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Did ESPN President John Skipper Play Dewey On <i>Malcolm In The Middle</i>?
Watch this video and be the judge....

Let's Remember Some Guys
We were looking at a list of MLB players who have hit for the cycle, and noticed that Jody Gerut is on that list. Maybe you’ve forgotten about Jody Gerut :( But now you remember him. Let’s remember some other guys:...

Prayers Up For The Pirates' Tarp Man
As the Pirates’ grounds crew struggled to spread the tarp on the field in inclement weather Tuesday night, one man was nearly consumed by the polyethylene menace before Andrew McCutchen and Sean Rodriguez came to help. Before today’s game, someone created a respectful memorial for Tarp Man....

It Takes A Village To Secure An Infield Rain Tarp
The grounds crew at New Three Rivers Stadium was handed a nearly impossible mission Tuesday night, tasked with unfurling the rain tarp in the face of pounding rain and gusting wind. As you can see, one unfortunate soul almost paid the ultimate price, as the tarp demon did its best to take him to bas...

Lakers Delete Embarrassing Recruiting Tweets After Other Teams Complain
As part of the effort to lure free agent LaMarcus Aldridge, the Lakers engaged in a frankly embarrassing 12:01 a.m. Twitter recruiting campaign. It doesn’t seem to have worked. Almost a day later, at least four of those tweets have been deleted. ...

Should You Fuck Tiger Woods?
There’s a report floating around that Lindsey Vonn broke up with Tiger Woods after she found out he was cheating on her with Amanda Boyd, Jason Dufner’s ex-wife. Regardless of the story’s veracity, it does lead to a basic question: Should people still fuck Tiger Woods?...

Cats: They're Bad
You walk into a cat house and you know it right away: A crazy person lives here. No amount of vacuuming, air-freshening, laundering, or outright bleaching will banish the insidious juniper reek of feline; a cat house smells like a cat house, and for this we can be grateful, because it lets us know n...

We Made More Rap-Themed Sprite Cans
So Sprite, in conjunction with The Fader, is putting rap lyrics on its cans this summer, to honor a cultural synergy that stretches all the way from Kurtis Blow to A Tribe Called Quest to Drake. Which is a lovely tribute, sure, but the initial roster—Aubrey, Nas, Rakim, and a one-off from the Notori...

Audiovisual Medium Airs Kanye Performance You Couldn't Hear Or See
Today in dumb things on TV: Kanye West’s Billboard Music Awards performance, in which the pyrotechnics rendered nothing visible and censorship rendered nothing audible....

35-Meter Strike No Problem For Anton Sosnin
Your long-range goal of the day comes from the Russian Premier League, where Kuban Krasnodar defender Anton Sosnin took aim from 35 meters out to open the scoring against cross-town rival (we are assuming) Krasnodar. ...

Tom Thibodeau Is Mediocre At Hide-And-Seek
Can you spot Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau in the photo above? Look closely, he has found a hiding spot....

Who's Smooching In The Background Of Rajai Davis's Interview?
As Rajai Davis was talking to Fox Sports Detroit during today's Marlins-Tigers game, a player wandered into the frame, waved at the camera, sat down, and smooched a gal before the two left. The reader who gave us the heads-up believes it was Joe Nathan, and it sure looks like him....

Jim Tomsula Compares 8-8 Season To Sandwich, Might Just Be Kinda Hungry
Frank Gore left the 49ers for the Colts, linebackers Patrick Willis and Chris Borland retired, and another linebacker tore his ACL while working out. New head coach and incredibly quotable man Jim Tomsula is having a rough first offseason so far. In unrelated news, he compared San Francisco's .500 s...

His Self-Defense Attempt Led To The Death Of A Salesman
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Did This Comments Section Nostradamus Predict The Warriors' Season?
Most internet commenters are dumb, and you're better off never venturing into the comments section. A lot of the Deadspin staff subscribes to the Cigarette Theory of internet comments, which states that reading an internet comment is akin to smoking a cigarette. It's fine if you do so sparingly, but...

RGIII Is Not Kissing A Butt In This Picture, Believe It Or Butt
Quick! Look at this picture for just a second and then look away! ...

Chipper Jones...Or James Hetfield?
For some reason Chipper Jones is tweeting out facial reactions to various plays in the national title game: ...

Dumbest Man Alive Gives Dumbest Possible Explanation For Dumb HOF Vote
This year, I decided to make my life a little happier by giving up on my usual winter pastime of hate-reading terrible Hall of Fame columns written by trolls and gibbering nitwits. Stan Keister of the Hackensack Courier-Educator-Herald voted for no one and spent his entire column on the greatness of...