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Perfectly Timed Photo Of Reaction To Portugal Goal Is Brutal, Hilarious
Hold your finger over this picture, close your eyes, and touch the screen. Chances are your finger landed on a person in gut-wrenching, what-the-fuck-did-I-just-see agony. ...
Cuba Gooding Jr. Is Making Everyone Uncomfortable At The NHL Awards
Cuba Gooding, Jr. was a presenter at the NHL Awards tonight and he might have been overserved. Either that or he's the weirdest dude on the planet. I don't know how else to explain the slapping and talking about ass-grabbing and making a reverse Oreo with Mark Messier and Adam Graves. ...
Happy Anniversary
"Washington Redskins is more than a name we have called our football team for over eight decades. It is a symbol of everything we stand for: strength, courage, pride, and respect — the same values we know guide Native Americans and which are embedded throughout their rich history as the original Ame...
Luis Suárez Bites A Guy And Gamblers Rejoice
A reputation is firmly in place when you can place a bet based on it. Luis Suárez is now a more notorious biter than Mike Tyson, and before he was even able to snack on Giorgio Chiellini, people with serious gambling problems could wager whether or not he would bite someone in this World Cup. Severa...
The Many Crimes Of Luis Suárez, Soccer's Notorious Supervillain
The beauty of the World Cup—for Americans, at least—is that it exposes so many viewers to the nuances and enjoyments of an unfamiliar sport. This tournament has awoken the typical American sports fan to jaw-dropping goals, spectacular individual displays, unbridled joy followed by crushing disappoin...
Greece Advance After Ivory Coast Concede Stoppage Time Penalty Kick
This was a heartbreaker. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: Coming Home
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Big free agent news today. ...
Replay Review Doesn't Prevent Umpires From Completely Blowing Call
In the seventh inning of last night's game between the Rockies and Cardinals, Matt Carpenter went to first after seemingly being hit by a Franklin Morales pitch. The Rockies challenged the play, and after a lengthy replay review, the original call was upheld despite it being pretty damn clear to eve...
How Much Is LeBron James Really Worth?
LeBron James is going to be a free agent again. Exactly how much is the best player on the planet worth? Maybe more than you'd think. ...
People Try To Pronounce World Cup Names, With A Nicolas Cage Twist
This is not an average "people on the street struggle to pronounce foreign names" video tied into the World Cup. It's much, much better....
Colombia Score Another Goal, Pull Off Another Great Celebration
We already saw Colombian dance time. Now it's time for another dance: one straight from Michael Jackson's Thriller video....
Bill James Calls For Revolutionary Changes To The American Economy
Over at his website, Bill James has a fun feature called "Hey Bill," where he answers questions from readers. Sometimes these have to do with esoteric baseball topics and sometimes they have to do with other things, such as the ongoing debate over James's idea to fundamentally change the structure o...
Croatia Vs. Mexico Fan Brawl Features Shirtless, Smoking Hero
Right after Mexico took a 1-0 lead in yesterday's World Cup match against Croatia, a fight between the nations' supporters broke out in the stands. The fight featured quite a few reckless haymakers, a lot of shirtless Croatians, and one amazing badass....
Japan vs. Colombia & Greece vs. Ivory Coast: Live Online Streaming Links
There they are, up above. Our favorite announcers. It's time for Japan-Colombia and Greece-Ivory Coast; here's how to watch on TV or stream online....
Buenos Aires Man Abused By Twitter Because Luis Suárez Bit Someone
Diego Suarez is a guy in Buenos Aires who uses @Suarez on Twitter. He has nothing to do with Uruguay's Luis Suárez. But when Luis bit another person in today's match against Italy, poor Diego got a bunch of unwanted attention from angry, misguided Twitter users. ...
World Cup Goals, As They Sounded At Home: June 23
Every day, Deadspin compiles each World Cup goal as called on a broadcast in the country that scored it. See previous days here....
The Arizona Sundogs' "Buried Alive" Promotion Is Not Going Well
It's been six days since the Arizona Sundogs' owner and GM were buried in a dumpster until they reached their goal of 300 season tickets sold. They are not anywhere close to their goal....
Why Tim Duncan Will Never Be Loved Like Michael Jordan
I was driving home the other day when a horrific accident played out at an intersection in front of the stoplight where I was stopped. I didn't see the initial collision, but I heard the crash and turned my head to see an SUV go rolling down the street, breaking apart like it was Talladega Nights. ...