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Reports: Jamar Samuels Ineligible Because His Former AAU Coach Gave Him Money Before NCAA Tournament [UPDATE]
The usually angry Frank Martin was reduced to tears this afternoon following his team's loss without Jamar Samuels. According to Topeka-based writer Austin Meek, Martin was without Samuels because his former AAU coach and DC Assault founder, Curtis Malone, sent him money before the NCAA tournament....
Deadspin Does March Madness, Day Three
Syracuse, Ohio State, Marquette, Wisconson, Indiana, Kentucky, Baylor and Louisville have made it through to the round of sixteen. Tomorrow, eight more teams will join them. Until then, keep yourself busy catching up on all our coverage....
Deadspin Does March Madness, Day Two
We have our first big upset of March Madness—15-seed Norfolk State over No. 2 seed Missouri, a result predicted by Alex Ovechkin and a hairless cat. Lots more on tap for tonight. Join us in the comments, won't you? Open thread II »...
Deadspin Does March Madness
The two greatest days on the sports calendar are finally here. With several games still on tap tonight and 16 more tomorrow, there's absolutely no reason to do anything except watch basketball. Join us, as the 2012 NCAA Tournament continues. Your fourth-set-of-games open thread » | Your third-set-of...
Deadspin's Top 10 Movies Of 2011
For many years, prior to the Oscar nominations, the boy from Mattoon and his friend Tim have put on their Ebert t-shirts and run down their personal best movies the year. It's cute. Sometimes I chime in. My list is below....
How Did This Personalized Note From Kevin Durant End Up On The Floor Of A University Of Texas Bathroom?
Homer Rainey Hall is an unassuming administrative building in the middle of UT's Austin Campus. It largely contains offices for professors in the school's language department, but today it contains a mystery....
Presenting The Dumbest Linsanity Press Release So Far, Courtesy Of Applebee's
This press release was just forwarded to us:...
Former Iowa Commit Argues With Fans, Calls Out "Pre Madonnas"
Rodney Coe was four-star recruit who committed to Iowa for 2011, but didn't qualify academically. The plan became to spend two years at Iowa Western Community College before transferring, but even that's not going to smoothly now. You see, Coe is 6'3", 265 pounds, and both the Hawkeyes and his curre...
Let Us Now Consider The Possibility That Madonna's Halftime Show Was A Satanic Ritual
Don't know where you fall on the whole "Music as Devil's Instrument" spectrum, but there is quite a bit to consider in the magnum "Satanic Ritual Performed at The NFL Half Time Show" post on "Consciousness TV."...
Hey, Michigan: Illinois Will Show You Their Athletic Director's Contract If You Show Them Yours
We like to request records from public universities from time to time. We also like to request the requests made to these universities, which lets us know who's snooping around where. Mainly, it's reporters. Occasionally, though, one of our meta-requests reveals some high-level intercollegiate inani...
A Roundup Of All Our Coverage Of Super Bowl 46
We at Deadspin have had a lot to say about the Super Bowl over the past few days. It was one hell of a Super Bowl to analyze beforehand, and even better to watch. Manning, Manningham, Madonna, M.I.A., all of that stuff. And it was close. All throughout the game, our fair site was churning, with vide...
The Worst National Anthems Ever
These are the five we included in our poll on Sunday. As of this writing, Roseanne Barr's version is the "worst anthem" clubhouse leader by a substantial margin (she has nearly 50 percent of the vote, with Carl Lewis checking in at 28). Facebook users can vote here....
A.J. Daulerio's Stirring 9/11 Column, And Other Roast Remainders
Over the past week or so, we've roasted our former editor A.J. Daulerio, who has moved across the room to edit Gawker, the English-language newsletter of a Hungarian tech company. Some people who knew A.J., and some who didn't know him at all, were kind enough to send in their own tributes to the ma...
John Abraham Is So Excited To Go To The Playoffs He Could Just Kiss You: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
Well, the season is basically over. It's been fun at times and not so fun other times. As we prepare to enter the "second season" or the "12 team tournament" or whatever other weird term people come up with for "playoffs," let's recap the last week of the regular season....
10 Stories Of 2011 That Didn't Suck: A SportsFeat List
Max Linsky is the editor of Longform and SportsFeat....
The 50 Most Popular Deadspin Posts Of 2011
Transparency time. Here are the 50 or so most popular Deadspin posts from 2011, ranked in order, beginning with the year's most popular. The list has a little of everything: sports, fights, sex, fights about sex, sex during sporting events, and whatever it was Glen Rice did with Sarah Palin in the c...
Tom Brady Smiling, Colts Winning, Packers Losing, And Other Inexplicable Things: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
I guess we should have known God was asleep at the switch when the Colts won and the Packers lost. The Patriots finally beating Tebow was just an inevitability, then. Image via....
Tim Tebow Makes Me Feel Like A Doped Up Child: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
What is there to even say at this point? It's like these inexplicable things keep happening and I need a simple way to explain them all. Tim Tebow just wins. There. Perfect....
The Tebow Train Keeps Rolling, The Packers Remain Undefeated And More: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
The Packers narrowly preserve their unbeaten record, the Texans just keep winning and may or may not be running a zombie farm at this point, Ray Rice singlefootedly destroyed the Browns and the Texans and Bronco's keep winning despite their quarterback situations. In no particular order, here's you...