [Update]

Dolphins linebacker Lawrence Timmons missed out on his team’s season opener against the Chargers in Los Angeles Sunday because of what his agent called a “private matter.” Timmons was in L.A., but he never reported to the team and was listed as inactive. After Miami’s win, head coach Adam Gase said ...

The Shovel Pass To Travis Kelce Is A Cheat Code

Two weeks into the season, the Kansas City Chiefs have the most entertaining offense in the league. They shoved 42 points right into the Patriots’ faces by using a read-option scheme, letting Alex Smith sling it, and deploying rookie running back Kareem Hunt like prime-era LaDainian Tomlinson. Yeste...

Good-For-Nothing White Sox Spoil Ninth Inning No-Hitter With Pointless Double

Matthew Boyd took a no-hitter into the top of the ninth today against the Chicago White Sox, with the Tigers winning 12-0. Boyd had allowed one base-runner all day, on a third inning walk. Adam Engel led off the bottom of the ninth with a pop out to third; Kevan Smith, hitting for Rob Brantly, groun...

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Kareem Hunt Is Still Fast

Rookie sensation and Patriot-defeater Kareem Hunt didn’t have a blisteringly fast start to his second career game today, but luckily, he’s got some pretty good acceleration. In the third quarter against the Eagles, Hunt sliced through the Philly defense and made himself impossible to catch, giving K...

Eagles Get An Incredible Break, Then Screw It Up

Late in the first half against the Chiefs, Eagles tight end Zach Ertz caught a once-in-a-lifetime break when a pass bounced off of Kansas City’s Terrance Mitchell and directly into his path. Ertz couldn’t quite reach the end zone, but his luck put the Eagles into game-tying field goal territory righ...

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It's 87 Degrees And Humid In Jacksonville, And Jaguars Fans Are Swimming In Mayonnaise

The Jacksonville Jaguars, at 1-0, are off to their best start since the 2011 season, when they opened up with a narrow win over the Tennessee Titans. Jaguars fans, in their euphoria, have rocketed all the way to the Belly-Flopping-Into-A-Vat-Of-Mayonnaise stage of celebration. Observe:...

Bizarre D-III Field Goal Likely The Weirdest You've Ever Seen

Division III Texas Lutheran fired home a field goal late in the first half of its win over Belhaven today, but it’s about the weirdest you’ll ever see. In fact, it was so weird officials awarded three points to the Bulldogs despite it being illegal as hell....