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Bill Cosby Talks Money, Success, Racism, Guns And Revolution
First rock albums I ever bought were Let it Bleed and Are You Experienced?. I was in the fifth grade. My mom took me to Caldors I bought them on cassette. She dug rock n roll but wasn't an avid record buyer. She had albums by Simon and Garfunkel and Judy Collins and her favorite, Jacques Brel, but i...
Here Is NBC's First Goal Call Of The Premier League Season
We have our first goal of the 2013/14 Premier League season. After some buildup, Liverpook's Daniel Sturridge received a pass from Iago Aspas at the top of the box and drove a ball with his left across goal, beating Stoke City keeper Asmir Begovic and tucking just inside the right post. It was a goo...
Your Team Is Probably Going To Fail: The 2013-14 Premier League
Fuck yeah, man. The Premier League's back tomorrow. This is super duper great, because although various leagues like the German Bundesliga and France's Ligue 1 have already kicked off, ain't nothing like the Premier League. While other leagues annually boast only two or three top sides and naught bu...
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: San Diego Chargers
Some people are fans of the San Diego Chargers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the San Diego Chargers. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....
Here, Queer: Canned
This here's a good one, case you've never read it. Pamela Colloff's 2005 Texas Monthly profile of basketball coach Merry Stephens:...
The Jockey
Slide on over to the Times and check out "The Jockey" by Barry Bearak. Article and video are worth your time:...
Atlanta Braves Batboy Uses Actual Bat In Cruel Hoax
A real, winged bat flew onto the field in the middle of last night's Phillies-Braves game. If you've seen this story by now, you probably think that the batboy scooped the bat from shortstop Paul Janish's glove and then ran, cradling it, to the Braves dugout. You may have read or incorrectly invoked...
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Green Bay Packers
Some people are fans of the Green Bay Packers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Green Bay Packers. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....
The Time A Baseball Player Sent A Rat To A Female Sportswriter
This column originally appeared in the Sacramento Bee on June 26, 1986. It is reprinted here with the author's permission. ...
Street Fightin' Man
Here’s a good book for you: “Townie,” by Andre Dubus III....
The Madness of Pro Football
This one is a keeper. From Men's Journal in May, 2011—“The Ferocious Life and Tragic Death of a Super Bowl Star,” by Paul Solotaroff and Rick Telander:...
Michigan State Coaches And Players Fall For Mannequin Prank
The cruelest part of dressing a student up as a statue then having him surprise unsuspecting coaches and players is doing it at 6:30 a.m., as everyone arrives for practice. That's far too early to pee yourself....
WWE Wrestler Announces He's Gay
Not a gimmick, not an angle (yet!), and done in the least showy way imaginable....
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Minnesota Vikings
Some people are fans of the Minnesota Vikings. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Minnesota Vikings. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....
Mel Brooks: Funny Is Money. Shit Is Good Pepper
Brookslyn reprints one of the great interviews ever conducted. Brad Darrach's 1975 chat with Mel Brooks (thanks, once again, to Cinephilia and Beyond):...
The Most Hated Winner In Football: Al Davis In 1969
Originally published in the Nov. 18, 1969, issue of Look magazine. Image by Sam Woolley....
Chris Nilan Denies Giving Whitey Bulger A Stanley Cup Ring
Yesterday morning, just before former Boston underworld kingpin Whitey Bulger was convicted of racketeering, conspiracy, and murder, word got out that a Stanley Cup ring in his possession would be exempt from criminal forfeiture proceedings. But a larger question remained: How in the world did White...
The Perfect Response To NBC's "Premier League 101"
Earlier today, NBC Sports—which starts broadcasting the Premier League this season, which is why Joe Posnanski has all of a sudden decided to write about soccer—Tweeted this image, titled "BPL 101":...
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Chicago Bears
Some people are fans of the Chicago Bears. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Chicago Bears. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....