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Golf Marshal Callously Plops Turtle Into Pond
A golf marshal had the fun task of removing a turtle from the course and putting it into a pond at the Players Championship on Friday. Maybe the marshal didn't appreciate the way the turtle tried to bite him as he (she?) was being escorted, but he ended up dropping that turtle into the water with no...
Charting The Decline Of The Black Baseball Player
A few years back, baseball writer and SABR member Mark Armour tracked the integration of baseball from 1947 to 1986, the 40 seasons after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Why 1986? That year would begin a precipitous decline in the number of African Americans, to less than half the high-wat...
How An Achilles Tear Affects NBA Players (Or, Why Kobe Is Screwed)
Kobe Bryant, your favorite high-functioning sociopath and mine, tore his Achilles tendon Friday night during a win against the Warriors. We've been hearing about "torn Achilles" for years now, but for most fans, the operational definition of the injury remains ambiguous. You hear a player has torn a...
Infographics: Where Do High School Basketball Stars Come From, And Where Do They Go?
Last month, the McDonald's All-American Game released its 2013 rosters. The game is a showcase of some of the best high school talent in the country, which this year largely came out of Texas (five players), California (four), Florida (three), and North Carolina (two). Of these 14 players, only five...
The U.S. State Department Actually Clarified That Dennis Rodman "Has Never Been A Player In Our Diplomacy"
In case you were wondering:...
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Antoine Walker, The Shimmying Chucker
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Second Graders Correct Tweets From NFL Players And It's Magical
Chris Culliver was already having a rough couple of days, picking the worst possible moment to reveal his very stupid opinions about gay people....
Can Anyone Think Of Another Reason Sloane Stephens Is Considered Serena Williams's "Protégé"?
This evening, Serena Williams plays 19-year-old American phenom Sloane Stephens in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The two played for the first time just three weeks ago in Brisbane, when No. 3 Williams cruised past No. 25 Stephens, 6-4, 6-3. But tonight's match has something of a differen...
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Andray Blatche, Who Has No Idea
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Georgia Tech's Rod Sweeting Wins Sun Bowl MVP Honors, Immediately Utters "Sheeeeeiiit" On CBS
Georgia Tech cornerback Rod Sweeting dominated a USC offense uninterested in making the Sun Bowl competitive, earning his way to the bowl's MVP honors. The televised trophy presentation led to CBS's Tracy Wolfson demanding a few words from Sweeting, but his first one—left to reverberate against th...
Bears Say Fans Need To Chill Out
After getting jeered out of the building Sunday, Brian Urlacher spoke for presumably more than a few of his teammates. "The only team in our division that gets booed at home is us," Urlacher said. "It's unbelievable to me."...
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Reggie Evans, Basketball Camp
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Deadspin NBA Shit List: Tony Massenburg, Everywhere Man
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Dutch Soccer Player Released From Team For Being A "Wildpoeper," Which Is Someone Who Poops In The Woods
There must be an epidemic of people shitting outside in the Netherlands. Why else would the Dutch have a specific word that is used to describe public shitters, and why else would a soccer player be immediately released from his team for being discovered as a "wildpoeper?"...
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Nate Robinson, The Tiny Exploding Cosmos
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Deadspin NBA Shit List: Don Nelson, Drunk On His Own Genius (And Scotch)
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By 2025, The NBA Will Have A Latino MVP
I'd like to make a $100 bet: By 2025 the NBA will have a Latino MVP. I'm willing to go one step further, I believe it will be a U.S.-born Latino MVP. I'll go one step further still and say that it won't be Carmelo Anthony (whose father is Puerto Rican)....
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Antawn Jamison, Captain Of Failure
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Deadspin NBA Shit List: Andris Biedrins, The Man Who Forgot How To Shoot
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Deadspin NBA Shit List: Dwight Howard, The Superman Of Unfunny
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