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Bol Bol, Manute Bol's 17-Year-Old Son, Is Already A Beast
The best part of the highlight reel below, with all due consideration to Bol Bol swatting the daylights out of No. 3 at 1:45, is the way Bol’s teammates grin and giggle as they run back down the court. They look tiny compared to him, and they seem to be openly marveling that their new teammate is su...
Behold The Unrelenting Genius Of Lionel Messi's Passes
The danger, if you can call it that, of regularly watching Lionel Messi play soccer—which is to say, to watch one man routinely perform stupefying acts of brilliance the likes of which you’ve never seen before—is that at some point, you run the risk of becoming inured to it....
Patriots Extend Lead With Flea-Flicker
Chris Hogan hauled in his second touchdown of the game and the Patriots took a 17-6 lead over Pittsburgh in tonight’s AFC championship game thanks to this 34-yard flea-flicker touchdown that left the New England wide receiver looking, briefly, quite panicked....
Look At All These Beautiful Clutch Basketball Shots
Time for another edition of the quiz that we played here on Deadspin last Wednesday: “who had the best buzzer-beater tonight?” In order to reflect the nature of today’s choices, however, it will now be amended to “who had the coolest shot in the closing seconds of regulation last night?” (No, that i...
Russell Westbrook Committed The Most Egregious Traveling Violation Of All Time
I don’t really know what to say about this Russell Westbrook travel, except that it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen....
Kevin Durant Tries, Fails The Russell Westbrook Dunk
Tonight, the reunion the NBA has been waiting for is finally happening. That’s right, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Anthony Morrow is making his return to the Warriors arena. How did the fans react? I don’t know....
Look At All These Good Buzzer-Beaters
A quiz: Who had the best buzzer-beater tonight?...
Vicious Dunk Brings Down The House, Sends Coaches Scrambling
Pity the poor defender who found himself in sophomore Chase Hunter’s path on this play. He probably thought he had a chance at drawing a charge or at least not getting completely wrecked, but, sadly, that is not how things played out....
White Sox Prospect Throws Ball 110 Miles Per Hour
White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech was the 33rd overall pick in the 2014 amateur draft. As you can see here, he is capable of throwing the ball hard as hell:...
Jared Spurgeon Catches, Shoots Puck In Midair For Fantastic Goal
The Devils eventually took this game from the West-leading Wild 4-3, but that doesn’t take anything away from Minnesota defenseman Jared Spurgeon’s first-period power-play goal, which transpired a few feet off the ice....
The Packers And Cowboys Finally Gave Us A Good Playoff Game
The Packers beat the Cowboys tonight and are headed to the NFC Championship, but truly, it is all of us who are winners tonight. ...
Russell Wilson Fall Down Go Boom
The Falcons narrowed a Seahawks lead tonight when midway through the second quarter Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson tripped and fell into the end zone—where he was easily touched down for a safety. Oops!...
Giannis Antetokounmpo From A Mile Away
Two notes on this bonkers dunk from the Greek Freak....
Basketball Coach Catches Errant Pass, Splashes A Deep Three
Ryan Callahan is the head coach of the Penn College of Technology’s men’s basketball team, a Division III squad that plays in the North Eastern Athletic Conference. Before he became a coach, Callahan was a standout Division II player at Mansfield University. During Tuesday night’s game against Lanca...
Badminton Guy Unleashes Hardest Smash In History
Badminton player Mads Pieler Kolding, who was involved in that incredible highlight at the Dubai World Superseries Final last month, has now entered the badminton history books....
Steph Curry Ruthlessly Dunked On
Steph Curry tried to hang tough and get a charge call at the end of the first quarter. Instead, he flew away from James Johnson at the first hint of contact like a flea off a dog and was subsequently wrecked....
Gerald Green Kissed The Sky On This Alley-Oop
Journeyman Celtics guard Gerald Green was once an otherwise ineffective player who was only notable for winning the 2007 Slam Dunk Contest with his famous cupcake dunk. Two years after that dunk, he was playing in Russia but he’s since returned and become a perfectly serviceable backup shooting guar...
Trust Me, This Is A Cool Badminton Highlight
Badminton, a sport where two (or four) players try to ceremoniously murder a fake bird, is much more prone to producing cool highlights than I thought. Take this insane rally between Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding of Denmark and Japanese duo Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda. These badmi...
I Can't Stop Watching This Soccer Teen Destroy His Defender<em></em>
The name of the guy with the ball is Riccardo Orsolini, a 19-year-old who plays for Ascoli in Italy’s Serie B, and is supposedly on his way to Juventus. The name of the guy falling over doesn’t matter, because he has departed from this earth. He’s dead. RIP....
Aaron Rodgers Throws Another Hail Mary
Aaron Rodgers made up for an uneasy first half by finding Randall Cobb in the end zone to close out the first half against the Giants, giving Green Bay a 14-6 lead at the intermission....