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Michigan State Students Force Two Consecutive Shot-Clock Violations
In the final minutes of Friday night's win over Columbia, the Michigan State student section provided a new counter to the ball-controlling, time-eating Princeton offense: chant a phony countdown that forces a shot-clock violation....
How To Make A Fish Sandwich. (You're Not Too Good For A Fish Sandwich.)
Oh, what, so you think you're too "good" for a fish sandwich? Oh, so fish sandwiches are for "weird leathery shore-people" with "wiry fisherman physiques" and "hairdos from the mid-1970s" and "scars from old knife fights"? Oh, so you "didn't actually say any of that" and I am "having this argument w...
This Is How That Jonathan Martin "Pussy" Sign Made It On ESPN
If you want to get a sign on ESPN's College GameDay you have to make it through ESPN security. They screen the signs for religious and political messages and, more generally, anything that could be deemed offensive. One sign that fit the criteria for offensive—the "Pussy" sign with Jonathan Martin'...
The Final BCS Champion Will Be Legitimate, Like Always
Rumors of the BCS's humiliation were greatly exaggerated. While many in the college football playoff camp would have liked nothing more than to see a BCS Armageddon with undefeated Alabama, Oregon, and Florida State teams, last week's results prove once again that the current system is not the booge...
Jonathan Martin Is A Pussy: Your Stanford-USC <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
Well, this was bound to happen when you take the College GameDay crew to USC for a game against Stanford. Jonathan Martin, who met with the NFL yesterday to discuss the Richie Incognito/Miami Dolphins bullying issue, is a Stanford man and so the Trojan faithful had plenty of Martin-themed signs to s...
Chart: Which City's Baseball MVP Voters Are The Biggest Homers?
Andrew McCutchen won the NL MVP on Thursday, earning 28 of 30 first-place votes. It so happens that the two remaining votes belonged to the two representatives from the ever-obnoxious St. Louis media, who both went with Cardinals' catcher Yadier Molina....
High School Running Back Is A 400-Pound Wrecking Ball
Meet Tony Picard. He is enormous....
Surprise!: Rutgers Athletics Is Still A Mess
The Rutgers athletics department finds itself in another self-made shitstorm now that a football player claims he was bullied and physically threatened by defensive coordinator Dave Cohen. Consensus three-star recruit and scholarship player, Jevon Tyree, claims Cohen launched into a spittle-filled t...
Deadspin Up All Night: And Now We Ride The Circus Wheel
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The weekend gang should keep you plenty entertained and informed....
Falcons Fullback Allegedly Tries To Eat Marijuana After Traffic Stop
Oh, Jason Snelling....
Here's A Compilation Of Kevin Love's Outlet Passes So Far This Season
This is something very close to basketball heroin. Two minutes of Kevin Love tossing heat-seeking outlet passes to start Minnesota fast breaks. It's mesmerizing—almost more so without the sound from whatever copyrighted song was originally in there. ...
Can Batkid Run The Bases Faster Than Pablo Sandoval?
Part of the San Francisco Batkid's reward for saving Giants mascot Lou Seal was a chance to run the bases at AT&T Park. We wondered if the leukemia patient might be able to round them faster than corpulent Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval, so we matched them up side-by-side to see who could reac...
Charles Barkley On Using "Nigga": White America Doesn't Get To Decide
Well, if we wanted a National Conversation, we sure do have one now! Last night, Charles Barkley said his piece about the use of "nigga." This was brought on most directly by Matt Barnes's tweets, in which he expressed his frustration with standing up for his "niggas" only to be fined for it by the...
How The Sexual Battery Investigation Of Jameis Winston Became A Story
Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times was the first reporter to contact the Tallahassee Police Department to inquire about case No. 12-32758. He was acting on a tip he got back on Nov. 6 from a trusted source, who told Baker that a woman had brought some sort of sexual abuse complaint to police last Dec...
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Cliff Alexander Fakes Out Illinois, Commits To Kansas Instead [Updates]
Cliff Alexander, a 6'8" forward from Chicago, gave Illinois fans one last hilarious kick in the balls as he faked pulling on an Illini cap before switching to his actual selection, Kansas....
Kentucky's "Perfect Season" Marketing Blitz Didn't Work Out
The thing with talking about (let alone selling merchandise hyping) a 40-0 season is that perfect seasons very rarely work out. It's exceedingly more likely that you'll lose, then everyone will point out the fact that you sold t-shirts, and you'll become a punchline. Like those shirts over there! ...
Batkid Goes To AT&T Park To Rescue The Giants' Mascot
If you've been on the internet for more than five minutes today, you have assuredly had your heart melted by Batkid, the five-year-old cancer patient who has spent the day "fighting crime" in "Gotham City" thanks to the efforts of the Make-A-Wish foundation and local volunteers. ...