si Page 628 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Yeah, Everyone Likes The Hornets More Than The Bobcats
This chart from the Wall Street Journal shows Cleveland, predictably, getting the biggest bump in Facebook likes this offseason after bringing LeBron home. But Charlotte was the only other team to have their likes increase by more than 10 percent, and that's because the Hornets are great, and the Bo...
Further Evidence Bill Simmons & Ellen DeGeneres Are The Same Person
Yesterday a commenter remarked on some similarities between ESPN word-jock Bill Simmons and entertainer Ellen DeGeneres. We conducted a detailed forensic analysis of their faces, and you can see the shocking results in the above video....
Jim Leyland Belts Out "Who's Your Daddy?"
Former Tigers manager Jim Leyland has a well-known love of singing, and it was a possible career path if that whole baseball thing hadn't worked out for him. A couple great moments of him singing have been captured on tape, like when he sang some of the Stylistics hit "Betcha by Golly, Wow" during a...
Ole Miss's Fumbles Were The Most Damaging Plays This Week
After last week's tough loss to LSU, Ole Miss once again trailed a ranked division opponent in the fourth quarter. Ole Miss put together some promising drives, but two fumbles prevented the Rebels from retaking the lead and resulted in two of the costliest plays of the week, according to data fr...
Colin Kaepernick's Fumble Was The Most Devastating Play Of Week 9
Week 10 starts in a few hours, so while we can, let's finish cleaning house on Week 9. Down by three with ten seconds remaining, the 49ers were one yard away from the St. Louis end zone and appeared on the verge of victory. But Colin Kaepernick fumbled in what was not only the most detrimental pla...
How Man-Child Tight End Rob Gronkowski Revived The Patriots' Offense
Rob Gronkowski—whose skull houses one 14-oz. official NFL "The Duke" football, and whose circulatory system is chiefly responsible for the delivery of Natural Light—has been incredible for the last few weeks. Tom Brady's missed his best receiver at full speed, and they're making up for lost time. ...
Bill Simmons Goes On Twitter Rant, Calls Out ESPN And Mike Golic
Mike Golic, co-host of ESPN radio show Mike & Mike took a bit of a shot at ESPN colleague Bill Simmons on this morning's episode. Simmons has since gotten wind of it, and he is pissed. ...
Don't Worry, DeMarcus Cousins, Omri Casspi Has Your Back
A good friend always makes sure his buddy's headband situation is tight. Here, allow Omri Casspi to demonstrate:...
Gordon Hayward Locks Up LeBron, Nails Game Winner
Things aren't getting any better for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. A night after James failed to score in the second half of a blowout loss against the Trail Blazers, they were undone in Utah by this Gordon Hayward game winner. James was guarding Hayward initially, but was felled by a De...
Patrick Reed, On His Own Putting: "You Fuckin' Faggot"
The WGC-HSBC Champions is underway in Shanghai, and things aren't going so well for golfer Patrick Reed. His reaction after three-putting the course's opening hole: "Nice fuckin' three-putt you fuckin' faggot."...
The Chiefs' Travis Kelce Might Be The Next Revolutionary Tight End
The best NFL offenses are lousy with new-breed tight ends—guys like Rob Gronkowski, Julius Thomas, and Jimmy Graham, the dudes who bust up defenses with an unfair blend of size, speed, and pass-catching ability. And while you can't really tell from the raw numbers, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is...
No, Andrew Luck Is Not On Pace For The Best Season In NFL History
There's been a lot written lately about Andrew Luck being on pace to break the single-season passing-yards record. While Luck is having a solid year, to what degree can we attribute these gaudy statistics to his dominance? And how much do his numbers merely reflect the era in which he's playing? ...
![Zosia Mamet's 2010 Rap Video Is Fake Bullshit [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/mkmxdolt2mivucjdypya.gif)
Zosia Mamet's 2010 Rap Video Is Fake Bullshit [UPDATE]
Update: Like everything else in this godforsaken world, this is nothing but a crummy commercial. First, here's the tip we received a couple days ago from a "Donald Duck" at [email protected]:...
Mike Leach's Understanding Of Anatomy Is Confusing
Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday left Saturday's contest against USC with a brutal leg injury. The initial reports were that Halliday broke both his tibia and his fibula, and we still think that's what happened. We think....
Sierra Nevada Is Still The Freshest
Good afternoon, gang! How's tricks? DID YOU VOTE?! I won't buy you a beer unless you voted. Nah, just kidding, I won't buy you a beer regardless, and I also don't like to jump down non-voting throats. I cast my ballot, because I'm a paragon of virtue—plus I have a soft schedule and was already wea...
Coach K Talks U.S. Foreign Policy With Dumb Basketball Metaphors
Mick Krizilonski was a guest speaker at the Association of the U.S. Army conference last month, and he seized on the opportunity to bemoan President Barack Obama's decision to rule out using ground troops to combat ISIS. He did this in the most annoying and Dook-ish way imaginable....
Kings And Nuggets Present A Very Special Triple Flop
DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay, Kenneth Faried, let's see what you've got:...
A-Rod Paid His Cousin $900,000 To Shut Up About Steroids
The last time we checked in with Alex Rodriquez's cousin Yuri Sucart, he was taking the fall for all manner of steroids-related sins. As first reported in the New York Daily News, we now know why: Rodriguez paid him a cool $900,000 to do so....
Two Unrecognized Hall Of Fame Shortstops
This article is dedicated to the memory of the late Clem Comly, who did more than anyone to put together the Retrosheet.org public database of baseball statistics that made this article and all Internet baseball encyclopedias possible....
Dying College Basketball Player Gets Start, Scores In First Game
After Lauren Hill chose to attend Mount St. Joseph University in Ohio, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Given the circumstances, the school was able to persuade the NCAA into moving their first game, against Hiram College, up to today. And Hill was one of the starting five....