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Babies Hate Donald Trump
Donald Trump doesn’t exactly have the best track record when it comes to babies. Which is weird for a man with such a close, natural bond to his own children....

Phyllis Schlafly Finally Croaks
Phyllis Schlafly, who spent her adult life encouraging the American courts, legislature, and public to oppress women, among others, died tonight, not a moment too soon. She was 92....

Iconic Endurance Cyclist Danny Chew Paralyzed After Crash
Cycling legend Danny Chew, 54, broke his neck and was paralyzed below the waist after drifting off the road and crashing in a ditch while out on a ride Sunday, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. According to his friend Cassie Schumacher, who was riding with him when he crashed, ...

The Most Ludicrous Parts of Breitbart’s Fawning Trump “Exclusive"
Donald Trump toured Detroit with the good doctor Ben Carson this weekend. And in addition to a greater understanding of his son-in-law’s heritage, Trump walked away with his very favorite thing in the world: Press....

When The 271-Pound Kicker Comes At You, Go In A Different Direction
All hail Penn State’s Joey Julius and his 5-10, 271-pound frame. ...

Ben Carson Abandons Live Interview To Chase After His Luggage
Ben Carson took Donald Trump to his childhood home in Detroit today—one now occupied by a Hillary Clinton supporter—but his live interview on CNN came to a halt when the former presidential candidate had to go chasing after his luggage. We don’t know what’s in Carson’s suitcases; perhaps his dignit...

Inika McPherson Represented In Rio, Continues With Flair In Zurich
U.S. high jumper Inika McPherson finished 10th in the Olympic final, finishing second for Team USA behind Chaunte Lowe. She cleared 1.93 meters, but missed three attempts at 1.97 meters. ...

Santa Clara Cops Say Colin Kaepernick Hurt Their Feelings, Threaten To Quit Working Games
Santa Clara police are threatening to cease serving and protecting the 49ers unless the team takes action against Colin Kaepernick, according to a letter sent by police union officials....

Jason Whitlock Lectures Colin Kaepernick At Presser, Gets Ignored
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took questions after Thursday’s game, in which he continued his pregame protest by kneeling during the national anthem. One of them came from a familiar, condescending voice....

Dalilah Muhammad Covers Herself In Gold<em></em>
In 1974, the Iranian national women’s volleyball team competed in the well-recognized volleyball ensemble—shorts and a t-shirt—with their hair uncovered. Today they compete, heads covered, in long-sleeved jerseys and long pants....

How To Soberly Hang With The Drunk
Recently I’ve gotten some practice in the art of hanging out with very drunk people while not imbibing anything myself. In the process, I developed two general strategies to make this scenario a little livelier....

Deadspin 25: Ohio Is All About That MACtion
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

Ted Cruz Can't Wait To Watch The Football Men Do Touchpoints In The Grass Zone<em></em>
Can you guess who’s ready for The Big Game?...

Here's Why Yaya Touré Was Left Off Manchester City's Champions League Roster
When last we heard talk of Yaya Touré, it involved Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola extolling the virtues of the star midfielder he nevertheless had repeatedly refused to include in City’s matchday squads. Guardiola remarked that the Ivorian was “training amazing,” but because the manager expec...

Americans Lie About Reading Books
According to a new Pew Research Center study, 73% of American adults say they have read a book in the past year. Okay. What book was it? ...

Latinos For Trump Founder Stumps For Hillary, Promises Tacos<em></em>
What will happen to the United States if Hillary Clinton is elected president? The streets and alleys of our great land will be flooded with taco trucks offering delicious fare, per Latinos For Trump founder Marco Gutierrez....

Trump's Wacky Doctor Is Downers Personified
Harold Bornstein, New York-based gastroenterologist and personal physician to Donald Trump, is quite the man. He looks like Upper West Side Willie Nelson, talks with an inhuman calmness and quietness, and his wife crafted the greatest Dadaist tweet of all time and hates reporters. ...

Lawsuit: Warriors App Secretly Allowed For Creepy, NSA-Style Tracking Of Users<em></em>
The Golden State Warriors are the team of the megalomaniacs and bloodsuckers of Silicon Valley, and they are run by a trophy-fucker who thinks he invented smallball. From their continued obfuscation of their own ridiculous luck with a teleological argument about how their success was predetermined b...

Penn State Not Done Honoring Joe Paterno
The Penn State Nittany Lions plan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the debut of late head coach Joe Paterno, who knew about sexual abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky since 1976, according to unsealed court documents....