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A Brief History Of Pro Cyclists Getting Lost And Making Wrong Turns In The Middle Of Races
Earlier this week, Colombian sprinting wizard Fernando Gaviria won the opening stage of this year’s Tour of San Juan thanks to a strong leadout from Tom Boonen, and also thanks to a good chunk of the peloton getting confused and going the wrong way at an intersection....

Carmelo Anthony Praises Teammate "Ron Burgundy"
With their season falling apart, the Knicks decided to make a change to the starting lineup before today’s game against Atlanta Hawks. To the bench went Courtney Lee, the guy who actually tries on defense and is shooting 42 percent from behind the arc, and to the floor went Ron Baker, a rookie who l...

Russell Westbrook Makes Daring Assist To Referee's Head
Russell Westbrook has the football throw of the night so far, even if it cost him a technical foul....

No, Canada
The U.S. beat Canada 3-1 at the World Juniors today to take Group B, and in doing so earned the raising of the Stars And Stripes. Alas, Canada was unable to complete that task either—and in doing so provided us one final cap-off of what was a stellar 2016 for this country....

Arizona Beats Seattle After Steven Hauschka Misses Extra Point<em></em>
Seattle lost an important game for their playoff seeding after Steven Hauschka missed the would-be go-ahead extra point and Arizona drove the field to kick a game-winning field goal on the final play of the game....

KHL Guy Totally Biffs Empty Net
Most athletes will tell you that they prefer some degree of difficulty, because if there’s no challenge, they have too much time to think over the sort of act that comes naturally to their muscle memory. For Dinamo Minsk winger Sergei Drozd here, it might’ve been that. Or it might’ve been a goddamn ...

Patrik Laine Slaps Game-Winner, Right Into His Own Net<em></em>
Winnipeg Jets rookie Patrik Laine’s 17 goals in 32 games puts him third overall in scoring this season. After last night’s game against the Edmonton Oilers, he could have moved up a spot, but NHL players don’t get credit for accidental goals on their own net....

Why Is HBO Refusing To Deny That <i>Westworld</i>'s Robots Poop?<em></em>
HBO’s Westworld, the haunting tale of what can happen when cowboy sex robots go awry, spent its first season unwrapping many of the mysteries that so captivated its audience—save, that is, the question that has tormented fans most of all. And that’s apparently exactly how HBO wants it....

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James Harden And Clint Capela Are Here To Bless Us With Alley-Oops
Clint Capela is a passable basketball player. But he is very, very nice to pass to if you are the new point guard incarnation of James Harden. You might be surprised to see the third-year center elbow out DeAndre Jordan and—much more to the point—Dwight Howard for the highest field goal percentage i...

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Michigan State Holds On Against FGCU After Incredible Clock Operator Blunder [Update]
Michigan State claimed its second win of the year after the 13th-ranked Spartans beat Florida Gulf Coast thanks in part to a clock blunder on the game’s final play that officials decided to let stand....

President Obama Notes That The Warriors Blew A 3-1 Lead In The Finals
In these, the precious final days before the title of Leader of the Free World is officially handed over to an unhinged megalomaniacal trash TV star, it is important to treasure the relatively good times we have today. To help us at least temporarily forget about this lost world we find ourselves in...

Jarryd Hayne Stands Helplessly As High Schoolers Accidentally See A Whole Bunch Of Porn<em></em>
Jarryd Hayne, the rugby league player who briefly played for the San Francisco 49ers last season and now plays for the Gold Coast Titans, took part in a presentation about cyberbullying and cybersecurity at a high school in Australia. The demonstration ended abruptly when a bunch of porn showed up o...

NFL Deletes Highlight Clip After Realizing What Mark Ingram Said
Saints running back Mark Ingram scored a marvelous touchdown in the second quarter of today’s New Orleans-San Francisco game to give his team a 28-10 lead, leading the NFL to rush tweet a highlight of the play—and, just as quickly, delete the tweet after hearing the language used by Ingram as he pas...
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Washington Coach Pulls Out Dong, Pees Freely Before The Masses During Game [NSFW]
As several tipsters have notified us, a Washington football team assistant coach took a semi-covert piss into a cup during the team’s loss to Detroit yesterday. A fan took several photos of Ben Kotwica mid-piss—TMZ has the story— which has subsequently come to overshadow the team’s late loss to the ...

Colorado Gives Up Two Safeties On The Same Play
Colorado is in the midst of its best season in years, earning its way to bowl eligibility today with a 10-5 win over the once-seventh-ranked Stanford Cardinal. But even with its inexplicable 6-2 record, the Buffaloes still showed some of that haplessness that was a hallmark of the program for a deca...

Apparently Psychic GOP Leaks Recap Of VP Debate Hours Before It Starts
If you don’t want to know what will happen in the VP debate tonight, please do not scroll down. Spoilers abound. The GOP leaked the results on their website, which they obtained from some sort of psychic or mage or some such, and this is your last warning....

Fan Tosses Helmet At Jerry Jones, Hits Him In Head<em></em>
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took a helmet to the head before today’s game against the 49ers in Santa Clara. It seems that an overeager fan wanted the team memorabilia signed. ...