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The Sportswriter Who Wrote American Better Than Anyone Anywheres
Below is John Lardner's introduction to a 1959 edition of Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al, a fictional series of letters from professional ballplayer Jack Keefe to his friend Al. Those stories are included in the Library of America's new collection. (There was also a comic strip based on the same char...

A&M Website Tries To Sell Manziel Photos While Announcing Suspension
Consider this screenshot—which was snapped by CBS Sports' Will Brinson from the Texas A&M website shortly after Johnny Manziel was suspended for 30 minutes for possibly profiting from the use of his own name—your latest reminder that the NCAA is a joke....

Jerry Jones Says He Has A Super Brain
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones recently got a CT scan, and afterward he had this to say about it to the Dallas Morning News' Rainer Sabin:...

Celtic Advance In Champions League On Late Goal, Avenge Murdered Sheep
Scottish soccer club Celtic were home to Kazakh side Shakhter Karagandy today in the second leg of the Champions League playoff round. After sacrificing a sheep, Shakhter beat Celtic 2-0 last week, and were the favorites to make it to the Champions League group stage. To advance on aggregate, Celtic...

I Begged You To Get Some Therapy
It’s always nice to watch guys at the game of their game, as Pollack and Hoffman were in Tootsie. Sure, they might have wanted to strangle each other but the payoff was sweet for us. ...

How Do I Know If I'm Really A Good Cook?
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...

NBC Sports' Premier League Coverage Is Really Damn Good
Alright, so we've now gotten through two weekends of this brave new world where everyday Americans can watch any Premier League soccer match they want across NBC's network of channels or online. It's only been two weeks, but we're ready to call it: NBC Sports' soccer coverage is the shit....

Stadium Security In Philly Practices The Capture Of On-Field Intruders
It's the preseason for everyone, apparently:...
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Johnny Manziel Suspended For 30 Minutes [Update]
As first reported by TexAgs' Billy Liucci, and confirmed by ESPN, Johnny Manziel will be suspended for the first half of Saturday's season opener against Rice....

Bottom Line: How Sports Leagues Crack The Whip On ESPN
"We're not in the business of antagonizing our partner," the ESPN executive told the New York Times, defending the network's sudden withdrawal of support for a program that made the NFL look bad. This wasn't last week. This was nine years ago. ...

Taste Test: The Ramen Burger, A Real Thing That Exists
There are far worse places to be on a summer Saturday morning than the Smorgasburg food festival in East River State Park. You have a view of Manhattan from the Midtown skyline to the Williamsburg Bridge. If you're bored you can chat with other people in line, most of whom recognize the inherent s...

Irritating bracket can't get geography right either: "Romantics will regard the Killers as this year's Gonzaga, or more recently, Butler — a mid-major with a solid program, and a dynamic man out front. ... Consider these similarities: the Killers' Las Vegas home base and those mid-majors' Southweste...

RGIII Would Like To Confuse The Hell Out Of You With This Quote
Robert Griffin III has been working with the first-team offense, and though the final approval from Dr. James Andrews is still pending, it's a given that he'll be starting in Week 1. But when asked to quantify just how ready he is, Griffin only made everyone's heads hurt....

Michigan Recruit Breaks Tackles Like A Video Game Character
Paramus (N.J.) Catholic senior Jabrill Peppers, who's already verbally committed to Michigan, is one of the nation's top recruits for the Class of 2014. He's going to play defensive back in college. This is Peppers running for a touchdown during a scrimmage Tuesday against Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic. ...

The Heart Of The Matter
Not so long ago a friend asked me if I thought I was a success. I didn't know what to say and when I did manage an answer it was "No." I was thinking in terms of not just professional success but financial success. Where I want to be not how far I've come. I didn't think about success as a person, a...

Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Miami Dolphins
Some people are fans of the Miami Dolphins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Miami Dolphins. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....

An Important Message From A Self-Described Chris Berman Lookalike
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Gangster, Gangster
Come magazine award season, Paul Solotaroff's latest piece for Rolling Stone, "The Gangster in the Huddle" (co-authored by Ron Borges) is sure to garner some well-deserved attention: ...

James Dolan Complained To The NBA About Mikhail Prokhorov's Bullying
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that the David Stern brokered a détente between the feuding owners of the Knicks and Nets last season, apparently because the league hates fun. But the more interesting part comes farther down: this meeting wasn't initiated by the NBA. Instead, Dolan went to the...