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Julian Büscher's First Professional Goal Is A Long-Range Doozy
DC United just got knocked out of the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, 3-1 on aggregate by Mexican side Querétaro. At least their lone goal—scored by German rookie Julian Büscher, in his second ever match for the club—was an absolute beauty, as Buescher smacked in a fishtailing rocket...
Carmelo Anthony Rejected, Thrown To The Floor By The Rim
After the whistle had blown, too. Even no knee cartilage-havin’ Amar’e Stoudemire has a higher vertical than this....
Deadspin Up All Night: Don't Ask Why
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Yeah, how are you?...
Tiny Acrobatic Dog Should Be The Next President
The Feb. 27 Villanova-Marquette men’s basketball game was graced with a halftime show featuring a small dog performing a variety of tricks. With the help of Christian Stoinev, Scooby the dog jumped through hoops, balanced on precarious spots, and rolled around on a basketball....
Captain Of FIU Women's Basketball Team Says Coach Spent Season Sexually Harassing Her
Junior guard Destini Feagin, who is the captain of the Florida International University women’s basketball team, tells the Miami Herald that head coach Marlin Chinn sexual harassed her several times this season, and suspended her when she refused to have a sexual relationship with him....
Aroldis Chapman Suspended 30 Games In First Case Under MLB's Domestic Violence Policy
MLB has suspended Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman for 30 games under the league’s new domestic violence policy for a dispute he had with his girlfriend on Oct. 30 in Florida....
Minnesota Suspends Three Players For Remainder Of Season After One Tweets Sex Tapes
On Monday, the University of Minnesota men’s basketball program suspended three players for the evening’s game against Illinois after freshman Kevin Dorsey tweeted out two videos that reportedly showed Dorsey and another man engaged in a sex act with a woman. Today, head coach Richard Pitino announc...
Marriott Argues That Peephole Videos Didn't Hurt Erin Andrews's Career
Sportscaster Erin Andrews went to the stand for her second day of testimony in her lawsuit against the Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt, which she accuses of giving her hotel room number to her stalker and putting him in the room next to hers. On cross examination, one of Marriott’s attorneys, Marc ...
Dodgers Pitcher Josh Ravin Breaks Arm, Shares Very Gross Picture
Dodgers pitcher Josh Ravin will have surgery to repair a broken arm he suffered in a car accident on Monday night. Would you like to see a picture of the arm that will possibly make you very queasy? On we go, then:...
This Rick Reilly Thing Sucks So Much
Last we heard from Rick Reilly, he was retiring to Italy after ESPN finally got tired of him recycling his own material. So what happens when you give an old sportswriter who perfected the art of mailing it in a shot at a Sports Illustrated cover story? You get this pile of shit....
Burger King's Hot Dogs Are A Tasteful Middle Finger To Uppity Fast Food
Hey, bud, want a burrito? For real. I appreciate you: For the way you talk, the way you walk, the way you’re statistically unlikely to be the shrieky dude who lives upstairs. But mostly for the way you click. Damn, you click so good. So I would like to give you a burrito. Or more specifically, I wou...
Jamari Traylor Destroys A Man's Constitution With Alley-Oop Dunk
Longhorns guard Eric Davis Jr. tried to stay with the Kansas Jayhawks in transition, even though Texas was losing by 29 in Monday’s game. That effort lined him up perfectly to be on the receiving end of a Jamari Traylor dunk....
Don't Even Try To Tell Me Using Ball Dogs At A Tennis Match Is A Bad Idea
Look at these good tennis doggies....
About That Distraught Thunder Fan Video
We’ve been sent the above video—purporting to be of a Thunder fan rightfully panicking over Steph Curry having the ball in his hands at the end of Saturday’s thriller—a few times now, so let’s nip it in the bud: it’s hilarious but it’s not real. The real one is even better....
Yoenis Cespedes Rides A Horse To Work
Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has apparently run out of fancy motorized vehicles to drive to spring training, because this morning he rolled up to the Mets’ facility on a horse....
NFL Careers Are Shorter Than Ever
When Jerod Mayo announced his retirement at the age of 29 last month, it was surprising. But statistically, the surprise was in how long he made it. Mayo’s seven seasons were more than twice as long as the average linebacker’s career, and according to new research, NFL players’ careers are significa...