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Blake Griffin Gets Way Up There For A Huge Putback Dunk
Sure, it's fun to watch Blake Griffin destroy another human being with one of his signature moves, but I've always had a soft spot for the ones he throws down when nobody's in his way. ...
Fans Sue Arena After Video Reveals Large And Small Beers Are Same Size
Above is a video taken Saturday night at an ECHL Idaho Steelheads game. It shows fans pouring a $7 large beer into a $4 small cup, and discovering that each holds exactly the same amount of liquid. Now the arena is facing a lawsuit, because rule number one in sports is that you don't shortchange hoc...
Today's Horrific Rugby Injury: Exploded Patella
Hamed, a rugby player, collided knees with an opponent and suffered a terrible injury. He gave permission to post the photos, which were sent along by his friend Gordon. Do not keep going if you do not want to see his injured knee....
Darren Sproles's Wife Is Pissed At The Saints
On Tuesday, running back Darren Sproles learned through Twitter that the Saints were attempting to trade him. Not the best way to figure out your team's trying to ship you out. His wife Michel publicly vented a little more than him, using one long-ass Instagram comment....
Former Maine Football Player Jailed In Connection With Double Stabbing
Zedric Joseph, a former UMaine football player, is reportedly being held in a Georgia jail on warrants out for two counts of aggravated assault and one count of murder....
Michigan High School Regional Final Ends On Wild Buzzer-Beater
Tonight's Michigan Class D regional championship between Sacred Heart (Mt. Pleasant) and Fulton ended on a wild buzzer-beating three that gave Sacred Heart the 49-47 win. Trust us, you've never seen a buzzer-beater quite like this....
Report: Darrelle Revis Goes To The Patriots For One Year, $12 Million
The biggest free agent was free for roughly five hours. After the Buccaneers cut Darrelle Revis earlier today, he agreed to terms with the Patriots for a season. You can guess who broke the deal....
Deadspin Up All Night: Burial
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Make your evening a good one....
Aerris Smith's Postgame Interview Belongs In An Inspiring Sports Movie
On Monday, the Wofford Terriers knocked off the Western Carolina Catamounts to capture the Southern Conference championship and book a trip to the NCAA tournament. After the game, Wofford senior Aerris Smith sat down for a postgame radio interview, and it will make you feel very sad-happy....
Fuck This Shit. <em>Bad Words</em>, Reviewed.
Jerry Seinfeld has famously stayed away from swearing in his standup, insisting that cursing to get a laugh is easy. Even if many thousands of comedians have proved that, cheap or not, cussing for laughs can still be hilarious, he does have a point. There are few things less funny than sitting thr...
ESPN's Phaseout Of Rick Reilly Has Begun
ESPN announced today that Rick Reilly will be going part-time, giving up his ESPN.com column and restricting his appearances to television, including his features on SportsCenter and Monday Night Countdown. This is a little surprising, if only because the big-name columnists tend to die in harness....
<em>Jeopardy!</em> Hacker Arthur Chu Has Lost
Arthur Chu's streak of Jeopardy! wins has ended at 11, as he failed in tonight's show to answer Final Jeopardy correctly after a miserable game that left him in third place entering the final round....
Rich Peverley Will Not Return This Season
Rich Peverley, Lindy Ruff, and team-affiliated doctors appeared at a press conference this afternoon to answer questions about his Monday collapse, and to announce that Peverley's season is over....
Gus Kenworthy's Puppies Are Finally Home (Except For The One That Died)
We've got some good news and some bad news from the Gus Kenworthy adopting adorable puppies front....
The Masters Its Ownself
Dan Jenkins's His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir was published last week, which is as good an excuse as any to go spelunking through the back pages of one of our finest and funniest sportswriters. Here's a classic from the April 1985 issue of Golf Digest, anthologized in Jenkins's Fairways and Greens. Repri...
The NFL Made EA Sports Take The Ambulance Out Of <em>Madden</em>
Over at SI's Extra Mustard, Jon Robinson has a wonderful look at eight features the NFL forced EA Sports to remove from its Madden series of video games. They are, roughly, what you'd expect: a whole lot of things related to player safety, including helmets popping off, coaches being run over on the...
Francisco Rodriguez Can't Pitch Because He Stepped On A Cactus
Francisco Rodriguez sees your weird spring training injury, Jake Peavy, and he raises you a foot full of cactus barbs....