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Watch Russia's Greatest Sports Hero Get Wrecked By Team USA
Game recognizes game, so we'll concede that Vladislav Tretiak, who just helped light the Olympic cauldron, is one of the greatest goaltenders to ever skate the Earth. As we anxiously wonder when the hell Olympic hockey is going to start, let's also concede that the 1980 men's team had his number....
Death Of A Playmate
The good people over at Longform present Teresa Carptenter's 1980 Village Voice profile, "Death of a Playmate." First time it's appeared online:...
Meet The Underdogs Of The U.S. Figure Skating Team
The figure skating competition is already underway in Sochi, and I have to break the bad news to you: For the first time in years, no American man or woman is expected to seriously vie for an individual gold medal. Which doesn't mean this won't still be the most fascinating, nerve-wracking competiti...
How To Watch The Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony Live
The XXII Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony in Sochi starts Friday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, but it won't be aired in the U.S. until more than eight hours later thanks to NBC's tape-delay policies. They aren't streaming it live online, either, so if you'd like to join the rest of the world...
No, Pete Carroll Doesn't Have A "9/11" Tattoo On His Wrist
One photo taken immediately after Super Bowl XLVIII shows an unidentified Seattle Seahawk—with a "9/11" tattoo on his wrist—holding the Lombardi Trophy. One tipster asked if the ink belonged to head coach Pete Carroll, which would be interesting, considering his thoughts on the September 11th attack...
Tara Lipinski Channels "The Dude" In <em>Lebowski</em>-Themed Skating Routine
It's been 16 years since figure skater Tara Lipinski won gold at the Nagano Olympics, but by the looks of this routine she did on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, she's still got it. ...
Did Ya Hear The One About The '84 U.S. Hockey Team?
Over at SB Nation Longform, Jeff Pearlman details a miracle put on ice:...
Prepare To Get Ripped Off At The Super Bowl
Actually, the Super Bowl may be the one event where these kinds of prices are palatable; it's not like many John Q. Fans are going to this game. Still, even for the aristocrats and hangers on, a $20 souvenir cup of soup is tough to stomach. (You could've at least least called it a Souper Bowl, guys....
What Time Is The Super Bowl? No One Cares Anymore
In 2011, the Huffington Post cracked the code. It ran an SEO keyword-laden article headlined "What Time Does The Superbowl Start?", and cleaned up. By reaching the top of search engine results, it drew the clicks of millions of people searching for that phrase—style error and all. ...
A Complete Roundup Of Fans' Idiotic David Price Trade Proposals
Originally published in Baseball Prospectus. The 2014 edition of Baseball Prospectus is on sale now....
Statistically, When Is The Best Time To Buy Super Bowl Tickets?
Just a few days ago, you'd have had a better chance of finding a reasonably priced one-bedroom in Manhattan than you would've of scoring Super Bowl tickets for less than a mortgage payment or ten. For those who were able to hold off a few days, though, the savings are likely in the thousands....
How To Make Risotto, The Foodstuff Of Love
Albert Burneko is off. Your guest Foodspinner this week is longtime friend of the program Miserable Shitehawk....
Cops Allege Former Wisconsin WR Marcus Randle-El Is Gun-Toting Abductor
An Amber Alert issued in Illinois at 11:45 p.m. Eastern time Thursday night named a Marcus Randle-El as the suspect in the kidnapping of his own three-year-old daughter. Local media reports that's the same Marcus Randle-El who played wide receiver at Wisconsin and is the brother of former Steelers p...
Cops: Michigan State Football Recruit Body-Slammed Security Guard
WJBK in Detroit is reporting local star high school quarterback Jayru Campbell, a Cass Tech student committed to play at Michigan State, is in jail on charges related to his body slamming of a school security guard today. Cell phone video of the event doesn't appear to acquit the young man....
Maps: Which Of Our Readers Were The Biggest Homers In The HOF Vote?
Thanks to your input, the Deadspin HOF vote—revealed earlier this month—was generally agreed to be pretty decent. That might be letting some of you off the hook a little easy, though. We've given MVP voters plenty of crap for their homer votes; who, among our readership, turned out to be the biggest...
Darren Sharper Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape
Darren Sharper, former safety for the Packers, Vikings and Saints, was arrested Friday in Los Angeles on rape charges. According to TMZ, Sharper—who now works as an analyst for the NFL Network—was connected to two sexual assaults, one from October 2013 and another this month. ...
Geno Smith Intercepted By Cops, Booted Off Plane, Escorted Out Of LAX
Jets quarterback Geno Smith was apparently escorted away from a Virgin America flight at LAX today by police after what a witness called a "verbal altercation."...
Confessions Of A Tonya Harding Apologist
I was 5 years old when I fell in love with Tonya Harding. The year was 1988, and I had just taken up figure skating. My favorite aunt, Julie, had recently moved from my Maryland neighborhood to Portland, Ore., and I was determined to find something to like about the state. Tonya, a scrappy Oregonian...