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University Professor Arrested For Yelling "Fuck You" At Arkansas Coach
Shortly after No. 16 Arkansas’s 49-30 loss to No. 1 Alabama was official Saturday night, a fan decided to make his displeasure with head coach Bret Bielema known—allegedly opting for shouting the simple and direct, “If I had your record, I’d be fucking fired. Fuck you.”...
World Champion Pole Vaulter's Explanation For Positive Cocaine Test Totally Worked, Somehow
World champion pole vaulter Shawnacy Barber tested positive for cocaine after winning the Canadian Olympic trials in July, but was allowed to compete in Rio after an arbitrator ruled that he inadvertently ingested the cocaine while kissing a woman he had solicited for sex on Craigslist the night bef...
Former Baylor Title IX Coordinator: "Baylor Set Me Up To Fail From The Beginning"
Patty Crawford, Baylor’s former Title IX coordinator, and her attorney, Rogge Dunn, sat down with CBS This Morning Wednesday to discuss her two-year stint at Baylor and the reason for her recent resignation....
Police Reportedly Determine That Aqib Talib Shot Himself In The Leg
Early this summer, Aqib Talib was shot in the leg and briefly went to the hospital. Initial reports had him as a victim in a shooting at a Dallas strip club, but he maintained that he was shot in the leg at a park later that evening, saying that he was too drunk to know who shot him....
Report: Ex-Baylor Title IX Coordinator Rejected Huge Settlement Offer To Be Able To Go On TV
Former Baylor Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford resigned yesterday, per a university press release that noted that she was, “disappointed in her role in implementing the recommendations” of the Pepper Hamilton investigation that ripped Baylor officials for their incompetence and malfeasance in han...
Jim Harbaugh Got The Train Formation From Some High School Film
In the closing moments of the first quarter of Saturday’s 14-7 over Wisconsin, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh’s offense lined up in a formation that almost nobody outside of Littleton, Colo. had ever seen....
Novak Djokovic Visits The Bomb-Ravaged Tennis Club From His Childhood
Novak Djokovic livestreamed a visit Monday to some childhood tennis courts that were struck by the 1999 NATO bombing campaign in what was then Yugoslavia. Hiking through Kopaonik, Serbia, the No. 1 player pointed out three former clay courts, now overrun by vegetation, only a fence and net post rem...
Baylor Title IX Coordinator Resigns; Two More Women Join Class-Action Lawsuit
Baylor Title IX coordinator Patty Crawford resigned from her post Monday, according to a university press release. Crawford had been with the school as the head coordinator since 2014—the position was vacant for over three years prior to her hiring, and from 2008-2011, the school reported zero sexua...
Jim Harbaugh And Urban Meyer Reach Dumb Twitter Milestone With Fake Followers
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer became the first college football coach with one million Twitter followers yesterday, a feat he and the university celebrated:...
The Broncos' Defense Is Still Scary Good
There was a moment yesterday when it looked like Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offense might be ready to give the Denver Broncos a game. After throwing a pick to Aqib Talib on the opening drive that set the Broncos up with an early 7-0 lead, Winston and the Bucs responded with a 13-pla...
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Trevor Siemian Hurt His Shoulder [Update]
Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian injured his left shoulder after Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Clinton McDonald sacked him in today’s game. ...
Brenda Tracy, Alleged Sexual Assault Victim, Says Baylor Coach Told Her "Nothing Happened" And There Was A "Conspiracy" Against Football<em></em>
Brenda Tracy, who says four men—including two Oregon State football players—gang raped her, spoke to Baylor’s football team about sexual violence in July at the request of current interim head coach Jim Grobe. Tracy has spoken on that topic with other teams since she went public about her alleged as...
Lady Gaga To Perform At Super Bowl Halftime Show; They've Done Worse
Lady Gaga is going to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show this year. This led the Deadspin staff down a rabbithole. We’ve been Remembering Some Shows, and figured we’d open it up to everyone....
Known Man-Eating Fish Strikes England, Devours Goalkeeping Coach On Pitch
A tragedy was narrowly avoided this weekend when a gigantic, basketball jersey-clad fish, presumably hired as the halftime entertainment for the day’s Derby County-Blackburn match, attacked a poor goalkeeping coach in the middle of its act. Luckily, the man was not seriously harmed....
Ken Starr Believes Art Briles Is The True Victim In Baylor's Sexual Assault Scandal
Former Baylor chancellor Ken Starr (yes, that Ken Starr) praised the character of ousted head football coach Art Briles, saying he felt Briles had been the object of a “grave injustice,” in a Saturday interview with the Texas Tribune....
Jim Grobe Says Shawn Oakman Comments Taken Out Of Context, Is Full Of Shit
When asked Monday whether he knew Shawn Oakman—the former Baylor defensive end indicted for sexual assault—had entered his team’s locker room, Baylor coach Jim Grobe said he didn’t know who Oakman was. Now, he’s saying those comments were taken out of context (they weren’t) and the media did a poor ...