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The USMNT Can't Afford To Lose

The United States Men’s National Team has two games left in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying, two games against teams that, by all accounts, the USMNT should not have any problems dispatching. Trinidad & Tobago have gotten owned more or less nonstop throughout the Hex, and Panama were lousy enough to l...

Gymnasts Redo Routines After Floor Breaks At World Championships<em></em>

MONTREAL, Canada—Bart Deurloo, the Dutch gymnast who was almost knocked out earlier this week by a fall from the high bar, is the hero of the 2017 world championships. He was the final gymnast to compete on the floor exercise during the last rotation (of six) of the men’s fourth preliminary subdivis...

American Tennis Player Resembles Luigi During Biggest Win Of His Career

Steve Johnson is the fourth-best American in men’s tennis. Here is what he usually looks like. ...

Lance Russell, The Greatest Pro Wrestling Announcer Of All Time, Dies At 91

Lance Russell, the professional wrestling announcer best known as the voice of the sport in the territory surrounding Memphis, Tenn. for decades, as well as for his stint in WCW, died Tuesday morning at the age of 91. He had broken his hip in a fall on Friday shortly after his daughter, Valerie, die...

Crowd Goes Wild For Runner's Dick And Balls [NSFW]<em></em><em></em>

Fans who attended the Košice Peace Marathon in Slovakia last weekend got to see Kenyan Reuben Kiprop Kerio take home the win. More importantly, they got to see tenth-place finisher Jozef Urban’s dick and balls greet the morning sun and jounce vigorously through the last few meters of the race fully ...

Here Are The Most Interesting Guys Of The AL Playoffs

You may have checked out of baseball once your team’s season turned into a trash heap, but that’s okay! You’ve come back just in time for the best month of the year, as all the highest-stakes games with top-quality talent begin. Here’s a guide to the AL players you need to pay attention to as the po...

Kohei Uchimura's World Championship Streak Snapped By Ankle Injury

MONTREAL, Canada—The greatest male gymnast of all-time will not win his seventh consecutive world all-around title. He won’t even have a chance to try to defend the title....

Colorado Springs Police Beg Us To Stop Calling About The Mad Pooper, Who Is Still At Large

The Colorado Springs Police Department’s public information officer audibly sighed into the phone Monday as he told me, again, that there were still no updates on the hunt for the Mad Pooper, the feculent jogger who has been terrorizing the city....

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Deadspin Up All Night: I Rolled On As The Sky Grew Dark<em></em>

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. You can watch the entire 30th anniversary show of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (held at the O’Dome!) here. ...

Fuck You Guys, Central Florida Might Be Good Now

Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

SUNY Albany Sued For Title IX Violations After Elimination Of Women's Tennis Team

The State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany) abruptly eliminated the women’s tennis program in March, stranding players—all but one of whom are from other countries and are on student visas—and violating Title IX regulations, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for...

Dutch Gymnast Nearly Knocked Out By Fall From High Bar

Football is not the only sport with the potential for head injuries. During podium training at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, Dutch gymnast Bart Deurloo—the same gymnast who hit his groin on the pommel horse at the American Cup back in March—fell from the high bar after a crazy release mo...

Deadspin Up All Night: Another Burnt Offering

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Marshawn Lynch Stays Hidden For The National Anthem

Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, who habitually sits during the national anthem, was obscured by Raiders personnel during the anthem today before the game between Oakland and the Denver Broncos. With the way staff formed around Lynch, it would have been nearly impossible to notice him si...

Ravens Fans Boo A Prayer Before The National Anthem

As the meaning of national anthem demonstrations has shifted from a specific protest against racial injustice and police brutality to a vague stand of unity, it seems that now, some NFL fans have been conditioned to boo any time they see a player taking a knee....

Report: NFL Floated Plan For All Players to Wear “Team America” Patches

There’s an interesting story at ESPN today about how NFL executives and owners are dealing with Donald Trump. Trump, as you may recall, called Colin Kaepernick a “son of a bitch” before last weekend’s games, adding that any player protesting police brutality during the national anthem should be fire...

Stanford's Bryce Love Is The Real-Life Road Runner

With the loss of Heisman finalist and all-purpose record-breaker Christian McCaffrey, it seemed safe to say that Stanford’s running game would take a step back in 2017. In the first month of the season, however, junior running back Bryce Love has one-upped McCaffrey, as he’s built up a collection of...

Bah Gawd! Somebody Used The Walls Of Jericho In A Real MMA Match

An MMA fighter named Jonno Mears dropped the Walls of Jericho on opponent Aaron Jones at Saturday’s FCC 19 event in Bolton, England, winning by submission and becoming a legend in all our hearts:...