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Letters From Death Row: James Broadnax, Texas Inmate 999549
We occasionally publish letters from death row inmates. Today we hear from James Broadnax, who was sentenced to death after being convicted for a 2008 robbery and murder in Texas....
Rude Jays Fan Throws A Beer At Hyun Soo Kim, Nearly Brains Him
An extremely rude Blue Jays fan tossed beer at Orioles left fielder Hyun Soo Kim as the Orioles closed out the seventh inning. It nearly hit him, and right after it hit the grass, Kim and Adam Jones immediately turned to the crowd and tried to identify the beer tosser....
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[Rickie Fowler shrugs as his Ryder Cup teammates smooch their respective wives and girlfriends, following the U.S.’s 17-11 win over Europe. It’s the first win for the U.S. since 2008.]...
Tennessee Loses Touchdown After Jalen Hurd Fumbles Into End Zone
A ten-play, 78-yard Tennessee drive went for naught after Jalen Hurd dropped the ball upon being surprised by a hit at the goal line by a Georgia defender. The play preserved a 10-0 Georgia lead—now 17-0—over the inexplicably undefeated Volunteers. ...
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....
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:...
Marvelous 50-Yard Touchdown Run Becomes Touchback After Ball Comes Loose
Nebraska should have opened its game tonight against Northwestern with an early touchdown on a 50-yard Terrell Newby rush, if not for the Huskers running back losing control of the ball as he leapt toward the goal line. Unlike previous instances this season, where runners dropped the ball in celebra...
Teenaged Korean Goalkeeper Is God-Awful At Pretending To Try To Stop This Goal
Thanks to the internet’s first helpful Youtube commenter, we know that this North Korean youth team was most likely actively trying to lose to avoid playing a better team in the knockout round of the Asian Federation’s U-16 Championship. So we can say pretty definitively that this Korean keeper was ...
This Intentional Walk Toss Missed By A Country Mile
Could you successfully complete an intentional walk without sailing a pitch five solid feet above the flailing glove of your catcher? Probably. Unfortunately, Twins reliever Pat Light could not today, allowing Justin Upton to score and opening the floodgates for a six-run ninth after he failed to ad...
Manchester United Have A Wayne Rooney Problem
Despite what you may have heard, Wayne Rooney does not in fact suck. He remains a really good Premier League player who is very smart and boasts a unique skill set that can be quite valuable to the right team. However, he was really bad in Manchester United’s 3-1 loss to Watford, and it’s becoming i...
Here Is How Not To Field A Kickoff
Clemson is currently beating the snot out of South Carolina State, an FCS team with an athletic budget 90% smaller than the Tigers’. It doesn’t help that the Bulldogs botched a touchback by tossing a live ball to the official....
Rice MOB Performs Baylor Scandal-Themed Halftime Show
The Rice University Marching Owl Band performed a “tribute” to Baylor’s sexual assault scandal by forming a “IX” in front of the visiting team’s seating section:...
Please Refrain From Shooting Lasers Onto The Field
Rice University produces some of the Department of Defense’s top weapons scientists, so it shouldn’t really be a surprise that a spectator in Houston was admonished by the referee tonight for “shooting lasers” at players on the field....
Edinson Cavani Is A Hero
Maybe we’ve been looking at this all wrong. Maybe Edinson Cavani—the once world-bestriding striker who now seems trapped in his own private purgatory, one where his intelligent movement and powerful runs allow him to crash through defenses at will, only for all semblance of confidence and skill and ...
Can Jimmy Garoppolo Beat The Cardinals? Watch Our <i>Tecmo Super Bowl</i> Simulation To Find Out.
It’s time to update our Tecmo Super Bowl rosters and CPU vs CPU sim Sunday’s Patriots-Cardinals game. Can Jimmy Garoppolo lead New England to the win? Find out on Facebook Live:...
Today's Shocking Miss Of The Day Comes To You All The Way From Lithuania
My Lithuanian is a little rusty, but I assume that the announcer’s “Oi yoi yoi! Oi yoi yoi!” in response to this Kauno Žalgiris striker missing the unmissible—a completely open net with the keeper yards away from goal—translates to something like: “Jesus Christ, did he really just blow that??? Like,...
Quinn Cook Crossed The Soul Out Of This Foolish Child
Former Duke Blue Devil Quinn Cook hasn’t been heard from much since going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft. He’s been grinding away in the D-League, though, which has kept his skills sharp enough to maim and humiliate basketball campers....
Dalvin Cook Tries To Score Touchdown; Fails
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