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Pete Holmes And James Harden Team Up For Hilarious Interview
Do you want to watch Pete Holmes, comedian and host of The Pete Holmes Show, talk to NBA superstar James Harden about pubes and humping mattresses? Of course you do! So hurry up and click play on the video above....
Former Player Launches Colossal Twitter Rant Against The NFL
Former safety Hamza Abdullah, who played parts of seven seasons with four different teams, is having a moment on Twitter right now. And much of his ire is profanely directed toward the league, with some reserved for the players' union....
76 Years Later, Maryland Tries To Right A College Football Wrong
In October 1937, Maryland administrators threatened to cancel a game with Syracuse unless the then-Orangemen benched their offensive star, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh. The problem, as Maryland saw it, was that he wasn't the right type of colored boy....
Halloween Special: Madness! Torture! Applause!
The legendary Grand Guignol Theater in Paris was not a haunted house, but a serious dramatic enterprise that put on gruesome, faux-blood-splattered shows year-round for decades. It featured staged killings, mutilations and scenes of depravity and torture so realistic that audience members often fled...
Pascal Dupuis Pulls Out His Own Tooth
You should probably go ahead and not watch this if you're squeamish. Yes, the tooth was part of a bridge, so the pain might have been minimal, but self-dentistry is never pleasant....
Koji Uehara's Son Gave The Best Postgame Interview Last Night
If there's one thing about this World Series to be thankful for, it's the the fact that Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and his son Kaz have been thrown into the national spotlight....
It's A Bad Night To Be A Windshield In Boston
Bedlam in Beantown. Here's the dispatch from our man on the ground, Samer, rendered into singable lines through the atomizing magic of chat:...
After Waiting 95 Years, The Red Sox Win A World Series In Boston
The Red Sox vanquished America's Sweetheart tonight at Fenway Park, to win their third World Series in the past 10 years. But this was the first World Series Boston iced in Boston since 1918. How long ago was 1918? Here are all the things that have happened since then:...
When His Lady Friend's Braces Quashed Oral, Dr. J Impregnated Her
The scamps over at the New York Post's Page Six got ahold of a copy of Julius Erving's autobiography today, and immediately dredged up an unsavory bit of tid. Seems that Dr. J conceived one of his kids, the tennis pro Alexandra Stevenson, because her mother, Samantha Stevenson, took on a set of bear...
Deadspin Up All Night: Irreplaceable
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We're gonna go party, and you should do the same....
NFL Could Consider Taking Away Touchdowns For Taunting
Golden Tate's wave goodbye made him either a hero or a villain, according to People Who Have Strong Opinions On Things Like This. (Personal opinion: There aren't many things in sports that matter less than one player taunting another.) But it sounds like there's a chance that the NFL could crack dow...
St. Louis Man Arrested After Threatening Boston On Twitter
Everybody say hi to Bobby Metzinger. St. Louis police arrested him over the weekend and charged him with making terroristic threats against the city of Boston from his Twitter account. The 30-year-old former PR professional was once highlighted by a St. Louis television station for having landed a j...
Carl Pelini Resigns For Using "Illegal Drugs"
Update, 4:15 p.m.: FAU head coach Carl Pelini's resignation after one-and-a-half seasons was due to his use of "illegal drugs," confirmed AD Patrick Chun....
The $70 Pub Cheese, Which Costs <em>70 Freaking Dollars</em>
From time to time we come across a highfalutin recipe with an ingredients list that strikes us as a hair on the costly side. And when we do, we're gonna run those ingredients through the checkout aisle at Whole Foods on the Bowery to see how it adds up....
The History Of Baseball, In One Weird, Beautiful Drawing
The drawing above, Árbol de Béisbol, is by Craig Robinson of FlipFlopFlyin.com—you can check out a larger version on his site. Craig was kind enough to let us post his explanatory notes on the players, artifacts, quotes, and references featured in the graphic; you can find them in the image annotati...
'Bron Back
Here's LeBron James blowing by Luol Deng, one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, during last night's 107-95 Heat win. But hey, keep watching, I guess there's a chance he won't win it all again. [Mike Ehrmann/Getty]...
Where Does David Ortiz Rank Among The Best World Series Hitters Ever?
Over the last five games, David Ortiz has hit .733/.750/1.267. This would be a crazy line for any stretch of the season, much less the fucking World Series, and it's brought his career line in the Fall Classic up to .465/.556/.814, which is good enough—the best of any hitter with at least 50 plate a...
Happy Trails, Zidane Headbutt Statue!
Statue of controversial incident elicits controversy. Who'd a thunk it?...
A Wink At A Homely Girl
If you don't have good dreams, Bagel, you've got nightmares....