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"Stats Not Always Reflect What's Real," Says Beleaguered Goalie-Poet Ilya Bryzgalov
The Flyers season may as well have ended yesterday, a 4-1 loss to the Islanders that put Philly's playoff chances at just above five percent. And yet Ilya Bryzgalov sat the night out. That just seems wrong for the man who rarely gets a game off, and has become the symbol of an expensive failure of a...

Berlin-Style Ping Pong: The Game You Can Play With 30 Of Your Drunk Friends
Republished with permission from Tumblr Storyboard. Story by Sky Dylan-Robbins....

Millionaire College Football Coach Thinks His Unpaid Players Get Paid Plenty
For some reason, Sporting News decided that it would be a good idea to ask University of Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops for his opinion on whether or not college football players should be paid. Stoops's sneering thoughts on the matter were exactly what you'd expect to hear from a member of...

The Zombie Invasion Has Begun, And They Are Targeting San Francisco
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The Complete Family Tree Of College Mascots
The above image is just a tiny portion—the cat teams—of the universe of NCAA mascots. Of nearly 1,300 schools in Divisions I, II, and III, there are bound to be some repeats. But now that someone has gone to the trouble of putting every single one on a poster and breaking them down by team name, it'...

UConn's Geno Auriemma went ahead and won his eighth national title last night, with a 93-60 rout over Louisville. He now matches former Tennessee coach (and longtime rival) Pat Summitt in NCAA titles ("that puts you in a category with the greatest women's basketball coach that's ever lived," he said...

LeBron James Goes Off The Backboard For The Self-Assisted Dunk
Getting caught in the air with nobody to pass it to is a Cardinal Sin for most basketball players. LeBron James is not most basketball players. ...

Bizarre Metta World Peace Interview Reveals That He's Far Too Sexy For His Cat
Is it cheating to call this the strangest postgame interview Metta World Peace has ever given, when it's tied for first with every other one he's done?...

Jay-Z Will Sell His Nets Stake To Become An NBA Agent
Jay-Z's expansion into the sports agency biz—announced with the signing of Robinson Cano last week—isn't going to stop at baseball. The whole point of putting Jay-Z's name on the enterprise is to use him as a lure for starstruck players, and nowhere is his brand stronger than in basketball. But if h...

Houston Beats Phoenix Thanks To Jermaine O'Neal's Buzzer-Beating Goaltend
Tonight's bout between the Rockets and Suns in Houston looked to be headed to overtime when James Harden's buzzer-beating attempt for the lead couldn't find the twine. That's when Jermaine O'Neal decided he had someplace else to be....

A "Roller Derby Powerhouse" Breaks Down A Chicago Fast-Food Brawl
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Chicago Wrigleyville Bacci Brawl." Tonight's commentator: Jamie Ramsay aka Varla Vendetta of the Windy City Rollers. (Coming next week: Steve "ESPO" Powers breaks down an arts-related...

Deadspin Up All Night: Let It Ring Some More
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Baseball and basketball and hockey tonight. Talk about it here....


Dortmund's Tifo Can See Into Your Soul
Well-played by Borussia Dortmund fans, with this bit of choreography just before kickoff of the Champions League match, a thrilling stoppage time comeback victory over Malaga. (Malaga's owner: mad.)...

Epic Air-Guitaring Giants Fan Is Epic
So, you think you know how to party? Well, this guy knows how to party harder....


Steve Ott Wishes Buffalo Fans Wouldn't Boo The Sabres So Much
It's an understandable request from the alternate captain of the Sabres, who are still technically in the running for a playoff birth: lay off and show some support. But Steve Ott, the veteran forward spending his first season in Buffalo, ought to know that publicly voicing this issue rarely ends we...

Adam Schefter Won't Take A Vacation
Adam Schefter explained some of his robotic reportorial tendencies today:...

Borussia Dortmund Scores Two Goals In Stoppage Time To Steal A Place In The Champions League Semifinals
The Westfalenstadion crowd exploded as Borussia Dortmund scored twice in stoppage time to overcome Málaga and earn a spot in the final four of Europe's most prestigious competition today....
