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Coaches Fight In Massive Brawl During High School Football Game
This right here is something else. Late in the third quarter of Friday night's game between Arsenal Tech and Fort Wayne South Side in Indianapolis, a player was tackled out of bounds. Everything quickly went to hell....
NBC Sports Network Cancels NRA-Sponsored Elephant Hunting Show
NBC Sports Network is dumping the show that featured a guy shooting an elephant in the face. The show—hosted by NRA lobbyist Tony Makris—isn't being canceled for that episode with the elephant shooting, exactly (though that didn't help). Instead it's because Makris compared his critics to Hitler ea...
Deadspin Up All Night: Try Again Another Day
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We're going to go have a party on a boat. Be sure to stop by this weekend for more fun....
Jaguars Offer To Get You Drunk In Exchange For Attending Jaguars Game
In an attempt to sell tickets without using the Tebow of last resort, the Jaguars offered a unique promotion for a three-hour window yesterday morning: buy tickets, get beer. ...
Waiting For Ditka
Rich Cohen's new book Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football drops next month and it's a ton of fun (more on Rich and the book in the weeks to come). Meanwhile, here's a story on Mike Ditka he wrote for the Atlantic a few years ago:...
Hey, Everyone, Check Out Pete Prisco's Tim Tebow Impression
Here's Pete Prisco, odious football columnist and wearer of cargo jorts weird shorts, getting into a little tête-à-tête with some Jaguars fans at this month's "Sign Tim Tebow" rally. Prisco, who is staunchly anti-Tebow, can be seen giving his impression of Tebow's style of play. Nice moves, Pete....
The Gookie
Speaking of cigars, you should know the story behind Harpo Marx's in-case-of-emergence-make-this-face move:...
Les Miles Explains Why He Claps Like A Weirdo
The sports world has long been transfixed by LSU head coach Les Miles's inability to clap like a real human being. Today, thanks to The New York Times, we finally know why Miles claps the way he does:...
EA Sports Settles With Former Players For $40 Million. Next: The NCAA?
Yesterday it was announced that EA Sports is at least temporarily getting out of the college football video game business, after settling lawsuits brought by thousands of former players claiming their likenesses were used without compensation. It's chump change for the players, but one big fish stil...
Larry Ellison Wags His Cock At San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO—Larry's cock is 13 stories high, which is odd because most buildings don't have 13 stories because it's bad luck, but Larry doesn't have to worry about bad luck, because he is the fifth-richest man in the world. He's so rich and so weird that people write more about how rich and weird...
Aaron Hernandez's Girlfriend Indicted For Perjury
The Bristol County District Attorney's office announced today that Aaron Hernandez's girlfriend Shayanna Jenkins has been charged with perjury. She's accused of lying to the grand jury that eventually indicted Hernandez for first-degree murder. Citing documents and text messages, investigators belie...
Please Enjoy This Gallery Of Amazing Bear Photos
Today is a very special Bear Friday. Reader Jeffrey Crofts recently went on a trip to Alaska to hang out with bears. Knowing how much we love bears, Jeffrey sent along the following note:...
This Will Be The Most Interesting Baseball Video You Watch Today
The grammar for how baseball is broadcast on television is not an obvious one, as the sport's irregularly-shaped field and rapidly-changing scenes of action makes it the most challenging to televise. Today we take for granted how baseball is supposed to "look," but the man responsible for crafting ...
Brian Wilson Yells At Giants President About His World Series Ring
As the Giants lined up for handshakes following last night's win over Los Angeles, former SF-closer-turned-Dodger Brian Wilson angrily confronted Giants president and CEO Larry Baer along the third-base line. Wilson was apparently pissed that the Giants hadn't get given him his 2012 World Series rin...
Vanderbilt O-Lineman Motivates His Team By Freaking The Hell Out
Last Saturday, Vanderbilt led UMass 10-7 heading into halftime. Vandy offensive lineman Wesley Johnson was apparently not impressed by the three-point lead, and he let his team know about it by flipping his shit in the locker room....
NBC Sports Host Who Shoots Elephants Compares Critics To Hitler
Of course he does. Tony Makris, the gun-humping NRA lobbyist whom we last saw on the NBC Sports Network shooting an elephant in the face, has recently been dealing with some people who are critical of his decision to shoot an elephant in the face. To Makris, those people are just like Hitler....