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Seahawks Beat Saints 23-15 Thanks In Part To Marques Colston's Stupidity
All Marques Colston needed to do was step out of bounds and give Drew Brees a shot at the end zone and, in turn, his Saints a shot at tying today's game in Seattle. Instead he decided to try his hand at quarterbacking himself—and cost his team that one chance at winning....
Big Catch, Let's Headbutt
On third-and-three from their own 45 with just under three minutes left in the game, the Seahawks threw the ball (the second pass play of the drive) down the sideline to Doug Baldwin. He made the catch and in the process had his helmet ripped off. It was a huge play in the game (after review upheld...
Seahawks Play Georgia To A New Orleans Auburn
It's like they hadn't even seen this play. ...
Olympic Ski Jumper Suffers Skull Injury And Bruised Lung In Crazy Crash
Thomas Morgenstern, a three-time olympic ski jump champion was hospitalized Friday after a scary crash during a practice jump at The Kulm in Tauplitz, Austria. The injuries, though serious, are not life-threatening. He was responsive and asking questions shortly after the crash....
Just Shaq And The Devil Riding In A Zamboni
[Shaq and The Devil ride in a Zamboni, January 11, 2014.]...
Colin Kaepernick At Hooters
A reader sends along this picture with only a subject that reads "Kaep at Hooters in Charlotte." Missing are the trademark chicken wings or human breasts, so it's hard to tell—though you do get an overall feeling of desperation—but it probably is a Hooters. It looks like he's signing an autograph fo...
Welcome Back, Percy Harvin
Percy Harvin is playing for the first time since November 17, 2013. This, a 15-yard penalty for targeting a defenseless receiver, is the first play he's been involved in. Yeah, that's his mouth guard flying out....
Watch This Long Enough And You'll Realize Strahan Is The Normal One
Sure, Strahan is playing air guitar—it's the whole reason this GIF even exists—but there's so much more. ...
A-Rod Suspension: Where Does 162-Game Ban Come From?
With the news that Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension was reduced to 162 games by Fredric Horowitz, the independent arbitrator on MLB's three-person review panel, we are forced to once again ask where these numbers come from. Given the protocol outlined in the Joint Drug Agreement's PED section—50...
How To Make A Cheesesteak, And Probably Get Crap From Pennsylvanians
Hey, let's make a goddamn cheesesteak. If we do it quickly, we can get finished before the city of Philadelphia declares war....
One Of The Worst Penalty Misses You'll See
The great thing about soccer announcers is the brutal honesty. They are a close second to golf announcers, who also never pull any punches, but do so in a whisper that is so incongruous with what they're saying you can't help laughing. Soccer doesn't have to worry about the niceties of golf, thoug...
Report: A-Rod Suspended 162 Games, Will Continue Fight In Federal Court
Alex Rodriguez has been suspended 162 games and it comes as little surprise to anyone, including A-Rod. The suspension was reduced from the original 211 games handed down by Major League Baseball, but A-Rod is still unhappy and continues to blast Bud Selig and MLB's behavior in the Biogenesis invest...
Who Is America Rooting For This Weekend?
Below are four maps showing which team in each of this weekend's games has more Facebook fans in every county in America....
LeBron James Salty Over Hard Foul
With nearly nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, a steamrolling LeBron James looked to be fouled hard by Mirza Teletovic. An uneventful scrum convened under the basket. The play was reviewed and LeBron was assessed an offensive foul and Teletovic a flagrant-1. LeBron was pissed, Teletovic bemus...
Do Colder NFL Games Have Fewer Penalties?
While watching some insanely frigid football last weekend, one Deadspinner wondered if there were fewer flags in cold NFL games, the result of referees deciding, consciously or not, to speed games up and get the hell off the field. Without scrutinizing hundreds of hours of game tape we can't really ...
Weekend Stacked
The Stacks now has a weekend home over at The Daily Beast. ...
Boomer Esiason Says He And Matt Millen Got Stoned During <i>MNF</i> Broadcast
Remember the first time you went to a party and had, like, a sip of alcohol and couldn't stop talking about how wasted you were? This is a lot like that. Boomer Esiason does Monday Night Football color commentary on the radio and recently revealed that in his first year on the broadcast he and Mil...
Deadspin Up All Night: Alec Eiffel
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Not a lot of football left, soak it up this weekend....