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Bucks' John Henson Says He Was Racially Profiled At Jewelry Shop [Update]

Milwaukee Bucks forward John Henson said he was racially profiled at a jewelry store in Whitefish Bay, Wis., today. Henson claimed the employees locked the doors when he arrived, and may have called the police on him....

Lamar Odom Is Reportedly Ready To Start Physical Therapy

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, former NBA player Lamar Odom’s condition improved enough over the weekend that he is ready to start physical therapy....

Korean Bat-Flipping Hero Might Come To MLB

You might remember back in July we brought you the tale of Hwang Jae-gyun and his tremendous bat flip. It’s right there, at the top. Note his sense of dramatic timing, his coiled, arching, yet nonchalant flip. This here is a man who knows how to flip a bat. ...

Report: Lamar Odom Opened His Eyes And Said "Good Morning"

ABC’s Las Vegas affiliate is reporting that former NBA player Lamar Odom, who has been comatose since being found unconscious in a Las Vegas brothel on Tuesday, opened his eyes and spoke to doctors today....

Frank Isola Has An Adorable Story About A Young Stephon Marbury

New York Daily News reporter Frank Isola has known Stephon Marbury for a long time, even before the Coney Island-raised Marbury played for the Knicks. During a break on Thursday’s taping of Around The Horn, Isola told Jackie MacMullan of the time he helped out a 13-year-old Marbury, who was hanging ...

The 76ers are battling with Wells Fargo after the latter withdrew its sponsorship, but the arena is still the “Wells Fargo Center.” So the Sixers put the name on the court in white paint, so you can barely see it....

One Of CNN's Photos Of Lamar Odom Is Not Like The Others

Watch this CNN clip carefully. Can you find the photo of Lamar Odom that’s not Lamar Odom? You can do this. We believe in you....

Gareth Bale's Loud-Mouth Agent Might Have Talked Himself Out Of A Job

Earlier this week, Gareth Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, proclaimed in an interview that Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo don’t hate each other. Rather than assuaging the situation, it appears that all the agent succeeded at was getting Bale to hate him....

Sheriff: Caller Said Lamar Odom Took Up To 10 Tabs Of Sexual Performance Enhancer [Updated]

Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly spoke to reporters this afternoon about her agency’s investigation into what happened with Lamar Odom, who was rushed Tuesday from a brothel in Crystal, Nev. to a hospital, where reports say he remains unconscious and breathing with the aid of machines. ...

Lamar Odom Remains In Critical Condition After Being Found Unconscious At Nevada Brothel

Lamar Odom is reportedly still unconscious and breathing with the aid of machines, more than 12 hours after being taken to the hospital upon being discovered unresponsive at a legal brothel in Nevada....

Warriors Beat Reporter's Blog Posts Appear To Be Copy And Pasted From Press Releases

Earlier tonight, the Columbia Journalism Review reported that the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporter on the Golden State Warriors beat, Rusty Simmons, had been suspended by the paper after writing a news story on the Warriors’ purchase of land for their new arena that was copied almost entirely from...

EAT SHIT, LEITCH!

This is Will Leitch, the founder of Deadspin and world’s most annoying Cardinals fan. We love Leitch, but we also like trolling him at every possible opportunity by telling him that he is human garbage and his favorite team is a band of wingnut Puritan shitbags who hack into laptops and pepper spray...

Does This Video Of Frank Kaminsky Dancing Arouse You? It Should

The NBA and its players are in Shanghai for Fan Appreciation Day, and there’s no better display of fan appreciation than Hornets rookie Frank Kaminsky doing a dance—that isn’t the Dougie—to “Teach Me How To Dougie” on the court....

Every NCAA Infraction Should Be Legal

Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering drones, urinals, daily fantasy, and more....

When's The Last Time You Cried About Sports?

Yesterday morning, Will from Queens phoned into Mike Francesa and couldn’t hold back his sobs over the swirl of emotion surrounding the Mets’ playoff hopes, Ruben Tejada’s health, and the biggest start of Matt Harvey’s career. It’s worked out well for Will so far—he’ll be at the game tonight—but it ...

Old Man Metta World Peace Says Modern NBA Is Full Of Babies

Metta World Peace is back in the NBA after a few seasons in China and has found an NBA more focused on the three-pointer and passing than the one he left. So, naturally, he has assumed the least surprising position available to him, that the NBA is, “No longer a man’s game. It’s a baby’s game. There...

Gilbert Arenas Calls Caron Butler A Snitch In Rebuttal To Locker Room Guns Story

Caron Butler’s recent account of the infamous incident in the Wizards locker room in 2009 involving Jarvaris Crittenton and Gilbert Arenas and one-to-five guns continues to make waves. The Washington Post ran an excerpt from his new book that provoked Arenas to write an rambling Instagram rebuttal t...

Timofey Mozgov Is Still Really Good At Local Commercials

Timofey Mozgov has already produced a body of work that would secure him a spot in the Athlete Local Commercial Hall Of Fame, if such a thing existed. Which is to say that Mozgov didn’t need to cut this spot for Sky Zone in order to prove his greatness, but he did it anyway, because that’s what lege...

Thabo Sefolosha Found Not Guilty Of Resisting Arrest

NBA player Thabo Sefolosha, who had his leg broken during a scuffle with NYPD officers in April, was found not guilty on charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of governmental administration....

Gilbert Arenas Posts Rebuttal To Caron Butler's Version Of Locker Room Guns Story

The other day the Washington Post ran an excerpt from Caron Butler’s forthcoming book, which includes his telling of what happened in the Wizards locker room almost six years ago when Javaris Crittenton pointed a gun at teammate Gilbert Arenas....