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Remembering Tim Duncan, Fashion Icon
Spurs forward Tim Duncan will be deservedly revered for accomplishing many things during his spectacular NBA career. He won five championships, dominated the court with a subtle genius, and sustained a career-long peak of excellence that few other players can match. But most of all, he wore funny cl...
Yunel Escobar Got Ejected For Drawing In The Dirt
Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar is a known dickhead, so it’s not totally surprising to see him invent a brand new way to get ejected from a baseball game....
"I Played Like Shit," States Man Who Just Hit Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater
D’Angelo Russell’s buzzer-beating three-pointer handed the Lakers a Summer League win over the Sixers tonight, but the former Buckeye is staying humble....
Jerami Grant Nukes Poor Ivica Zubac
The Sixers’ Jerami Grant is making the most of his NBA Summer League assignment. Here he is tonight dunking all over freshly-drafted Lakers center Ivica Zubac, reminding us that the Croatian has a long way to go before he can assume the title of Croatia’s greatest athlete named Ivica....
Giants Fan Sacrifices Entire Meal, Beer Due To Foul Ball
For the record, baseball gloves tend to perform better as catching devices....
Gilbert Arenas Goes To Nick Young's House And Acts Like An Asshole
Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, who at this point will do anything for attention, showed up at Lakers guard Nick Young’s house last night and documented his visit on Snapchat....
In TrackTown, USA For The Olympic Trials, The Drama Of The Human Spirit, And Other Stuff
Eugene, Oregon is a picturesque college town, sparkly with streams and framed by dark pine-forested hills, with a population equal parts public radio, Dick-and-Perry-with-a-snort-of-Eminem, and hippie. The U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials are happening there right now—bands of backward cap-wearin...
Deadspin Awards: Most Insane Coach
The Deadspin Awards are this month, and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to help us determine the answer to an important question: Who is the most insane coach of them all?...
Can Boris Diaw Stay Fed And Motivated In Utah?
To make room for Pau Gasol, the Spurs have reportedly traded Boris Diaw to Utah. This is a good, sensible basketball move for the Spurs, and a foreboding development for the future of Diaw. The 34-year-old Frenchman could certainly contribute solid minutes to the Jazz, but the likelihood of that hap...
Russian Players Punished For Allegedly Spending €250K On Champagne After Euros Loss
The video you see above—in which an unending stream of bartenders at a Monaco nightclub lug bucket after bucket after bucket of Armand de Brignac champagne (about €500 per bottle, times the reported 500 bottles in circulation, equalling a €250,000 bar tab—not counting tip and sparkler fees) to the t...
Doc Rivers Is Still A Terrible GM
The Los Angeles Clippers lost in the first round of the playoffs to the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. Though it is true that they were without the injured Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, it was their fifth straight season getting bounced before the Conference Finals. And then this offseason the Warr...
Bald Eagle Ignores Trainer, Leaves Dodger Stadium
Chinook, a trained bald eagle from the Los Angeles Zoo, was supposed to thrill fans and honor America on July 4th by swooping from the top of Dodger Stadium to his handler on the field. Chinook had other plans out in the parking lot:...
Reports: Spurs Sign Pau Gasol, And Tim Duncan Is Probably Retiring
The Spurs are reportedly signing free agent Pau Gasol to a two-year deal worth more than $30 million, while Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Tim Duncan is leaning towards retirement after 19 seasons. These two things are related....
Dodgers Game Interrupted By Hot Dog-Hating Idiots
We have learned much about Vin Scully in this, his 67th and final season calling the Dodgers. He hates socialism, for example, and today we learned he hates Idiots On The Field—especially the kind protesting the existence of hot dogs, like those who interrupted today’s game in Los Angeles....
Renato Sanches Is Super Cute And Super Good
Yesterday’s Portugal-Poland match started in surprisingly auspicious fashion, considering it was a match between two teams with only a passing interest in doing anything fun or exciting in an effort to go out and win. Poland’s Robert Lewandowski scored the game’s first goal less than two minutes aft...
Mozgov Is Hollywood
Timofey Mozgov is champion. Now, Mozgov is a free agent and the man just got paid. According to Woj, the Los Angeles Lakers kicked off their summer of whiffing at free agents by quickly getting into “serious talks” with Mozgov. Those serious talks turned into a four year, $64 million deal....
Alexis Sanchez's Ankle Injury Is Pretty Gruesome-Looking
Alexis Sanchez had to leave the Copa America final before the penalty shootout on account of Gabriel Mercado caught him with a nasty tackle that left him unable to play past the 104th minute. Chile won anyway, thanks to Messi’s chokejob, but Alexis’ ankle has ballooned up and it looks like the podia...
Miguel Sano Assists Putout With His Noggin
Minnesota Twins star Miguel Sano is finishing up a rehab assignment with the team’s Triple A affiliate in Rochester, N.Y. It’s a good thing he’s getting plays like this one out of his system before he returns to the big club:...
Report: Clayton Kershaw Got An Epidural, Is Headed To Disabled List
Well, shit. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, who was well on his way to turning in one of the greatest single season pitching performances in recorded human history, is reportedly headed for the disabled list....
NASCAR Drivers Brawl After Late Wreck
Tonight’s NASCAR truck race near St. Louis was already running late after a rain delay and several wrecks, but it was one with just seven laps remaining that brought Spencer Gallagher and John Wes Townley to fisticuffs. Rubbin’ (fists) is racin’!...