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"Fuck Him Up," Spectators Cheer As Two High School Hockey Teams Brawl
Philadelphia-area high schools Central Bucks West and Ridley met last night in the Class 2A quarterfinal of the Flyers Cup, a high school tournament put on by the Flyers every year. Central Bucks West was up 7-1 in the third period when the game was called, on account of an out-of-control brawl invo...
Lawsuit: DEA Warnings Didn't Stop NFL Doctors From Repeatedly Breaking Federal Drug Law<em></em><em></em>
An exhibit attached to a lawsuit filed by former players against the 32 NFL teams in federal court in San Francisco contains a log appearing to show audited instances of NFL teams traveling with controlled substances in violation of federal regulations....
Lawsuit: Jets More Than Doubled Their Vicodin Usage In Just Two Years<em></em>
The New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts distributed huge quantities of Vicodin and the powerful anti-inflammatory drug Toradol to their players, according to court documents unsealed today. The documents are part of an ongoing federal lawsuit filed by several former NFL players who say the team...
How The Daily Fantasy Wars Almost Destroyed DraftKings And FanDuel<em></em>
The following is an excerpt from Dueling with Kings: High Stakes, Killer Sharks, and the Get-Rich Promise of Daily Fantasy Sports, Daniel Barbarisi’s book about a year spent attempting to become an elite daily fantasy player. The book is out now. ...
Here's The Best Sports Highlight Of The Day
Nobody’s ready for the weekend more than this good-as-hell dog right here....
Carlos Tevez, Shanghai Resident For Two Months, Hasn't Tried Chinese Food Yet
The Chinese Super League season is underway! Let’s check in on Argentine soccer icon Carlos Tevez, who signed with Shanghai Shenhua for piles of money in December....
Bob Knight On Former Indiana Bosses: "I Hope They're All Dead"
Legendary former Indiana men’s basketball coach Bob Knight coached Indiana for 29 seasons until he was fired by the Hoosiers in 2000 over allegations that he was being an abusive asshole to his players. Knight’s dismissal was famously contentious, and Indiana students burned effigies of university l...
Two Kids Barge Into Room During Expert's BBC Interview About South Korea
It’s honestly surprising that this doesn’t happen more often with remote interviews from subjects’ houses....
Tiny Russian Boy Meets José Mourinho, Can't Contain His Joy
If you’d like to see what the sentence “Oh my god, this is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me!” looks like when played out in real life, this Russian kid’s reaction to seeing José Mourinho in the tunnel before yesterday’s Rostov-Manchester United match will do the trick:...
Clint Frazier's Beautiful Red Locks Fall Victim To Yankees' Fascist Hair Policy
Clint Frazier, the prized outfield prospect the Yankees acquired when they traded Andrew Miller to Cleveland last year, has amazing hair. It’s long and red and voluminous and I honestly get kind of jealous just looking at it. Unfortunately for Frazier and those of us who appreciate a good mop, the Y...
Jimmy Garoppolo Posts Goodbye To Patriots On Instagram, Although He Might Have Been Hacked
In the wee hours of the morning, on the second day of free agency, Patriots backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo’s Instagram announced that he’d be leaving New England. Could it be true? Did the Pats actually pull the trigger and trade their future for a buttload of picks? Maybe not, because someone deleted it...
Some Questions For Dan Snyder
Did you notice, in the Skins’ official statement on the firing of GM Scot McCloughan, they claimed “the team will have no further comment on his departure”? Is that a cruelly ironic statement or what, the statement coming exactly 11 minutes after the Washington Post published 1,400 words, largely so...
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Lawsuit: NFL Teams Repeatedly Broke Federal Drug Laws, Handed Opioids Out Like Candy [Updated]
A federal lawsuit filed by former NFL players details allegations that teams repeatedly ignored federal drug laws while pumping players full of mind-blowing amounts of addictive opiate painkillers. The document, originally filed in February, was heavily redacted; the Washington Post revealed some of...
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Vince Young Will Attempt A Comeback In The CFL
Amid a flurry of NFL free agency moves on Thursday, 33-year-old former NFL quarterback Vince Young announced his triumphant return to football with the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders....
Washington Fires GM Scot McCloughan, Blames Alcohol Problems<em></em>
After a two year run as the general manager of Washington’s football team, Scot McCloughan has been fired, the team announced tonight. McCloughan’s job security has been in doubt since the start of this month when he missed the NFL Combine shortly after Dan Snyder mouthpiece Chris Cooley speculated ...
Deadspin Up All Night: That's My Best Friend
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. What have we forgotten?...
Who's Getting What Now? NFL Free Agency For Dummies
If you’re an NFL fan paying attention to free-agency news, you’ve likely been inundated all week with breathless reports of interest and consideration and the occasional chatter about monster deals. (Monster!) You’re also probably seeing a lot of financial figures getting tossed around, and many of ...
PSG Pooped All Over Themselves Against Barcelona
Yes, Barcelona beat Paris Saint-Germain. It was unthinkable and amazing and required inhuman levels of self-confidence and Barça deserve lots of credit. But still. PSG. For the love of god, how do you lose that game?...
Cricket Man Takes Ball Right To The Googly
West Indies batsman Jonathan Carter spent several minutes on the ground in agony after inside-edging himself right in the nuts during his squad’s one-day international against England today in Barbados. Yowza! The Guardian’s live blog put it thusly:...