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10 Sports GIFs That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity

Deadspin published a feature last night that amplified the already-concentrated sense of dread among reasonable, well-meaning Americans. Some of you responded with emotional outbursts of hatred toward humanity in general. We feel you're owed something more uplifting today, so we've collected 10 spo...

A Suffocating Triumph: <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em>, Reviewed

1. I've always thought the best compliment you can give a movie is that, while it's playing, you forget not only that you are watching a movie, but also that you are a person with a life that was going on before the movie and will continue going on afterward. These are the transformative films, the ...

The Yankees' Lineup Is Going To Be Very Sad And Old This Season

The Yankees finally made their big free-agent splash this week, when they signed Kevin Youkilis, an aging third basemen with bad hips, to fill in for Alex Rodriguez, their incumbent aging third basemen with bad hips. OK, maybe it was less a "splash" than a "thud." Youkilis was terrible last year, p...

University Of Minnesota Player Was Unimpressed With His 360-Degree Dunk

The internet is chock-full of highlight-reel dunks by Rodney Williams Jr. The high-flying Minnesota senior forward has dunked over mascots and other players, he's done put-backs and alley-oops, and he's often been a featured attraction at dunk contests on campus....

A Fan At The Dennis Rodman Viewing Party Experience Got Rodman's Autograph Tattooed On His Arm

Photo by Jill Tiongco....

Two Virginia Tech Players Charged With Building, Setting Off Explosive Device [Update]

Walk-ons Josh Trimble and Brian Rody haven't picked a major, but perhaps chemistry would suit them: the two were able to build some sort of explosive device, and set it off in an off-campus apartment last night. Unfortunately, both those things are against the law....

Alex Rodriguez To Undergo Surgery On His Other Hip, Miss A Large Chunk Of Next Season

It was just three years ago that Alex Rodriguez had surgery on his right hip to repair a torn labrum. Now, multiple media outlets are reporting that A-Rod is set to have the same procedure done on his left hip. He reportedly hurt his hip towards the end of last season, slogged through his dismal po...

Do You Want To Watch A Basketball Game On TV With Dennis Rodman For $59?

If you're in Chicago on Dec. 1, why not go watch a Bulls-Sixers game (on TV) with Dennis Rodman? It's part of the Dennis Rodman Viewing Party Experience. Also included in the Dennis Rodman Viewing Party Experience: a Q&A with The Worm, two drinks, and entry into the "Dress Like Dennis" costume cont...

Never Miss Another Live Sporting Event Again With Slingbox

There's a sense of dread that comes over me when I miss a significant portion or all of a game involving a team I really care about. The feelings experienced are something like those experienced when being sent to the principal's office: you have no idea what's going to happen, but you assume it's...

Aaron Rodgers Feels He Got Screwed By <i>60 Minutes</i>

Aaron Rodgers is not short. But he used to be short (for a quarterback), and it still rankles him immensely, and just about the worst thing you can say to him is that he looks smaller in person. 60 Minutes's Sunday profile of Rodgers caught him at a fan meet-and-greet, and when one unlucky contest...

Field Hockey America Vs. Rodeo America: Mapping The Faultlines Of America's Regional Sports

America is a beautiful, horrifying, crazy-ass mishmash of distinct geographic regions, as we know from watching John King's index finger on election night. This extends to all aspects of American life, of which the most important is obviously sports. Beyond the televised pro leagues (and their colle...

Jeter Is For Obama; A-Rod Is For Romney: Who Are Sports Figures Voting For Today?

Who should you be rooting for today? Here's a list of some notable athletes and other sports figures who are endorsing either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney....

Aaron Rodgers Is Very Sensitive About His Height

60 Minutes ran a profile of Aaron Rodgers last night, and it was, as is customary for most of their non-tennis sports segments, not really designed for sports fans. (Did you know the Packers play in a small town, but have won a lot of championships, and their fans really love the team? I hope you ...

A Prayer For New York, From Sports Fans On Twitter

"What A Man": Reactions To The University Of Arizona's Negligent Treatment Of Matt Scott's Concussion

There's little doubt that head trauma can result in vomiting: the Mayo Clinic lists "nausea or vomiting" as among the likely symptoms of a concussion, and 100 Questions & Answers About Head and Brain Injuries (available as an eBook through Google) spends a section speculating about the cause of po...

Joe Girardi Called The Yankee Stadium P.A. Announcer To Tell Him Not To Announce A-Rod's Exit From The Game

The Yankees are so classy. Aren't they? Class organization. The class of baseball. The class of class. The classy class of class. Just how classy are the Yankees? They'll throw their best players under the bus to prove their class! Here's Jon Heyman:...

The Late-October Best Picture Oscars Predictions You've Been Waiting For

Coverage of the Oscars has reached tail-wagging-dog proportions in recent years: Rather than an awards show looking back at a year of films and choosing the best of them, the Academy Awards have become the journey and the destination. Not only do movies exist solely to win Oscars, but there are whol...

Bristolmetrics: ESPN Anoints Alex Rodriguez As History's Greatest Monster

This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....

What Can Groupon Tell Us About Alex Rodriguez?

A lot. It can tell us a lot. Like, according to a scientific analysis, including but not limited to the sale of plush MLB and NFL dolls, Derek Jeter is roughly 60 times more popular than Alex Rodriguez. That's a bit of an unfair comparison, though—I mean, Mr. November!—let's check some other figure...

Deadspin I-Team: Who Was A-Rod's Dugout Wingman, And Who Was Attracted To Whom?

Yesterday we brought you the story of Kyna Treacy, the woman on whom Alex Rodriguez was allegedly macking during Game 1 of the ALCS. The New York Post reported on Tuesday that A-Rod, after being pulled from the game, spied Treacy and a friend in the stands and "had a ball boy toss the young women a ...