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Leicester City Aren't Done Yet
Leicester City won the Premier League last season, so this year they’re in the Champions League. Let me repeat that: Leicester City, a team that three seasons ago was happily dashing about in England’s second tier, somehow plucked up more points than Manchester United and Arsenal and Liverpool and C...
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...
Braves And Marlins Clear The Benches, Have A Calm, Fruitful Discussion
The Marlins came back to beat the Braves 7-5, but you know, who really cares about that part. We’re here for the beanball war....
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. ...
There's <i>My Little Pony </i>Porn Hiding In iOS 10
Did you update your phone to iOS 10 recently? I sure hope not—it’s a goddamn nightmare. But for those of you that didn’t heed my warning, should you decide to search the default (default!) GIF library for the word “butt,” you’ll find a sultry My Little Pony doing what no My Little Pony should ever d...
Ben Cherington Is Back In Baseball As Not-A-GM For The Blue Jays
When Ben Cherington was effectively forced out from the Red Sox organization last August, the team was on its way to a second-straight last place finish in the AL East—and just two years removed from a World Series win. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: It Could Be A Lot Worse
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. I wanna do whatever common people do. ...
Rand Getlin: "The NFL Network And I Mutually Agreed To Part Ways"
Earlier this evening, John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reported that national NFL reporter Rand Getlin was gone from the NFL Network after a little more than a year there....
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...
This Woman Actually Got Donald Trump To Shut The Fuck Up
Donald Trump is in Flint, Mich. today to broadcast that he is at least aware of the city’s ongoing clean water crisis—many, many months after it became a full-fledged disaster. Trump’s hastily arranged stopover has already been condemned by Flint’s mayor and its residents, and this afternoon he got ...
The Cardinals Lost Their 69th Game
Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs and Jon Lester pitched eight shutout innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-0....
Tony La Russa Is Entitled To His Opinions Even If They Are Dogshit
Think of all the people whose opinions you least want to hear on Colin Kapernick. Don Cherry? Heard from him. Kid Rock? Weighed in. Kate Upton. Hell yeah, you know it. Here’s another!...
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...
ACC Pulls Championships Out Of North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Laws
Following the NCAA’s lead, the ACC announced Wednesday it will be relocating all neutral-site championship events previously set in North Carolina. This is being done in reaction to House Bill 2, the anti-LGBTQ piece of legislation already responsible for the removal of the NBA All-Star Game, March ...
This Actually Goes A Long Way Toward Explaining That Rams Debacle
Hi, did you stay up to watch the late Monday Night Football game? ...
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?...