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Dunkin Donuts Has A Fake Cronut Now. Don't Wait In Line For It.
There's a famous study that suggests that the ability to delay gratification is among the most important determinants in whether a person will have a successful life. A Stanford professor gave hundreds of kindergarteners the option of one marshmallow now or two marshmallows in 15 minutes, recorded...
My Life In The Locker Room: A Female Sportswriter Remembers The Dicks
Originally published June 4, 1992, in the Dallas Observer. Reprinted here with permission from the author, who has also provided an afterword about the response to her story....
The Richard Pryor Biography We've Been Waiting For
...And for a long time now, too....
"We Want Colt! We Want Colt!": Your Guide To Ignoring The NFL Today
In a recent Washington Post poll, 65 percent of respondents predicted that someone not named Robert Griffin III will be Washington's starting quarterback in 2015. What's awful about that is not the majority, but the probability that they're right....
Why Is This Small Man Attempting To Assault Me?
It appears Jack Wilshere never learned the old "the bigger they come, they harder they fall" adage....
11-Year-Old Japanese Hockey Wunderkind Is The Truth
The kid dangling and destroying the competition above is Aito Iguchi, an 11-year-old who plays for Japan's Saitama Junior Warriors. Truthers out there are dismissing his skills, arguing that Japan doesn't develop quality hockey players, there are a million 11-year-old Canadian kids that good, his sk...
Man City Goal The Product Of Perfect Execution
Yaya Touré put Man City up 2-1 thanks to this gorgeous play in which everything worked to perfection....
Shadow Boxing: Lessons About Life, Death, And Writing, From <em>Rocky</em>
Originally published in the Georgia Review and later anthologized in the Pushcart Prize XXXIII: Best of the Small Presses....
Meet <em>Marca</em>, The Hilarious Propaganda Arm Of Real Madrid
It's maybe a little difficult for Americans to grasp just how deeply and blatantly in the tank the European press can be for the local XI. And no one is deeper and more blatantly in the tank for the local XI than the media in Spain, where the local XI means either Barcelona and Real Madrid and where...
Wigan Owner Doubles Down On New Manager's Racism And Antisemitism
Wigan Athletic courted controversy this week by hiring Malky Mackay, who is under investigation by the FA for assorted bigoted and offensive text messages that were sent more than a year ago but came to light over the summer. Wigan owner Dave Whelan spoke with the Guardian today, and offered a defen...
The Chargers Are Still Trying To Hide Philip Rivers's Injury
After Antonio Gates spoke out of class and revealed that his quarterback has been dealing with a "severe rib injury," the Chargers closed ranks. Rivers said he was fine. His coach said he wasn't injured. Gates claimed he had been misquoted. Then, yesterday, Rivers showed up on the injury report with...
Six HS Football Players Suspected Of Raping Girl In Woods Near School
Six Winter Springs High (Winter Springs, Fla.) football players have been arrested and charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment after allegedly raping a 16-year-old student in the woods near the school. ...
Bret Hart On The Montreal Screwjob: "I Would Have Choked Shawn Out"
In 1997, Bret Hart was preparing to leave the WWF for WCW, but he still held the title. So Vince McMahon, opponent Shawn Michaels, and referee Earl Hebner conspired to call a their Survivor Series match early and get the belt off Hart, the titular "screwjob." In a long interview with SI.com, Hart re...
Fan Throws Jersey Onto Ice As Maple Leafs Get Blasted 9-2
The Toronto Maple Leafs got absolutely shellacked at home tonight, giving up five third-period goals to the Predators en route to a 9-2 loss. Leafs fans were so mad that one of them tossed their jersey onto the ice late in the third period: ...
Stop The Jihad Against Presidential Facial Hair
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering dogs, douche schools, Coke, and more....
The Things He Found In People: Don Shula And The Secrets Of Talent
Originally published in the September 1983 edition of Esquire. Reprinted here with the author's permission....
“Fuckin’ Adrian Peterson, Man.” Fun With Chris Pratt!
I did a whole big cover story on Chris Pratt for GQ (which you can read right here), but if you're one of those people who reply THA GOD to every single Instagram photo of him and you need more Pratt in your life, there will be a shitload of extras from the article posting there online tomorrow. Fo...
Carolina Won And Then Lost The Game On Two Huge 4th Quarter Plays
Late in the fourth quarter against the Falcons, Cam Newton and the Panthers were driving, down two, when Newton hit his rookie wideout Kelvin Benjamin for a 17-yard gain, taking Carolina down to the Atlanta 32, within field goal range. It represented the biggest gain in WPA for the week—28 percentag...
The Star Tribune's chat with Bill Daly about the "cap recapture" penalty includes this eye-opening line: "Chris Pronger, who now works for the NHL even though he's still getting paid by the Philadelphia Flyers, has since told the league he wanted a four-year deal and the club wanted seven 'to lower ...
Principles of Player Safety: A Guide To Ignoring Football Today
If you buy the notion that the NFL can use penalties to curb the kind of violence that causes brain damage, this would appear to be the kind of hit that deserves, well, something. Terrence Brooks launched himself into an unprotected Delanie Walker and the resulting impact left Walker with a conc...