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"Shitballs": Curling Profanity Is Strange
You can throw out the record books when the Alberta and Quebec women's curling teams get together. It got pretty heated yesterday at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Canada's women's championship), when Alberta skip Heather Nedohin let loose a creative swear word after coming up short on her sho...
The Best And Worst Of Women's Hoops, In One Insane Crossover
Chloe Rothman is a freshman point guard for the D2 Merrimack Warriors, and at a recent game, broke 40 percent of the opposing team's ankles with one ridiculous crossover. Great move, poor defensive spacing. Sadly, the wide-open layup attempt with the 5-on-3 advantage was not successful. [via Barst...
Porto's Nicolás Otamendi Suffered Friendly Fire To The Face In Today's Europa League Match
If the first leg of the Porto-Manchester City Europa League round featured insult, then it figures the return trip to Manchester would feature injury—and this is a nasty one. Porto defender Nicolás Otamendi took a boot to the face in what appears to be a lost cause, as an early (first minute!) Man...
Help Us Identify These Hundred-Year-Old Sports Photos
A reader named Sam sent along some wonderful old photos, taken more than a century ago, of what appear to be local sports teams. Sam says the photos were in the possession of his late grandmother, but they have no provenance beyond that....
Does Being Named "Ashley" Make You Hot? An Unscientific Study
Before we get to the Funbag, a quick programming note: I'm gonna be liveblogging the Oscars over at Gawker on Sunday night. We'll be plumbing depths of bitchiness heretofore unimaginable, so stop by if you feel like it. To your letters:...
Football Recruit Schedules College Decision Announcement At Elementary School, Never Shows Up [UPDATE]
Five-star football recruit Davonte Neal let the excitement of National Signing Day pass him by, electing to make his decision today at an elementary school in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. Recruiting pros said the decision would be between Arizona, Notre Dame, North Carolina, and Arkansas—w...
In Victory For Tokenism Everywhere, Qatar Will Send Two Women To The Olympics
For the first time, Qatar is including women on its 2012 Olympic team. A swimmer and a sprinter will represent the country in London, an announcement made (totally coincidentally, we're sure) on the same day Qatar's bid to host the 2020 Olympics was released. [AP]...
And Now For Your U.K. Weather, Where The Forecast Is "Bucketloads Of Cunt"
This is from Alex Deakin's 10:00 weather report last night on BBC 1, which forecast near-freezing temperatures in southern England and frost warnings in Scotland, northern England and parts of Wales....
Former NBA Star Tom Gugliotta Ejected From Game He Was Watching From The Stands [UPDATE]
Retired NBA star Tom Gugliotta was ejected by referee Karl Hess in the second half of of North Carolina State's home loss to Florida State today....
Cockblocked By Pop Geography Quizzes!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Tim Wakefield Is Retiring After 19 Weird, Fluttery Seasons And 200 Wins
The knuckleballer's mystique has long fascinated us. Our curiosity was only further piqued when Phil Niekro, Charlie Hough, R.A. Dickey, and Tim Wakefield went on a two-day retreat together in Georgia in the offseason. They're a fraternity of oddballs who throw odd balls....
A Trip Down Internal Memory Lane: How Playstation Changed the Game
Gran Turismo, Tony Hawk, Medal of Honor—remember how excited you were the first time you played these now prolific games, fueled only by Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew? Back in 1994, when the original Playstation hit the market, kids everywhere began spending countless hours with their buddies, tradi...
Boxing Conflicts With His Newfound Religious Beliefs, So Manny Pacquiao Is Reportedly Considering Retirement
Before Manny Pacquiao defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in November, his hobbies included womanizing, drinking, and gambling. He even owned roosters he used for fighting. But sometime after the Marquez bout, according to the Filipino newspaper Minda News, Pacquiao began attending Bible study classes—and ...
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Fantasy freaks: DraftStreet.com has created an exclusive safe haven in which Deadspin readers can participate in a one-night NBA fantasy league. The salary cap contest happening tonight is Deadspin's inaugural foray into DraftStreet-land, and there's $500 cash up for grabs....
The Big 12 Is Like West Virginia's Wealthy Uncle
West Virginia was all "Fuck you, Big East," and the Big East kept saying, "Not so fast, young man," but now WVU has agreed to pay $20 million to the Big East to be able to leave in time for football season, with the Big 12 agreeing to cover half of that in the form of a loan, part of which will be ...
Will The Future Of 3D Sports TV Ever Come Into Focus?
Mario Manningham's sideline catch in the Super Bowl was a virtuosic use of space. But the only way to watch it was in two dimensions. While 3D movies have spread everywhere, and TV manufacturers are aggressively pushing 3D TV, the NFL is sticking with two-dimensional production for its biggest game....
The Sad Story Of The Sorority Girl, The Scrappy Guard, And The Law That Came Between Them
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Jerry Sandusky Just Wants To Walk His Dog [UPDATE]
The latest hearing in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case was held this morning in Bellefonte, Pa., to hash out a number of pre-trial issues. We'll have more this afternoon, but so far it's worth passing along this much: Because neighbors have complained Sandusky has been watching children at ...
Much Like a Zombie, <i>The Walking Dead</i> is Back From a Brief Hiatus
It's been over two months since the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead, and while some folks may still be recovering from November's traumatic barn massacre, most viewers are ready to dive right back in to the undead bloodbath....
The Big East's Plan To Save Itself By Becoming Conference USA Continues To Take Shape
To review: Pitt, Syracuse, and West Virginia are going. Houston, Central Florida, and Southern Methodist are joining, with Boise State, San Diego State, and Navy eventually signing on just for football. And now, per CBS Sports, Memphis is in "the final stages of negotiations" to become an all-sport...