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UFC CEO Dana White joins Meta’s boardDana White, the CEO and president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, is picking up some new responsibilities as a board member of Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram.,Mark Zuckerberg announced the appointment of White and two others on Monday.,"I've admired him as an entrepreneur and ...

Who Will Be The Next Deadspin Editor?<em></em>I don’t know if you know this, but Deadspin editor-in-chief and artisanal land hermit Tim Marchman is moving over to the Gizmodo Special Projects desk, where he will be free to track down all the precious alien alloys. That means we need someone to run this very website. Who will be the next person ...

Deadspin Staffers, In The Order They Finally Got To Work The Morning After The Deadspin AwardsLast night was the Deadspin Awards. It was fun! A lot of fun. Maybe too much fun for a Tuesday. This morning, I have been keeping a running list of when the writers and editors of this site first demonstrated that they survived the open bar and post-show karaoke. It’s been pretty grim....

Presenting: The In-Progress Deadspin Style Guide

I was terrified my first night writing for Deadspin. I wanted direction: somebody to tell me what to write about, how to write about it, and then to edit it when I was done. Instead, I was thrown into the deep end and basically told "if you see something interesting write about it, or don't, whate...

How I Accidentally Became Part Of The Anti-Russia Conspiracy

Here is a report from a Russian news site (Google translated version here) that claims I intentionally damaged my Sochi hotel room, and as a result have been stripped of my credentials to cover the Olympic games. This was news to me, because I've never been to Sochi in my life....

ESPN Spokesman Comments On ESPN Spokesman's No-Comment On ESPN's Big 12 TV Deal

This morning, the Big 12 Conference officially announced a 13-year media deal shared between ABC/ESPN and Fox. But the news had already been reported earlier, yesterday afternoon, by ESPN.com college football reporter Brett McMurphy. That meant, given ESPN's attempts to keep its programming and edit...

Report Card: Grading The NFL Draft Grades

It's that time of year, when we assign nebulous indicators of quality to the impossibly difficult to evaluate drafting of NFL talent. We'll look at the some of the best and brightest draft grades and let you know how each organization did in grading the 2012 NFL Draft. We realize that grading the g...

ESPN Reporter Doing Linsanity Story In Chinatown Runs Into ESPN Reporter Doing Linsanity Story In Chinatown, Interviews Her

Here is ESPN's Robin Lundberg speaking with ESPN's Rachel Nichols somewhere in Manhattan's Chinatown. This is a moment, people. This is an Escher drawing of an Escher drawing of a guy who's standing between two mirrors and dividing by zero. [ESPN; H/T Mike N.]...

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The 27 Hottest Employees Of The Venture Capital Firm That's Investing $22 Million In Bleacher Report: A Slideshow

As you know, Oak Investment Partners is lavishing a large sum of money on Bleacher Report. But what is Oak Investment Partners? Who are these people? Why, they're only some of the hottest hotties venturing capital today. Let's have a look....

by Tommy Craggs|bleacher report

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Bill Simmons, Number One Bruins Fan

From the AP photo wire tonight. Here's your keepsake commemorative ESPN.com version:...

by Barry Petchesky|Hockey

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Courtroom Sketches Of A Guy Doing Courtroom Sketches At The Barry Bonds Trial

Our friend Bethlehem Shoals is covering the Bonds trial for The Daily. He provided exclusively to Deadspin these drawings of courtroom artist Norman Quebedeau, whose recent work can be found here....

by Tommy Craggs|Meta

|Mon Jun 17 2013

A Gallery Of Ines Sainz Galleries

Inspired by Abe Sauer's slideshow of World Cup Babe Slideshows, we are proud to present a gallery of Ines Sainz galleries from around the web....

by David Matthews|Journalismismismism

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Roller Derby Twins Make Good

That's odd. ESPN's Page 2 has a story from a blonde girl who lives with her twin sister in New York City and tried out for the local roller derby ... heyyyyyyy, wait a second.......

by Dashiell Bennett|Old friends

|Mon Jun 17 2013

So, About This 'Hugh Johnson Project' Bit...(UPDATED)

As a newcomer to weekend duties, I am unfamiliar with the Hugh Johnson Project. My esteemed colleague Gourmet Spud resurrected it and I would like to do the same. Let me know in the comments how to go about it....

by Weed Against Speed|Hugh Johnson Project

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Wake Up, Deadspin Redux: Okay Deadspin, It's You, Me And This Skull-Shaped Bottle Of Vodka...

...let's see what happens. We had some unforeseen logistical issues to work through this morning but I think we're in the clear now. Consider this a learning experience for everyone, I guess....

by Weed Against Speed|Wake Up, Deadspin!

|Tue Nov 06 2018

Sorry For Not Hiring The Identical Twins (Yet)

Yes, yes, we know. Stop writing us about it. [NYTimes, third from last paragraph]...

by Barry Petchesky|Meta

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Some guy named Will Leitch seems to think that a "plague" has befallen the Yankees. Sorry Will, but that just seems like a bit of a reach. Everybody knows that a curse is the far more likely scenario. [Fair and Foul]...

by Unsilent Majority|Meta

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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