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The Calculus Of Enjoying Almaz Ayana's World Record
The Olympic 10,000 meters was eyeballs out, hands down the fastest, deepest women’s 25-lap race I have ever seen. But instead of cheers, before the race was even over, half of the commentariat lit up with shouts of “Dirty!”...
The Jets Have Too Many Quarterbacks
The New York Jets were relieved when they finally agreed to a contract with quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick at the end of July, reuniting with their starter last season and ending the Cold War of our times. Now, the team has to figure out what to do with the other three guys....
How To Get A Prison-Style Workout
When Coss Marte entered prison, he says, his cholesterol and blood pressure were so high that doctors told him he could die before his seven-year term was through. This medical dilemma had a lot to do with the stresses of operating a New York City drug delivery service large enough to net him about ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Houston Texans<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Houston Texans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Houston Texans. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
Kobe Bryant Is All About That $700 Juicer
Kobe Bryant rang in the New York Stock Exchange yesterday and unveiled his new career: heading up a $100 million venture capital fund. Along with Jeff Stibel—a former Web.com CEO—the creatively named Bryant Stibel will invest in “technology, media and data companies.” Apparently, the fund will succe...
Welcome To Mike Pence's Living Hell
Mike Pence, who will be spending the next three months paying for the grievous sins of a past life and also probably this one, forced his mother to hold a piece of chicken on a plane yesterday evening....
Reports: Brock Lesnar And Chris Jericho Fought Over Bloody SummerSlam Ending
Sunday’s SummerSlam ended with Brock Lesnar opening up a huge gash on Randy Orton’s head via a series of very real punches and elbows. As is often the case when blood is spilled in the ring, it was hard to tell whether Lesnar tearing a hole in Orton’s head was a work, but a pair of reports from the ...
Iowa Strength Coach Is Making $595,000 This Year
There comes a moment in every fan’s life when they realize that certain power programs’ claims that they can’t afford to pay players don’t stand up. I hope this is someone’s moment!...
Aw Man, The Yankees Are Going To Be Very Good Very Soon
Gary Sanchez has had a start to his MLB career right up there with those of Yankees, uh, legends, like Shane Spencer and Kevin Maas and Shelley Duncan. With two more dang dingers last night in New York’s 7-5 loss in Seattle, the 23-year-old catcher now has eight home runs in his first 19 games—a fra...
Philly Sports Radio World Rocked By True Story Of Fake Caller "Dwayne From Swedesboro"<em></em>
A local Philadelphia iteration of Skippy And Goatface’s Morning Sports Holocaust on 97.5 The Fanatic has an infamous caller: “Dwayne From Swedesboro.” Dwayne’s schtick is that he’s black, horny for white women, and runs into all sorts of paternity-test problems. According to an exhaustive, truly imp...
Who Bugged The New Zealand Rugby Team?
Perhaps inspired by the New England Patriots, someone hid a bug inside a chair in a New Zealand rugby team’s meeting room last week in order to spy on them, per the New Zealand Herald. The All Blacks were staying in a hotel in Sydney, and set to meet in the conference room where they found the bug. ...
High School Athlete Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Unconscious Women Gets Probation<em></em>
In April, East Longmeadow High School senior David Becker was charged with sexually assaulting two of his classmates at a party while they were unconscious. Prosecutors recommended that the three-sport athlete be found guilty, MassLive.com reported, on two counts of indecent assault and battery. The...
Chiefs Fans Viciously Brawl, Ignore Security At Rams Game
The Rams have only hosted two football games so far during their brief tenure in Los Angeles, but both of them have featured big fights in the bleachers. Last week, rival groups of Rams fans commemorated the first Rams game in L.A. by punching the shit out of each other. On Saturday, this Chiefs fan...
Report: Danny Valencia Punched Billy Butler For Tattling About Shoes
The San Francisco Chronicle has gotten the full story behind the fight between Oakland A’s teammates Billy Butler and Danny Valencia, which apparently started because Butler ratted out Valencia for wearing the wrong cleats....
Deadspin 25: Dammit, Florida State Is Going To Be Great
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, ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Washington Redskins<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Washington Redskins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Washington Redskins. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
Peter King Drives In Bike Lane, Suffers Wrath Of The Internet
Friday afternoon, football-enjoying capybara Peter King sent a tweet:...
Darryl Strawberry Says Doc Gooden Is A "Complete Junkie-Addict"
On Thursday, Doc Gooden missed a scheduled appearance alongside Darryl Strawberry and other former Mets at a WFAN event. Strawberry expressed deep concerns about Gooden and “addiction,” leading Gooden to tell the New York Daily News that he missed the appearance because of a minor health issue, and ...
Report: Billy Butler Injured During Fight With Teammate Danny Valencia
Oakland A’s designated hitter Billy Butler missed his team’s last two games while suffering from nausea and vomiting, and the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that he got those symptoms from a fight with teammate Danny Valencia....