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Bride Surprises Groom With Penguins Ice Luge
Matt's a big Penguins fan. His wife couldn't care less about hockey. But she's awesome, so at their wedding reception this past summer, she got him a surprise: This ice luge in the shape of the Penguins logo....
I Was An NFL Player Until I Was Fired By Two Cowards And A Bigot
Hello. My name is Chris Kluwe, and for eight years I was the punter for the Minnesota Vikings. In May 2013, the Vikings released me from the team. At the time, quite a few people asked me if I thought it was because of my recent activism for same-sex marriage rights, and I was very careful in how I ...
Three Of Four NFL Playoff Games Could Be Blacked Out
The NFL maintains the largest live-to-televised enjoyment disparity of any major sport, but that ought to dissipate come the postseason. Yet three playoff games still have thousands of unsold tickets remaining, and broadcasts in those areas could be blacked out this weekend. The deadlines are just h...
Russia-USA World Junior Hockey Game Ends With Silly Taunting
Team USA was eliminated from the World Junior Hockey Championship early this morning by Russia. Pavel Buchnevic sealed the game late in the third period when he scooped up a loose puck and shot it into the empty net. Then he decided to do some trollin'....
Jeff Triplette Is Working A Playoff Game For Some Reason
How many referees' names do you actually know? In an ideal world, it'd be Ed Hochuli, and that's it. But the name Jeff Triplette has popped up a few times this year, and not for anything good: Triplette's crew had major game-changing screw-ups in consecutive weeks. And what do you know? Triplette's ...
Here's A Guy With Two Fully Functional Penises (NSFW)
2014 is one damn day old, and Reddit might have the scoop of the year. A redditor going by DoubleDickDude went ahead and answered a question every man has pondered: What if you had two dicks? Apparently, it's pretty great. (Yes, there is a photo.)...
Cody Zeller Made The Poor Decision To Attempt Dunking
The Charlotte Bobcats are a pretty bad basketball team, and they lost again tonight to the Los Angeles Clippers. One reason they're bad might be that Cody Zeller is trying to dunk....
Man Beaten Up While Running Across Canada To Raise Money For Sick Kids
Jamie McDonald is running across Canada dressed as The Flash to raise money for The Hospital For Sick Children and two other British hospitals. He was beaten up and mugged in Banff, Alberta during New Year's celebrations. ...
The Winter Classic Looks Awesome As Always
Much like the NFL has taken over Thanksgiving and the NBA Christmas, the NHL has New Year's and the Winter Classic might be the best of them all. It's a showcase game in every sense: it's visually gorgeous and an entertaining game. This year, Toronto won in a shootout after three regulation periods...
Paul Finebaum Reports Live From The Kremlin
This is so stupid. Happy New Year, everybody....
Swatting, Mid-Air Goal Ties Winter Classic Heading Into Third Period
This is a pretty nifty bit of hand-eye coordination from James van Riemsdyk at 19:23 of the second period. We head to the third, tied at 1-1. ...
Nebraska Goes Big For 99-Yard TD Strike
After an eight-yard sack on second down left Nebraska with a third-and-14 play from their own one-yard line, Nebraska did not go with the bullshit draw play. The Huskers went for it all....
What Can We Learn About America From The Stuff We Put Up Our Asses?
This Christmas, we took our annual look at what Americans got stuck in their butts this past year. It sure felt like a banner year for rectum accidents, but was this really this case? And the obvious followup: What does it mean for the economy?...
The Winter Classic Just Started And The Ice Is Already Covered In Snow
Two minutes in and we've already had the ice cleared of a shitload of snow. It's gonna be an awesome game....
Detroit NBC Winter Classic Broadcast Gets Angry, Profane
"C'mon, man, what do you want us to fuckin' do?" ...
The Story Behind The Story: The Hunt For Penise Blord
Let's go behind the scenes of one of our notable stories from 2013. When we posted our tribute to Jerry Buss, we were intrigued by the presence of one woman whom the AP identified as Penise Blord. Here are our attempts to track down Penise Blord....
AP Photographer Dave Martin Dies After Chick-Fil-A Bowl
Dave Martin, a longtime AP photographer based out of Montgomery, Alabama, was taken to Emory Hospital Midtown after suffering a heart attack on the Georgia Dome field. He was pronounced dead, at 59 years old, early Wednesday morning....
2013: Our Favorite GIFs
2013 was the year we argued over how to pronounce GIF and made a lot of them (almost 1,500). Here's the favorite GIFs we made the past 12 months, in no particular order....
Deadspin Up All Night: Get Lucky
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Be good. Raise some hell. Get home safe. ...
Steelers Fan Celebrates Playoff Berth Too Soon; Everyone Laughs At him
The best moment in sports fandom is rubbing your team's victory in the face of your rivals. The worst moment is rubbing your team's presumed victory in the face of your rivals, right before your team loses....