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DeAngelo Williams Was Pretty Great In His First Pro Wrestling Match
NFL running back DeAngelo Williams made his pro wrestling debut over the weekend at Impact Wrestling’s Slammiversary XV, one of the main PPV events from the promotion formerly known as TNA....
Fabio Aru Can Win The Tour De France
If you took them at their word, Astana’s Tour de France plan was to let Jakob Fuglsang and Fabio Aru serve as co-leaders, helping each other out until someone differentiated himself. Fuglsang just won the Tour’s traditional tune-up race (the Criterium du Dauphine) and Astana had to at least pay lip ...
Little British Lads Flip Their Shit After Meeting Manchester United's Jesse Lingard
It’s the sounds these Mancunian tykes make after running up to Manchester United attacker Jesse Lingard’s car—something between wanting to laugh and wanting to cry and wanting to puke—that makes this video:...
This Stellar Play By Dustin Pedroia Deserves Multiple Viewings
On Monday night, while you were getting drunk for the fourth night in a row, Dustin Pedroia made an unbelievable play in Arlington that saved Craig Kimbrel’s ass and helped the Red Sox get a win in extras....
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The Mets Continue To Be Stalked By The Grim
The Mets have been the unluckiest team in baseball, suffering a seemingly endless parade of injuries in the first few months of the season. This week, their list of problems has continued to grow, and it’s crossed the line into legitimately strange....
Parsley Isn’t Just For Losers
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re talking menu boards, pets, pubes, ad music, and more....
Superstar Cyclist Peter Sagan Kicked Out Of Tour De France For Role In Harrowing Crash
This morning in Vittel, French champion Arnaud Demare won Stage 4 of the Tour de France from a bunch sprint. It’s the first time a French rider has won a bunch sprint at the Tour since 2006, but Demare’s historic victory was overshadowed by a wild crash that took place right behind him, in which wor...
Women In Wrestling Have Taken A Hard Road To Get To Where They Are Now
Recently, Netflix released the first season of GLOW, a dramedy based on the production of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, the comedic late ’80s women’s wrestling promotion that was, ever so briefly, a smash hit in syndication. Many reviews have focused on how a gifted, majority-female cast and creativ...
Kevin Durant Takes Even More Of A Pay Cut To Stay With Golden State
Kevin Durant was already working on a below-market-value contract, but on Monday, the reigning Finals MVP and unrestricted free agent signed a new deal that will pay him nearly $9 million less per year than he could have received with a max contract. This was Durant’s best move to ensure the Warrior...
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Unseeded Daniil Medvedev Upsets Stan Wawrinka In First Career Wimbledon Match<em></em>
Stan Wawrinka, the No. 5 seed at Wimbledon, fell in four sets to unseeded 21-year-old Daniil Medvedev, who claimed both his first career victory over a top-five player and first victory at Wimbledon....
Diego Maradona On Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, And American Imperialism
Diego Maradona was in Russia this past weekend to present the trophy at the Confederations Cup final. Predictably, the media posed a battery of questions to him about the world’s current geopolitical landscape. Here are some of his answers....
Nick Kyrgios Pulls Out Of Wimbledon After Re-Injuring Hip During First-Round Match<em></em>
Nick Kyrgios retired from his opening match at Wimbledon with a hip injury after falling down two sets to world No. 70 Pierre Hugues-Herbert....
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Kyle Lowry Agrees To Return To Toronto For $100 Million
Kyle Lowry has reached an agreement on a contract to return to the Toronto Raptors, reportedly for three years and $100 million, per Woj. Lowry was probably the biggest fish left in the free-agent point guard pool, but a diminishing number of potential starting spots made it increasingly likely that...
Raptors Will Keep Serge Ibaka, Lose P.J. Tucker, Stay Exactly The Same
Serge Ibaka has reportedly agreed to a three-year, $65 million contract to stay with the Toronto Raptors. Meanwhile, P.J. Tucker, the other big acquisition the Raptors snagged at last season’s trade deadline, will depart for Houston, having agreed to a four-year, $32 million contract. Assuming Kyle ...
Human Element Rings Up Game-Ending Strikeout For The Cardinals
Here’s the scene: top of the ninth inning, two down, bases loaded, down 2-1. The batter is a rookie, and this is his first ever major league plate appearance. That was the situation Nats rookie Adrian Sanchez found himself in last night, stepping to the plate with a chance to bring home at least the...
The Warriors Are Paying Through The Nose To Keep The Gang Together
When reports surfaced last week that Andre Iguodala was not planning to meet with Golden State officials to start free agency, it looked for a minute like he might actually wind up someplace else this summer. And then, when he took a meeting with the Rockets and then abruptly cancelled all other mee...
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Large Tub Of Potato Salad Beats Manny Pacquiao, Is New WBO Welterweight Champion [UPDATE]
Australian Jeff Horn overcame four-to-one underdog odds and, uh, functioning eyeballs in defeating Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision to seize the longtime champion’s WBO welterweight title....