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Reports: NHL Plans Expansion, And Soon
Two separate, partially concordant reports on Tuesday indicate that the NHL is in the late stages of finalizing a league expansion in the next few years, with one of them going so far as to claim the NHL will add teams in Las Vegas, Seattle, Quebec City, and a second franchise in Toronto, all by 201...
Gambling Addict/Airport Scammer Spills His Life Story On Message Board
There is a fascinating thread over at the Two Plus Two poker forums that starts off as an everyday tale of an attempted scam at Las Vegas's McCarran Airport, but spirals into something else entirely....
Beef Vs. Pork: WHO YA GOT?!
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering mucus, decapitation, suicide by sledgehammer, and more. ...
Girl Tries Pole Dancing At Vegas Beach Club, Fails Miserably
This girl partying at Encore Beach Club in Las Vegas attempted to show off her pole dancing skills. It ended very, very poorly....
Floyd Mayweather And T.I. Reportedly Get Into Giant Brawl In Las Vegas
Boxer/domestic abuser Floyd Mayweather and rapper T.I. reportedly got into a huge fight in Las Vegas last night that involved yelling, chairs, and T.I.'s wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris....
Vibrator Races In Vegas? Vibrator Races In Vegas.
Down the stretch they come....
Parachutist Lands On Field During Rugby Sevens Game
Organizers of the Las Vegas Rugby Sevens had arranged for a parachutist to delight fans by dropping into Sam Boyd Stadium with the game ball for the Cup final between New Zealand and South Africa. One problem: The third-place game between Fiji and Samoa had gone to overtime, thus delaying the star...
Rob Gronkowski Danced Shirtless And Wrestled At A Vegas Club And Fell On His Bad Arm
Sunday was the Super Bowl, yes, but it was also a day whose name ended in “-y” after the Patriots’ season had ended. So Rob Gronkowski, naturally, was drinking and dancing shirtless somewhere. But he went further than usual this time around!...
Maaco's Las Vegas Bowl Ad Was As Shoddy As One Of Their Paint Jobs
Maaco—best known as the place to get your stolen ride resprayed on the cheap—is your of-late title sponsor for the Las Vegas Bowl (née California Raisin Bowl) and, owing to this honor, had prime advertising space early in the game's ESPN broadcast....
Former Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton Has Been Working As A Las Vegas Escort
Suzy Favor Hamilton was a middle distance runner, competing in three Olympics—most notably, the 1500 meters in Sydney, where she collapsed to the ground coming down the stretch. But she's probably best known for this 2000 Nike ad, in which a sports bra-clad Favor Hamilton outran a masked chainsaw-wi...
ECHL Team Plans "Indoor Winter Classic"
Ah, the Winter Classic, perhaps the NHL's best innovation of the Bettman era. There's something pure about a game played out in the elements—bundled up, plenty of hot cocoa in reserve, the puck occasionally at the mercy of winds, and perhaps, if you're lucky, a light snowfall to add that magical tou...
Former ESPN Outdoors Producer: "Most Of The People I've Met From The NRA Don't Believe The Bullshit They're Selling"
For several years I worked for the now defunct ESPNOutdoors.com and on a number of ESPN Outdoors TV shows. A couple of times a year the website would cover these massive annual trade shows that affected hunting, and we'd descend on giant convention center halls in Orlando and Las Vegas that were pac...
College ShameDay: Answering The Questions You Weren't Asking About The Early Bowl Games
Our weekly college football shame index previews the pre-Christmas bowls. ...
"I Know That People In The Islands Are Crapping Their Pants Right Now": Authorities Bring Down Massive Sports Betting Ring
Twenty-five people were indicted today in New York on charges related to a $50 million sports-gambling ring. This marks the culmination of an 18-month long joint investigation by the NYPD, FBI, Queens District Attorney's Office, and Nevada Gaming Control Board....
Mizzou's Corporate Card Was Used For $7,600 At A Vegas Strip Club
Missouri, like many schools, handed out credit cards to athletics department employees and trusted them not to abuse the privilege. Anyone who's ever had a corporate card can guess how that worked out: strip clubs and steakhouses. After an external audit of the program's finances, they're cracking d...
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One Online Sports Book Is Refunding Everyone Who Bet On The Packers [UPDATE]
The NFL is the biggest sport in America because of betting. WagerMinds estimates that in Nevada, $12 million rides on any given football game. Marc Lawrence of PlayBook.com says another $250 million is at stake in offshore betting on a typical Monday Night Football game. So last night's debacle in S...
The Replacement Refs Are Now Affecting Vegas Betting Lines
A ridiculous proportion of the NFL's popularity can be tied directly to gambling. So what if, when considering how replacement refs are making games skewed and unpredictable, it was Vegas and not the viewers that finally forces the league's hand in negotiating with the locked-out officials? We consi...
WrestleMania Betting Odds, And How To Gamble On Pro Wrestling
WrestleMania XXVIII will go down Sunday in Miami, and I'd like you to ask yourself some questions. Can the Undertaker extend his Wrestlemania record to 20-0? Will Chris Jericho or CM Punk get the better of what could be an all-time classic? Does the Rock still have what it takes to bring down John C...