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And Now, The World’s Most Terrifyingly Inappropriate <i>Minecraft</i> Videos
Last week, I took a moment to explain why Minecraft, the world's biggest video game, sucks hard balls. And in my "research" for that post (five minutes), I found a number of Minecraft recreations of 9/11 over on YouTube. All of these tributes are misguided at best and tasteless at worst …...
Cortland Finnegan Retires, Remains In Denial About Time He Got Beat Up
Cortland Finnegan—the long-time Titan cornerback who is better known as the NFL's biggest asshole—took to Instagram today to announce his retirement. In a statement that covers his love of the game, his appreciation at having played, and his excitement about his future, he reveals that is apparent...
Keith Olbermann Explains Why He Got Into That Dumb Twitter Fight
Keith Olbermann is a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight, and part of their taped conversation has already been uploaded onto YouTube by the show. In it, Olbermann and Letterman discuss the the dumbass Twitter fight he got into with Penn State fans and students that led ESPN to suspe...
Evil Troll Spirits Invade Body Of Basel Keeper
Hm. We were giving Basel keeper Tomáš Vaclík the benefit of the doubt earlier, when he was frozen stiff by this nasty free kick, but judging from whatever's going on in that GIF above he might actually not be in control of his own body....
Cristiano Ronaldo's Forehead Saved Real Madrid's Ass
Ugh. Uggggghhhhhhhh. Just when we looked so close to seeing this shaky Real Madrid team gag up their 2-0 first leg lead in the Champions League to Schalke, of all teams, up sprang that leaping salmon Cristiano Ronaldo to save the day....
Jake Locker Is Retiring
Titans QB Jake Locker announced today that he's retiring from the NFL at age 26:...
The Lions Got Haloti Ngata, But Is that Enough?
Ndamukong Suh is leaving town, but the role of "bigass defensive tackle" is apparently plugged right up. The Lions have traded fourth- and fifth-round picks (with a seventh-rounder coming back to Detroit, according to Albert Breer) to the Ravens for defensive lineman Haloti Ngata, who's been holding...
Porto Player Curls In Free Kick; Keeper Just Stands There Like "Nah"
That's got to be the worst feeling for a keeper, seeing a free kick swerve towards goal, knowing full well you have no chance of getting to it, and praying that the bangs off the crossbar or something right as you hear the ball twisting against the nylon of the net....
Reports: Saints Trade Jimmy Graham To Seahawks
As first reported by Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, the Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints have reached a trade agreement that will send all-pro tight end Jimmy Graham and a fourth-round pick to Seattle in exchange for a first-round pick and center Max Unger....
Jim Boeheim Is The NCAA’s Favorite Kind Of Shitbag
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering bowling, moon colonies, giant scorpions, and more....
Jadeveon Clowney Goes To Hospital After Teammate's Dog Bites Him
Texans pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney had a pretty rough rookie season, which was erased almost entirely by a series of injuries. He's currently recovering from microfracture knee surgery, and now he has to deal with an arm that was savaged by teammate D.J. Swearinger's pit bull....
Little Russian Soccer Kid Gets Shit Wrecked When Big Coach Kicks Him
Sure, Russia may have their own standards for coaching, child-rearing, and acceptable levels of violence in sports, but a grown man molly-whopping one of his charges right on the pitch, then barking at him to get back in the game has to cross some kind of threshold....
Bruins Rookie Follows "Adult Massage" Girls On Twitter Before Road Trip
David Pastrnak, a talented winger taken in the first round by Boston last summer, is already making an impact with the big club. The rookie has 15 points in 24 games since being recalled on Jan. 8, and has slotted in nicely in the Bruins' top six. He's also just 18 years old, and someone needs to sh...
Massive Brawl At Women's Basketball Game Results In 15 Suspensions
The Texas Southern and Southern University women's basketball teams brawled during a game on Saturday night, resulting in a double forfeit of the game and 15 suspensions. Yesterday, video of the brawl was posted by the The Advocate, and Texas Southern announced that it was withdrawing the women's ...
BYU's Kyle Collinsworth Throws Assist Through Teammate's Legs
BYU beat Portland 84-70 tonight to advance to the WCC Tournament finals, and the star of the show was Kyle Collinsworth. With a line of 13 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists, Collinsworth picked up the sixth triple-double of his career, tying the NCAA record for most career triple-doubles held by s...
Hassan Whiteside Ejected After Absolutely Trucking Kelly Olynyk
For the second time in a week, Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside has gotten himself ejected from a game. In the third quarter against the Celtics tonight, Whiteside rammed over Kelly Olynyk, with seemingly no provocation besides the usual amount of contact between big men that had been going on all...
"Chris Benoit Is Innocent"
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Hey, Soccer Guy, Yanking A Goat's Horns Is A Dumb Way To Celebrate Goals
We aren't exactly clear what Cologne's Anthony Ujah was going for with this goal celebration involving club mascot Hennes the goat—is he miming riding it? are the horns like motorcycle handlebars?—but what we're quite certain of is ol' Hennes isn't digging it....
The Regular Person's Guide To The Apple Watch
There's some Steve Jobs understudy shit going on today, as you've probably seen. Our friends at Gizmodo have a very full and technical explanation of what happened today. But if you don't really care about tech specs and just want to know if this stuff is good or bullshit, we've got something for yo...