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The Refs Might Have Mishandled The Game Clock, But Mack Brown And UNC Mishandled The Game
After struggling to get anything going offensively for a majority of the game, UNC scored 18 unanswered points in the second half to cut a 21-point Wake Forest lead down to three on Friday. The Tar Heels then forced the Demon Deacons to settle for a field goal, which capped off a drive that left jus...
Shaun Livingston Outlasted Everything
Given everything we know and can reasonably surmise about where the organization was and the people in charge of it, it seems safe to say that the Los Angeles Clippers didn’t have anything specific in mind when they drafted Shaun Livingston out of an Illinois high school with the fourth pick of the ...
Portuguese Soccer Teen Absolutely Cooks A Keeper With Filthy Spin Move
If ever a soccer move deserved the Chris Berman “WHOOP!” sound, it’s the perfectly executed spin Francisca Nazareth hit the goalkeeper with before scoring Portugal’s fourth goal in a U19 friendly against Turkey. Rounding the keeper is one thing, but twirling her is something else entirely:...
American Gladiators Is Iconic Because It Took Itself Just Seriously Enough
Virtually from the moment that it launched 30 years ago this week, people both loved and misunderstood American Gladiators. For a show that was successful with viewers and which inspired a constellation of spinoffs and reboots and knockoffs, it’s a strange legacy. Bill Hicks’ “Go back to bed, Americ...
George Best And The Soccer Battle Of The Sexes That Changed ... Well, Nothing
Fifty years ago, on a drizzly Sunday afternoon in Manchester, Eva Haraldsted played soccer against George Best. Haraldsted was 21 years old. She wore a turquoise mini-dress, white soccer boots, and a high ponytail, and was captain of a women’s team called Blinkers United. Best, the shaggy-haired Man...
Valencia's Owner Fired His Manager, Pissed Off His Players, And Might Have Ruined The Season
Despite securing a Champions League spot for the second consecutive year and beating Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final last season, Marcelino is no longer the manager of Valencia. The club sacked him on Wednesday, on the eve of two massive fixtures against Barcelona in La Liga and Chelsea in the C...
Jordin Canada Might Just Be The Heir To Sue Bird's Throne
The defending champion Seattle Storm took the expected fall that came with a pair of devastating preseason injuries, going a mere 18-16 in 2019 after dominating the league with a 26-8 record last year. But even without reigning MVP Breanna Stewart or living legend Sue Bird, the Storm managed to snea...
Kim Clijsters Announces Plan To Return To Tennis In 2020
Former No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters of Belgium has announced that she’s planning a return to tennis next year. In an extended interview with the WTA’s Courtney Nguyen, the 36-year-old mother of three, who retired in 2012, said she wants a “challenge.” ...
The First Game Of The Rest Of Our Lives
Eighteen years ago this morning I awoke to shouts from the hall of my dorm. “We’re going to war! We’re going to war!” The origin of the shouting was my neighbor Brian, known for his histrionics, so I went back to sleep. But soon after, I received a call from my high school quarterback, Justin, livin...
We Have No Idea How Many High Schools Are Failing Title IX Athletics
No one is keeping tabs on the high schools. Title IX, passed in 1972, guarantees that all institutions that receive federal funding must provide equal opportunities, facilities, and supplies to students regardless of their gender. In athletics, that means that for every position on a team available ...
19-Year-Old Bianca Andreescu Wins The U.S. Open, Fearlessly
If Bianca Andreescu was at all humbled or overwhelmed by the circumstances before her in Saturday afternoon’s U.S. Open final, she had a funny way of showing it....
This Football League Was Built For Girls Who Love To Hit
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Laura Goetz is really good....
Bianca Andreescu Might Just Boss Her Way To A U.S. Open Title
Canadian 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu doesn’t walk around the court so much as she swaggers. She doesn’t just yell, “Come on!” and fist pump when she wins a big point; she’ll stare straight across the net at her opponent while she does it. She’ll toss her racket when she loses a point and impatientl...
Josh Sargent Inches Ever Closer To Wonderteenhood With Nifty Goal
This is an urgent communiqué from the American Wonderteen Identification Department: Though we have not yet officially identified a player capable of inheriting the title of Wonderteen from Christian Pulisic, various candidates are being strongly considered. One such candidate is 19-year-old striker...
Naomi Osaka's Treatment Of Defeated Teen Coco Gauff Was A Moment To Treasure
The enthralling run of 15-year-old prodigy Coco Gauff had to come to an end eventually. She fell in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0, to No. 1 Naomi Osaka in the third round Saturday at the U.S. Open. Osaka did everything she could to make the disappointment hit Gauff as softly as possible....
Coco Gauff, Who Is 15, Is Absolutely Killing It
After a prodigious run at Wimbledon earlier this summer, 15-year-old American Coco Gauff earned a tough three-set win (6-2, 4-6, 6-4) over 26-year-old Timea Babos of Hungary on Thursday night, becoming the youngest player to reach the third round of the U.S. Open since Anna Kournikova in 1996 and ma...
Taylor Townsend Owned The Net And Worked Over Simona Halep
23-year-old American Taylor Townsend dropped the first set of her second-round match with reigning Wimbledon champ and No. 4 Simona Halep Thursday, looking sloppy and flustered and easily pushed around. Undeterred, Townsend roared back for a dominant second set and outlasted Halep in a tense third-s...
Another One Bites The Dust
This past Friday, Deadspin lost another good one. Creative Producer Jorge Corona slipped quietly into the night (out of the company, and into a new job). Farewell, sweet prince....
My Husband Is Dying Every Day
Ron Fellows played cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Raiders from 1981–1988. He intercepted 19 passes and scored three touchdowns, including two on interception returns. Now 61 years old and living in Sacramento, Calif., Fellows suffers from Alzheimer’s, and his cognition is graduall...
Andrew Luck Walked Off To A Chorus Of Boos, And One Guy Yelling "Don't Do It!"
News of Andrew Luck’s impending retirement must have surely been an absolute gut punch to learn about for any Colts fan, but, for some watching Bears-Colts in Indianapolis on Sunday, it also elicited serious feelings of anger. These emotions manifested themselves into the form of a shower of boos to...