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Canned Beer Is The Best Beer
Although I've recently moved into an apartment with three ceiling fans, seven windows, and a bedroom door, I do not consider myself a wealthy man. But every Thursday, my wife comes into a little bit of money, and if I time the transaction just right, I can occasionally buy something useful before sh...
Watch Michelle Obama Feed Some Adorable Pandas
Michelle Obama recently stopped by the Chengdu Panda Base to check out some pandas and feed them little apple slices. The First Lady seemed to enjoy feeding the pandas, because, I mean, who wouldn't? Pandas are great....
Two Former Players Have DeSean Jackson's Back
The NFL story of the day is the release of WR DeSean Jackson almost immediately after the release of a report that the Eagles were concerned about his association with alleged Crips gang members. Two former players have weighed in, and both are of the mind that Jackson is being unfairly smeared for ...
Spoonerized Baseball Cards Are A Delight
Over at The Classical, SYH has photoshopped some spoonerized baseball cards for your viewing pleasure. Check them all out here, and make sure to take a look at his first batch from September....
Welcome to Deadspin Deals
Hello Deadspin, and welcome to the first ever take on Deadspin Deals. I'm Shane Roberts, and I head up the Gawker Commerce Team. Hopefully you already catch some of our daily discount and product coverage on Kotaku, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and io9, or took advantage of our Black Friday and Cyber Monday...
Tuffy Rhodes Catches Olajuwon-Signed Ball, Gives It To Little Kid
Remember Tuffy Rhodes? You probably don't remember Tuffy Rhodes. He's the former Cubs center fielder who hit three home runs off Doc Gooden on Opening Day in 1994 before flaming out and heading off to play baseball in Japan, where he became one of the best power hitters in the league and tied Sadah...
The History Of New York Hip-Hop In One Packed Map
As part of their ambitious 100 Years of New York Music coverage, New York magazine commissioned Sarah King—known for her dense, typographical illustrations—to make a map of notable hip-hop landmarks in the city. Check out 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, which may be the "birthplace of Hip-Hop," a...
Best Ever: The Making Of "What Do You Think Of Ted Williams Now?"
This piece originally appeared in the eighth issue of The Classical Magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. ...
Sweet 16 Games At Madison Square Garden Are An Enormous Ripoff
This year, the NCAA tournament's East regional is holding Sweet 16 games at The World's Most Famous Home Of Bad Basketball Teams, historic(ish) Madison Square Garden. The price for one of the good seats? On average, $1,100. And that isn't even getting into the floor seats. ...
Okay, So Miguel Cabrera's Contract Is Bad. Just How Bad Is it?
The only thing more predictable than ballplayers signing enormous deals is people complaining about them, so when news of Miguel Cabrera's new eight-year, $248 million contract extension broke, you knew that this sort of thing—it amounts to saying that $248 million is a lot of money—was coming....
CEO Of Redskins' Foundation Has History Of Swindling Native Americans
The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation—with which Dan Snyder promises to end Native poverty just to make sure he can keep using a racial epithet as a team name—is off a poor start. The foundation's CEO's is accused of bilking Native Americans out of $1 million in federal funds. ...
Mariners Will Travel 51,540 Miles In 2014, Circle Earth Twice
Over at Baseball Savant, Daren Willman has put together a neat interactive chart that lets you explore how far each team will travel on the road in 2014. The Mariners—who are around 700 miles away from any other baseball team—will travel the farthest total distance at 51,540 miles. That's more than ...
2014 Name of the Year: Round Two, And A Note On Middle Names
Before we get to the second round of our tournament, I'd like to share a tip we received from a reader named Jeffrey. Jeffrey is not himself a Name of the Year nominee, but he is a Brandeis alum familiar with Mingus Mapps, the Bulltron Regional's 8-seed and a Brandeis poli-sci professor....
Eagles Cut DeSean Jackson Amid Claims Of Gang Ties
The Eagles have released star receiver DeSean Jackson. The move is something of a surprise—though he was likely done in Philly, they might have gotten something for him in a trade—but the timing is fascinating. The announcement came exactly 35 minutes after the publication of an NJ.com article alleg...
I'm Jonah Keri, World Authority On The Expos. Any Questions For Me?
Jonah Keri, staff writer for Grantland and author of Up, Up, & Away, will be hanging out in the comments below for the next hour or so, ready to take your questions on the Montreal Expos, bagels, and whatever else comes to mind. Have at it....
Arkansas Minor League Team Introduces Redneck Possum Mascot
The Arkansas Travelers are the Angels AA affiliate, and introduced a pair of new mascots today on Little Rock's KARK. One of the mascots is normal. The other is a horrible redneck possum beast....
Occasional Deadspin/Regressing contributors Michael Lopez and Greg Matthews are currently in second place in Kaggle's bracket prediction contest. They're not just picking teams; scores are based on how closely each entry's modeled win probabilities match up to actual results. If they win they get $1...
NFL Agent Arrested In Bizarre Murder-For-Hire Plot
The arrest of California State Senator Leland Yee contains details that make it so much more than your typical San Francisco corruption scandal. It features ties to a Triad gangster nicknamed "Shrimp Boy," allegations that Yee plotted to purchase shoulder-fired missiles from an Islamic terrorist gro...
Two Racehorses Die In Head-On Collision
Harness racing at Flamboro Downs in Ontario was marred last night by a horrible-head collision that required two horses to be euthanized. The video shows the collision just after the one-minute mark; It's not necessarily graphic, but it is disturbing....