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Browns Fan Vastly Improves Old Trent Richardson Jersey
Good job at converting an old jersey into something timeless that can be passed down to his kids....
Colts Demote Trent Richardson; Browns Win Trade In The Short Term
The Colts are changing things up. According to Mike Silver of NFL Network, Trent Richardson will be benched, handing the starting running back job back over to Donald Brown. It's like that trade with the Browns never happened!...
Jason Kidd Earned The Nets An Extra Time Out By Dropping His Soda
Down late at home to the Lakers and out of time outs, Nets coach Jason Kidd improvised a trick straight out of Upright Citizens Brigade and managed to "spill" his soda on the court, leading to a delay that let him write up a possible game-saving play....
Trash Talk In Cricket Is Pretty Awesome
In cricket, talking shit and trying to mentally break an opponent is known as "sledging." Interesting! Australia captain Michael Clarke sledged England batsman Jimmy Anderson during a Test match Monday in Brisbane, telling Anderson to "get ready for a broken fucking arm." It probably wouldn't have ...
Deadspin Buys Hall Of Fame Vote, Will Turn It Over To Deadspin Readers
Recently, as you may recall, we announced our plan to subvert the annual elections for baseball's Hall of Fame by buying votes from voters. Our idea was to make a mockery and farce of the increasingly solemn and absurd election process, and to take some power from the duly appointed custodians of th...
Skins Fan Argues With His Lady Friend, Gets A Hot Dog To The Face
This video sent to us by a vigilant reader who attended last night's 49ers-Redskins game. He provides some context:...
Long Snapper Trick-Shot Video Knows Your Opinion Of Long Snapping
You know those videos that come into your life under a headline like, "I Can't Stop Watching This Whatever Do Something"? This video of Lawrence University long snapper John Doran is not that. I can stop watching his trick shot video. It's not terribly difficult to pull myself away from it at all. I...
This Predators Video Could Not Be More American
Nashville put up a very red-white-and-blue victory over Toronto on Thursday, with Americans notching all four goals and seven of the eight assists. To celebrate, the Predators put together this foot-stomping, air-guitar-shredding, manifest-destiny-realizing highlight video. Today, we are all Predato...
Four Adults Indicted In Connection With Steubenville Rape Case
A grand jury investigating the 2012 rape of a teenage girl in Steubenville, Ohio, has indicted four members of the Steubenville community for the parts they played in covering up the rape. The most serious charges were brought against school superintendent Michael McVey, who faces one charge of tamp...
Here's Sad Derrick Rose's First Sad Post-Surgery Photo
Welcome back, Sad Derrick Rose. We didn't miss you....
Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Rich Strenger
This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...
Derrick Rose Is Out For The Season
Derrick Rose underwent a successful repair of his medial meniscus today. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Bulls have announced that Rose is done for the season. ...
Derrick Rose Tears Medial Meniscus, Out Indefinitely
The Bulls announced that an MRI confirmed Derrick Rose suffered a tear of his right medial meniscus last night against the Blazers. The injury will require surgery and another indefinite absence from the team. According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, Rose is returning to Chicago and will h...
Derrick Rose Leaves Game Early, Has Another Knee Injury
Derrick Rose exited tonight's 98-95 Bulls loss in Portland in the third quarter after suffering a knee injury that team officials say will lead him to get an MRI....
For The First Time Ever, The Miami Heat Paid Rent
The financing on American Airlines Arena, which opened on Dec. 31, 1999, is unique. The Heat paid the full construction costs of the $213-million building, which is owned Miami-Dade County. That's good! In exchange, Miami-Dade gave them the $38-million plot of land, and promised $6.5 million in annu...
Kirk Hinrich Has A Great Time Wrestling With Nate Robinson
Just more proof that basketball is always more fun when Nate Robinson is involved....
Monta Ellis Is Great Now. What The Hell Happened?
If you haven't been paying close attention to the Dallas Mavericks this year, you may not have noticed that Monta Ellis, the guy who has spent most of his career acting as the poster boy for inefficiency in the NBA, is having the best season of his career. His PER and true shooting percentage are cu...
Furious Cool
That's the title of a new book about the great Richard Pryor by Joe Henry and David Henry. Here's a Q&A with the author's over at the Atlantic. And a review of the book at the A.V. Club....