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Zlatan Ibrahimović Finally Confirms That He's Going To Manchester United
In an announcement shocking nobody, Zlatan Ibrahimović confirmed today that he will in fact be rejoining his old boss José Mourinho at Manchester United next season....
Virginia Judge Bans 10-Year-Old "Prodigy" From Golf In Custody Battle
Earlier this month, Judge Jeanette Irby of the Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Va. entered her ruling in the case of Michael Vechery vs. Florence Cottet-Moine, a dispute over custody of their 10-year-old daughter....
Holy Shit, The Canadiens Traded P.K. Subban
Minutes after the Oilers sent Taylor Hall to the Devils for Adam Larsson, the Montreal Canadiens traded P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators for Shea Weber in a one-for-one trade. The hockey stove is so fucking hot....
Sam Hinkie Still Has No Idea What He's Talking About<em></em>
The laughs arrive early in this longform profile of former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie, by ESPN Mag contributing writer Jordan Brenner, beginning with the headline: “The man who just can’t win: Sam Hinkie (finally) speaks.” Specifically, I like the parenthetical “finally,” not-so-s...
Ken Griffey Jr. Came Very Close To Convincing A-Rod To Jerk Off In A Cup
A new Sports Illustrated update on post-retirement Ken Griffey Jr. has a few fun stories from the Hall of Famer’s life, but the best one involves the time Griffey convinced an 18-year-old Alex Rodriguez that he could get lots of money if he jizzed in a cup....
Tom Hardy Can Steal A Whole Season Of Television In Six Minutes
Tom Hardy isn’t the main character of Peaky Blinders, a BBC show about an upwardly mobile 1920s Romani crime family by the same name. He doesn’t show up until season two as Alfie Solomons, the leader of a Jewish gang in London who becomes one of many adversaries faced by Tommy Shelby (played by Cill...
Japanese Pro Wrestling Continues To Be Delightful
The DDT Pro Wrestling promotion in Japan is a goldmine of hilarious whimsy. It has given us Dick Strong, which in turn brought us Dick Stronger, and now it brings us a match with an incredible twist ending:...
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How America’s Favorite Sports Betting Expert Turned A Sucker’s Game Into An Industry [UPDATED]
Update (January 16, 2019): In June 2017, RJ Bell and Pregame filed a defamation lawsuit over this article. The parties agreed to settle the case and, as part of that agreement, Deadspin is providing a link to Bell’s response to the allegations in the article: RJ Bell’s Response to This Article. Dead...
Jamie Vardy Snubs Arsenal, Agrees To New Contract With Leicester
So, remember just a couple weeks ago when Arsenal set the summer transfer rumor mill ablaze with their uncharacteristic, win-now bid for Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy, which threatened to seismically alter the Premier League landscape? Well, Vardy just killed all that today....
An Incomplete, Amateurish NBA Draft Preview
The NBA Draft is Thursday, which feels way too soon given that a few Cavaliers are probably still drunk from post-Game 7 festivities. The best perk of a Finals going seven games is a short refractory period between the best actual basketball of the year and the best imaginary basketball of the year....
J.J. Watt Made Mike Florio Mad Online
Look, J.J. Watt’s bona fides as a social media user are well established. The man loves to do posts. Here’s a supportive, humblebragging, altogether innocuous tweet from the workout enthusiast, before the USMNT went to their dooms at his home stadium in Houston....
<i>Game Of Thrones</i> Took Us To Hell
Game of Thrones is a show that wallows. Through the course of six seasons, the camera has gleefully lingered on a pre-teen being burnt alive by her parents, the only fun-having man in King’s Landing getting his skull popped like a piece of bubble wrap, a pregnant woman and her baby getting stabbed t...
Deadspin Awards: Sam Hinkie Memorial Award For Worst GM
The Deadspin Awards are in July, and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to consider a weighty matter: Who deserves the Sam Hinkie Memorial Award for Worst General Manager?...
Chile's Win Over Mexico, As Called By Wrestling Legend "J.R." Jim Ross
Chile obliterated Mexico in last night’s Copa América quarterfinal, running up a seven-spot and keeping El Tri scoreless. As is our custom, here are all those goals as called by wrestling legend Jim “J.R.” Ross....
Orlando City Returns To Action With Emotional Pre-Game, 49:00 Remembrance
Tonight’s Orlando City-San Jose MLS match is the first major sporting event in that city since last weekend’s shooting at the Pulse nightclub killed 49 people, and the pre-game ceremony was as emotion-filled as you might expect as players from both teams entered the stadium in “Orlando United” shirt...
Rays' Orlando Pride Night Is Most-Attended Game In Ten Years
The Rays dedicated last night’s Pride Night in St. Petersburg to victims and survivors of the Pulse shooting in Orlando, and the team’s pledge to donate all proceeds to charity resulted in a paid attendance of 40,135—the most to attend a regular season game since the 2006 home opener....
Jayson Werth Has A Profane, Shaggy Message For His Haters
The Washington Nationals took the rubber match against the Chicago Cubs this evening after an insane 12-inning affair that featured the Nationals going ahead in the 8th, losing the lead in the ninth, forcing extra innings, falling behind in the 12th, then finally walking off after Jayson Werth singl...
Let Us Introduce You To The Dankest Of All <i>Game Of Thrones</i> Theories
For all of the casual viewership and cultural ubiquity Game Of Thrones has achieved by being a show about “tits and dragons,” the show only works because of the writing. Almost everything about the plot is just goddamn preposterous, but it works because it’s anchored in characters having conversatio...