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Matt Bonner With The Spot-On Andy Kaufman Impersonation
Matt Bonner recently did a little performance at the San Antonio Spurs' annual charity auction. A younger, less cultured player may have used such an opportunity to do the Gangnam Style dance or lip-sync that dumb "What Does the Fox Say?" song, but not Matt Bonner. Matt Bonner has deep cuts, son....

Australia Needs To Work On Their Outfield Fence Construction Skills
Two different outfielders ran through the fence on back-to-back nights during a series between the Melbourne Aces and the Adelaide Bite this past weekend....

Indiana's Yogi Ferrell Can Levitate
[Indiana point guard Yogi Ferrell floats for a layup against #3 Wisconsin. The Hoosiers gave the Badgers their first loss, 75-72. Scott May, get the champagne ready. One down, three to go. Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty]...

Vikings Hire Pottymouth
The Vikings have hired Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer to be their next coach, according to every football reporter you follow on Twitter. It's his first head coaching gig after being passed over numerous times in a 20-year NFL career. ...

Lance Stephenson Lobbies For All-Star Votes With Crazy-Ass Video
Pacers shooting guard Lance Stephenson is currently enjoying a career year, and he would really appreciate it if NBA fans would recognize that accomplishment by sending him to the all-star game. ...

Browns Owner Assures Fans Coaching Search Supposed To Take This Long
Early this morning, Browns fans received an email from owner Jimmy Haslam. It's not an apology for Cleveland not having a head coach yet, but it's not quite an explanation either....

Meanwhile, in Chicago, Joel Reese defends Clark the Pantsless Cub. Neil Steinberg does not. Some highlights: "Horror ... pantsless obscenity ... Smurf-like blandness ... monstrosity ... homogenized ... this excrescence ... designed to pacify the sick children it visits in hospitals (thus freeing act...

What Every NFL Logo Would Look Like If It Were A Hipster
The man who has brought us so much joy by doing ridiculous, hilarious things to the logos of NFL teams has struck again. Today, artist David Rappoccio unveiled his latest collection: each NFL logo re-imagined as a hipster. Smug hipster jaguar is particularly inspired, but there are many more good on...

Jim Harbaugh Wears $8 Walmart Khakis
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh loves his gameday khakis, probably because NFL coaches are functional lunatics who cling devoutly to certain habits lest they come completely unmoored from reality, and also because khakis offer loose-fitting comfort at a reasonable price. ...

Sometimes, LeBron Wishes He Could Take All The Shots
The two best players in the NBA are frustratingly polished when it comes to the media, so there's rarely any hint of a real rivalry between them. This will have to do: LeBron James says he's "jealous" that Kevin Durant gets to shoot so much....

Arkansas Upsets Kentucky With Overtime Tip-Slam Buzzer Beater
After allowing a three-pointer to tie the game in regulation and another to tie it late in overtime, Arkansas bounced back when Michael Qualls tip-slammed the winning basket with 0.2 seconds remaining....

Comcast SportsNet Airs Our Version Of Cubs Mascot With Cock And Balls
Earlier this week we introduced you to terrifying Cubs mascot Clark The Cub and invited you to do horrible things to him. We started you off with Jim Cooke's full-frontal rendition, which is exactly what Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic aired to viewers across the Washington, D.C. area tonight....

<em>R.B.I. Baseball</em> Is Returning This Spring
Rejoice! R.B.I. Baseball, the famed NES game (with a few sequels) will return this spring, thanks to MLB Advanced Media. ...

Keyshawn Johnson Has, Uh, Changed
So Justin Bieber's house got raided today, no doubt bringing joy to neighbor Keyshawn Johnson who has beef with the obscure underground death metal singer. The interview you see here, though.. that's not Keyshawn Johnson....

Amar'e Stoudemire Passes Ball To Woman's Drink
Beno Udrih is the closest teammate when Amar'e Stoudemire passes out to the corner, and that's using "closest" generously. The play worked if it was supposed to knock over a woman's drink. No timeout needed!...

Old Man Asked To Stop Shooting Icicles On His House
How do you knock down icicles on your house? A shovel? A stick? Your hands? Those are all common and effective methods. One old man in Illinois went with his gun instead....

Deadspin Up All Night: Castles Made Of Sand
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the rest of Tuesday....

Major League Baseball's War On Drugs Is An Immoral Shitshow
Major league ballplayers should never have agreed to drug testing. They should have told any handwringing writer who had anything to say about it to fuck right off, and they should have said the same to any handwringing politician who wanted to do something about it. They should have made clear that...

Jerry Lawler Attempts To Pronounce Michael Hoomanawanui's Name, Fails
Some New England Patriots players attended last night's WWE Raw broadcast from the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence last night. Jerry "The King" Lawler reported that among them was a "Michael Hoomawanyueye." He must be the backup kicker....

Even President Obama Knows That Everyone Hates Mario Chalmers
You laugh, but there's a strong possibility that Mario really was about to get screamed at for standing in the wrong place or something....