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Mexico World Cup Captain Going To Ridiculous Lengths To Avoid Violating Treasury Department SanctionsMexican national team captain Rafael Márquez has been in some pretty serious legal trouble for the past year. Last August, the United States Treasury Department sanctioned him for allegedly helping Mexican drug kingpin Raul Flores Hernandez launder money. Márquez has denied the allegations and is cu...

NFL Sponsors Don't Want Their Ads Running During Ravens Or Vikings GamesWe've said before that public opinion doesn't mean a damn thing to NFL owners as they decide Roger Goodell's future, only money. So they have to be a bit worried that some of their advertisers have specifically requested that their commercials not run during Ravens or Vikings game....

Lance Armstrong's Last, Sad Ride Will Be For Michelob UltraLance Armstrong probably doesn't feel like a grand prize this week. But he is....

Olympics Brand Police Not Happy About Athletes Humping With Unauthorized Condoms

As we've seen again and again (and again), the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) protects Olympic sponsors with the ferocity of a mother bear protecting its cubs. That extends to condoms: when Australian BMXer Caroline Buchanan tweeted this picture of "a bucket ...

We Already Have Our First Olympic Brand Violator, And It Is Pepsi

With the Olympic sponsorship protection Gestapo cracking down even on the family of royalty, we're amazed that it took just an hour for an unapproved sponsor's logo to appear onscreen. (The Olympics started this morning, if you didn't know.)...

Texas To Sponsor The Very Power Of The Earth Itself

Fresh off approving water bottles shaped like the campus tower (you know, the one from which Charles Whitman killed 14 people), UT is partnering with an energy company to sponsor Longhorn Electricity and Longhorn Natural Gas. [SBJ]...

Break Out Your Fashionable Drinking Pants

Deadspin readers in New York City who like beer, rooftops, bloggers and German things are encouraged to attend a truly magical New Yorkish evening at Gawker HQ's official rooftop in a model-infested section of SoHo. The event is called "Gawktoberfest" ( personally, I prefer "Guten-Blog", but I have ...

It's A Sad Day For Obscure Movies You Don't Care About

I know I've been writing a lot this week, and I swear, my actual job really does keep me plenty busy, but Daulerio informed me of an impending change at Deadspin that I had to weigh in on. In about 15 minutes, Gawker Media is introducing automated, ad-produced sponsors posts. That means: No more mov...