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Andre Johnson Spent Over $17,000 On Toys For Kids
Texans receiver Andre Johnson held his annual holiday toy shopping spree today at Toys R' Us for a dozen kids (and their siblings) from Child Protective Services. He ended up spending a total of $17,352. That receipt in his right hand is roughly the size of one Danny Woodhead....
Deadspin Up All Night: When The Champagne's On Tap
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Go have some fun tonight. ...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 15 (Early Edition)
Here is your early betting info for Week 15 NFL; we'll update on Thursday with money lines and spread movements for these these games, and add info for Bears-Browns and Packers-Cowboys, which haven't opened yet....
Shawne Merriman Took Off In The Middle Of An Interview On ESPN2
Former Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman came on Highly Questionable this afternoon, purportedly to discuss the 11th Annual Lights On Foundation Coat Drive. The Lights On Foundation is a Merriman charity and it fights homelessness. ...
RGIII Is A Pawn In The Dan Snyder-Mike Shanahan Standoff
Mike Shanahan is daring Washington to fire him. Dan Snyder has no problems seeing Shanahan go, but not at the cost of the $7 million remaining on his contract for 2014. Caught in the middle of this ugly divorce is poor, innocent, Robert Griffin III. It's always the children who suffer. At least he'l...
Back In The Hobbit: <em>The Desolation Of Smaug</em>, Reviewed.
Expectations are such tricky things when it comes to movies. Before the first installment in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy debuted at the end of 2001, there was no guarantee that it would go on to become one of Hollywood's most profitable and Academy-approved franchises. Jackson an...
Champions League Match Postponed Due To Biblical Hailstorm
This is just stupid. The final Champions League group stage games are this week, with the top two teams in each of the eight, four-team groups advancing to the Round of 16. Most of today's matches had something riding on them with the final group standings still unresolved, but perhaps the most exci...
Gift Guide Roundup: Gifts For Sports Fans Who Like Art
Previously, we asked you for gift ideas of cool, sports-related art. You didn't disappoint. Here's some of what you came up with:...
Derek Jeter Revived A Dying Man With His Handsome Face
Everyone shut up, we have some very important Derek Jeter news to share with you....
Greg Hardy's Explanation For "Kraken From Hogwarts" Clears Up Nothing
On Sunday Night Football, Panthers DE Greg Hardy introduced himself as "Kraken" and said his alma mater is Hogwarts. Surely that's crazy talk. But after reading Hardy's explanation, perhaps we were the crazy ones all along....
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Kendrick Perkins, Anti-Fun
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....
Chart: The Voting Trajectory Of Every Hall Of Fame Candidate Ever
To aid in your Deadspin HOF ballot decisions, Kenny Shirley and Carlos Scheidegger of AT&T Labs have created a great interactive graph for exploring the voting trajectories of all 1,000-plus players/managers ever to be candidates for the Hall. The screencap above might make it look a little dense, b...
Kansas City Sportscaster Maintains He Didn't Call KU The "Gayhawks"
This is one of the more confusing controversies in a while. Jack Harry, a sportscaster for KSHB in Kansas City who doesn't hide his Missouri sympathies, said something on Sunday night. Check the video above and try to figure it out....
Lions Fan Says He Was Beaten Unconscious By Eagles Fans
Some sports happened this weekend, which means that some sports fans did some awful and violent things. This latest instance comes from a 33-year-old Lions fan, who says a bunch of angry Eagles fans beat the shit out of him outside of the stadium after the Eagles' 34-20 home victory against the Lion...
Can I Cook Italian Food For Italian Guests?
Welcome to the Feedbag, where all the dumb questions about food, drink, cooking, eating, and accidental finger removal you've been embarrassed to ask can finally receive the berating they goddamn deserve. Also: answers. Send all your even-vaguely-food-related questions to [email protected] wit...
American Football Gains IOC Recognition
The International Olympic Committee officially granted provisional recognition to the International Federation of American Football. This does not mean football will be an Olympic sport—but it's a necessary first step....
Here's A Goalkeeper Training By Getting Shot With Actual Cannons
This is from the Slovenian fourth division team SD Gorisnica, but it may as well be Wile E Coyote. ...
Curtis Granderson: "True New Yorkers Are Mets Fans"
Curtis Granderson was officially introduced a Met today, with a four-year, $60 million contract and a preternatural knack for winning over the fans. Within minutes of meeting the media, he tossed some fire on a Yankees-Mets rivalry that only exists on tabloid back pages. ...
Vote For Jack Morris (And Shut Up About Game 7 Already)
Over the next few weeks, we'll be examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's Hall of Fame ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series can be found here....