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Fan Throws A Banana Peel At Black Player In Tonight's Flyers/Red Wings Game
Some bottom-of-the-barrel jitbag chose tonight's NHL preseason game in London, Ontario between the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings to remind us all of racism's effects on black hockey players like Wayne Simmonds....
Ferran Adria Will Provide Avant-Garde Food Particles To FC Barcelona's Future Lionel Messis
Understandably, FC Barcelona wants to create an entire youth generation of budding Lionel Messis. The kind of young men who dream about soccer. The kind of young men who attend the sex and alcohol parties for the video games. The kind of young men who will eat only the finest, most sought-after cuis...
The Cincinnati Bearcats Think The Cincinnati Bearcats Logo Is Worthy Of Being Protected By Velvet Rope
Welcome to Cincy's most exclusive night club....
Put A Björk In It: How A 14-Year-Old Album Is Still Influencing Music
For Music Week, our own Jack Dickey will be defending his seemingly indefensible music tastes. Tuesday: Drake. Today: Björk....
Pearl Jam Fan Notes: Joe Buck Talks About The Night Eddie Vedder Made Him Squeal
My homework assignment from my good friends at Deadspin was to write about my interaction with Pearl Jam and in particular Eddie Vedder in honor of their 20th Anniversary. The difficulty in this assignment is writing it without coming off like a name-dropping ass. Well for those of you who don't lik...
Pearl Jam Fan Notes: The Perks Of Bartending Near Wrigley When Eddie Vedder's In Town
Here's another batch of PJ fan notes submitted by readers. If you have more, please send them our way. Ed's storytelling on the rooftop at Murphy's, a possible urban legend, and a memorable autograph snub....
Pearl Jam Fan Notes: Eddie Vedder And His Suitcase Full Of Wine Stroll A Tennessee Runway
Here's the first batch of PJ fan notes submitted by readers. If you have more, please send them our way. In this batch you'll find Ed on a Tennessee runway, Ed making an anniversary special, and Ed landing on someone's head....
Lady Gaga Won’t Empower You For Shit
I don't quite know when Lady Gaga evolved from talented pop star into the world's least convincing self-help guru, but that shit needs to stop immediately. ...
SprtsCntr: Coming To You Live From Michael Vick's Hippocampus
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
Kobe Bryant Makes A Cameo In UC Irvine Athletics's Horrendous "Love Shack" Video
When Ray Lewis worried about the societal ramifications of an NFL lockout, he said evil would result. While he didn't say so, it's not much of a stretch to think it similarly applies to an NBA lockout....
Kim Kardashian's Sex Tape Partner Isn't Proud Of Brawling With A Rapper During Vegas Fight Weekend
In the role of Larry Merchant is a TMZ photographer. Starring as Victor Ortiz is the world famous "Ray J." And as Mayweather-by-default, we have rapper Fabolous....
Cops: A Couple Of Pounds Of Marijuana Got Shipped To The Home Where Two Cincinnati Bengals Live
"An operation by state narcotics agents that tracked a shipment of high-grade marijuana from Northern California led police to a suburban Kentucky house and two National Football League players, law enforcement authorities said. Cincinnati Bengals teammates Jerome Simpson and Anthony Collins, both ...
Your Pearl Jam Fan Notes Contest Assignment: One Ed Vedder, Captured.
Just as I suspected, there are dozens of lame white people with shitty musical tastes that read Deadspin. Take Erik, who submitted the Eddie Vedder autograph you see above with this accompanying story:...
I Bought My Ticket But The Game Was Gone: Pearl Jam And The SuperSonics, 1990-2008
If you were going to pick a day to be a fly on the wall, you could do a lot worse than Oct. 8, 1990, in the dank downtown Seattle basement-cum-rehearsal space where Eddie Vedder, having arrived on a plane from California that morning, sang with Pearl Jam for the first time....
A Drunk's Guide To Watching Rugby
Chris Benz and Dave Shireley will be filing dispatches from the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, in the odd moments that they are sober. For a rugby glossary and position guide, click here....
Michael Jordan's Golf Bag Would Like To Inform You That Michael Jordan Has Six Rings
Michael Jordan's golf bag would also like to inform you that he has a Nike brand that you may have seen somewhere. Have you seen it? It's OK if you haven't seen it, because the logo is right there, on his golf bag—right above the six NBA championship rings he won with the Chicago Bulls. (Maybe you d...
Terry Bradshaw Looks Like He'd Rather Be Watching "The View"
Your morning roundup for Sept. 21, the day we learned it's best not to walk the dog by driving a truck. Photo courtesy @PaulPabst, via Last Angry Fan. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
High School Football Player Undergoes Brain Surgery After Suffering Serious Concussion In Game
Friday night's high-school football game between San Luis Obispo (Cal.) and Oxnard is best known as the game before which a cheerleader nearly got impaled and totally got trampled during player introductions....
Deadspin Classic: Ines Sainz, You Give Me An Erection
Ines Sainz, international sports reporter of note, turns 31 today. To commemorate her birthday, here's a column submitted by "Anonymous Aging Male Sportswriter" from Sept. 15, 2010. This was a counterpoint to Emma Carmichael's first piece for Deadspin, "Letter From A Young Female Sportswriter: Ines ...
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Drake
For Music Week, our own Jack Dickey will be defending his seemingly indefensible music tastes....