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The NBA Leaders In Rap Shout-Outs
We are not prone to hyperbole, but this is the most important piece of basketball reporting done all year. Spin has ranked all 30 NBA teams by the number of players on the roster who have received shout-out in rap songs, along with the references for each. It's vital stuff....
Drew Gooden Got Three People To Throw Their Clothes In Their Toilets
Prior to the Milwaukee Bucks game in Chicago Monday evening, Drew Gooden held a contest to give away tickets. Gooden, formerly of the Bulls, asked followers to throw their Bulls jerseys in the toilet. The first one to send him a picture would receive his tickets to the game....
T.J. Simers Believes UCLA Threw The Stanford Game, And Hijacked Jim Mora Jr.'s Press Conference To Prove It
UCLA already has the Pac-12 South clinched. Their opponent in the championship game would be either Stanford or Oregon, depending on whether the Bruins won or lost against the Cardinal on Saturday. Well, UCLA lost, 35-17, and they'll have their rematch in just four days. Where the rest of us see o...
Here's Every Instance Of Phil Simms Saying The Word "Football" In A Single Broadcast
"This guy." "The National Football League." Sportscasters have their own pet phrases, most of which add nothing to the conversation. They're meaningless syllables to fill up airtime, nervous tics that we're used to ignoring, but once you notice them you can't hear anything else. Take Phil Simms, w...
College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves Over The Holiday Weekend (Besides Indiana)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...
If You've Ever Wanted To Hear Ed Hochuli Talk About Buttocks, Today Is Your Day
We're surprised this doesn't happen more often, and maybe it does—but hearing popular NFL referee Ed Hochuli do it has a special flair. Hochuli's description of the results of a video replay in today's Bills-Colts game required his use of the word "buttocks"—you know the workout-obsessed ref wante...
Did Penn State Coach Bill O'Brien Call His Team "A Bunch Of Fuckers" In His Post-Game Interview?
Penn State closed out a difficult season with a memorable overtime win against Wisconsin, and a choked-up Bill O'Brien spoke fondly of his team in the post-game interview on ESPN2. Unfortunately, it sounds a lot like he called them "a bunch of fuckers," though personally I think he says "fighters....
This Week's Signs Of The Apocalypse
For nearly two decades, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to cover the end of times but declines to cede the scoop on the biggest event in world history....
What Was Up With ABC's Soundtrack For The Michigan-Ohio State Game?
Ohio State completed its undefeated, ineligible season by defeating Michigan 26-21 in college football's best rivalry game today, but viewers seemed consumed as much by ABC/ESPN's choice in bump music as they were the action happening on the field. We're not sure what prompted the eclectic mix, but...
Say This For Newly Former Arkansas Head Coach John L. Smith: He Screwed Only Himself, Never The Help
The University of Arkansas will not be renewing the contract of interim coach John L. Smith, the university announced today, confirming what everyone and his sister knew the minute then-No. 8 Arkansas lost in Little Rock to Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 8. Smith's team cliff-dove out of the polls, then ...
"Coach Lame Kitten": Your Roundup Of The Best Signs Behind The <em>College GameDay</em> Crew
The college football season is winding down, and with it our College GameDay episodes. Enjoy the best that Los Angeles had to offer. (Click any image to expand it.)...
Ben Roethlisberger Spawned
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ben Roethlisberger announced on his website that he and his wife, Ashley, whom he did not meet in the bathroom of some college bar, had a son at 10:06 p.m. yesterday. It's a seven-pound, one-ounce baby boy, and his name is Benjamin Roethlisberger Jr. No word...
Tufts Takes Away Lance Armstrong's Honorary Degree
When Lance Armstrong gave the commencement speech at Tufts University in 2006, the school awarded him an honorary doctorate of letters. They cited his "tremendous grit and courage," and called his cycling comeback "a story of sheer determination."...
D-III Player's 138 Point-Game Is A Sham Record And Shouldn't Be Celebrated By Anyone
Jack Taylor, of the Grinnell College Pioneers, scored 138 points in a game last night, against Faith Baptist Bible College. It's a mindblowing number, shattering the old NCAA mark of 113, and it's being trumpeted as one of sports' all-time individual achievements. It is not. It is bullshit. It is ju...
Rhode Island's Football Stadium Started Blaring Hip Hop And Dubstep At 2 A.M. Last Night
Perhaps haunted by the ghosts of booty booty booty booty rockin' everywhere, Rhode Island's Meade Stadium came alive during the witching hour. According to Eric, the URI student who took this video, the music began blaring at 2 in the morning, featuring favorites like "Ms. Jackson," "21 Questions,...
Division III Basketball Player Scores 138 Points In A Single Game
Jack Taylor is a 5-foot-10 guard at Grinnell College, and last night he scored 138 points in his team's game against Faith Baptist Bible. Division III ball is essentially a somewhat glorified high-school game, but still, 138 points! That's insane, and Taylor now has the NCAA single-game scoring rec...
Swaggy Bro Sidney Crosby Was At The Justin Bieber Concert Last Night
It didn't go well the last time Bieber Fever struck an NHL venue, as a Rick Rypien memorial outside of Rogers Centre in Vancouver was defaced. Wary of escalating tensions, hockey has dropped goodwill ambassador Sidney Crosby into the fray—Bieber's tour stop at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh ...
Ed Reed Will Not Be Suspended After All
Yesterday, the NFL announced that Ravens safety Ed Reed would be suspended one game for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Steelers receiver Emmanuel Sanders. But after further review, that decision has been changed. The league just released a statement that says Reed is good to go for Sunday's game agai...
News Corp Buys Into The YES Network, As The RSN Bubble Grows Closer To Bursting
What was rumored last week has been officially announced: News Corporation will purchase 49 percent of the YES Network, and become the single biggest shareholder in the single most lucrative regional sports network in the country....
Australia's Rugby League Cracks Down On Big Hits, And Fans Aren't Happy
In any discussion of player safety in American football, rugby inevitably gets invoked in two ways: NFL players are called pussies for wearing body armor, and rugby is pointed to as an example of how players will self-police and self-preserve on tackles when they're not overly protected. Neither of...