oops Page 2 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Soccer Man Celebrates Goal With A 10-Foot Drop Into A Pit Of Despair
Anderson Lopes is a Brazilian striker who recently joined Japanese club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo. His debut on Saturday went about as well as anyone could have asked of him as he scored four goals in his first minutes with the club....
Minnesota High School Hockey Announcer Yanked Off Air After "Lynching Ropes" Comment
Doug McLeod, a play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Boys’ State Hockey Tournament, was pulled off the air Thursday after he referred to “lynching ropes” during a game broadcast....
Bryce Harper At His Phillies Press Conference: "We Want To Bring A Title Back To D.C."
The Phillies’ introductory press conference for the newly-acquired Bryce Harper went about how you’d expect. It was ceremonial without being too regal, there were a handful of canned phrases about remaining with one team for a long time and building team culture, and Harper said that he wants to bri...
Clippers Broadcast Crew Jokes About What Robert "Tractor" Traylor's Up To These Days, Forgets He Died<em></em>
During the first quarter of Monday’s Mavericks-Clippers game, Clippers announcers Ralph Lawler and Don MacLean took a look back and discussed the draft day trade that sent Dirk Nowitzki (and Pat Garrity) to Dallas in 1998, in exchange for Robert “Tractor” Traylor to Milwaukee. Such a lopsided trade...
Kevin McHale Doesn't Realize He's On Air, Calls Someone A "Dickhead"
TNT rolled right through a few quiet seconds of a dead-ball in the first half of Tuesday night’s Celtics-76ers game, leaving the Players Only broadcast crew to chat through what might normally be filled by a relevant chyron and/or the small-talk skills of a professional play-by-play announcer. It se...
Blake Griffin Vents About The Pistons' Focus, Right Before Reggie Jackson Goofs Around For The Camera
The spiritual sequel to Dwight and Stan isn’t as consequential as the original, but it’s nonetheless compelling....
![FSU Honors MLK With Unbelievably Tone-Deaf Photoshop [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/cg99ntcqsqawkwkcdtmf.jpg)
FSU Honors MLK With Unbelievably Tone-Deaf Photoshop [Update]
MLK Day is one of the few days a year on which a brand or institution is guaranteed to shame itself through a ham-fisted tribute to the civil rights hero. This year, I don’t think anyone is going to do a worse job than Florida State University, which sent out and then quickly deleted the tweet you s...
Injured Soccer Player's Foot Run Over By The Medical Cart Meant To Rescue Him
Some soccer videos require hundreds of words to describe their true beauty and resonance. The passing angles are dissected to the nth-degree, or the trajectory of a free kick is gushed about as the work of art it truly is....
Mark Davis Orchestrated Amari Cooper Trade That He Believes The Raiders Will Regret
It’s no surprise that Mark Davis was asked about his recent thoughts on the Amari Cooper trade Wednesday at an NFL owners meeting in Irving, TX. Since getting shipped off to Dallas in October, the receiver has caught 40 passes for 642 yards and six touchdowns in six games. Those numbers clearly dwar...
The Barstool Sports Gang Had A Blackface Whoopsie
Look, if a white guy and two of his black friends are going to dress up as the Celtics’ Big Three for Halloween, how will anyone know he’s Kevin Garnett—you know, aside from the name on the jersey and general context—unless he puts on blackface?...
Cross Country Runner Faceplants Across Finish Line
Congratulations to Jimmy Gressier, a 21-year-old French runner who defended his title in the Under-23 European men’s cross country championships today. We’d also like to extend our apologies to Jimmy Gressier, the two-time defending Euro cross country champ who many people now know only because he f...
![Report: White Supremacists Tricked Brett Favre Into Making A Customized Anti-Semitic Video Shoutout [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/jmkxv1t43iuh1b8plh0a.jpg)
Report: White Supremacists Tricked Brett Favre Into Making A Customized Anti-Semitic Video Shoutout [Update]
The app Cameo allows anyone to pay for a personalized video message from a list of celebrities and pseudo-celebrities. Have one of the myriad Real Housewives wish your partner a happy birthday! Ask Billy Zane to congratulate your friend on getting married! Get Brett Favre to unwittingly recite coded...
Ohio State Returns Momentum To Michigan With Muffed Fair Catch Attempt
For a majority of the first half, Ohio State has turned Michigan’s top-ranked defense into mincemeat. Dwayne Haskins has thrown for three touchdowns and hasn’t been under any serious pressure all game. So when Michigan scored its first touchdown of the day to cut Ohio State’s lead down to eight with...
New Photo Shows Harvard Running Back Didn't Actually Flip Yale The Bird
Clips of Harvard running back Devin Darrington allegedly flipping off Yale defenders on his way to the end zone made their rounds on Twitter and folks understandably lost their shit over it. Harvard-Yale is a notable rivalry, sure, but to see an Ivy Leaguer give another team the middle finger while ...
Nebraska Kickoff Attempt Goes Hilariously Awry
Nebraska got off to a surprise start against No. 8 Ohio State on Saturday, striking first off a 12-play drive of 75 yards to take an early 7-0 lead. The Cornhuskers followed this up by immediately giving all of their momentum back to the Buckeyes with this failed attempt at a kickoff....
The Steelers Went Full-Rutgers And Forgot To Field This Safety Punt
Things were looking up for the Steelers about halfway through the third quarter. The Browns had committed a holding penalty in their own end zone, giving Pittsburgh two points off the safety which extended their lead to ten points. But the momentum came to a screeching halt for the black and gold wh...
Rutgers Forgets To Field Kickoff, Gives Maryland Incredibly Long Onside Kick
The latest bit evidence to support bringing the relegation system into college football comes from the incredibly under-anticipated matchup between Rutgers and Maryland. Near the end of the first quarter, the Scarlet Knights failed to complete one of the simplest tasks someone could be asked to do o...
![This Is Probably How The Cubs Ended Up With Porn In An Old Tweet [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/zc1usxxxfir5ecrrsh1j.jpg)
This Is Probably How The Cubs Ended Up With Porn In An Old Tweet [Update]
Back when Twitter was more of a novelty than a platform for self-promotion and anemic feuds, no one really paid attention to a pro sports team’s tweets. They were usually clinical updates on games, and occasionally the Chargers’ expressing a desire to go to P.F. Chang’s. (The shift in voice was spur...
U.S. Open Chair Umpire Betrayed By Arm Rest, Eats It
It’s been a weird tournament so far for U.S. Open chair umpires. Less than a week into the tournament, chair umpires—whose goal is to be an unobtrusive as possible—have been directly responsible for launching two huge controversies: First, a chair ump needlessly penalized Alize Cornet for changing ...
Jason Witten Doesn't Quite Have This Telestrator Thing Down Yet
Former Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is easing into his post-NFL career as a color commentator, and he’s still got some kinks to work out. During last night’s preseason game between the Ravens and Colts, Witten whipped out his telestrator pen to break down a simple edge rush for the fans watching a...