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Lane Kiffin Fires Up FAU Fans By Squinting And Mumbling<em></em>
Florida Atlantic football is looking for fans to support them this upcoming season, but don’t take my word for it. Listen to head coach Lane Kiffin, who definitely had a burlap sack pulled off his head two seconds before the camera started rolling....
Fox Sports 1 Settles Discrimination Lawsuit With Colleen Dominguez
Colleen Dominguez has settled her gender and age discrimination lawsuit against Fox Sports 1, Deadspin has learned. On Jan. 20, attorneys for both the reporter and her former employer filed a joint motion in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, asking for the case to be dismis...
Cyclist Makes Incredible Save To Avoid Falling Off Of A Bridge
On the first pass, the highlight of the below video is the man right behind the first falling cyclist who vaults into the air upon impact. Then you see him....
Have You Been A College Football Hostess? We Want To Hear About It
It should be no surprise that part of the latest Title IX lawsuit against Baylor—which asserts that football players committed 52 acts of rape in four years—brought up the college-athletics tradition of hostesses. College football history suggests they started at Alabama with a group dubbed Bryant’s...
ESPN Would Prefer Dan Le Batard Stick To Sports; He Declines <em></em>
ESPN has always struggled with addressing politics. Traditionally, the president coming on SportsCenter for a lighthearted segment picking a March Madness bracket represents the far edge of its political engagement, and even FiveThirtyEight, the network’s boldest experiment in this area, is more abo...
Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Not Looking For A New England <em></em>
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We have six job openings if you want to work here; it’s a pretty cool place. ...
If Motodoping Exists, <i>60 Minutes</i> Sure Didn't Prove It<em></em>
One year ago to the day, officials uncovered one of the strangest scandals in a sport famous for strange scandals....
Joey Porter And Mike Tomlin Are Bad Sports Parents
Every sports league has obnoxious parents that holler at referees, coaches and players; rarely are those parents coaches of the nearby professional football team. But at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township, Penn., the obnoxious parents were Pittsburgh Steelers head coach ...
The Big Ten's Best Are About To Find Out Whether Northwestern Is For Real
Northwestern, a team historically worth little more than a chalk-up victory for Big Ten heavyweights, has proven itself to be worthy of the program’s first NCAA tournament berth, as the Wildcats start the back half of Big Ten play 7-2 against conference opponents, 18-4 overall, and ranked No. 25 i...
Cardinals Must Send Two Draft Picks, $2 Million To Astros For Hacking Scandal
The St. Louis Cardinals will have to pay $2 million and send their top two draft picks in the 2017 draft to the Houston Astros as punishment for former Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa repeatedly logging into the Astros’ player information database. ...
Feds: Cardinals Hacker Probably Leaked To Deadspin As Revenge For Astros' <i>Sports Illustrated</i> Cover
Documents unsealed last week in U.S. District Court for the southern district of Texas reveal new details about the crimes committed by former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa, who was sentenced to 46 months in prison for hacking into the Astros’ player information database....
"A Kick In The Ass" For Labor: A Union Leader Considers The Age Of Trump
Stuart Appelbaum, the head of the most powerful retail workers union in America, swears he is optimistic. Why? ...
Free Agenting The U.S. Pond Hockey Championships
The U.S. Pond Hockey Championships were held this past weekend in Minneapolis. It’s supposed to be kind of kitsch and old school—“hockey the way nature intended” is their motto. While I did not see anyone using magazines affixed to their shins with duct tape, as the website’s folksy history section ...
"I Don't Believe I'm In The U.S. Anymore"
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT—It was hard to not feel enthusiastic when I first arrived Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport, although that feeling would wane by the time I left, replaced by a quote from one woman who had been reunited with her sister after five hours of detainment: “I do...
Are You Prepared?
There’s a bigger lesson here than “Fuck Uber.” ...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Thought You'd Never Grow Up
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Let’s get out there....
No One Needs The Pro Bowl: Today's Guide To Ignoring The NFL
Any faithful list of activities preferable to watching the NFL Pro Bowl must include pastimes like slamming your head in a car door, eating hair, and broiling your dick....
Justin Tucker Nails Field Goal Through Basketball Hoop From 50-Yard Line
Earlier this week, we got to watch Justin Tucker make a 75-yard field goal. Impressive, sure, but not quite as impressive as this....
Villanova Beats Virginia On Tip-In Buzzer-Beater
Donte DiVincenzo’s tip in as time expired gave top-ranked Villanova a 61-59 win over Virginia....