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Kaspars Daugavins Goes To The Well Once Too Often, Can't Convert On Bizarre Spin-O-Rama
Senators winger Kaspars Daugavins came up empty on this weirdo shootout attempt where he controls the puck by exerting force from above with the tip of his blade....

Someone Put A Jim Ross Call Over DeAndre Jordan's Murderous Dunk Over Brandon Knight
DeAndre Jordan: the gift that keeps on giving. ...

Florida Panthers Prospect Allegedly Gets Hammered, Breaks Into Stranger's Home And Passes Out On Couch
Scott Timmins is a prospect for the Florida Panthers currently playing for the San Antonio Rampage in the AHL....

Wrestler Comes In Second Place At Big 10 Tournament, Throws Medal In Garbage
Iowa Senior Matt McDonough came in second place at this weekend's Big 10 tournament and was not particularly impressed with himself. According to a hobo wrestling reporter for The Daily Iowan and fellow senior at Iowa, McDonough threw the medal in the garbage. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: I Guess I Must Be Having Fun
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Watch Another High School Buzzer-Beater Bring Down Rupp Arena In The Kentucky State Finals
This year's high school basketball playoffs have provided some really wonderful (and sometimes maddening) finishes. Here's Kentucky's offering....

Warning: If You Troll A Professional Boxer On Twitter, He Might Show Up At Your House
Curtis Woodhouse is a former professional soccer player who turned to boxing in 2006. After recently suffering a loss to Shayne Singleton, Woodhouse found himself in the crosshairs of a troll with a Twitter account. ...

The Marlins Should Probably Take Down This Poster Of Their Canceled Reality Show And High-Priced Free Agents
Remember The Franchise? Showtime's answer to Hard Knocks, but with baseball? Last year's second season followed around those NL-favorite Marlins, with top talent like Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, all led by fiery manager Ozzie Guillen. Well, the series was cut short mid-ru...


Can Anyone Tell Us What This Weird, Sexually Explicit "Hooker Application" Is? (NSFWish)
We received this intriguing document from reader Steve, who says he was cleaning out a storage unit full of old tenants' stuff, and found this in a dresser. It's a very detailed, very intimate questionnaire, and neither he nor we have any idea what in the heck it's for....

49ers Trade For Anquan Boldin, Give Up Basically Nothing
That other super-talented NFC West team landed its own star receiver this afternoon, as the 49ers have acquired Anquan Boldin from Baltimore. The deal won't become official until Boldin passes a physical, and he's currently in Africa, but according to the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson, the Ravens wil...

ESPN News And NBA TV Both Aired Shows Two Weeks Ago That Had Zero Nielsen Viewers
Kate Aurthur took a look around the TV world to find shows that earned Nielsen's dreaded 0.0 rating—that's the fancy Nielsen metric that means nobody watched—from a random week in late February and early March. ...

Peter King Was All Curly Hair And Giant Glasses In 1978
From his days as a young ladykiller intern at the Cincinnati Enquirer. So young, so hopeful, so full of such lofty promise....

Here's A Japanese Announcer Calling The Netherlands' Upset Over Cuba, Because International Baseball Is Awesome
I will admit to having been a WBC Doubting Thomas. Even as the first two editions produced their share of exciting moments, there was no lasting image, or huge shake-up of the baseball hierarchy. This year, though? I take back every use of the word "exhibition." Between the U.S.'s two stirring comeb...

The Percy Harvin Trade Is Great News For Football And Horrible News For Me
Percy Harvin is headed to Seattle. Let's deal with this news, first with reason and then with angry, drunken homerism....

Mets Utility Player Jordany Valdespin Took A Fastball Right To The Dick
It's been a day of highs and lows for Jordany Valdespin. First, he took Justin Verlander deep to lead off his team's spring training game against the Tigers:...

Mark Sanchez Has "A Leg Up" On The Jets Quarterback Competition
You know spring is here when the Jets are assuring everyone that Mark Sanchez is and will remain their starting quarterback, but if literally anyone else would just step up and play competently the job would be theirs. Except you, Tebow....

Seahawks Trade For Percy Harvin
Seattle, just two points from the NFC Championship game, gets another fancy toy for its emerging star quarterback to play with. The Seahawks have acquired Percy Harvin from Minnesota for draft picks, and just like that, the two early favorites for 2013 are both in the NFC West....

