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Deadspin Classic: Our Visit To The Hot Dog Eating Championships
Three years ago, the former proprietor hereabouts immersed himself in the world of moist sausage and watched as a proud America reclaimed what is rightfully hers: the world championship for cramming hot dogs in one's distended mouth....

Deadspin Classic: Your Fourth Of July Throwgasm Breakdown
Happy Fourth of July. Before you do your part and blow up a small portion of the country you love, travel back in time to the magical summer of 2008 with Drew's guide to the best and worst aspects of July 4th....

Deadspin Classic: He ... Could ... Go ... All ... The ... Way!
There's no earthly reason to run this again today, except that it involves one thing America will be full of this weekend: a large man in a tropical shirt. And it remains funny as hell. You will always be with us, leather....

Deadspin Classic: There's More Than One Way To Skin A Softball Player
Chances are you'll be playing some softball this weekend. Back in 2007, Leitch stumbled upon the finest college softball media guide the world has ever known....

Deadspin Classic: How To Tap A Fucking Keg
For Spring Break, The Awl contributor Abe Sauer taught you how to get at that delicious, delicious beer. Well, you're not a college student now; you're a man, and you have friends and family to keep hydrated this holiday weekend....

Deadspin Classic: Madness, Glory, And The Self-Correcting Aneurysm
Four years ago, in the World Cup final, France's Zinedine Zidane defended the honor of his whore sister and ended his career in an unimaginably bizarre fashion. Afterward, David Hirshey bid a sad adieu....

The Dead Wrestler Of The Week Archive
All your favorite Dead Wrestler of the Week columns, in one handy location. Ooooooooh, what a rush!!!...

Deadspin Classic: Our Field Trip To <em>Quite Frankly</em>
Stephen A. Smith and the Philadelphia Inquirer recently parted ways for a second time. Let's remember the good ol' days, when Stephen A. was an emphatic, multi-platform media nuisance, and Will Leitch was just another guy in his studio audience....

World Cup Open Thread: Germany-Argentina
This one could be a classic. The Germans have exploded for four goals twice already, and Argentina might be the most talented squad around. Talk about it....

Annoying Use Of Vuvuzela Throughout History: Act IV
It's Friday, which means it's time to tack on a vuvuzela to various indelible moments in world and cultural history. Enjoy and suggest more for next week's final edition....

An Inside Look At A Failed Porn Shoot. GREAT MOMENTS IN DRUNKEN HOOKUP FAILURE
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase four heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....

The Georgia University AD Who Was Arrested For DUI Has A Mugshot That Looks Like This
The person in this photo, who appears anesthetized or possibly catatonic, is Damon Evans, athletic director at the University of Georgia. He was pulled over for allegedly driving all boozy and woozy. And now a message from Evans before he was busted....

Today's Ridiculous Sex Rumor That Explains England's World Cup Collapse
Did you hear? The English soccer team did not do so well at the World Cup. Want to know why? A locker room divided over a teammate's extramarital affair, of course. Stop me if you've heard this one....

Pay No Attention To The Buzzing In Your Ears
Because no one reads the newspaper and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Road Warrior Hawk
Every week, the Masked Man, Deadspin's pro wrestling correspondent, honors the sport's fallen and examines their legacies — famous and obscure alike. Today: Michael Hegstrand, aka Road Warrior Hawk, who died in 2003 of a heart attack. He was 46....

Someone That Is Certainly Not Tim Tebow Is Getting Lampooned On Adult Swim
Tom Treebow is a new Squidbillies character scheduled to premiere on the Adult Swim show's July 11 episode. He seems so familiar. [Adult Swim]...

Confusing Chinese Yao Ming Ad Here To Befuddle Us All
This ad, featuring crudely drawn and out-of-proportion representations of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian, is for Chinese manufacturing conglomerate GMC and oddly enough appeared in today's Wall Street Journal. Expect the Rockets to run this on in-bounds plays. [Copyranter]...

Accused Russian Spy Also Fan Of Neutral Zone Trap
The Feds should have known something was off, since no real Devils fan likes Ilya Kovalchuk. Also, only someone who grew up in the wilds of Siberia could be happy to be in Newark. [Star-Ledger]...

<em>Party Down</em> Canceled, Comedy Nerds Crestfallen
Party Down, the extremely funny Starz program that serves as the anti-Entourage, has been canceled after two mildly successful seasons. But fear not, fans, you still have your precious Freaks & Geeks boxed sets to sob into softly....

Congress Hammers Out Differences On Baseball Diamond (Video)
When all was said — like, "It's one of the best things we do in Congress"*— the Dems had prevailed 13-5. They'd knocked around Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) — still, on the field — during the fifth inning, which is a fitting fate for the man that kinda-sorta tried to hide the whole Mark Foley-emailing-...