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NASCAR Race Goes Yellow Due To Idiot On The Catch Fence
Tonight's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond went under caution with 70 laps remaining after an idiot Idiot climbed the catch fence to, according to bystanders, take a selfie. ESPN's broadcast didn't want to say much about what happened, so here is some video....
Deadspin Up All Night: Kill Yr Boyfriend
Michigan-Notre Dame, Michigan State-Oregon, and a whole other things are still on. Thank you for being a friend. ...
Stanford Refuses To Beat USC
Seven times, Stanford ventured inside the USC 35-yard-line, and in those seven trips, they picked up an average of 1.43 points. Advanced metrics say that is bad. They fumbled four times, all in USC territory, and lost two of them. In fact, the game ended when Stanford fumbled one last time inside th...
USC AD Pat Haden Runs Down To The Field To Yell At Officials
Far be it from me to tell Pat Haden how to do his job, but it has to be difficult to ask student athletes to not react to things childishly and emotionally when you're running down to the field because you just have to yell at an official for a call you didn't like....
Syracuse Soccer Player Squeezes N-Word And F-Word Into Same Insult
Here's an awful story about a young woman saying awful things and now likely paying an awful price for it. The woman in the video is Syracuse midfielder Hanna Strong, and as of this afternoon, she is suspended from the soccer team....
UFC Welcomes Back Alleged Domestic Abuser Thiago Silva With Open Arms
After UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva was arrested and charged with attempted murder back in February following a string of incidents that began with him allegedly forcing a gun into his wife's mouth and ended in a confrontation between the fighter and a SWAT team, UFC president Dana White said f...
Ha, That Pass At 1:55
It's a slick enough pass by Van Exel, nothing extraordinary, but Brent Barry's reaction is pretty funny: He gets faked left by the behind-the-back move, then instantaneously recognizes he's been deked and transitions into doot-de-doot-de-doo, I was just strolling over here for my own purposes mode....
Nebraska Gets Crazy Last Minute TD, Bums Everyone Out
McNeese State vs. Nebraska was super fun for three hours, but it only takes a few seconds to remind everyone anew that there are Nebraska athletes and there are McNeese State athletes, and that's kind of not fair....
Kei Nishikori Beats Novak Djokovic, Makes It To The US Open Final
In a huge upset, Kei Nishikori topped Novak Djokovic, a finalist in this competition each of the past four years, in four sets to advance to the US Open final. The Japanese announcers were predictably hype when calling the final point of the match:...
"Killed by my eyes! My cursed, mutant, energy-blasting eyes!"
Bought a pile of Classic X-Men for 50 cents apiece and came across this gem in context....
FIFA Financial Watchdog Arrested For Corruption
If it surprises you to know that there's a FIFA financial watchdog group, you may find it less surprising to learn that one of the members of this group has been arrested on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering....
Young Red Sox Fan Hands Foul Ball To Girl Behind Him, Is The Realest
This kid was the smoothest person in Fenway Park Friday night. The 12-year-old got a foul ball in the fourth inning of the Blue Jays-Red Sox game, and handed it back to the young girl behind him without any hesitation. She was pretty happy....
This Game Has Been No <em>Vacation</em> For Arkansas State
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Tampa Bay's Pitching Staff Has A Good Time Messing With Each Other
It might look like Alex Cobb is blissfully unaware of an apparent deluge of sunflower seed shells in the middle of his interview with the guys in the TV booth, but he's actually just biding his time until he can get his revenge when the interview's over....
A.J. McCarron Never Did This
Alabama is, predictably, crushing FAU—and Blake Sims is a big reason....
This Is What Happens When Punters Try To Tackle
(CMU is still, at the moment, beating Purdue.)...
Alan Partridge Deploys The Soccermeter
"Twat! That was liquid football!"...
How To Make Creamy Polenta, Which Puts The "Gruel" Back In "Grueling"
There's no way around it: Making real, from-scratch creamy polenta is a pain in the ass. Right from the jump: You have to find the right kind of cornmeal, and it's annoying; then you have to cook it for a long time, and that is also annoying; and god, what if you fuck it up, after all that, won't...
Today's College Football Viewing Schedule
The rest of the college football world was good enough to get out of the way of Stanford vs. USC at 3:30, and that was very nice of them. The only exceptions were a handful of Ohio and Kentucky schools who just had to make 3:30 today the time when all Ohio vs. Kentucky football beefs were settled....