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Tell Us Your Dumbest Food Mishaps
My brother once ate an entire wedge of brie thinking it was pie. The story goes like this:...
Idiot Referee Makes Possibly The Worst Call In UFC History
On the prelims of tonight's UFC Fight Night event in Rio de Janeiro, airing on Fox Sports 2, lightweight Leandro Silva—the fighter wearing orange in the video below—defeated Drew Dober by ... who the fuck knows?...
Aston Villa Fans Invade The Pitch As Team Advances To FA Cup Semis
With 90 seconds left in extra time and Aston Villa all but assured of advancing to the semifinals of the FA Cup, Villa fans were hyped! I get that playing in Wembley is exciting especially because you have that song about playing in Wembley, but invading the pitch before the game ends against West B...
Twitter Users Harass Marc Trestman's Daughters After Bears Loss
The Packers manhandled the Bears last night, and Chicago fans have had it with head coach Marc Trestman. Some of these angry, impotent people have access to Twitter, and have decided to direct their rage onto Trestman's two daughters, Chloe and Sarahanne, two people who have no coaching or playing d...
How Deadspin Fucked Up The Cory Gardner Story
On Wednesday, Deadspin published a story questioning the football bona fides of U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, a Republican who's running for the Colorado Senate seat currently occupied by Democrat Mark Udall. We fucked up. After the story was published, the main source we'd relied on reversed himself on...
John Rocker Made An Ass Of Himself On <em>Survivor</em>
As ready-made Survivor villains go, John Rocker was always a bit too good to be true. A beefy dude with a hot temper, a notorious past, an empty head, and a (presumably) well-stocked bank account? Fans might have been rooting for him to stick around for hate-watching purposes, but there was no way h...
According To The NFL, NFL Security Is Incompetent
The NFL has given ABC News a detailed account of the league's attempts to obtain information about the night that Ray Rice was arrested for assault, and it portrays NFL security as a stunningly incompetent organization. As told to ABC News by NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy, the NFL attempted to obt...
Fans Rush Pitch, Get Selfie With Mario Balotelli
Two fans rushed the pitch in the 90th minute of A.C. Milan's 5-1 friendly loss to Manchester City at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The Idiots on the Pitch wanted to get a selfie with Mario Balotelli and Mario obliged....
Scores Of Idiots Don't Realize Fox Is Airing Last Year's Daytona 500
Update: See bottom for newest idiots Fox News and ESPN. Today's Daytona 500 is currently in a weather delay, so Fox is airing last year's edition. Many NASCAR fans are incapable of reading the ticker at the bottom of the screen, and are live-tweeting the race out in excitement. Here are some of thos...
Idiot Tries To Invade Jim Cantore's Space During Live Shot, Gets Kicked
Don't fuck with Jim Cantore, as he clearly knows MMA. Check out that flying knee!...
Morons Complain About Female Announcers On ESPN
Beth Mowins and Kara Lawson handled announcing duties for last night's BYU-Gonzaga game from Spokane. Mowins is one of ESPN's best on the play-by-play mic, and Lawson is an established star as an analyst. Turns out a lot of brain-damaged misogynists had a problem with basketball knowledge being spat...
Why Buying "Stock" In A Football Player Is Incredibly Stupid
So much for the dumbest business idea of the year. Last month, Arian Foster announced that fans would be able to buy stock in his future earnings as a "brand", which was preposterous for a number of reasons we listed at the time (read those below). This month, Arian Foster is out for the season, an...
Riley Cooper Has Defenders, And They're Saying Stupid Shit
Whose fault is it Riley Cooper said he wanted to "fight every nigger" at a Kenny Chesney concert? Riley Cooper's, of course. But if you're a stupid person on the Internet, you cast plenty of blame for "blacks" and "the media."...
Ryan Lochte's Stupidity Made A News Anchor Cry With Laughter
No, the Olympic swimmer and reality show participant did not swoon Fox Philly's Sheinelle Jones into tears or tell a moving story about his new clothing line. He was simply himself, and that was all it took....
With Their First Regulation Loss, Chicago Blackhawks Suddenly Suck
The Chicago Blackhawks were blown out on Friday, 6-2, the latest disappointment in a season full of … oh. Hmmm. It seems the Blackhawks had begun this season with an NHL-record streak of points, and that this loss dropped them all the way to 21-1-3. Their winning clip looks like an elite save percen...
Jason Whitlock Is Sad He Can't Win A Pulitzer, So We Made A Special Prize For Him
We at Deadspin can't bear the thought of hardworking, important, tell-it-like-it-is writers being denied the pleasure of winning major awards. That's why we were so heartbroken this morning for Fox Sports columnist and nascent dwarf planet Jason Whitlock, who took to his alma mater's daily newspaper...
"Take That Nigger Off The TV, We Wanna Watch Football!": Idiots Respond To NBC Pre-Empting <em>Sunday Night Football</em>
NBC pre-empted the first quarter of tonight’s 49ers-Patriots game to show President Obama’s speech at the Newtown memorial for victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. As you might expect, many football fans didn’t take kindly to this. (So, too, some Bob’s Burgers fans.) Here are those idiots, led by so...
U.S. Swimming Star Allison Schmitt Brings Out The Worst In Stupid People
The Internet is full of idiots. You don't really need to be told this. But last night after the 4x100 medley relay, won Allison Schmitt helped deliver a new world record for with a 53.25 freestyle split, it seems the idiots decided to provide their input on the interview Schmitt provided alongside ...
No, Jason Whitlock Did Not Just Tweet Out His Social Security Number
Say what you will about Jason Whitlock, but the man is not stupid enough to actually tweet out his Social Security number, is he? Not tonight, he isn't. According to a public records request, Whitlock was born in Indiana in 1967 and has a SSN that starts with a number between 303 and 317. (A SSN tha...
The Chuckling Idiots Of NFL Pregame Shows: Another Video Compilation
Last year, we presented a compilation of all the inane laughing NFL pre-game shows had to offer. Since the laughing hasn't stopped, here's another compilation of Howie, Terry, Shannon, Curt Menefee, and all the rest yukking it up. ...