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What Does This Profile Make You Think About Jim Nantz?
Last year, minutes after Villanova defeated North Carolina on a buzzer-beater to win the NCAA title, CBS play-by-play man Jim Nantz took the tie from around his neck and gave it to Villanova senior Ryan Arcidiacono. At the time we called Nantz—who explained that it was a tradition to honor his fathe...
Minnesota HS Hockey Team Prematurely Celebrates OT Championship Winner
The Hermantown (Minn.) bench spilled onto the ice after Tyler Watkins appeared to break a 3-3 tie in double overtime of Saturday’s Class A boys state championship hockey game, and the team threw off their gear in joy. But that gear tossing turned out to be a waste....
Let's Watch A Terrifying Wind Blow These Cyclists Off Their Bikes
This morning’s Cape Town Cycle Tour was canceled due to high wind, which sounds pretty innocuous until you see these videos of cyclists literally being blown off their bikes:...
God Help Them, The Cleveland Browns Are Trying To Outsmart The NFL
Reaction to the Cleveland Browns’ surprising trade with the Houston Texans for Brock Osweiler Thursday ran the gamut from fulsome praise to “Bill Polian Yells At Cloud.” Cleveland indeed waded into new territory (for the NFL) by using its extraordinary surplus of salary cap space to essentially trad...
Some Questions For Dan Snyder
Did you notice, in the Skins’ official statement on the firing of GM Scot McCloughan, they claimed “the team will have no further comment on his departure”? Is that a cruelly ironic statement or what, the statement coming exactly 11 minutes after the Washington Post published 1,400 words, largely so...
Cleveland Browns GM Unintentionally Burns Newly Acquired QB Brock Osweiler
It’s been a bad day for Brock Osweiler. The Houston Texans, who signed him to a massive four-year, $72 million deal one year ago, traded him to the Cleveland Browns along with a second-round pick this afternoon. Then, in case there was any confusion about just how much nobody wants Brock Osweiler, B...
Texans Give Up On Brock Osweiler, Give Browns A Second-Round Pick To Take Him
Glorioski, we have a true Scheftbomb. The Texans are done with quarterback Brock Osweiler after one season, and are giving the Browns a 2018 second-round pick to take his contract off their hands. Holy shit....
Benches Clear As Steaming-Mad Chris Mullin Gets Into It With Georgetown Coaching Staff
Things got real testy in the second half of Georgetown’s meeting with St. John’s in the Big East Tournament. After Georgetown players took issue with a seemingly dirty foul, they scuffled a bit. Then, volcano of angry energy Chris Mullin left the bench and went out of his way to yell at John Thompso...
The Future Of Feature Writing Is Woof Woof Bark Aww
If you’re a regular reader of feature journalism on the internet, you have encountered what we at Deadspin sometimes refer to as the “Snow Fall” treatment, after the famous New York Times story that launched the phenomenon. This is when a publisher packages a (typically lengthy) feature story with f...
Georgetown SID Shuts Down Reporter Who Asks About John Thompson III's Job
The past week—well, the past four years—has been rough for the Georgetown men’s basketball program, which is slowly coming to terms with the fact that it will have to part ways with John Thompson III in the very-near future. While students, fans, and pundits all see the falling curtain, the Hoyas pu...
Columnist Suggests Adrian Peterson Hit His Kid Because He Might Be Descended From Slaves<em></em>
Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette wrote a column this evening for USA Today’s Wisconsin Network urging the Packers to sign free agent running back Adrian Peterson. He makes the case that Peterson still has plenty of productive football ahead of him, and writes off Peterson having whipped...
Amar'e Stoudemire Gets Homophobic When Asked About Playing With A Gay Teammate
Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire is currently playing ball in Israel, for a team he co-owns. He was recently included in a series of brief interviews conducted by Walla Sport, in which players from around the Israeli league were asked how they would feel about having a gay teammate....
Georgetown Should Fire John Thompson III, And Probably Won't
With the Georgetown basketball team in the midst of its second straight losing season; fresh off four straight losses, including two to Big East basement-dwellers St. John’s and DePaul; devoid of hope for a post-season appearance; and the fan base drowning in its own toxic frustration, firing off a ...
Deadspin Offers Island And One Million Dollars To First Blog To Unpublish Brand Propaganda
Did you hear the cool news? One prospective NFL player could win their own island at the NFL combine if they break the combine record in the 40-yard dash, set by Chris Johnson in 2008. Pretty cool! Here is ESPN brandbot-in-chief, Darren Rovell:...
The Steelers Will Pay Antonio Brown After All
So much for whatever concerns the Steelers might have had about Antonio Brown and his alleged selfishness. With a little more than a week to go until the start of free agency, Pittsburgh inked its star receiver to a contract extension that reportedly makes him the highest-paid wide receiver in the N...
Sutton United Uses Outfield Player In Goal Days After Backup Goalkeeper Resigned Over Sideline Pie-Eating
Sutton United has had a hell of a week. The fifth-division club’s Cinderella run through the FA Cup came to an end; the loss that knocked them out of the tournament involved their large adult backup goalkeeper Wayne Shaw eating a pie on the sidelines, which led to a gambling probe, which led to Shaw...
Sixers Broadcast Roughly As Dysfunctional As Sixers Team
A power blip in Philadelphia tonight left Comcast SportsNet a bit baffled as hosts blathered amongst themselves about what was happening, going almost a full minute before realizing that they were live on the air—teaching us all that The Process is not automated....
Jameis Winston Tells Elementary School Girls To Be "Silent, Polite, Gentle"
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston went to Melrose Elementary in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, and what was supposed to be a breezy photo op turned into yet another instance of Winston being a dumb shithead in public....
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Pissed Off Rick Pitino Blows His Top At Fan, Has To Be Restrained By Coaching Staff [Update]
Rick Pitino was mad tonight! How mad? Mad enough that he had to be held back by his assistant coaches as he and a North Carolina fan got into a shouting match....
Bring Me The Dang Trades
Where are the friggin’ trades? That is what the hell I want to know. Show me the trades....