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After Losing, Tuukka Rask Fails Miserably At Breaking His Goalie Stick
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask gave up the game-ending shootout goal to Derek Roy for a 3-2 loss, and he was fuming. Of course, Rask tried to break his stick, because that's what one does when they're angry about a loss. "Tried" is the keyword here....

Jimmy Graham's Dunk Ruins The Goalpost
After a 44-yard touchdown, Jimmy Graham's dunk celebration resulted in a tilted goalpost. Hulk out a little less, Jimmy. But keep being awesome....

Stadiums That Look Like Vaginas, As Advancements In Architecture
From Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan:...

Thunder Fan Hits $20,000 Half-Court Shot, Gets Respect From Jay Z
For the second straight home game, an Oklahoma City Thunder fan has made the half-court shot and won $20,000. But this dude also received congratulations from Jay Z, which are priceless....

Rob Gronkowski Thinks Planes And Cars Are Time Machines
Football steakhead Rob Gronkowski is back! Well, he's been playing for a few games now, but we know he's really back because of the astounding answer he gave after being asked for his ideal superpower. Basically, the Patriots' tight end doesn't understand how time works....

MLB.com Reader Predicted Prince Fielder-Ian Kinsler Trade Last Week
Prince Fielder and Ian Kinsler swapped teams last night for this MLB offseason's first substantial transaction. If we had listened to this Rangers fan last week, though, we'd have already known about it....

Deadspin Up All Night: Pretending That The Wars Are Done
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How Jimmy Graham Became The Most Productive Tight End In Football
Calling Jimmy Graham a tight end seems dishonest. Drew Brees's favorite target is a freak who's blowing the other competition at his position out of the water in 2013. Because "Jimmy Graham is good" isn't a very compelling statement, let's go a little further. Since Graham is essentially a wide rece...


Not all refs are created equal: On NFL Nation, Kevin Seifert looks at how often different ref crews call penalties. It's a wide gap: John Parry's crew leads the league with 17.9 per game, while Morelli's crew is averaging just 11.2. Clete Blakeman is close to last at 12.2—his Week 11 game was Patrio...

Soccer Team Issues Wonderfully Bitchy Statement Over Pee Allegations
Boreham Wood, in the sixth tier of English soccer, lost an FA Cup heartbreaker on Tuesday night at Carlisle United. Afterward, media accounts and photos showed the visitors' locker room to be a mess, including a tea kettle in a urinal, a broken door, and what was reportedly a puddle of urine on the ...

NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Week 12 (Late Edition)
Below is updated betting information for the Week 12 NFL games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread movement and money lines are now included for each game....

What The NFL Can Learn From WWE About Head Injuries
Originally published at Bloomberg View....


Even The League Office Feels Bad For The Celtics
On Tuesday, the Celtics got mollywhopped by the Rockets. (The stat sheet broke Rajon Rondo's brain for a second.) Gerald Wallace, who knows a thing or two about being a good player on a terrible team, was understandably exasperated in his postgame interview....

Denny McLain Says "Domestic Issues" Drove Prince Fielder Out Of Detroit
Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain hinted at some darker, less savory reasons for why the team traded first baseman Prince Fielder today on the Michigan radio show Doctor & Bentley. His comments are definitely suggestive, though it's not exactly clear what he's trying to get at....
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Shawne Merriman's WWE Tryout Didn't Go So Well [Update]
Former Chargers and Bills LB Shawne Merriman has been busy since retiring earlier this year. Last month he showed up at WWE's Performance Center in Orlando, which serves as both a wrestling school and training facility. Though Merriman showed off his bruises from getting in the ring, everyone downpl...

Little Big Mouth: The Unfunny Comedy Of Andrew Dice Clay
Originally published in 1990 in the Village Voice. Anthologized in the author's collection of reportage, No Success Like Failure. Solotaroff's apologetic afterword is here: ...

Jameis Winston Isn't The Only Problem Here: An FSU Teacher's Lament
We love the game. We love the players, too, even when they scare us....