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Birdman's Suspended Tonight Against The Pacers, And That Is Bullshit
After Thursday's dustup between Heat forward Chris "Birdman" Andersen and the elder Hansbrough formerly known as Psycho T, the league allowed Birdman to finish out the rest of the game. Yesterday night, the NBA announced they're suspending Birdman without pay for the sixth game of the series. That i...
Flummoxed, Pacers Reportedly Consult Shaman About Extending Series
But according to South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, he wasn't much help....
I Can't Stop Looking At These Photos Of Birdman And Tyler Hansbrough Ready To Throw Down
The tall white guy fight we all wanted to see nearly happened last night. Chris "Birdman" Andersen and Tyler Hansbrough exchanged shoves, words, and death stares—or at least the closest to "menacing" that Hansbrough's mug can muster....
Bosh And Wade Struggle, But LeBron Isn't Human, So The Heat Still Win
The entire debate about this Miami Heat team—that they would win, that they wouldn't win, and ultimately why they did win—is centered around their Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The Heat gutted their entire team to pay for these three players three summers ago. Their supporti...
Stop Trying To Dunk On Roy Hibbert
Last series: this. And now Chris Bosh. When are we going to learn?...
Bad Ass
My favorite bean ball story involves Dock Ellis when he was pitching for the Pirates in the 1970s. The following excerpt is from In the Country of Baseball, written by Ellis with Donald Hall....
The Greatest NBA Player To Never Win A Title Is Auctioning Off His Championship Ring. (What?)
Elgin Baylor did it all. Rookie of the year. The hall of fame. Eleven all-star appearances, and 10 NBA first-team selections. But though he went to the finals eight times in his 13-plus-year career, he never won the big one. That out of the way, want to buy Elgin Baylor's championship ring?...
Nobody Can Hijack A Playoff Game Quite Like An NBA Referee Can
With 1:20 left to play in last night's Heat-Pacers game, LeBron James received the ball on the left wing, stared down his defender, and then casually dropped a 28-foot three-pointer. It was a heroic shot, the kind of shot that NBA fans live to see in the playoffs, and it set the tone for what should...
Everything Went Wrong For The Heat, And The Pacers Won By Only Seven
The Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat tonight, 99-92. But before everyone pulls out the André Extra Dry and talks about how Indiana is going to do it and how the Heat might have finally met their match and how much of a clinic in hustle stats and team cohesion and bench spirit the Spurs-Pacers seri...
LeBron James Blocks The Absolute Shit Out Of George Hill's Layup
That's not fair, man. ...
Lance Stephenson Is Pulling A Miami Heat On The Miami Heat
The Indiana Pacers are up at halftime over the Miami Heat, 48-47, in the fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals. This is your open thread. Knock yourselves out....
Tim Duncan Is In The Middle Of A Remarkably Messy Divorce
As the ageless and unflappable Tim Duncan turns in another incredible playoff run, reports and court documents indicate the Spurs star has played this postseason while dealing with an ugly divorce from his wife of 12 years—and spent the regular season concerned about allegations of infidelity on her...
What If The President Were A Cokehead?
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering big dicks, broken jaws, uneaten cupcakes, and more. Image by Jim Cooke....
Brittney Griner Throws Down Two Dunks In Her WNBA Debut
Former Baylor superstar and all-around badass Brittney Griner made her WNBA debut for the Phoenix Mercury last night, and she made quite the impression. Griner, who became known for her ability to dunk while at Baylor, threw down two dunks in her first game as a pro and became the first WNBA player...
Same Faces, Same Result: The Spurs Are Back In The Finals
The Spurs get the "boring" label because basketball is supposed to be hard. As San Antonio heads to its fifth finals since 1999, its fourth with its multinational power trio intact, you wonder if they've made some cosmic bargain, or discovered a real-life cheat code, because the alternative—that the...
This Video Is Accurately Titled "Tim Duncan Realizing He Has Arms"
The title of this video turns some otherwise mundane sideline footage of Tim Duncan into something great. Whoaaaa. What are these things, man?...
Gregg Popovich Is A Man Of Two Words
Well, he's a man of one word said twice, anyway. ...