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Changes In Player Heights And Weights In The NBA Draft, Year By Year
Out friend Ed Kupfer of the Houston Rockets made a quick animation of how the sheer size of the guys in the NBA draft have changed over the last 15 years. It's kind of surprising how much variance there is from year to year on short, tall, fat, and skinny players....
American IPAs, Ranked
The British invented India pale ale in the 18th century, but despite having been born in one foreign country and named for another, IPA has evolved into a distinctly American art form. Excellent IPAs are now made all over the world, but America's unrivaled dedication to hops and bombast have effecti...
Texas Tech Recruit Punches Women's Hoops Star In Pickup Game
Incoming freshman cornerback Nigel Bethel II was dismissed from the Texas Tech football team yesterday, a day after punching Amber Battle, the Lady Raiders basketball team's leading scorer, in the face during a pickup game. Rec center hoops are serious fucking business....
Topless Woman Crashes News Report At Pride Festival
CityNews reporter Natalie Duddridge had one hell of a day at the office yesterday. It began with a Brazilian soccer fan bringing the "fuck her right in the pussy" fake news blooper to life, and it ended with a very happy/drunk World Pride attendee shaking her boobs right at the camera during a live ...
Arjen Robben Apologizes For His Dive (But Not <em>That</em> Dive)
Arjen Robben blatantly dove multiple times in the Netherlands' comeback win over Mexico. He was also fouled multiple times. These happenings were not necessarily concurrent, though on certain plays they were, and they appeared to be on the final, fatal penalty call in the box. That's an unsatisfying...
Dodgers Work Together To Give Scott Van Slyke A Hot Foot
It took teamwork and patience by the Dodgers dugout, but they successfully gave outfielder Scott Van Slyke a hot foot....
A Misspelled Name Is The Greatest Honor
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Deadspin Up All Night: Piece Of Crap
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Sports and sports and sports and sports....
Costa Rica Mercifully End Match, Edge Greece In Penalties
Costa Rica-Greece was a case against endless extra time. If they had kept playing, no one would have fucking scored....
Greece Equalize With 91st-Minute Stunner By Papastathopoulos
Greek defender Socratis Papastathopoulos found the net at the edge of regulation to force extra time in the Greeks' bout against Costa Rica. Here's what the goal sounded like on the NERIT broadcast in Greece....
Ruiz Goal Gives Team 1-0 Lead; Here's How It Sounded In Costa Rica
Bryan Ruiz's 52nd-minute goal gave Costa Rica a 1-0 lead on a shot that seemed to surprise everyone on the pitch. Here's how announcers for Repretel Canal 6 in Costa Rica called it. (Spoiler: it involves a lot of ¡GOL!)...
Mike Tirico Thinks Costa Rica Is An Island Nation
ESPN's Mike Tirico described Costa Rica during today's pre-game show as an "island nation." No, that's not right....
Let's Watch Bartolo Colon Swing Poorly In Slow-Mo
Earlier this season, Bartolo Colon recorded his first hit since 2005. (He now has two on the season!) But in the fourth inning of today's Mets-Pirates game, he wasn't Bartolo the Slugger. He was Bartolo the Whiffer....
Bryce Harper Hits Three HRs In Double-A Game, Has Likely Rehabbed Enough
Bryce Harper's thumb is likely healed, as proven by Saturday's appearance for the Harrisburg Senators....
Costa Rica vs. Greece: Live Online Streaming Links
Our second octofinal match of the day is upon us. Here's how and where to watch Costa Rica vs Greece on TV or stream online....
Can Joel Campbell Keep His (And Costa Rica's) Breakout Rolling?
You could make an argument that, of all the Arsenal players at this World Cup, the best performance has been from a player with a grand total of zero minutes playing for the Gunners: Joel Campbell....
Miguel Herrera: Unhappy Man
Safe to say Mexico's head man thought Robben flopped....
Netherlands Break Mexico Hearts With Late Goal, Penalty
Mexico were minutes from advancing to the quarterfinals before Wesley Sneijder hammered home a corner rebound and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar converted a stoppage-time penalty to beat El Tri 2-1....