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Ex-Barcelona President Hired Detectives To Secretly Spy On Players
Spanish weekly Interviu has sent shockwaves through La Liga today by alleging former Barcelona president Joan Laporta paid a gang of private detectives to go out and spy on his players and staff as they went about their daily lives....
Helmet-To-Helmet Hits Are Even More Excruciating With Children Involved
Click to view All the recent talk about football and player health has centered on the NFL and college ranks. This video—origins unknown—is proof that football's safety issues begin even earlier. Step one? Maybe not have the kids do the Oklahoma drill. [Guyism]...
Is Brian Wilson Into Fetish Porn Or Something? A Video Investigation
In TV interview after TV interview, Giants closer Brian Wilson makes ominous reference to a masked friend called "The Machine." Who or what is The Machine? We investigate in the video below....
Here's Your Monday Night Inspiration For Going To The Gym This Week
The 33 Chilean miners who just emerged after two months trapped underground played in a friendly match against their rescuers today and lost 3-2. "[They're] great players," joked Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, "but they're a bit out of shape."...
Philadelphia Inquirer Writer Compares Phillies Loss To 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
"When it was over, the town was a charred, smoldering mess—a blackened patch of scorched earth that left the survivors shocked and shattered as they tried to figure out what happened and how to move forward."...
Philadelphia's Poop Revenge Thwarted
According to The Mighty Dan Gross, a table of women asked a server to put laxatives in the food of a handful of Giants who were dining out in Philly Friday night. Perhaps it was the home team who could have used a case of the runs....
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Soccer Player Has Heart Attack During Match
Miguel Garcia, a midfielder for Segunda Divsion side Salamanca, is recovering in hospital today after suffering a suspected heart attack during a match against Real Betis on Sunday....
The Brian-Wilson-o'-Lantern Never Caught On, As It Invariably Made Kids Wet Themselves
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Scantily Clad Women Have No Place On The Ice Unless They're Figure Skating
Some 26-year-old Edmonton woman has started an online petition to rally opposition to the Oilers having cheerleaders. As of this morning, 509 people had signed. Five-hundred and nine people who probably want to bring prohibition back....
Report: Favre Admits To Voicemails, Denies Cock Shots
According to Fox's Jay Glazer, Brett Favre admitted to NFL security that he left voicemails on Jenn Sterger's phone, but denied that he sent her photos of his penis. The voicemails and the photos came from the same number, per our reporting....
Ryan Howard Finally Not Worth $125 Million To The Philadelphia Phillies?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Well, This Video Only Took About An Hour To Arrive
This guy appears rather happy that an umpire called a ball a strike to end the Philadelphia Phillies moderately disappointing, confusingly up-and-down season....
Your Phillies/Giants NLCS Game 6 Open Thread
Well, it's back to Roy Oswalt vs. Jonathan Sanchez again. Giants advance or Phils force an NLCS Game 7, something that didn't come to pass in '08 or '09....
What Bloggers Are Saying About NLCS Game 6
Here are 9 links to what guys and gals with keyboards are saying before NLCS Game 6....
Balaclava-Clad Man United Mob Lays Siege To Wayne Rooney’s House, Makes Death Threats
The following is a special presentation of The Spoiler. Wayne Rooney signed a new deal with Manchester United today, however, news of what transpired last night is juicy, funny, a little frightening, and could hold the reason for his change of heart....
Cockblocked by Imagined Transgenderism! GREAT MOMENTS IN DRUNKEN HOOKUP FAILURE
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase four heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Last Night's Winner: Roy Halladay's Junk
The Giants had a chance to shut the door and go back to their second World Series this decade, but Roy Halladay befuddled them. This despite what one writer so wonderfully characterized as a "barking" groin....
Jay Mariotti Slinks Away From Twitter, Tail Between His Legs
Just weeks after exploding onto the Twitter scene, Jay Mariotti saw his followers dwindling, and quietly deleted his account. Good try, Jay....
Boy, I Bet This Fan Regrets Threatening Wayne Rooney's Life Now
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....