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NFLers Cannot Figure Out How To Use Tablets

Beginning last year, NFL teams started using Microsoft Surface tablets for things like their playbooks, medical records, and concussion testing. This year, the program expanded to include things like replay on the sideline. And now, the WSJ has a very predictable yet still quite funny story about ev...

Phil Spector's Mug Shot Is Scary As Hell

Phil Spector's still in prison, and convicted life has not been kind to him. The Smoking Gun got his latest mug shot, and it pretty much says it all. ...

Keith Olbermann Takes A Big Ol' Poo On Derek Jeter

For anyone who is fed up with Derek Jeter's season-long victory parade and all of the muck that it has produced, this nearly seven-minute monologue from Keith Olbermann will feel downright pornographic. ...

Greek Soccer Team's Manager Gets Way Too Turnt During Press Conference

If there was one thing you could say about Gennaro Gattuso, AC Milan's and Italy's fiery former leader, it was that the man was a lock for a manager job when he retired. If there was another thing you could say, it was that said managerial career would involve numerous public blow-ups like this....

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That Can't Be Right, Can It?

A weird note on Andrew Luck, from ESPN's QB report this week:...

<em>V</em> Was Really Great [UPDATE]

Update: This is another great scene....

Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck on Rajon Rondo: "I don't know how coachable he really is." [Boston.com]...

Nathaniel Clyne's Walloping 35-Yard Goal Put Southampton Up On Arsenal

This probably isn't news to most of you, but if you want to know why this site is named "Screamer," it's because of goals like this. Nathaniel Clyne belted this thing so hard the ball probably started screaming, and we were screaming while watching it fly in. Hence: Screamer....

This goes for pizzas too, usually. ...

Colin Kaepernick Was Probably Penalized For Saying "Nigger" Or "Nigga"

When San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick became the first NFL player to be penalized and then fined for using "inappropriate language," it was pretty clear that, given the NFL's instructions for referees to crack down on the use of racial and homophobic slurs, he had said something that...

MSU's Dillon Day​​ Suspended For Stomping Shit Out Of Two LSU Players

Per Brett McMurphy, the SEC has suspended Mississippi State senior center Dillon Day for one game for "multiple flagrant and unsportsmanlike acts," after he performed flying stomps to the guts and groin areas of two LSU players on Saturday....

Don't Have Kids? Don't Go To The Pumpkin Patch.

Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering the NFL, stoner poop stories, old-man voices, and more....

High School PAT Banks In Off Opponent's Helmet

Via FTW, this freakish occurrence took place last week in South Dakota, and that defender was standing in the absolute perfect place for the assist, like it was the plan all along. Why was he there? Were they afraid Dell Rapids was going to go for two to extend its lead to 39-0?...

I'm Eagles Wide Receiver Brad Smith. Got Any Questions For Me?

Brad Smith is a wide receiver, return specialist, and quarterback who has played for the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills, and currently plays for the Eagles. He's also a very stylish man who's going to be hosting a fashion show and charity event in October. He's down in the discussion section below,...

Paula Deen Wint Awn <em>The T'Day Show</em>, Is Still Grosser 'N Shit, Yawl

Crazy-eyed butter-marm Paula Deen took to The Today Show this morning, ostensibly to talk about life lessons and learnin' from mah mistakes, yawl and other such nonsense, but really to promote her dumber-than-hell ill-conceived new subscription-based online network. ...

Denzel Washington Will Kick Your Ass Now: <em>The Equalizer</em>, Reviewed

1. I know we just talked about Liam Neeson around here, but I feel obliged to bring him back up, because suffice it to say, if Liam Neeson doesn't have the aforementioned late-career action-movie rebirth, there is no way The Equalizer exists. Ostensibly a big-screen reboot of the CBS crime procedu...

The Eagles Are The Whitest Team In The NFL, And Other Fun Facts

Ticket reseller Best Tickets has scraped the data to produce its Unofficial 2014 NFL Player Census, breaking down all of the league's rosters by height, weight, age, and more. I urge you to go poke around; it's interesting stuff. ...

Robotic Mop, Cuisinart Cookware Sets, Timbuk2 Bags [Deals]

You're probably most familiar with the iRobot's Roomba vacuums, but if your house has a lot of tile, laminate, or hardwood, the Braava is the same concept, applied to a mop. [iRobot Braava 320 Floor Mopping Robot, $150]...

Nope, No One's Boycotting The NFL

Despite recent scandals and calls for boycotts, NFL ratings continue to rise. The chart above from Forbes shows that week 3 ratings were up from last season with notable gains coming from CBS, which featured the thrilling Seattle-Denver game that had a 16.9 overnight rating....