k Page 2371 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Vikings Backup QB Out Three Months After Reportedly Trying To Kick His Friend's Locked Door In
Professional athletes are just like us, in that they occasionally find creative, dumb ways to hurt themselves. They’ve picked up injuries stepping on cacti, celebrating a win, and trying to rescue pizzas. Today, we can add “trying to kick a door down after getting locked out” to this sad list. ...
Lucky Fan Gets A Smooch From Chase d'Arnaud
Chase d’Arnaud went running towards the bleachers looking for a foul ball, but instead he found someone to peck on the cheek. Aww!...
Communists' DNC Flag-Burning Interrupted By DeSean Jackson Fanboy
The Revolutionary Communist Party and First Amendment pioneer Gregory Johnson staged a flag burning outside the Democratic National Convention today, only to find a Philadelphia Eagles fan taking objection to their attempt at free-speech fulmination....
Karl-Anthony Towns Dunks On Child Who Must Now Embark On Lifelong Vengeance Plot
Most NBA players are content to lightly humiliate young basketball camp attendees with an emphatic block or two, but Karl-Anthony Towns just set a new standard for player-on-camper aggression:...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Dallas Cowboys<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Dallas Cowboys. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Dallas Cowboys. 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....
Glen Rice Jr. Arrested For Battery; Cops Find Guns And Money
TMZ reports that former NBA player Glen Rice Jr. was arrested in Georgia on July 25 after he allegedly assaulted ex-Tulane basketball player Jordan Callahan and then ran off with two bags containing guns....
Jonathan Lucroy Has A Quirk When He Bats
Many MLB players have odd routines at the plate. Ichiro draws his bat out in front of himself like a bow. David Ortiz takes approximately five hours to adjust his gloves. Jonathan Lucroy touches his shoulders. The Brewers catcher’s habit isn’t as elaborate as others’, but it is amusing....
College Football Playoff Caves To ESPN, Sanity; Semifinal Games Move To Weekends And Holidays
The College Football Playoff semifinals are abandoning New Year’s Eve, mostly, after this past year’s disaster that saw ratings plummet 36% and forced ESPN to issue free make-good ads during the national championship game....
Hey, Come Look At This Hockey Team's Logo Before They Apologize And Change It
The National College Prospects Hockey League, a pretty low-level junior league, begins play this year, and below you’ll find the logo for the Lake Erie Warriors....
Warren Sapp Got Bitten By A Shark, But He's Okay
A good way to spend a summer afternoon is to go lobster fishing. A bad way to spend a summer afternoon is to get bit by a shark. The ocean is a mysterious place, full of mystery, joy, and hungry beasts. Warren Sapp experienced it all this afternoon....
Dirk Nowitzki Struggles With Soccer
Dirk Nowitzki officially re-signed with the Mavericks this afternoon, but he spent the day playing in a charity soccer game in Mainz and showed why he should stick with basketball....
Poll: Las Vegas Residents Don't Want Public Funds Used For An NFL Stadium
Las Vegas ABC station KTNV polled Clark County residents about whether or not they would want to pay $500 million in order to help build the Raiders an NFL stadium. Of the 750 people polled, 55 percent said they opposed spending half a billion dollars on a new stadium, while only 35 percent were in ...
Ryan Fitzpatrick Signs With Jets, Ending The Offseason's Most Futile Contract Standoff
Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Jets have finally agreed to a deal, per multiple reports. The disgruntled quarterback will make $12 million on a one-year deal....
Russell Wilson Remains Incredibly Corny
The Costacos Brothers, creators of those campy, extremely literal posters of athletes in the ‘80s, have “come out of retirement” to make a special edition poster of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. The NFL player and recent sex-haver is: Armed and Dangeruss....
Don't Play Rock-Paper-Scissors With The Tigers
Evidently bored with the regular non-contact version of rock-paper-scissors, the Detroit Tigers added more physical comedy to the game today. Shortstop José Iglesias chose paper, and came out on the losing end....
Alcides Escobar And Andrelton Simmons Had A Shortstop Duel
Alcides Escobar and Andrelton Simmons are two of the best defensive shortstops in the league, and are always worth watching simply because great shortstop play is one of the finer things baseball has to offer. During last night’s game between the Royals and Angels, both players robbed each other of ...
The Stone Cold Stunner Is The Most Important Wrestling Move Of All Time
Among the shirt-folding instructions, clips of puppies hugging babies, and trailers for gritty superhero movies that make up most of YouTube, there are certain videos that seem like they were created to dare viewers to watch them all the way through....
Which Kid Foods Still Hold Up For Adults?
What makes kids food kid foods? Is it a malleable set-up that encourages children to play with their crackers and pasta? Or, perhaps, it’s brightly-colored packaging with the contents within written out into burst shapes. Certainly, the market has trended toward healthier options as of late, but the...