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Rice MOB Performs Baylor Scandal-Themed Halftime Show
The Rice University Marching Owl Band performed a “tribute” to Baylor’s sexual assault scandal by forming a “IX” in front of the visiting team’s seating section:...
Poorly Disguised Theo Epstein Takes In Cubs Game From The Bleachers
The Chicago Cubs are currently playing the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field, and some fans noticed that they happened to be sitting in the same section as a guy who looks a lot like Cubs GM Theo Epstein....
Jordan Henderson Scores Dipping Rocket From Distance
Surprisingly, that is Jordan Henderson—not Philippe Coutinho—scoring a beautiful curling, dipping effort from almost 30 yards to put Liverpool up 2-0 away at Chelsea. ...
Blind Brazilian Soccer Man Scores A Couple Bangers In The Paralympics
Meet Jefinho, the blind soccer five-a-side player who’s been called the “Paralympic Pelé.” In the semifinals of a Paralympics against China, Jefinho demonstrated how he earned such a lofty moniker by dusting the entire Chinese defense before cracking in a shot from distance—twice....
If You Want Donald Trump's Tax Returns, Start Asking Now And Don't Stop<em></em>
We are less than eight weeks away from Election Day, and Donald Trump, one of the two major-party presidential candidates, is refusing to release his tax returns. This is very frustrating and embarrassing for the press, which believes that a candidate’s financial situation is information that the pu...
A.J. Burnett Told Andrew McCutchen To Hit Two Homers, So He Did
The Pirates whacked a mess of dingers in their 15-2 win in Philadelphia, but none quite so on-demand as Andrew McCutchen’s. Former Pirate (and Phillie) A.J. Burnett visited the Bucs’ clubhouse before the game, and, like a dying child, he had a request for his favorite slugger....
Lawyer: Derrick Rose Said He Doesn't Know What Consent Means
The woman who says Derrick Rose and two friends raped her in 2013 spoke to reporters again Thursday, a day after granting interviews to the Associated Press, New York Daily News, and Think Progress. Alongside her lawyers and activist Katherine Redmond Brown, Jane Doe answered many questions about th...
Girls High School Basketball Team's Poster Is Very Good And Very Bad
The Clarke High School (Iowa) Indians’ girls basketball 2016-17 team poster may be racist, but damned if it isn’t high-quality racism....
USC Linebacker Charged With Rape, Forcible Sodomy
USC linebacker Osa Masina has been charged with two counts of forcible sodomy and one count of rape following an investigation by the Cottonwood Heights Police Department. Sgt. Dan Bartlett, who headed the investigation for the department, confirmed the news Thursday. Masina’s bail for the Utah case...
This Is Maybe But Probably Not Tom Brady Secretly Calling In To A Radio Show
Boston radio show Toucher and Rich received an interesting call from a listener on Wednesday’s program. “Matt” from “San Diego” had a bone to pick with the radio hosts....
The Most Interesting And Dominant Baseball Player In The World Plays In Japan
There is a 22-year-old professional baseball player who owns the following 2016 stats: 123 innings pitched, 2.12 ERA, 151 strikeouts. He has also put up these stats this season: 288 at-bats, .326/.425/.611, 22 home runs....
Urban Sprawl Or Housing Crisis? Neither, Thanks.
Urban sprawl is bad. Not having enough housing to meet demand is also bad. It now appears that reconciling these two things may be harder than we thought. But not impossible!...
The Giants Are Already Needling Josh Norman
Despite the fact that the Josh Norman-Odell Beckham Jr. matchup last season got out of hand and downright dangerous, cornerback/receiver feuds are rare and delightful, and though Washington and New York don’t play until Week 3, the Giants are doing everything they can to shade Norman and hype up the...
Dinosaurs Suck Now
If there’s one thing that really upsets me, it is the scientific community’s continued insistence on turning dinosaurs into lame little fuckers. Today brings us news that paleontologists have created the most accurate depiction of a dinosaur in history, which means we now know that the Psittacosauru...
Just Give Mike Trout A Gold Glove Already<em></em>
In the midst of a meaningless loss at the tail end of a losing season, the Angels’ Mike Trout is still making highlight reel-worthy defensive plays. You know, as he does. ...
Deadspin 25: Can Washington Be The Breakout Team Everyone Wants Them To Be?
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, ...
Sam Hinkie Isn't Actually Teaching At Stanford
Sam Hinkie emerged from his self-imposed hibernation this afternoon to update his many fans on Twitter about his whereabouts and future plans. Tweeting from a Palo Alto Starbucks, he wrote that he was taking a “gap year” in Silicon Valley, where he would learn “even more about how what’s happening h...
Oklahoma State Student Paper Demands CMU Give Back Hail-And-Lateral Victory
The editorial staff of Oklahoma State’s student newspaper, The O’Colly, is NOT happy about Central Michigan’s Hail Mary Lateral play this past Saturday, which was one of the greatest college football plays of all time but which also technically shouldn’t have been allowed by officials....
Kid Rock Pauses Ronnie Van Zant Cosplay Just Long Enough To Say, "Fuck Colin Kaepernick!"<em></em>
Kid Rock is still out there doing Kid Rock things, like putting on concerts for people who desperately want to be tricked into thinking they are listening to Lynyrd Skynard or Bob Seger. During one such concert at Fenway Park, Kid Rock took some time out of his performance to share his brief thought...
Snowboarding Enthusiast Sam Hinkie Would Like You To Toss Him Some Links
So what is former 76ers general manager and The Process architect Sam Hinkie up to these days?...