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Joe Frazier Was Cooler Than Ali. Discuss.
Joe Frazier died two years ago today. Now is as good a time as any to pay tribute to the former champ through a single photograph that best captured the unbridgeable distance between the two premier fighters of the age — a picture made at the very moment when the rivalry between Ali and Smokin' Joe ...

Kevin Ware Hits His First Shot Back From Injury
It was just seven months ago that we were all staring at Kevin Ware's tibia. But last night the Louisville guard made an unexpected return to the court in the Cardinals' exhibition game against Pikeville, and racked up six points and four rebounds in 10 minutes of action, including this three-point...

Source: CBSSports.com Lays Off Two Baseball Writers
Continuing with a small purge that began this summer, CBSSports.com on Wednesday laid off two of its national baseball writers. A source confirmed those writers were Scott Miller and Danny Knobler....

Chicago Fan Steals Player's Helmet, Appears Very, Very Drunk
Loyal subjects of Chicago, your new king and queen have been crowned. And they are likely still bombed this morning....

NCAA DQs Colgate Kid For A Year For Playing Church-League Hoops
The NCAA has truly been on a run of first-rate justice lately. It penalized reigning Heisman winner and shirtless mugshot male model Johnny Manziel 30 minutes of playing time for maybe just maybe getting paid cash money for signing autographs. It spelunked around the University of Miami's most sordi...

You Can Buy Michael Jordan's Chicagoland Mansion! (No, You Can't)
Nothing here to see but real estate porn of the highest order. Michael Jordan's selling his plush estate outside Chicago, at auction. Above is the tour video. It's 56,000 square feet on 7 acres and will cost you something on the order of $29 million — less than what Jordan earned in his final year w...


The Olympic Torch Is Going To Ooooouter Spaaaaaaaaace
Gee, this is swell, no? Fire in space! Olympic fire in space! Space men taking Olympic fire into space!...

NFL's Ace Parker, The Hall Of Fame's Only Centenarian, Dies
This is the trouble with living too long. You die too late....

Deadspin Up All Night: Get Smart, Twice
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy your evening, and check back in a bit for the night crew....

Tiny Children Foul The Crap Out Of Each Other
This horribly shot video comes from halftime of today's Dublin County Gaelic Football final. Two young lads, having a kick. Then, around the 35-second mark, things start getting ugly....

Richie Incognito Was Never An Honorary Black Guy
We know that Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito called his teammate Jonathan Martin a "half-nigger." Today, Warren Sapp told Dan Patrick that Incognito called him "a nigger" when the two lined up years ago, when they were still in the league. At first glance, that Richie sounds like a...

NHL Rookies Are Adorable
Once again, Panini has produced a line of NHL sketch cards, for which the NHL's young stars were invited to draw whatever they wanted. Here are just a few of the masterpieces they produced:...

Report From Buffalo: Kiko Alonso Jersey Traded For Blowjob
Sean from Buffalo claims to have witnessed a very unorthodox transaction before Sunday’s game against the Chiefs:...

Disgusting Rich Person Jeffrey Loria Sold A Painting For $32.6 Million
When Jeffrey Loria isn't busy running the Marlins into the ground, he's wheeling and dealing in the art world. On Monday, he sold a (lovely!) portrait by Alberto Giacometti for $32.6 million at a New York art auction. That puts the painting's value just $7 million shy of the current payroll of the M...

How Much Do College Football Coaches Make? (A Lot.)
USA Today has released its annual roundup of FBS coaches' salaries, and the numbers are once again eye-popping. Alabama's Nick Saban tops the list with more than $5.5 million not counting bonuses—and he wants a raise....

Why Is My Beef Stew So Damn Boring?
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...

Video: The History Of International Football Transfers In Sixty Seconds
The video above, by EyeSeeData.com's Mac Bryla, jams 133 years of international football transfers into very cool-looking visual. If you're interested in digging into the data a bit more you can check out the interactive version he made on his site, which lets you break down the transfers by country...

NCAA To Oregon Basketball Players: Leave The Money-Making To Us
Yesterday, on the day its basketball team flew to South Korea for Friday's season opener against Georgetown, the University of Oregon announced that two of its players did not make the trip. Point guard Dominic Artis and forward Ben Carter, both sophomores, have been suspended indefinitely. Their of...