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Which Premier League Teams Score (And Concede) The Most Gift Goals?
Not all goals are created equally. In fact, some aren't created at all, but offered up by the defense like a teriyaki sample plate. Here's a quick look at who's benefited (and been harmed) most by this sort of goal. ...
A Decade After <em>Moneyball</em>, Have The A's Found A New Market Inefficiency?
Originally published on Baseball Prospectus....
Why That Dumb AIDS Tweet Was So Captivating
Will Leitch, senior writer at Sports On Earth and founder of Deadspin, is doing his yearly fill-in for Drew Magary on today's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo. (Here is 2011's version, and here's 2012's.) Leitch has written four books. Find more of his business at his Twitter feed....
Hellmann's Mayo Is 100 Years Old, And People Like It A Lot
Many fun things will catch your eye in this celebration of Hellmann's mayonnaise from Slate, on the occasion of the product's centennial. A professional chef referring to the stuff as a "gateway mayonnaise," which inevitably conjures forth imagery of shifty-eyed condiment dealers stalking schoolyar...
A Christmas Tradition
Terry Lyons gives us a little Shelby Strother:...
Who Wants The Worst Head Coaching Position In FBS Football?
The UMass Minutemen football program left the FCS for the FBS two years ago, ditching the Colonial Athletic Association for the MAC. It's been a rough two years....
The Amazing MLB Payroll Graphic Gets An Update
Now that the winter meetings are over, Phil Roth has updated his excellent interactive payroll tool, which lets you explore the salary commitments of every MLB team from 1998 through 2024. That purple block you see above is $240 million worth of Robinson Cano, yours for just 10 flat payments of $24 ...
How Do I Clean Up All These Pine Needles?
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....
Deadspin Up All Night: Merry Christmas Exclamation Point
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Go play with your gifts....
Texans Linebacker Reveals He Had Brain Surgery Two Years Ago
Jeff Tarpinian wasn't a notable name when he got to the NFL. Signed as an undrafted rookie by the Patriots in 2011, he primarily played on special teams until he went to the Texans this season. With Brian Cushing's season-ending injury, Tarpinian's seen a little bit of time at inside linebacker, but...
Snowboarding Bros See A Moose, Are Totally Stoked
"AWMYGAWD, CHARLIE." One of these two bros came precariously close to the moose, but from what we can tell, nothing bad happened. So, let's enjoy this at a low volume. Also, Snowboarding With Moose would be such a rad movie....
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?
As in past years, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has created a searchable database of emergency room visits around the country. And as in past years, we have trolled the data for the finest examples of insertions showcasing extraordinarily bad luck and/or ingenuity. [Note: Headline has ...
Anatomy Of A Con: How The Public Was Scammed To Build Candlestick Park
While everyone's free to be as nostalgic as they like about Candlestick Park now that it's probably seen the end of its useful life, it's worth remembering that it wasn't only a miserable place to watch a game, but also a forerunner of the modern public financing con. The piece below, which original...
Deadspin Up All Night: Oh, Ring Those Christmas Bells
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll have you covered through the holiday, so check back between fits of boozing, eating Chinese food, and watching basketball to find out what's going on, and we sincerely wish you a very merry Christmas....
Didier Drogba Interviewing Little Kids Will Warm Your Cold, Black Heart
Christmas is here, apparently. We, however, are at work, blogging away, and as such, we were a bit ambivalent about the holiday, and the holiday season as a whole. But then we saw this video of Galatasaray and Ivory Coast superstar Didier Drogba making the days of a roomful of little Turkish childre...
The Story Behind The Story: Rocket Frog
Let's go behind the scenes of our notable stories in 2013. Here's how Rocket Frog made it onto our site. ...
Is Carmelo Secretly A Great Passer? (No.)
There was a stat making its way around basketball twitter yesterday afternoon that cited SportVU data showing that Carmelo Anthony actually racks up 6.8 assist opportunities per game. Compared with his 2.8 assists per game average, this seems like an encouraging number! Except, it isn't really. ...
D.C. Santa Claus Shot With Pellet Gun In Front Of TV Crew
Here's some horrible footage from Washington, D.C. station WJLA. The ABC affiliate was covering a toy giveaway in the southeast side of the city when somebody shot Santa Claus in the back. ...
Here's <em>The Guardian</em>'s Ranked List Of The 100 Best Soccer Players
Today, The Guardian has completed its top 100 soccer players list by unveiling the top 10. While probably a little too deferential to certain teams and young players, the list is still fascinating for what it says about the soccer world....