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The Grambling State Baseball Team Lost A Game 30-0
We did our best to keep you abreast of Grambling State's historically awful season on the basketball court, but it turns out that the school's futility sometimes extends to the baseball diamond as well. ...
Heat Map: Did The Final Four Pay Off For Atlanta?
Do stadiums really generate revenue for cities? It's a complicated question, but the short answer is: 1) Yeah, some, but 2) Not nearly enough to offset the enormous public costs of these developments. ...
This High Schooler Won The National Wrestling Title In The Coolest Way Possible
With ten seconds remaining in his title bout at the National High School Coaches Association wrestling championships in Virginia, Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer found himself behind on points and in need of a miracle. He found it in something called "the flying squirrel."...
What Being A Coach Should Mean In The 21st Century
Rutgers gave athletic director Tim Pernetti the boot on Friday after Mike "50 Hot Ones Comin' At Ya!" Rice was shitcanned for turning basketball practice into his own dodgeball refresher course. But because the only thing he did that was truly anathema to the big-time sports hivemind was to get caug...
Berlin-Style Ping Pong: The Game You Can Play With 30 Of Your Drunk Friends
Republished with permission from Tumblr Storyboard. Story by Sky Dylan-Robbins....
Houston Beats Phoenix Thanks To Jermaine O'Neal's Buzzer-Beating Goaltend
Tonight's bout between the Rockets and Suns in Houston looked to be headed to overtime when James Harden's buzzer-beating attempt for the lead couldn't find the twine. That's when Jermaine O'Neal decided he had someplace else to be....
Epic Air-Guitaring Giants Fan Is Epic
So, you think you know how to party? Well, this guy knows how to party harder....
How A Med School Dropout Made America Fall In Love With Running
Excerpted from Kings of the Road: How Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar Made Running Go Boom, which is out today from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt....
High School Baseball Team's Hazing Ritual Allegedly Involves Biting Each Other
Is there a better way to promote team character and camaraderie than by sinking one's teeth into the flesh of a younger member of the program? How about having several teammates take part in chomping down on the newbie? How about biting hard enough "to break the skin"? Yeah. That's it. Now we're tal...
Professional Cyclists Crash Into Road Signs Too, Sometimes
Yoann Offredo would like a re-do. Yoan Offredo would have been better riding offroado. A guy on a bike hit a sign....
The National Spelling Bee Will Now Include Vocabulary Tests
When you're watching the spelling bee, do you ever get the sneaking suspicion that some of the kids simply memorized the dictionary? ...
This Is The Best Photo You'll Ever See Of A Nats Fan Puking On His Friend's Shoe
This lovely picture comes to us courtesy of Noah Scialom, who shot it at the Orioles' home opener. There's just so much to like about it: the stream of vomit frozen perfectly in mid-air, the soft glow of the oncoming twilight, and the caring look of concern on the face of the puker's friend—who see...
Here's Charles Barkley Wearing An Ill-Fitting Shirt
We received this image moments ago in an email from reader Tyler, with no text other than the subject "Charles Barkley Swapping Shirts with a Bro." ...
Report: Naked Man Ransacks SPEED Network Offices After Break-In
Police in Charlotte said the nude dude broke into the building sometime this morning. He tore stuff from the walls, dumped trash cans on the floor, and broke trophies by knocking them over. He then dashed outside and started running down the street before being apprehended. Also? "A SPEED security g...
Dumb Shining Moment: Your 2013 NCAA Tournament Lowlight Reel
Tonight in Atlanta, Louisville and Michigan will battle for the national title in what promises to be a game full of spectacular and heroic plays—some of which will make CBS's "One Shining Moment" highlight reel afterward. Here's a compilation of our favorite March Madness moments from 2013 that wo...
The Vikings Sex Boat Is Back On The Water
The Minnetonka Queen is no more. The 64-foot Skipperliner, which infamously hosted a Vikings sex party in which Fred Smoot used a double-ended dildo on two call girls, has been laid up in drydock for far too long. Now it's been given new life. As the Scandalous, it will ply the gentle waves of Iowa....
The Art Of Screwing Up: How NCAA Refs Live With Their Mistakes
In the second round of the 2012 NCAA tournament, 16th-seeded UNC-Asheville trailed top-seeded Syracuse by three points with 38.2 seconds remaining, Orange inbounding the ball. This was a big moment for the Bulldogs, and it would prove to be a big moment, too, for a man whose name and face you wouldn...
Fucking Vote: The Curse Word Bracket Final Is Here
The final of the Deadspin Swear Word Bracket has arrived. And despite a valiant attempt by "cunt" to take down top seed "fuck," this is looking less like a tournament than it is a coronation....
Lawsuit Alleges That Curt Schilling's Company Concealed Financial Information To Get Loan From Rhode Island
It's been months since the Curt Schilling's quixotic pursuit to create an online role playing game ended with his video game company, 38 Studios, going belly up. 38 Studios didn't go bankrupt until after it had taken a $75 million dollar loan from the state of Rhode Island, though, and new court do...