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The Packers-49ers Game Featured A Replacement Ref-Level Blown Call
Packers-49ers was the most entertaining of Sunday's slate of NFL games, but it featured one moment that elicited flashbacks to those dark days when the replacement referees were screwing up games left and right. ...

Maps: How Far Do Americans Live From Their Sports Teams?
I grew up in Bowdoinham, a small town in midcoast Maine. As the crow flies, it's 132 miles from the nearest NBA team, 133 miles from MLB, and 153 miles from the NFL, and so I developed strong rooting interests while pretty much never going to any live games, ever. It all felt very far away from the ...


Lamar Odom Reportedly Checks Into Rehab
Like all right-thinking human beings, we like Lamar Odom and are rooting for him. So today's news ought to be viewed as a good thing, a sign things can only get better from here....

John Wall's New Mansion Has 10 Bathrooms And A Basketball Court
It's good to sign a max contract....

Fan Writes Letter To Pelicans Asking For $1 Million Contract
I know what the jerseys look like, but the Pelicans are a real NBA team. With professional players and everything. You can't just get a job by writing them a polite, poorly spelled letter—hold on, did you say you're better than LeBron and "Kobie?"...

Jesus vs. Aliens: WHO YOU GOT?!
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering scorpion stings, blimps, Band-Aids, and more....

Jared Sullinger Arrested On Domestic Assault Charges
Celtics sophomore forward Jared Sullinger turned himself into police this morning, and was charged with assault and battery, malicious destruction of property and witness intimidation, after a weekend confrontation with his girlfriend....

The Forgotten Genius of Ring Lardner
Over at the Daily Beast, Allen Barra weighs in on the forgotten genius of Ring Lardner:...

Oklahoma City Thunder Player Arrested On Domestic Abuse Charge
Shooting guard DeAndre Liggins of the Oklahoma City Thunder was jailed Saturday night after reportedly getting into an altercation with a woman that police believed to be his girlfriend....

The Lakers Bros Won An Award, And They Have A Lot Of People To Thank
Ryan and Brian, the famous Lakers Bros and the best interview subjects Deadspin has ever had, recently won LA Weekly's meme of the year award. Naturally, they have a lot of people (and things) to thank, so they went ahead and filmed an acceptance speech of sorts....

Atlanta Hawks Head Coach Charged With DUI
Mike Budenholzer's tenure as the new head coach of the Atlanta Hawks isn't exactly off to a roaring start. The former Spurs assistant was arrested early Thursday morning in Atlanta and charged with a DUI....

The Playboy Interview With His Airness
My man Max over at Longform has reprinted a select group of the legendary Playboy Interviews. Here's one you might dig, Mark Vancil's 1992 chat with Michael Jordan:...

James Dolan Complained To The NBA About Mikhail Prokhorov's Bullying
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that the David Stern brokered a détente between the feuding owners of the Knicks and Nets last season, apparently because the league hates fun. But the more interesting part comes farther down: this meeting wasn't initiated by the NBA. Instead, Dolan went to the...

Here's A Very Strange Music Video Featuring Gazing NBA Players
Good news for any hoopsters still doing their thing out there: someone went and made a music video just for them. ...


The Wonderful One-Pitch Mo
From my man, Kevin Baker, whose latest novel, The Big Crowd, will be published next month. ...

Candace Parker Bloodies Teammate While Celebrating
Los Angeles's Candace Parker was so freaking excited over this completed layup Sunday night, she accidentally headbutted Nneka Ogwumike while going to celebrate. Blood everywhere....

