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Deadspin Up All Night: And Now We Ride The Circus Wheel

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The weekend gang should keep you plenty entertained and informed....

Falcons Fullback Allegedly Tries To Eat Marijuana After Traffic Stop

Oh, Jason Snelling....

Here's A Compilation Of Kevin Love's Outlet Passes So Far This Season

This is something very close to basketball heroin. Two minutes of Kevin Love tossing heat-seeking outlet passes to start Minnesota fast breaks. It's mesmerizing—almost more so without the sound from whatever copyrighted song was originally in there. ...

Gracie Allen's Classic Recipe For Roast Beef

1 Large Roast of Beef...

[CUIABA, Brazil—After participating in an intense match of tug-of-war at Brazil's Indigenous Games, an exhausted member of the Surui tribe lies on the ground. Photo by Felipe Dana/AP]...

Charles Barkley On Using "Nigga": White America Doesn't Get To Decide

Well, if we wanted a National Conversation, we sure do have one now! Last night, Charles Barkley said his piece about the use of "nigga." This was brought on most directly by Matt Barnes's tweets, in which he expressed his frustration with standing up for his "niggas" only to be fined for it by the...

How The Sexual Battery Investigation Of Jameis Winston Became A Story

Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times was the first reporter to contact the Tallahassee Police Department to inquire about case No. 12-32758. He was acting on a tip he got back on Nov. 6 from a trusted source, who told Baker that a woman had brought some sort of sexual abuse complaint to police last Dec...

Cliff Alexander Fakes Out Illinois, Commits To Kansas Instead [Updates]

Cliff Alexander, a 6'8" forward from Chicago, gave Illinois fans one last hilarious kick in the balls as he faked pulling on an Illini cap before switching to his actual selection, Kansas....

Batkid Goes To AT&T Park To Rescue The Giants' Mascot

If you've been on the internet for more than five minutes today, you have assuredly had your heart melted by Batkid, the five-year-old cancer patient who has spent the day "fighting crime" in "Gotham City" thanks to the efforts of the Make-A-Wish foundation and local volunteers. ...

​Your Hockey Gear Is Foul. Clean It, Or Else.

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....

College QB Beaten Up By Opposing Players Day Before Game [Update]

Rudy Johnson, quarterback for D-II Winston-Salem State, was reportedly assaulted and hospitalized by five members of the Virginia State team this afternoon, according to the Winston-Salem Journal....

The Historic Suck Of The Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jaguars suck this year, everyone knows that. But what if we peel back that superficial layer of suck, and delve deeper into the fetid onion that is the 2013 Jacksonville Jaguars? It's actually astonishing how terrible this team is....

The Kennedys And Their Goddamn Football, Fer Chrissake

Everyone's talking about JFK these days, and why not? He and his messed-up brothers from that twisted, doomed family certainly had style, even if the lads were — by and large — narcissists congenitally addicted to strange. Style. It's a slippery thing. Here, for example, is a picture of Jack tossing...

Never-Before-Seen Color Footage Of 1965 Baseball Is Incredibly Cool

This is an absolute treat for baseball fans and television history buffs. It's the last three innings of Reds pitcher Jim Maloney's 10-inning no-hitter on Aug. 19, 1965 at Wrigley Field....

Chart: A "Family Tree" Of American Whiskeys and Bourbons

You're probably aware that most popular beers come from just a few massive parent companies, but do you know who's making that delicious bourbon you're into? The chart above—an excerpt from Colin Spoelman and David Haskell's new book The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining that they p...

Let's Play 'Identify The Foodstuffs'

What items can you pick out in this glorious photo of a birthday tablescape, taken in a Russian press box by Grantland hockey writer Katie Baker? ...

How Branch Rickey Invented Modern Baseball

Excerpted from Dollar Sign on the Muscle, named by Sports Illustrated one of the top 100 sports books of all time; postscript by Sam Miller. You can read more about the new Baseball Prospectus edition of the book here, or buy it in paperback or as an e-book....

Candy

Here's Gary Cartwright's classic 1976 Texas Monthly story on Candy Barr:...

Kari Lehtonen Is Chill; Tyler Seguin's Got This

Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen had no problems resting his feet late in a 7-3 laugher in Calgary. If by some miracle the Flames had made it closer, Jamie Benn would have just set up Tyler Seguin for another goal or two....

Andre Iguodala Leaves Some Rich Dudes Hanging On A High Five

These three dudes were right there after Andre Iguodala's buzzer-beater to beat the Thunder, and they were right there to give Iguodala a giant high five after it happened. Look at their faces. Look at the way two of them follow through after Iguodala turns and walks away. Look at how the dude to th...