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EMU Players Accused Of Attacking Relative Of Teammate's Murderer

Three Eastern Michigan football players have been charged with assault after allegedly attacking a cousin of the man who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing an EMU player last October....

Golden Tate Twitter-Trolled The Seahawks' Punt Returning

Golden Tate, who returned punts for Seattle last year before departing for Detroit amid certain rumors, was most certainly watching last night as DB Earl Thomas repeatedly made a mess of the job....

Washington's Merchandise Sales Are Down 35 Percent

According to a service that tracks the sales of NFL merchandise, nobody wants to own Redskins-branded apparel anymore. ...

Raiders Settle Lawsuit With Cheerleaders For $1.25 Million

Well if you didn't think cheerleading was worth much before, the Oakland Raiders have definitely set you straight today. Lawyers for both the team and the cheerleaders, who were suing for a whole host of employment law infractions, have announced an agreement for a $1.25 million settlement....

Here's Facebook's 2014 NFL Fandom Map

It's that time again. Facebook has released their NFL fandom map, showing which NFL team gets the most Facebook "likes" in each county. For the full-resolution map, click here....

<em>Boardwalk Empire</em>: Gone Too Soon, Though It Went On Too Long

Boardwalk Empire's fifth and final season starts Sunday night, but even its fans can't muster up the enthusiasm or the pathos that greeted the beginnings of the ends of Breaking Bad or Mad Men. Its critics, meanwhile, have been trying to burn this thing down since it began....

The Seahawks' Read-Option Fake Was Just A Gorgeous, Perfect Play

What have we learned? The Seahawks are still good, as it turns out. Percy Harvin, when healthy, is one of the most fun players to watch. ("Lord have mercy," Russell Wilson said afterward, "we've got Percy.") And the read option is alive and well....

Who Wants To Wear This Uglier-Than-Hell Cincinnati Chili T-Shirt?

Better on your torso than inside it, I guess....

Fisherman Pulls Monstrous Nightmare Shrimp Out Of Ocean

Try to see how long you can stare at this gigantic monster shrimp before becoming wildly uncomfortable and convinced that something totally just crawled across the back of your neck. What if I told you that its eyes are on stalks and can move independently from each other? ...

Watch NFL Players Read Mean Tweets About Themselves

Jimmy Kimmel got some NFL players and personalities together to film yet another edition of famous people reading mean tweets about themselves. This one is worth it simply for the way Dez Bryant delivers "baby back bitch."...

Diamondbacks Fire Kevin Towers

The Arizona Diamondbacks will announce the firing of GM Kevin Towers later this morning, according to AZCentral, possibly seeking a grindinger, grittier, harder-nosed GM with more intangibles and who's willing to stand up for his suitemates in the front office....

NCAA: Geno Auriemma's Phone Call To Mo'ne Davis Was A Violation

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma called little league pitcher Mo'ne Davis last month to congratulate her success with the Taney Dragons. Someone anonymously reported the call to the NCAA as a recruiting violation, because Davis, who is 13 years old, also plays basketball. The NCAA actual...

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Floyd Mayweather Sued By Ex-Fiancée He Accused Of "Killing Babies"

Floyd Mayweather is being sued by ex-fiancée Shantel Jackson. You'll remember her as the woman whose old sonogram Mayweather posted on Facebook, claiming he broke up with her because she got an abortion. "And I'm totally against killing babies," he wrote....

After Rout, Mark Richt Writes Letter To Trash-Talking Clemson Fan [UPDATE]

Update: Richt says it's "bogus." See the bottom of the post....

Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Dallas Cowboys

Some people are fans of the Dallas Cowboys. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Dallas Cowboys. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. ...

Which Sports Subreddits Curse The Most?

Reddit user Niehaus has crunched the numbers, and put together a series of graphs comparing the rate of swearing across team- and sport-specific subreddits. Feel free to use it as a proxy for all sports fans, and considering the Bruins come in No. 1, it's probably pretty damn accurate. [Reddit] ...

The Worst Road Users, Ranked

The streets are not safe. Lurking around every corner there is an asshole cyclist or a maniacal UPS driver ready to plow into anyone in sight. In our parks, children and the elderly are routinely yelled at by runners, cyclists, and stoners on longboards (watch out, breh). And in our cities, unifor...

Bengals Re-Sign Player, Helping Him Pay For Daughter's Cancer Battle

In June, Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still learned his four-year-old daughter, Leah, has stage four pediatric cancer. Still missed offseason workouts to be with her, shaved his head in solidarity, and filled his Instagram with pictures of Leah and updates on her treatment....