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Number of Productive Things You’ve Done Today: Zero
A long lunch, tweeting about fantasy football, copious consumption of Deadspin: You've officially done zero today. Stop being a complete waste of space and drink a vitaminwater zero™, with enough vitamins and taste to make you feel like you're doing something....
Vincent Jackson Is A Piece Of Shit
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed....
Oh Wait, Maybe This Is Why England Didn't Get The World Cup
Birmingham City and Aston Villa fans put on an old-fashioned pitch invasion after last night's Carling Cup match, complete with flares and fighting....
Miami Heat Plane Has Mechanical Problem Landing In Cleveland
The Heat charter flight experienced plane trouble on its approach to Cleveland early this morning. Sure, if surface-to-air missiles are "plane trouble." [AP]...
Ron Artest Likes Prank Calls
Ron Artest called into a Rockets post-game show pretending to be Luis Scola. Of course he did....
Last Night's Winner: FIFA's Made-For-TV Spectacle
The 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be played in temperatures of 35 below and 135 degrees, respectively (if our national stereotypes are still accurate). They will also go to countries with reputations for corruption. It didn't stop us from watching....
SHOTY Semifinals: No. 3 Karen F. Owen Vs. No. 7 The Machine
Our lone upset in the quarterfinals was a big one: The Machine edged out LeBron James, dropping the No. 2 seed. No. 3 Karen F. Owen defied Bodog's odds and sadly took out Dude Being Blown By A Dog. Alas....
LeBronageddon Is Upon Us
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Watch The World Cup Host Selection Now
Any minute now, FIFA is going to name the host nations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The USA may have the edge for the '22 tourney. Watch the announcement live at FIFA's website....
Deadspin Is Hiring
As some of you may have heard, there are big, scary changes happening all across the Gawker MEDIA network, including here. In the spirit of big, scary change, we hope to add some staff to the Deadspin masthead in 2011....
Buzzer-Beater Punctuated By Announcer's Guttural Bellow
Minnesota HS hoops provides this week's buzzer-beater. But the real star is our play-by-play guy, who's either so excited that words fail him, or he happens to be fluent in dinosaur....
Devils' Advocate: White Men Can Jump
Every week, this recent Duke graduate will offer you a new reason not to hate the Duke Blue Devils, the bestest basketball team in the land. You are free to disagree....
Punch-Out With Your Cock Out
A German (of course) AIDS awareness organization has released COCK OUT, in which players slip on a motion-sensing digital condom and use their thrusts to pummel a virtual HIV....
Dan Gilbert Is Going To Boil Someone's Bunny
Per Adrian Wojnarowski, recording secretary of the LeBron Jersey-Burning and Chowder Society: The Cavs "have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a high-powered Midwestern law firm" to investigate whether the Heat broke tampering rules while pursuing LeBron James. [Yahoo!]...
Brian Westbrook Has Already Had A More Successful 2010 Than Donovan McNabb
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: your new 49ers starting RB....
The Official Cavs Fan Guide To Taunting LeBron
Yeah, we know, these things rarely work. But we wouldn't endorse these suggested Cavs fans chants for tomorrow's game if they weren't clever and/or funny. Show some heart, Cleveland. [Cavs Chants]...
Victorious MMA Fighter Repeatedly Pukes His Guts Out
Come for the initial spew. Stay for the second round that nearly soaks the poor bastard cleaning up the first puddle. [POSSIBLY NSFW: THIS VIDEO IS GROSS AND SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED BY ANYONE]...
Oakland Willing To Discard Moneyball For "Slugging First Basemen" Philosophy
Oakland really really wants Lance Berkman. But they'd settle for Adam Dunn. For god's sake, please protect your eyebrows; this is HOTFUCKINGSTOVE....
World Cup 2018 Bid — Let The Schmoozing Commence!
This post, written by Josh Burt, is republished with permission from The Spoiler. Go there often if you like soccer stuff....