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World Series Open Thread: The On-In-The-Background-At-A-Halloween-Party Classic
That's what they'll call this one, one day, when everyone tells their grandkids about it. Detroit needs to win to make it a series, so everyone who enjoys baseball and isn't a Giants fan cross your candy-coated fingers for that. Picture of one of the worst baseball jerseys of all time courtesy of C...
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USC's Marqise Lee Has Shattered The PAC-12 Single-Game Receiving Record [UPDATE]
There have been some great quarterbacks, great receivers and great passing offenses in the history of the Pac-12. Until today, no one had racked up more single-game receiving yards than Oregon State's Mike Hass, who careened for 293 on 12 catches against Boise State in 2004....

Deadspin Up All Night: Take What's Yours
Gracias por su continued support of Deadspin. We'll have the World Series open thread up shortly, and will be flipping back and forth between that and whichever college football game proves most interesting. Tomorrow, Sean and Tim and all your old favorites. Enjoy your Saturday, hang out in the op...

This Week's Signs Of The Apocalypse
For nearly two decades, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to cover the end of times but declines to cede the scoop on the biggest event in world history....

Hey, Tennessee Fans, Cheer Up: Jon Gruden Watched That Loss On A Flight To Phoenix
Is Jon Gruden going to be the next University of Tennessee football coach? Derek Dooley isn't all that popular in Knoxville right now, and as Clay Travis wrote recently, Gruden is a logical replacement: Gruden's first job out of college was as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, his...

London Gets Gronked As Rob Gronkowski Spikes His Microphone At A Trafalgar Square Press Conference
London's a Patriots town now, folks. The fans at a Trafalgar Square press conference before the Pats' overseas game against the Rams got way more than the discomfiting noises we're used to back home. First, Brady got heckled:...

How To Eat Halloween Candy: A Guide And A Power Ranking For Sad Adults
That the Snickers bar is the best of all candy bars is a point so obvious and unassailable that it needn't be argued here. What's odd and paradoxical-seeming, and thus noteworthy, is that its superiority is the precise reason why the Snickers is not the best candy bar for Halloween. That is to say, ...

South Carolina Running Back Marcus Lattimore's Knee Exploded In A Gruesome Injury
Just a year after losing his 2011 season to a knee ligament injury, South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore suffered another leg injury that will make you wonder if the Gamecocks star will ever play football again....

"Notre Dame Is Probably Going To Lose": Your Roundup Of The Best Signs Behind The College Gameday Crew
That sign is a better analyst than Ryan Lochte....

Your College Football Open Thread
Boy, not much at noon today, no? This may be the first time in nine weeks that there isn't really much of game in the early afternoon. UT at South Carolina might be amusing? Just sleep late, I don't know. Late afternoon, at various times: Texas Tech goes to Kansas State, the Gators go into Georgia...

The Genius Romanian Carp Angling Team Beat England By Showing Up Five Months Early And Getting The Carp Addicted To Their Bait
Sometimes sports can seem so formulaic. Show up, play by the rules, stay between the lines, get your check, go home. Where's the intrigue, the gamesmanship, the clinical insanity? International carp-fishing competitions, that's where....

Your Week 9 College Football Master Schedule
Schedule and broadcasters via and cross-referenced with. If you spot any errors, let us know below. Conferences reflect home teams. Ranked teams bold; rankings from the USA Today Coaches Poll. Times (EST)....

"Suck My Fuckin' Dick, You Piece Of Shit": Golfer Mark Wiebe's On-Air Meltdown Would Fit In Well On Your Local Muni
PGA Champions tour golfer Mark Wiebe is in the top ten of the AT&T Championship leaderboard at the moment, but a missed putt during yesterday's second round sent the 55-year-old on a humorously foul tirade—though, as always, we find the apology afterward far more amusing. You know, because viewers...

Cincinnati Head Coach Butch Jones Iced Louisville's Kicker At The Exact Wrong Time, And The Bearcats Lost Because Of It
The football coach's obsession with icing the opposing team's kicker before important field goals embodies the two primary dispositions innate to football coaches: performative micromanaging and ignoring statistics. Last night, Cincinnati's Butch Jones indulged those compulsions at the worst possi...

If You're Looking For Something To Watch On TV Tonight, You May Want To Check Out The World Series
No, not the poker one—the World Series of baseball....

Deadspin Up All Night: Ain't Got No...I've Got Life
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. You've got plenty of NFL and MLfuckingB action to keep you occupied this weekend, so enjoy that. The weekend crew will be here to enjoy it with you....

Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: Happy Ann Arbor Day!
It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be. ...

Mike Leach Is The Latest Coach To Prove He Doesn't Really Understand What Twitter Is
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: WSU has banned players from tweeting....

Peyton Manning Does His Part To Make Sure Papa John's Will Continue Haunting Your Sundays
Good news, everyone! America's favorite lipless pizza huckster is teaming up with America's favorite robustly foreheaded quarterback in order to bring as many annoying pizza commercials to your television as possible....

Which TV Market Is Getting Screwed This Sunday? An Analysis Of Week 8 NFL Viewing Maps
The NFL's regional programming rules are famously byzantine, but luckily the506.com cuts through the bullshit for you, providing weekly maps that allow us to answer the only question that really matters: Which fans are the most screwed this Sunday?...