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Matt Cooke Is Suspended 10 Games And The First Playoff Round For His Latest Cheap Shot
It's been just over a month since Matt Cooke's last suspension, so of course he's due for a headshot like this one, which he delivered to Ryan McDonagh in a 5-2 loss to the Rangers last night. Cooke is suspended for the remainder of the season (10 games) and for the first round of the Stanley Cup ...
Three Arrested, Six Ejected At FA Youth Cup; Remaining Man U Fans Chant About Terrible Disasters
Liverpool and Manchester United played in the annual FA Youth Cup on Sunday. United came back from two goals down to win, 3-2. The other final count at Anfield: three fans arrested for drunkenness, six ejected for what was likely more controlled drunkenness, and reports that a section of United fa...
Man U Player Suffers "Horrific Injury That Cut To The Bone"
It wasn't quite Lawrence Taylor meets Joe Theismann's leg, but Manchester United's Nani suffered a pretty gnarly leg injury during today's 3-1 loss to Liverpool....
Women Surfers Shouldn't Be Judged By The Beauty Of Their Skin, But By Their Talent On The Board
Your morning roundup for March 6, a day of toeing the "No shark's fin soup, you're cheap" classist line....
Two Minutes Of Matt Cooke Cheap Shots
He's the kind of player you love if he's on your team. But for the fans of the 29 other fanbases, here's a highlight reel of Cooke's greatest hits to peruse while he sits out the next four games....
This Is What Happens When You Get Caught Stealing Someone's Shovel During A Blizzard (Video)
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. ...
At Least Liverpool Still Has One Fernando Torres
With Torres headed to Chelsea for a record $80 million, you know who's got to be steamed? The Liverpool fan who legally changed his name to "Fernando Torres" last month....
Soccer Could See Its First Photoshop-Related Fine
Soccer players: they're just like us! Liverpool's Ryan Babel could face discipline for Tweeting this photoshopped picture of the ref wearing a Manchester United jersey after a controversial FA Cup match yesterday. He should be suspended, if only for using "SMH." [Guardian]...
Roy Hodgson Fired. Liverpudlians Fired Up.
Roy Hodgson was canned today, after a mere, if bleak, six months as Liverpool manager. An "unprecedented" wave of ire from the bleachers forced Hodgson out....
Moneyball Comes To England
Liverpool fans are worried that their new American owners will try to win on the cheap, replete with columnists fulminating about how statistics can't measure "temperament, courage, dedication." Someone needs to start up a Fire David Pleat blog. [Guardian, h/t Joey]...
Liverpool Breaks Out The Old "Finger Up The Arse" Goal Celebration
Did Maxi Rodriguez give a teammate a bit of amateur proctology? This is apparently a real topic of discussion....
Most Metal Pilot Of All Time Flies Soccer Team To Italy
Iron Maiden's frontman Bruce Dickinson's a pilot—he even moonlights for an airline! I had no idea—but I didn't know there was an Iron Maiden plane either. What I do know: it's badass he flew Liverpool FC to Italy....
Liverpool FC Chairman Admires Winning Attitude Of The Boston Rod Sex
*Consults Freud textbooks*...
Samuel L. Jackson Is The New Face Of Liverpool Fans’ Anti- Gillett/Hicks Campaign
A pair of big-hitting movie industry Liverpool fans are rumoured to have roped in Samuel L. Jackson and Mike Myers to front a viral internet campaign of hate against Reds owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett....
Watch This High School Quarterback Hurdle A Standing Defender (Update)
Watch in awe as Marky Thompkins of the East Liverpool (Ohio) Potters shows off his ridiculous athleticism by jumping clear over a defender to get into the end zone. H/T Nic....
Should Stuart Attwell Have Let Dirk Kuyt’s Goal Stand?
The suits at the Professional Game Match Officials organisation reckon so, yesterday issuing a statement confirming Attwell had not broken the Laws of the Game. But what do YOU think? Consider the following:...
Former Aspiring Olympian Files Sex-Abuse Suit Against US Swimming, Coach
The USA Swimming sex scandal deepens, what with former Olympic hopeful Jancy Thompson talking to ABC News about filing a sexual-misconduct lawsuit. It includes accusations of being forced to wear a dog collar....
Real Madrid Man Announces Liverpool Move On Facebook (UPDATE: It's A Hoax!)
Of course, in the parallel universe known as "cyberspace" there are no secrets, so whilst Liverpool appear to be keeping schtum on any recent transfer activity, the Dutchman Royston Drenthe thought he'd throw caution to the wind, and announce his new job to his Facebook "friends". ...
Hey Look, Everyone, It’s A Liverpool FC Fashion Show!
More than most, footballers love to dress up in gorgeous new outfits and really make a lads day out of it....
Socialized Soccer: The Ill-Conceived Plan To Return English Football To The English
Sick of foreign businessmen and oil magnates buying up the Premiership's best, then driving them into the ground, the government has proposed some ways to put teams back in the hands of the fans. They're all unworkable....