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Little League Softball Team Bounced From Championship Game For Flipping The Bird

The Atlee Little League softball team was disqualified from the 2017 Junior League Softball World Series championship game over a social media post, aimed at their recently vanquished semifinal foes, showing several members of the team flipping the bird. The disqualification took place just hours be...

Rick Pitino's Campaign Against NCAA Sanctions Is A Shameless, Repetitive Mess

Kentucky Sports Radio published a two-page letter sent to Louisville fans and donors from Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino Wednesday, in which the embattled coach (yet again) invoked 9/11, Bernie Madoff, and his infamous Italian restaurant sexcapade in an attempt to convince Louisville donors and fa...

NCAA Orders Louisville To Pay Back Millions In Tournament Money Over Prostitution Scandal

Louisville’s attempt to convince the NCAA that it should avoid punishment because it only hired cheap prostitutes that barely assisted their recruiting efforts has, predictably, failed. ...

Report: Police Investigating Alleged Drug Theft In Georgia Tennis Program

Dawg Nation is reporting that Georgia police are investigating a case of alleged prescription drug theft involving people associated with the University of Georgia tennis program....

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Far Left Peddles Grossly Sexual Giraffe Pornography Online

Though Americans may have our political differences, we can all agree that children should not be subjected to grotesque displays of nudism and sexual organs. Correction: we cannot all agree on this, judging by the latest uproar found on the internet. ...

U.S. Performs Nazi-Era "Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles" Before Fed Cup Match Against Germany<em></em>

The USTA has apologized to Germany for performing the antiquated first verse of that country’s national anthem—the “Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles” one, last used by the Nazis—before yesterday’s Fed Cup match between German Andrea Petkovic and American Alison Riske....

The Cardinals' Hacking Scandal Stands Alone In The History Of Cheating In Baseball

The St. Louis Cardinals hacking scandal—in which then-scouting director Chris Correa used a former colleague’s password to access the Houston Astros’ player database over 50 times in 16 months—is unprecedented in baseball history. This must have made Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision on how to pun...

If Motodoping Exists, <i>60 Minutes</i> Sure Didn't Prove It<em></em>

One year ago to the day, officials uncovered one of the strangest scandals in a sport famous for strange scandals....

League One Club That Invented Raffle Winner Finds Its Fall Guy

The sports world is still reeling from the revelation that third-tier English soccer club Chesterfield FC recently falsified the results of a fan raffle that only four people entered, awarding a preseason trip to Hungary with the team to a non-existent fan. Attempting to regain the public’s trust, t...

Deadspin Awards: Best Scandal

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: What was the best sports scandal of them all?...

The USGA Won't Tell Anyone If Dustin Johnson Will Be Penalized [UPDATES]

Dustin Johnson is trying to win his first major, and he’s currently in the U.S. Open lead... maybe....

Peru Knock Brazil Out Of Copa América On Obvious, Uncalled Handball

Peru earned their first in-competition win over Brazil since 1975 thanks to an incredibly obvious handball that interrupted the game for several minutes and appeared to leave the referee in a state of catatonic confusion....

At Least They Put Their Names On It

Baylor Athletic Director Ian McCaw Has Resigned [UPDATE]

Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw plans to resign, according to Baylor247, making him the third person to leave his position as a result of the sexual assault scandals at the Waco university following head football coach Art Briles’s firing and the demotion of president Ken Starr. Baylor sanctioned...

Karim Benzema's Explanation For Role In Sex Tape Blackmail Plot Sounds Like Total Bullshit

When we last checked in on the most insane scandal going on in sports, the big news was that a transcript of a phone call between Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema and a good friend of his strongly suggested 1) that the good friend was trying to blackmail Lyon midfielder Mathieu Valbuena over a sex ...

Towson University Diving Coach Charged In Locker Room Recording Case

Towson University diving coach Maureen Mead has been charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with felony interception of a communication, as well as misdemeanor peeping tom and altering of physical evidence charges, according to online court records. The charges relate to an October incident where...

Towson University Women's Swimming And Diving Team Rocked By Locker Room Recording Scandal

Something extremely fishy is going on with the Towson University women’s swimming and diving team....

Undefeated Michigan State Beaten By Officials As Apparent Blown Call Hands Game To Nebraska

Michigan State’s undefeated season is no more after officials awarded a game-winning touchdown to Nebraska’s Brandon Reilly despite the fact the Cornhuskers receiver appeared to go out of bounds on his own before re-entering the field to catch the pass with just seconds remaining in Lincoln....

ACC Suspends Officiating Crew That Allowed Miami To Beat Duke

The Atlantic Coast Conference has suspended both the on-field officiating crew and the replay official for allowing Miami’s game-winning kickoff return to stand during last night’s game against Duke....