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Jameis Winston Wins 2013 Heisman Award
It took an hour, but we got the announcement we were all waiting for: Jameis Winston is the 2013 Heisman winner. Winston's was the fifth-largest margin of victory in Heisman history despite being left off 115 ballots....
No, Barry Sanders Was Not Asleep At The Heisman Ceremony
While the interviews are boring, that was not Barry Sanders asleep at the Heisman Award ceremony. He's clearly texting and the GIF shows his arm moving. Now, on to the real news: Jordan Lynch just shit all over New York pizza on live television. ...
The Main Ingredient: Mom's Orange Tree
In 1974, when I was three years old, my grandparents returned from a trip to Florida with a gift for my mother and my aunt. They carried it in a box, a few small branches of an orange tree. My aunt planted hers and it died almost immediately but Mom, who has a way with plants and flowers, potted the...
The 2013 Deadspin Bear Of The Year
Deadspin is pleased to announce our 2013 Bear of the Year. There were a great many bears to choose, but ultimately our decision was a simple one: Bicycle-Riding Bear Who Ate a Monkey. ...
Broadway Danny Rose: It's A Beautiful Thing
We're getting into a definite type of situation here......
Ravens Rookie-Megatron Beef Is A Bit Of An Exaggeration
It's on now. Matt Elam, a rookie safety for the Ravens, was asked about covering Lions receiver Calvin Johnson in Monday's game and ended up talking shit about Megatron. Did he really?...
Hideo Nomo Changed Baseball Forever, And Then He Disappeared
Having purchased a Hall of Fame ballot, which we'll be filling out in accordance with the wishes of our readers, we're examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series ca...
Don't You Dare Call Mutton Bustin' "Wool Riding"
Part of me loves this Modern Farmer article about mutton bustin', because looking at pictures of small children getting busted by some mutton is always a good time. But part of me also hates it, because it claims that mutton bustin' is also known as "wool riding." That's a foul, Modern Farmer!...
Peter Sellers in Lolita > Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove
Claire Quilty: I get the impression that you want to leave but you don't like to because you think I think it looks suspicious, me being a policeman and all. You don't have to think that because I haven't got a suspicious mind at all. A lot of people think I'm suspicious, especially when I stand on...
Vote For Jack Morris (And Shut Up About Game 7 Already)
Over the next few weeks, we'll be examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's Hall of Fame ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series can be found here....
At Least The Dallas Defense Let Alshon Jeffery Happen
The Bears dismantled the Cowboys 45-28 and it was nowhere near that close. Tonight was the third time this year a team has gone an entire game without punting, and the second time it happened against Dallas. Josh McCown threw for 348 yards and four touchdowns against this Dallas defense. With six se...
Woody: All Schoolyard
I was always interested in gangsters and people don't associate me with that because of their image of me on the screen. They think I'm more intellectual than I am, because I wear glasses and I'm built slightly.But the truth is I came from the streets of Brooklyn. I'm not educated—I mean I was throw...
ESPN Says The Ravens (Who Won) Had A Sub-Zero Chance Of Winning
The graph above, tweeted out by ESPN Stats & Info last night, shows the win probability for the Ravens and Vikings over the fourth quarter of their ridiculous Sunday game, which saw five lead changes in the final two minutes....
Where Are The Sweet Montages? Breaking Down The <em>Rocky</em> Movies By Scene
"Rocky Morphology," the chart above from Fathom.info, breaks down all six Rocky films by scene type: "dialogue" scenes, training scenes, pre-fight scenes, fight scenes, and—of course—montage scenes, complete with linked movie stills. Without wading too far into the endless exercise in bullshit that ...
Here's A Story About LeBron Being Really Nice To A T-Wolves Fan's Mom
Here's a nice story from a Reddit user who sits courtside at Timberwolves games about how LeBron James was really nice to his mom on multiple occasions. Suck it, LeBron haters....
Adrian Peterson Says Baltimore Has "The Worst Fans In The NFL"
Just a horrible day all around for Adrian Peterson, who exited in the second quarter with a foot injury and had a prime seat for late-game nuttiness that saw the lead change six times in the fourth quarter. Peterson vented afterwards, splitting his anger between officials and fans....
The Main Ingredient: Cinnamon Toast
I was in elementary school during the final sad years of my parents' marriage. We had moved out of New York City to Westchester and lived on a street that was more country than suburban. I had a friend named Kevin who lived up the road in a big, dilapidated house. He kept a water-logged copy of Hust...
ESPN Asks Its TV People To Stop Saying "Sucks" So Much
ESPN is a roll with these memos. Just yesterday the Worldwide Leader told its talent to be extra extra careful when talking about rape allegations ("Today's developments in the Jameis Winston investigation are likely to be emotionally charged. Please consider that ..."). Today, network brass has a n...
Who Should Be In The Baseball Hall Of Fame? Vote Now!
Here it is—your chance to vote in the 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame elections!...