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Nothing Says U.S. Independence Like A Pregnant Lady Brawling In Ohio

Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: the since disappeared "Pregnant lady fight." Tonight's commentator: Ohio resident, and esteemed Deadspin commenter, Eric Peacock. (Coming next week: A drag-queen competi...

Bear Is Very Into Quad Cab Action

This is a video of a bear opening a car door like a human being....

Kevin Martin To Sign With The Minnesota Timberwolves

This evening, Woj reported that Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Kevin Martin agreed to a four-year, $28 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, trading in yearly title challenges for nigh-unbearable winters, and with any luck, a slew of early playoff exits....

Veteran MLB Umpire Brian Runge Fired For Violating League Drug Policy

MLB has fired 14-year veteran umpire Brian Runge for a violation of the league drug policy, according to the Associated Press. Runge is believed to be the first umpire punished under big league random drug testing protocols....

Deadspin Up All Night: Only A Phase

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Tuesday Night Fights and all sorts of beautiful sports things coming your way tonight. Talk down here....

Flyers’ Offseason Becomes Hilarious Again

The Philadelphia Flyers—who missed the playoffs last year—were last seen doing everything they could to get under the salary cap. They used their two lockout-authorized buyouts on Danny Briere and Ilya Bryzgalov, who was in only the second year of a big-money nine-year deal....

Clippers Swap Eric Bledsoe For J.J. Redick In Three-Team Trade

Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Clippers, Bucks, and Suns have finalized a mini-blockbuster of sorts. The Clippers are sending young stud Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler's expiring contract to the Suns in exchange for Jared Dudley. The Bucks are shipping J.J. Redick to the Clips, and ...

The Grierson & Leitch Top 12 Movies Of The First Half Of 2013

Shockingly, we are more than halfway through 2013. As always, the best, most "prestigious" movies won't be released until November or December, because the people who vote on the Oscars are senile and cannot remember anything they saw more than 20 minutes ago. But there have been plenty of outstandi...

Grumpy Hater Jonathan Papelbon Doesn't Think Yasiel Puig Is An All-Star

Everyone loves Yasiel Puig, because Yasiel Puig has done nothing but be completely awesome since being called up by the Dodgers one month ago. Everyone except Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon, that is, who thinks that it would be "a joke" if Puig made the National League all-star team....

The Greatest Doink The Clown Story Ever

Former wrestler Matt Osborne—aka Doink the Clown—died a few days ago. Justin Halpern, bestselling author and co-creator of the upcoming Fox sitcom Surviving Jack, told us this story about working with Doink way back in 1998. Halpern believes the Doink mentioned here is Osborne, but given that Doin...

Jackie Mitchell, the 17-year-old girl who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, is part of baseball lore. But was it legit? The story's not so simple. [Smithsonian]...

Jeff Passan has the story of one of Yasiel Puig's fruitless attempts to land in the United States. The Coast Guard got his boat and sent him back. "'I remember as they were leaving, I said [to Puig], 'Are we going to see you again?'' the officer on deck said. 'He just smiled.'" [Yahoo]...

The Spurs are about to ink Tiago Splitter to a five-year, $45 million deal. That's like $9 million for each time he had his shot violently blocked during the NBA finals....

Shirtless Kid Shoots A Chicken Through A Basketball Hoop

I don't know, man. I'm just as flummoxed as you are....

Working Stiffs

I admire Elmore Leonard and Woody Allen because they just keep working. Elmore is 87, Woody is 77. And they don't stop. ...

Burn

The final is on ESPN. RT @BillSimmons "Radwanska! Bartoli!!!!! It's the Wimbledon Women's Finals on NBC!"...

Here's A Photo Of Aaron Hernandez Getting Kicked Out Of A Bar

According to our tipster, this picture was snapped just as Hernandez was being kicked out of a billiards bar called Underground in Hermosa Beach. "Other than some cussing, he left with relatively no trouble," adds our tipster. Has Aaron Hernandez ever gone to a bar and not been kicked out?...

Old Fish Dead

A 39-pound shortraker rockfish caught off the coast of Alaska last month could be 200 years old, according to experts. This is remarkably depressing....

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How Do You Ask Someone To Trim Their Pubic Hair?

Whoa hey, it's 4th of July week! Time to take the kids to the town fireworks celebration, fail to find a decent spot on the grass, get eaten by bugs, pull my hair out as the fireworks display starts two hours later than I want it to, and then watch half a firework explode from behind some asshole's ...