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Prosecution: Aaron Hernandez Killed Two Men Over A Spilled Drink
Aaron Hernandez was arraigned today for the drive-by murders of Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside a Boston club in July 2012. He pleaded not guilty, and for the first time, the prosecution offered a suspected motive: disrespect....
We Need To Talk About <em>True Detective</em> (No, We Don't)
If you want news about the second season of True Detective, a gritty HBO anthology series that just wrapped its wildly popular first season in March, you don't have to look very hard....
Rory McIlroy Did Not Let Caroline Wozniacki Down Easy
The reigning sports power couple publicly split a week ago, when Rory McIlroy announced his wedding to Caroline Wozniacki was off, just after sending out wedding invitations. The timing was rough; the method was rougher. ...
Heat Fan Grandma Is A Pretty Great Grandma
This grandma is a really big fan of the Miami Heat, and so her grandson decided to record her while she watched Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. Based on the video evidence, watching a game with this lady is probably be a lot of fun....
The <em>Sleeping Beauty</em> Reboot You Never Wanted: <em>Maleficent</em>, Reviewed.
Back in 2006, Patton Oswalt had a standup bit where he fantasized about going back in time and killing George Lucas so he'd never make the Star Wars prequels. In the imaginary conversation, Lucas tries to sell Oswalt on those reviled films by assuring the comedian that all the things he digs about t...
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Cardinals fans will occasionally take a break from telling you how classy they are to announce that some outsider has achieved the rarefied level of class necessarily to be a Cardinal. Congratulations, Derek Jeter. If only you had been drafted by St. Louis, perhaps you would have amounted to somethi...
Stephen Hawking's Mathematical Guide To Winning The World Cup
Stephen Hawking, for whatever reason, spent some time digging up soccer stats for Paddy Power that could help nudge the English side to a World Cup win. It's fascinating, mostly for the premise of Stephen Hawking being mixed up with Paddy Power. ...
Canadiens Fans Throw Hats Onto Rene Bourque's Parents' Lawn
Rene Bourque's hat trick capped a wild Montreal win last night, and hats rained down on the Bell Centre ice. Around the same time, in Bourque's hometown of Lac La Biche, Alberta, some far-flung Habs fans gave Bourque's parents' lawn the same treatment....
Awful-Sounding Kings Fan Files Police Report Against Corey Crawford
According to TMZ, a 27-year-old Los Angeles man filed a battery report against Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, alleging that Crawford squirted him with a water bottle while being pulled late in Monday's Game 4....
Here's A New Attempt At Gauging The Defensive Impact Of NBA Players
The defensive impact of individual NBA players is hard to measure, as it's so intertwined with their teammates' performance. Austin Clemens, undeterred, has taken an ambitious shot with his new Adjusted Impact by Court Location model, which attempts to parse out individual impacts on opponent shot s...
Even When The Spurs Lose, Gregg Popovich Wins
The Spurs may have lost to the Thunder last night, but Gregg Popovich continued to win his war against reporters who dare to ask him questions. ...
Ben Revere Homered!
It finally happened. In his 1,466th career at-bat, his 1,566th plate appearance, the Phillies' Ben Revere hit an honest-to-goodness home run. ...
The Thunder Are The Thunder Again, And This Is A Brand New Series
I suppose we can go ahead and forget about the first two games of the Western Conference finals, which saw the Serge Ibaka-less Thunder getting swallowed whole by the Spurs while Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant did their best to fight off the inevitable. We can forget those two games because Ser...
Russ Killing It, Animated
[The Oklahoma City Thunder evened their series with the Spurs last night behind a dominating 40 point, 10 assist and 5 steal night from Russell Westbrook. Artist and Deadspin favorite Chris Edser put together this animation of the fellow Deadspin favorite's other talents.]...
Congratulations To Dan Patrick, GOP Nominee For Lieutenant Governor
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Opponents Barred From Speaking As Cobb County Approves Braves Stadium
This is the point where you just tip your cap to the Braves, and acknowledge that they won. Even at a time when politicians and taxpayers are getting wary about publicly funding stadiums, the Braves just walked away with nearly $400 million from Cobb County, Ga., for a new ballpark, and did so witho...
When Pole Vaulters Get Bored
Pole vaulting has to be one of the dangerous disciplines in track and field (google "Pole Vault Accident" sometime). Despite the danger, there is still the boredom of war, and the above video has it all, yips-free: one-legged vaulting, vaulting off of shit, catching shit while vaulting, and vaulting...
A Very Confused Stuart Scott Thought Bob Ley Was In Azerbaijan
ESPN2 aired tonight's USA-Azerbaijan friendly from Candlestick Park, but it seems SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott wasn't paying much attention—because the veteran newsman thought the match happened in Western Asia. ...
The Story Of 50 Cent's Abysmal First Pitch, In Three Photos
We thought we were done with 50 Cent's shitty first pitch, but we found another way to appreciate it. Enjoy these three photos that tell the tale of Fitty's pitch without actually showing the pitch. Think of it as a short play....
Cyclist Wins, Promptly Eats Shit
From the 2014 Tour of Somerville in New Jersey, 18-year-old Noah Granigan celebrated his tight victory in the junior criterium race with arms raised . . . and then immediately went down hard, sliding a good thirty feet past the finish....