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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Works The Marks Again<em></em>

“In the end,” tweeted the Times’s sports Twitter account, in the aftermath of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s 10th-round TKO of UFC star Conor McGregor,“McGregor didn’t have enough stamina to beat the world’s best boxer.”...

Guy Jumps In Front of Stephen A. Smith, Yells “Fuck The Mayweathers” On ESPN2

Now here’s some solid fight analysis: As Stephen A. Smith talked about how Floyd would’ve won tonight’s fight more easily if he were younger, a man in a Boston Celtics cap jumped in front of him and yelled, “Fuck the Mayweathers!” Of course....

For The Love Of God, Do Not Pay For The Mayweather-McGregor Fight

There’s a fascinating boxing match on TV tonight between a faded, formerly great champion and a younger brawler with limited skills, but enough about the Cotto-Kamegai match on HBO. Instead of watching a real fight, millions will tune in for a glorified staring match between a middle-aged, retired, ...

Conor McGregor Is Somehow Defending The Lineal WWE Brawl For All Title

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is boxing Conor McGregor this weekend, and the whole thing is completely awesome. While the traditionalist fight press sees this simply as a capitalist exercise with an inevitable result and no titles on the line, that’s not exactly the case—at least not officially, that is....

What Will The Fight At The End Of The Mayweather Vs. McGregor Circus Look Like?

Everything about the leadup to Conor McGregor’s matchup with Floyd Mayweather this Saturday has been absurd. We had McGregor in a suit adorned with “Fuck You” in a vertical pinstripe pattern; dollar bills raining down from the heavens; confrontations between McGregor’s and Mayweather’s enormous secu...

The UFC Is Fucked Right Now

As fun as it is to watch anonymous featherweights mash each other’s faces, the UFC only works when it has stars to sell the public. Brock Lesnar sold pay-per-views. So did Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva. Fighters’ peaks are short, since their trade involves repeated blunt-force trauma, but as ...

Sage Northcutt Claims To Have Been Hacked [NSFW]

Relentlessly positive UFC golden boy Sage Northcutt has had a rough time of it lately, what with losing two of his last three and having had his most recently scheduled bout called off due to injuries to him and his opponent. Earlier tonight, though, Twitter user Zombie Prophet revealed a discovery ...

Flopsweating Conor McGregor And Frail Retired Boxer Mount Pitiful Spectacle<em></em>

The saga of Conor McGregor and aged former sparring partner and current boxing commentator Paulie Malignaggi has another thrilling chapter: the two saying some things to one another, along with McGregor being so bold as to put a hand on Malignaggi’s shoulder, in what was assuredly a completely organ...

Rice's Best-Case Scenario Is Being Average

Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

Conor McGregor Says He "Whupped" Paulie Malignaggi And Left Him "Badly Concussed"

In the immediate aftermath of a dispiriting and embarrassing Friday afternoon loss to a heavy bag, Conor McGregor and the UFC have been working to redeem and restore some of the McGregor’s reputation as a fighter, mostly at the expense of McGregor’s recent sparring partner, Paulie Malignaggi....

Here's Conor McGregor Knocking Down A Slice Of Pizza Wearing A Wig

Earlier tonight, aspiring boxer Conor McGregor lost to a heavy bag in a public workout so feeble and ridiculous that anyone watching had to wonder whether McGregor had some mysterious business reason for masquerading as a clown or just is one. Perhaps in response, UFC figurehead Dana White has poste...

What In The Goddamn Hell?

Emma Coburn Wins World Steeplechase Title With Kick At Final Water Jump

Emma Coburn kicked at just the right time....

Minor-Leaguer Learns Painful Lesson About Gravity, Gets Hit In Head By Own Foul Ball

What goes up must come down to embarrass you by striking you on the head, as the old saying goes. This is a lesson that Clinton LumberKings designated hitter Nick Zammarelli learned all too well yesterday, when he fouled off a ball that hit the roof only to have it come back down and plunk him right...

The Proposed Brock Lesnar-Jon Jones Superfight Is Now Part Of A WWE Storyline

Jon Jones was still in the octagon when he identified and challenged his next preferred opponent....

The U.S. Classic Is All About Who's Next<em></em>

The best female gymnasts in the United States faced off at the U.S. Classic, the final opportunity for gymnasts to qualify to the upcoming national championships. For those gymnasts hoping to secure their berths at nationals, Saturday’s Classic mattered a great deal. But for the rest—the best of th...

Daniel Cormier's Best Was Great, But Not Great Enough<em></em>

“I guess if you win both fights,” said Daniel Cormier, “there is no rivalry.”...

Everything After Daniel Cormier Got Knocked Out Was A Disaster

There’s debate over whether the ref waited too long to stop the fight in Saturday’s light heavyweight championship bout between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier, but maybe the real controversy should be over why a clearly concussed and struggling Cormier wasn’t allowed to immediately leave the octagon a...

Jon Jones Reclaims UFC Belt With Third-Round TKO Of Daniel Cormier

Jon Jones reclaimed the UFC light heavyweight title with a third-round TKO over rival Daniel Cormier in one of the promotion’s most anticipated matchups ever....

UFC 214 Is The Best Fight Card Of The Year

At this point, 24 years after it held its very first event, the UFC is no longer a rough-and-tumble spectacle with fighters who scrap in the hospital after their official bout and champions who shit on featured sponsors in the octagon. After being sold for $4 billion last year, the promotion has con...