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Report: Billy Butler Injured During Fight With Teammate Danny Valencia
Oakland A’s designated hitter Billy Butler missed his team’s last two games while suffering from nausea and vomiting, and the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that he got those symptoms from a fight with teammate Danny Valencia....

SummerSlam Ends With Brock Lesnar Tearing A New Hole In Randy Orton's Skull
A Brock Lesnar main event once again ended strangely and with blood, as the on-again, off-again MMA star delivered a very real elbow to Randy Orton’s head—one that opened up a massive gash....

Wrestling Bronze Medal Match Ends In Controversy; Mongolian Coaches Strip In Protest
Today’s 65kg freestyle wrestling bronze medal match between Uzbekistan’s Ikhtiyor Navruzov and Mongolian Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran ended in controversy as Ganzorigiin was assessed a penalty for celebrating his victory early, costing him the victory. A subsequent penalty point came after the Mongolian...

Horse: "Fuck This"
Modern pentathlon competitors use unfamiliar horses for the show jumping event. Here’s the result of that rule....

U.S. Swimmer Jimmy Feigen Will Pay $10,800 To Get Out Of Brazil
The last rowdy swim boy will be allowed to return to the United States. American swimmer Jimmy Feigen has agreed to donate $10,800 to a charity in Rio in exchange for his passport, which was seized by Brazilian authorities this week after he and three of his teammates, including Ryan Lochte, were ac...

Adam Eaton Hits A Grand Slam While Blowing A Bubble
Last night, Adam Eaton hit a ninth-inning grand slam to send the White Sox home with a 10-7 win over the Indians. And he did it while blowing a bubble, which seems a little dangerous but adds unexpected flair to baseball’s most magical outcome. After the game, Eaton told reporters he “was so fluster...

Browns CB K’Waun Williams Appeals Suspension After Being Told He Needs Ankle Surgery
On Wednesday, the Cleveland Browns suspended cornerback K’Waun Williams for two weeks for “multiple violations of team rules,” along with a fine of one game check. Although the team didn’t specify the reason, one report says that the punishment stems from Williams sitting out part of a preseason gam...

Is Steeplechase Dangerous? Ask This Dude's Face.
If you visited our site in the last hour, you’ve probably spent some time thinking about which Olympic event would be the least likely to kill you. “Steeplechase!” one of you probably said to yourself. “Steeplechase seems pretty chill. I bet I could participate in that and escape with my life.”...

Baseball Is Already Profitable For Tim Tebow
By now you know that Tim Tebow is going to hold a workout for MLB scouts—or at least he’s going to invite them. You also know he’s not going to make an MLB team, being 29 years old and not having played baseball in more than a decade. There’s only one question remaining: is it merely a publicity stu...
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Here Are The Penis Pics That Lena Zawaideh Says Shaun White Sent Her [NSFW]
Back in May, snowboarder Shaun White was sued by a woman who said White sexually harassed her, made inappropriate comments, and once demanded she cut her hair. On Friday, her lawyers filed a new complaint in San Diego court with added details about how drummer Lena Zawaideh says White pressured her ...

Defending Gold Medalist Diver Scores A Perfect Zero
Ilia Zakharov won the gold medal in the 3m springboard event at the 2012 Olympics. He made it all the way to the semi-finals at this year’s games, and that’s where his quest to win back-to-back golds went very wrong....

You Puny Millennial Weaklings Disgust Me, A Tough, Sinewy Elder
Via the Washington Post, I have learned of a study by the Journal of Hand Therapy showing that millennial men are a bunch of weak, pampered diaper babies with butter-soft hands and that your puny muscles are no match for my hardened, callused Gen-X gripping power. I am paraphrasing, here. The Journa...

Malaysian Diver Executes Flawless Belly Flop
In the prelims of the men’s 3m springboard, Ahmad Amsyar Azman tried to do a dive that, presumably, was not meant to end in a belly flop. Despite his best efforts, it ended in a belly flop....

These Happy Irish Rowers Are What The Olympics Are All About
Brothers Paul and Gary O’Donovan won a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls rowing competition on Friday, and the Irish rowers seemed to be having the time of their lives enjoying post-victory life in Rio. We know this because of an interview they gave on RTÉ Sport:...

What Happened To The Long Jump?
Jeff Henderson claimed Olympic gold in the long jump Saturday night. He’s the first American to win that event since 2004, though the U.S. has won long jump gold 22 of the 28 times it’s been contested at the Olympics. And this is probably the first time you’re hearing his name....

Does This Minneapolis TV Station Know How Many Games Are In An NFL Season?
Minneapolis NBC station KARE ran a live poll last night asking viewers to opine how they thought the Vikings’ season would end up. Options ranged from “0-12" to “6-6" to “Super Bowl”:...

We Asked Our Friends (And A Few Enemies) To Sign Our Yearbook<em></em>
On Monday of this coming week, all of us at Deadspin will sit down at our computers and write blog posts about sports and other things. On Friday, we will do the same. In between, while we are blogging, our parent company, Gawker Media, will be sold by auction in bankruptcy court. This will end the ...

Heh, Look At This Striker Trick The Shit Out Of This Keeper
And the award for “The guy who feels like the biggest dummy in all of the Netherlands right now” goes to Fortuna Sittard’s Leon ter Wielen. No, you don’t get a speech....

Terry Collins Had A Good Manager Rant
Yesterday, the Mets got smoked 9-0 by the Arizona Diamondbacks, a bad baseball team that somehow managed a three-game sweep against New York. Mets manager Terry Collins was not happy with his team’s effort level during the series, and expressed his displeasure in a postgame rant....
