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Men's Gymnastics Team Final: Team USA Stumbles, China Soars, And The Officials Vault Japan Over Britain

After exceeding expectations in the men's gymnastics preliminaries, the United States fell below expectations when it counted, in the team final. A squad that had hoped for gold, if everything went right, finished out of the medals entirely....

Ichiro Hit His First Home Run As A Yankee, And John Sterling's Call Embarrassed Everyone

To be fair, Sterling arrived at "The Yankees' Rising Sun [or is it Son?] Says Sayonara" after eliminating more insensitive early drafts like "A mega-jack from the mega-Jap," "A head-turner from the rice burner," and "It's a round-trip for the new Nip." [YES]...

NBC Runs <em>Today</em> Promo Spoiling Outcome Of Race They Were About To Air

NBC can't even do tape delay properly, it seems. Tonight's heavily-hyped broadcast of Missy Franklin's 100 backstroke became a moot point after the Peacock Network ran the above promo for Today...in the commercial break before the race actually aired. If you're one of the fools who actually avoids...

Deadspin Up All Night: And The Memory Will Shine

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Tiger Woods's ex-wife Elin: Maybe dating a hockey player! Not one of the good ones, though....

To Protect A Dan Snyder-Owned Radio Station, The Redskins Banned A Competing Station From Airing RG3's Press Conference

The Redskins are severely limiting Robert Griffin III's media exposure before the season starts. No chats after practices, no cameras at his locker—just one press conference a week, making six in all. So it was a massive local media scrum when Griffin held his first presser last Wednesday, with all ...

Madison Square Garden May Be On Fire [UPDATE: Everything Is Fine]

The first to note it, that we're aware of, was @NYScanner, which an hour ago sent out the message, "Manhattan: Box 0706 at 8 Penn Plaza at Madison Square Garden. FDNY Using all hands for a fire on the 6 floor." @BuffNetwork (a Twitter account that posts pictures of firefighting in the tri-state area...

A Synchronized Diving Coach Misses His Chair When Trying To Sit, And It's Way Funnier In Slow Motion

See? We told ya. To paraphrase Dave Chappelle, everything's funnier in slow motion....

Why Is Maria Sharapova Hitting Novak Djokovic In The Balls In This Video?

Well, this video of Maria Sharapova slamming Novak Djokovic in the balls appeared on Spanish newspaper Marga's website earlier today....

<em>Of Course</em> Dirk Nowitzki Had A Traditional Kenyan Wedding

A couple of weeks ago, Newstime Africa ran a story reporting that Dirk Nowitzki had married his longtime girlfriend in Kenya, in a ceremony with traditional Kikuyu touches. The Mavs flat denied it, oddly enough. Well, here come the photos, and unless Dirk likes playing Ngurario dress-up, it looks li...

NBC Interviewed A Random Tourist About The Queen, And Didn't Realize He Was Evander Holyfield

This morning's Today Show was still, for some reason, talking about that opening ceremony bit with Daniel Craig and HRH Queen Elizabeth II. They decided to get some "man on the street" comments from tourists in front of Buckingham Palace, and one of them was Evander Holyfield! Blink and you'll mis...

U.S. Gymnast Danell Leyva Has A Habit Of Sending Half-Naked Photos Of Himself To Women [Kinda NSFW]

So says a woman who came to us this afternoon with an offer to "submit some risque photos of Danell Leyva." The woman asked for nothing in return. She says she had "some in underwear and some nudes" of the 20-year-old Miami native, some of which have already appeared on the internet. The woman says ...

16-Year-Old Chinese Girl Swam A Faster 50 Meters Than Ryan Lochte

Ye Shiwen didn't just break the world record for the 400m individual medley. She smashed it, by more than a second. She beat silver medalist Elizabeth Beisel by nearly three seconds. She shaved more than seven seconds off her own mark at the World Championships last summer....

Player Sent Home For Threatening To "Burn All Of You [Koreans], Bunch Of Retards"

Last week we told you about Voula Papachristou, the Greek triple jumper whose xenophobic, right-wing attitude got her booted from the Olympics. Today, Swiss soccer player Michel Morganella has been sent home after he decided his Twitter followers should hear his own batshit remarks....

A South Korean Fencer Is Refusing To Leave The Piste After Being Screwed Out Of A Chance At Gold [UPDATE]

A timing error in the last second of the bout led to a 20-minute delay and a controversial decision in the women's individual épée semifinal today between South Korean Shin A Lam and German Britta Heidemann, one that has the Korean refusing to leave the piste....

Evil Colombian Lady Suspended Two Matches For Sucker-Punching American Treasure Abby Wambach

In the first half of Saturday’s 3-0 win over Colombia, Abby Wambach took a fist to the face from exquisitely named forward Lady Andrade. The refs missed it completely, and Wambach was sporting a black eye after the match....

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U.S. Gymnastics Favorite Jordyn Wieber Outscored Nearly Everyone Else In Preliminaries. That Wasn't Enough To Qualify Her For The All-Around Final.

As expected, in the women's gymnastics preliminaries, the United States topped the field. Less expectedly, the margin was only 1.4 points....

Nigeria Is Changing The Channel: Foreign Olympics News That Did Not Move Bob Costas

With Zooming In, Deadspin and Gelf Magazine bring you the best (or at least the most interesting) foreign-produced journalism about the London Olympics. ...

Olympics Protect Their Sponsors By Covering Up Some White Seats At Old Trafford

Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, has been hosting some of the preliminary matches in Olympic soccer. That means the "Brand Exclusion Zone"—the desolate no-man's-land where only official sponsor's logos and products are allowed, and all others are physically barred—isn't limited to East Londo...