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Callum Wilson Overhead Kick Gives Bournemouth Lead On Leicester City
We noted here that AFC Bournemouth had the potential to be one of the Premiership’s most exciting clubs this season, and the Cherries haven’t let us down—with Callum Wilson’s acrobatic overhead kick putting his side up 1-0 in the first half today against Leicester City....
Are Everton Really Dumb Enough To Turn Down Tons Of Money For John Stones?
John Stones is a promising English center back currently playing for Everton, who’s pretty good and has every chance to get better. His talent, youth, potential, position, and Englishness all make him a very hot and very valuable commodity. (Word to Raheem Sterling.) But apparently out of some misgu...
The ACC Sucks, But You Should Watch It Anyway
Welcome to our college football conference previews, in which we will tell you what you need to know about various conferences, with an emphasis on watchability. First up were the Pac-12, the SEC, and the Big 12. Now, the ACC....
Manchester United Still Don't Realize They're Not Manchester United Anymore
It’s kind of cute, if in a sad sort of way. Manchester United, once the biggest name in the game, chasing after superstars in the press like a giddy child racing after lightning bugs in the night, hoping to nab one or two like the big clubs can but knowing deep down that it won’t actually happen....
<i>Mr. Robot </i>Telegraphed Its Punches And Knocked Us Out Anyway
The funniest thing about Mr. Robot, USA’s deeply unfunny and usually badass new sullen-hacker dystopian drama, is all the passwords, and how easy it is for a sullen hacker to crack them. Your hero is Elliot Alderson, who has crippling social anxiety and a black hoodie permanently grafted to his body...
How Do We Fix The Preseason?
It’s official: Packers top receiver Jordy Nelson will miss the entire 2015 season with a torn ACL suffered on the sixth play in Sunday’s preseason game. Injuries, by and large, are freak things, and there’s no way to absolutely prevent them. But their volume could be reduced so simply: give them few...
Dudley Boyz Return To WWE, And You Better Believe There Were Tables Involved
New Day seized the WWE Tag Team championship during last night’s SummerSlam pay-per-view, but their victory lap on tonight’s Raw was cut short by a duo that hasn’t been seen on pro wrestling’s biggest promotion in ten years: Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley. The Dudley Boyz—who, in WWE’s Attitude Era popu...
These Two Petr Čech Saves Are The Best Saves
Arsenal are hosting Liverpool today in the Premier League, and through one half, the Gunners look like complete and utter bullcrap against the visitors. It’s remarkable how many players in Arsenal’s starting XI appear to be betting against their team on the same day. And yet—and yet!— it’s still sco...
All Hail Preseason Football
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Reluctant Mascot Is Reluctant
We don’t blame you, kid. Nobody wants to shake a referee’s hand. ...
SummerSlam Weekend Will Be A Glorious Weekend For Wrestling
Welcome to Deadspin’s irregular pro wrestling column, in which Tom Breihan and Ernest Wilkins will comb through the past month or so of superkicks, lariats, and 450 splashes in search of the greatest things that this most American of artforms has given us....
Deadspin 25: At Least Notre Dame Has A New Quarterback To Be Excited About
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
32 Paragraphs About 32 Teams: A Thinking Fan's Guide To The NFL Season
The following is excerpted from the team chapters of the always-excellent Football Outsiders Almanac. Buy it here as a PDF, or here in print....
Man, Mario Balotelli Is Going Through Some Shit
Here are three things that have happened to exiled Liverpool and Italian national team striker Mario Balotelli in the last day or so:...
TCU And Baylor Are Great, But The Big 12 Is Mostly Butt
Welcome to our college football conference previews, in which we will tell you what you need to know about various conferences, with an emphasis on watchability. First up were the Pac-12. and the SEC. Now, the Big 12...
Manchester City Stake Their Claim As The Premier League's Best Team
You wouldn’t exactly describe it as a shock. It was Manchester City, after all. Winners of two of the last four Premier League titles; armed with the best goalscorers in the country; with one of its twistiest, most creative talents; newly infused with the precocious abilities of England’s most promi...
Deadspin 25: Holy Shit, Ole Miss Might Actually Do This Thing
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
The Blue Jays Are Killing Everyone, And Why Wouldn't They Be?
One of the more frustrating things in baseball over the past few years has been watching the perpetually okay Toronto Blue Jays continue to be nothing more than just okay, because in a sports landscape populated by mountebanks who preach the virtues of losing, they’ve actively been trying to win, wh...
Nike Exec: “I’m Gonna Fuckin’ Kill You”
On Wednesday, website LetsRun.com published a University of Oregon Police Department report of an incident on June 25 in a field just west of Hayward Field. It was around 7 p.m., toward the end of the first day of the USA Track and Field national championships, and coach Danny Mackey was sitting wit...
Nike Global Director Of Athletics Threatens To Kill A Brooks Coach
Read this LetsRun article about Nike global director of athletics John Capriotti, red-faced and trailing a retinue of Nike lackeys, threatening to kill Brooks coach Danny Mackey for unknown reasons, and toss lightly with this episode of Alberto Salazar, red-faced and trailing a retinue of Nike lacke...