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Oklahoma State Gets Defensive Two-Point Conversion On Blocked Kick-And-Lateral
Enormous Oklahoma State defensive lineman Vincent Taylor blocked a Texas extra point attempt, scooped up the loose ball and lateraled it to Trey Flowers for a defensive two-point conversion in one of numerous plays that have thus far made for a madcap first half in Stillwater. ...
Boxer Mike Towell Dies After Being Injured In Bout
Scottish boxer Mike Towell has died after suffering bleeding and swelling to his brain following a fight on Thursday....
No, Josh Gordon Did Not Get Caught With A Pound Of Weed At The Airport
Last night, Scout.com reported that Josh Gordon got popped trying to bring a pound of weed onto a flight from Cleveland to L.A., and that the smuggling incident is what prompted him to check into rehab. Here’s the extremely strange crux of the supposed incident, which happened after Gordon made his ...
The Blue Jays Are Beefing With The Local Media
The Toronto Blue Jays are in a tight race for the American League wild card, and last night’s loss to the Orioles didn’t make things any easier. They are now facing a three-game series against the Red Sox, and need to hold off the Tigers and Mariners, who are 1.5 and two games back, respectively. It...
Lady Gaga To Perform At Super Bowl Halftime Show; They've Done Worse
Lady Gaga is going to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show this year. This led the Deadspin staff down a rabbithole. We’ve been Remembering Some Shows, and figured we’d open it up to everyone....
Josh Gordon Is Headed To Rehab
Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon will enter in-patient rehab, the team announced today....
NFL Suspends Randy Gregory 10 More Games For Violating Substance Abuse Policy
Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory has been serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, and was appealing another 10-game suspension for an additional violation of the policy. Today, Gregory dropped his appeal and will now remain suspended through Week 14....
Dez Bryant Injures Knee, Reportedly Gets Fined For Skipping MRIs
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett told reporters this morning that Dez Bryant had a hairline fracture in his knee, and his status for this weekend’s game is in doubt. ESPN reports that Bryant has a “tibial plateau fracture” and could either miss no time or be out for three weeks:...
ESPN Runs Memphis Grizzlies Puff Piece Written By Guy The Grizzlies Just Hired<em></em>
This morning, ESPN published a positive and forward-looking profile of new Memphis Grizzlies head David Fizdale, focusing on his first practice yesterday. It was written by veteran NBA writer and ESPNer Michael Wallace—an awfully strange choice considering that last week Wallace announced that he wa...
Fernando Torres Does A Fernando Torres
Fernando Torres must’ve felt some kind of way about Edinson Cavani threatening to usurp El Niño’s hard-earned title as The World’s Foremost Sitter-Misser, so he went and did this:...
Antonio Brown Says Refs Threatened To Eject Him For Wearing Cool Shoes
Steelers receiver Antonio Brown has long been one of the few NFL players willing to thumb his nose (or butt, rather) at the NFL’s joy-killing rules against self expression. It seems like the league has finally had enough of Brown daring to have a good time while playing football, though, as he claim...
Some UFC Guy Tries To Diss Conor McGregor, Walks Straight Into Huge Burn
Nate Diaz came at Conor McGregor online this afternoon, and while we laud his utter disdain for the man and commitment to talk smack whenever we can, he still just did some tweets. At the UFC 205 press conference this afternoon, Some UFC Guy tried to diss McGregor to his face by claiming that he did...
Tiger Woods Is Now Golf's Washed-Up Uncle
Tiger Woods is still too old and fucked up to play golf, but he is capable of serving as a vice captain for the United States’ Ryder Cup team. Somebody forgot to tell Tiger that vice captains aren’t allowed to be in the team photo:...
I Think Nate Silver Is Broken, Maybe?
Here are a couple tweets from politics polling seer Nate Silver, founder of ESPN math website FiveThirtyEight....
Colts Radio Announcer Is Really Happy The Game Is "Finally Fucking Over"
The Colts won a nervous game against the Chargers yesterday, finally locking up the victory with a fumble recovery in the final minute. This was a great relief to longtime Colts radio announcer Bob Lamey:...
How Deep Does The Browns' Kicking Disaster Go?
As with all things Browns, failure is not enough by itself. It can never be simple. It must always be exquisite, and multipronged, and avoidable. The Cody Parkey saga, which saw Cleveland’s new kicker miss three field goals including a potential game-winner as time expired, is a great example....
What The Hell Were The Buccaneers Thinking?
There’s no good way to lose to the Los Angeles Rams, a team that scored a grand total of nine points through the first eight quarters of the season and is quarterbacked by something called “Case Keenum.” But of all the possible ways to fall to a team as bad as the Rams (really, there aren’t many!), ...