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From the Washington Post, here is the tragic story of Nick Dixon, a high school football star who died during ACL surgery one day after deciding where he wanted to play college football. ...

Deadspin Up All Night: It Doesn't Have To Be Like This

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Ohio State University has reportedly filed a trademark application on the word “THE” in order to sell “t-shirts, baseball caps and hats.” Here’s a pretty funny summary of their chances, from a trademark attorney who discovered the application....

“Please don’t take me from the society right now. I’m 34. I can go play in China for another six years, take care of my family.” Sebastian Telfair was sentenced to more than three years in prison Monday following a conviction for criminal possession of a weapon, in what sounds like a really sad hear...

Deadspin Up All Night: Cranes In The Sky

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Deadspin Up All Night: Flowers Cover The Grave

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Deadspin Up All Night: Like Tia Tamera

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Deadspin Up All Night: You'll Never Know Until You Open That Door

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Deadspin Up All Night: Seasick

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Deadspin Up All Night: Be More Than Kind

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Deadspin Up All Night: Everybody Wants To Shine

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Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Still Here Listening

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Deadspin Up All Night: All Of Which Are American Dreams

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Deadspin Up All Night: I Will Go Down With This Ship

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Deadspin Up All Night: If Ever I Return

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Deadspin Up All Night: I've Been Watching All Of My Past Repeating

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Deadspin Up All Night: Maybe So, Maybe Not

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Dennis Whitton is a sports journalism lifer who was fired for non-performance reasons by cynical investor types—in this case, hedge-fund ghouls—after they bought his publication, the Lowell Sun. He wrote a very good farewell column, and the money people, out of sheer cowardice, deleted it. Media Nat...

Deadspin Up All Night: So Really, What The Fuck I Got To Lose?

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Here is a very good blog from Kyle Wagner, former Gizmodo intern, about Jeremy Lin’s free agency, legacy, and place—or lack thereof—in today’s NBA. [New York Daily News]...