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Down With The NCAA's No-Agent Rule
Originally published on Bloomberg View....

Screaming English Soccer Fan Is Mesmerizing
Arsenal defeated Liverpool 2-1 yesterday in an exciting FA Cup match that's since served to draw considerable criticism toward referee Howard Webb. The match's intensity wasn't limited to the pitch, though. Watch this Liverpool supporter scream like a banshee for his boys to "come on," but look clos...

Luis Suarez Almost Nets Goal Of The Season
Liverpool destroyed Arsenal 5-1 today, and it could have been even worse if this laser volley from Luis Suarez had been just an inch more to his right. It's not often that almost-goals are celebrated but, damn, that would have been a beauty. ...

How To Watch The Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony Live
The XXII Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony in Sochi starts Friday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, but it won't be aired in the U.S. until more than eight hours later thanks to NBC's tape-delay policies. They aren't streaming it live online, either, so if you'd like to join the rest of the world...

Check Out Daniel Sturridge's Outrageous Rainbow Shot Golazo
It's not every day a center back pings a perfect long ball over the back four for an assist, but then again it's not every day that a striker's first-time, high-arching shot actually finds the back of the net. Did I mention that he wasn't even looking?...

Drake Played An Ever-Denying Alex Rodriguez In The <em>SNL</em> Cold Open
Drake is pulling double-duty as host and musical guest on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live, and the show broke from tradition a bit by featuring its host in the cold open. Here's Drake appearing as Alex Rodriguez on Piers Morgan Tonight....

Liverpool Fan Unconcerned With Injured Aston Villa Player
Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor went tumbling into the stands today and was slow to get up. He could have used some help but he landed right in front of a Liverpool fan who could not possibly care less. Instead, the guy took a picture....

What It's Like To Cover Screwed-Up, Despotic NFL Franchises
We're joined by the Washington Post's Redskins reporter Kent Babb. He also authored "Arrowhead Anxiety," which blew the lid off the Chiefs' front-office dysfunction, so he's uniquely equipped to discuss directionless football teams. Ask him anything you want in the comments below, and he'll try to a...

Alvaro Negredo's Goal Won Man City The Biggest Game Of The Season
Whenever you have, coming into today's games, six teams within six points of the league leaders, nearly every week will bring a matchup that seems like the Game of the Season. But while many of those earlier competitions ended up being cagey affairs with both sides playing to avoid defeat, today's M...

A Live Chat With The Deadspin Staff
Hi. In case you haven't noticed, none of us really feels like working today. So we decided to host a live chat with our readers. The whole gang will be lurking down in the discussion section below. Ask us stuff!...

Cool-Ass Little Girl Gives Luis Suárez Taste Of His Own Medicine
Haha! Luis, you just got punked by a mascot! Getting snubbed in the handshake line isn't so funny on this end, is it? Hopefully Patrice Evra caught a glimpse of his new hero and some Manchester United swag is coming this kid's way....

Vikings Center John Sullivan Playing With A Shake Weight
The Vikings released a video with the central premise being that Adrian Peterson is terrible at giving gifts. In the video, Adrian Peterson gives teammates terrible gifts. Rather than show the video, we just made GIFs out of the parts where John Sullivan plays with his gift, which, as you can see ab...

Luis Suárez Just Scored The Goal Of The Season From 40 Yards Out
Note: Luis Suarez does not "lob" the keeper here when he scores here from eons away on the half volley. This is a flat out smash of a shot. And it was just the first. Suarez scored again in the 29th and 35th minutes, for a first half hat trick against Norwich. Plus, he added a screamer of a free kic...

Olivier Giroud's Heroics Are, Perversely, A Problem For Arsenal
Arsenal are cooking this year. Twelve weeks into the Premier League season, the Gunners have opened up a four-point gap on second-place Liverpool, and after a comfortable 2-0 win against French side Marseille today, Arsenal are one point away from a berth to the Champions League knockout stage....

Good Morning, Soccer Fans. Enjoy This Luis Suarez Free Kick.
Luis Suarez put Liverpool back on top of Everton, 2-1, with this bending free kick in the 19th minute. He wrapped it around the Everton wall and tucked it back inside Tim Howard's post. ...

Jerking Around. <em>Delivery Man</em>, Reviewed.
Vince Vaughn has an affable, doughy countenance that's so appealingly ordinary that sometimes it's impossible to believe he stars in movies. With his big forehead, bulky build and hangdog expression, he doesn't project any sort of sexual spark or compelling vibe. We're always told that movie stars h...

Shaun Livingston Is Playing Well, And That's A Great Thing
Shaun Livingston is back!...

What A Billion Poker Hands Can Tell Us About Luck
Remember the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker's Main Event? Phil Ivey, the consensus best player in poker, put his tournament on the line with Ace-King. His opponent—Darvin Moon, the consensus best logger in the Western Maryland panhandle—held a dominated Ace-Queen. Ivey was the overwh...

What If There Were An NFL RedZone For Reality Show Brawls?
Ugly fights are the touchdowns of reality shows, and in this Saturday Night Live sketch, Rosé Zone knows that. The hypothetical channel that shows only "hot garbage" all the time would be so efficient for watching reality TV. No one cares about aspirations or feel-good moments; we want conflict, li...

Why Is Making The NBA For Rich Kids? Ask Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Here
It's far easier to make it to the NBA if you're born in a richer part of the country, and to a more stable family. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, whose article in the New York Times was based on data from the US Census data and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be here to chat about it...