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Elvis Dumervil Arrested, Accused Of Aggravated Assault With A Firearm
The Broncos defensive end was arrested Saturday night in Miami. Police have not commented on what lead to Dumervil's arrest, but according to CBS Denver, the police report alleges aggravated assault with a firearm and bond was set at $7,500. According to Pro Football Talk, the allegations amount to ...

Surfer "Bitten In Half" By Great White Shark In Australia
The west coast of Australia has been described as the deadliest shark attack zone in the world. It sort of boggles the mind then that people still, like, swim and surf there. Yet they do, and then crazy stories like this become more and more prevalent....

Intentional Dongs In A Penn State Area Golf Course: The Week In Unintentional Dong Submissions
Ok, Lou, relax. We are back after taking last week off. So sorry to interrupt your weekly dose of unintentional dongs. Today we start with a quite intentional sand trap dong at Toftree's Golf Course in State Park. Our reader informed us that one of these beauties appeared in one of the sand traps o...

Female MMA Fighter Knocks Out Opponent On First Punch
This is a fairly standard beat down at some event you've never heard of. Girl tries to be sporting, girl's efforts are rebuffed, girl viciously knocks opponent out shortly thereafter....

Spike Lee Catches A Bat At Yankee Stadium, Grins Like A Kid On Christmas
Must be pretty nice being Spike Lee: front row seats to the Knicks, moat-protected seats at Yankee Stadium, always at the games so he doesn't have to listen to announcers like Michael Kay make terrible puns with one of his more famous films....

The Knicks Are Going To Let Jeremy Lin Walk And It Might Be The Smartest Thing They've Done In A Long Time
The Knicks brought in Raymond Felton last night through a sign and trade with the Portland Trailblazers. He joins Jason Kidd* on the roster while Jeremy Lin looks more like a Houston Rocket with each passing day. In a way, it's a nice little bit of kismet, both franchises get back point guards on wh...
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Jason Kidd Arrested On DUI Charges In The Hamptons [UPDATE]
According to Southampton Town police, Jason Kidd was arrested early Sunday morning (during the midnight shift) for alleged drunken driving....

Phillies Minor Leaguer Stole A Home Run With This Incredible Catch
I've watched this video a lot. I don't want to say 100 times, but it's getting close and I'm still not really sure what happened here. In real time, it looks like Jiwan James of the Reading Phillies pulls off some sleight of hand act: his running, jumping, crashing catch has us all tracking the ba...

Bill James: Showering With Boys Was "Quite Common In America 40 Years Ago."
We talked about Bill James being a crazy person earlier this week. Well, Bill James was on Doug Gottlieb's radio show on ESPN yesterday and hopped right on the last train to Nutsville....

Did ESPN Really Make Up An Entire Interview With German Striker Lukas Podolski?
We can thank our friends at Awful Announcing for this latest head-scratcher from ESPN. Yesterday, ESPNSoccernet published an interview Nick Bidwell ostensibly had with Lukas Podolski, a German soccer player. As you can see, if you click the link, that article is no longer available....

David Beckham: Still Scoring Masterful Goals, Still Showing Up Stuart Pearce
Amidst an Olympic team snubbing and disinterest in Opening Ceremony involvement L.A. Galaxy star David Beckham's taken his fair share for, most recently, buffoonery and mascot abuse....

San Francisco Giants Almost Give Game Away In One Of The Worst Ways Imaginable
It's the bottom top of the ninth, and San Francisco is protecting a 2-1 lead over the Astros. Two out, 1-2 count, man on second. The Giants' Santiago Casilla gets Chris Snyder to swing and miss. Ballga—woops! The ball got away from Hector Sanchez and so he quickly airmails it to first base, pulling...

Statue Of Joe Paterno Will Stand, For Now
Don Van Natta, Jr. is reporting that sources with firsthand knowledge of the Penn State Board of Trustees recent meetings have said the statue will not be torn down, at least for now. The merits of tearing down the statue versus leaving it up can be debated until we're all blue in the face, and the...

Deadspin Up All Night: One More Time
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Good day. See you tomorrow....

FOX, Umpires Conspire To Confuse The Shit Out Of Everyone Watching The Mets And Braves
Here is an almost three minute long clip from this afternoon's Mets-Braves game. The scene: bottom of the fifth, one out, one on (Martin Prado on first), Jason Heyward at the plate. Heyward lines a 1-0 pitch to left and then, well, who the hell knows what happened....

Gregg Williams Is Still A Hometown Hero As Far As Applebee's Is Concerned
Former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has been mostly out of the public eye since he became the poster boy for the NFL's bounty problem. But as host of an annual charity golf tournament, you get to talk to reporters for a little bit. Williams spoke briefly before refusing to comment on ...

Jay Cutler: I AM SO JACKED UP FOR "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME"
Relax, Jay. Relax. It's only July and the Cubs stink anyway. We appreciate the enthusiasm, though. ...

Halo Above Joe Paterno's Head Removed From Famous Penn State Mural
The folks over at Onward State have the news on this one, as earlier today the artist responsible for the famed mural on Heister Street removed the halo above Joe Paterno's head. ...

Rick Reilly Says He Is A Fool, The Rest Of Us Get The Day Off
Rick Reilly has issued a mea culpa of sorts regarding Joe Paterno. Reilly essentially issued an apology for publishing a 10-page fluff piece on Paterno for Sports Illustrated's Sportsman Of The Year award. For example, paragraph two:...

Bud Selig Is Not Against Change, Just Change That Matters
We've had a busy week around here and things were bound to fall through the cracks. So, I hope you don't mind if we take a spin in the Wayback Machine to Tuesday last so we can talk about your favorite doofus uncle, Bud Selig. Great, thanks....