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Here's The Special "Information Sharing" Agreement Between The NFL And A Prosecutors' Group
In a memorandum of understanding dated 2016, the NFL and the National District Attorneys Association—a professional group that represents and lobbies on behalf of the nation’s 2,500 or so district attorneys—outlined an “information sharing partnership” covering investigations into “alleged criminal ...

U.S. Women's National Team Score Three Goals In Nine Minutes To Beat Brazil
Julie Ertz’s 89th-minute goal capped a massive late comeback for the U.S. women’s national team as they beat Brazil 4-3 in a Tournament of Nations match that saw them down 3-1 with less than ten minutes remaining....

Deadspin Up All Night: Space
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Chris Christie Gets Razzed By Cubs Fan, Leans In For Awkward Scolding
The Chris Christie humiliation spiral continued today with the fully-inflated Violet Beauregarde-looking New Jersey governor getting right into the face of a Cubs fan at today’s Cubs-Brewers game in Milwaukee:...

Many People Are Saying Lorenzo Cain's Elegant 302-Foot Dinger Is The Greatest
One thing Lorenzo Cain understands that big mashing goons like Aaron Judge and Bryce Harper still haven’t mastered with all their grotesque and gratuitous moonshots is the precision and understated majesty of the, umm, short ball:...

Kyrie Irving Spotted In Video Of Steph Curry Mocking LeBron James
Here is a short video of Steph Curry doing a funny-looking pantomime of what looks like someone working out:...

Deadspin Up All Night: Take You There
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What Do You Put On Your Hot Dogs?<em></em>
It’s beer and hot dog time on Ask a Clean Person: The Podcast!...

Desperate Man Works Feverishly To Keep His Name In The Kyrie Irving Story
Stephen A. Smith first got his name into the Kyrie Irving trade story with a “report” that LeBron James would be “tempted, quote, to beat [Irving’s] ass, end quote.” You hear these stories from Smith, bleated with the cadence and volume of a string of firecrackers, and reflexively roll your eyes—he ...

Scottish Soccer Team Launches Investigation To Find Horny Twitter User
Fans often go to the Twitter accounts of soccer teams to watch video of someone scoring. That’s nothing surprising. But when followers of Scottish Premiership club Inverness Caledonian Thistle looked at the team Twitter account’s list of favorited tweets, they saw an entirely different sort of scori...

Most Exciting Baseball Plays, Ranked
There’s not much happening besides baseball right now, but that’s okay. It’s a great sport because every single pitch is an opportunity to see a new, weird thing....

Yadier Molina Tells Mike Matheny To Can It<em></em>
How mad does an All-Star catcher have to be to air out his manager on Instagram? Yadier Molina, definitely mad online, gave Mike Matheny the business after Matheny barely stopped himself from calling Molina tired—or maybe old, depending on how generous you’re feeling at the moment....

Report: NFL To Walk Away From Deal To Fund Concussion Research With $16 Million Unpaid
The NFL has given the National Institutes of Health less than half of the $30 million they promised for concussion research five years ago, and after repeatedly trying to influence how their “unrestricted gift” was used, the league is letting their agreement expire with no plans to finish paying up....

Rays And Mariners Make Weird Trade
The Rays and Mariners made a weird trade this morning, completing an exchange of right-handed relievers that they seem to think will help them both capture the playoff spot for which they are directly competing. The Rays will send Erasmo Ramirez back to Seattle and will get Steve Cishek in return. ...

John Gibbons To Power-Mad Umpire: "Were You Out All Fucking Night?"
The Blue Jays ran into one hell of an Ump Show during their game against the Oakland A’s yesterday. Over the course of a few pitches, home plate umpire Will Little managed to eject manager John Gibbons, pitcher Marcus Stroman, and catcher Russell Martin....

Don't Panic, The USWNT's Struggles Might Be A Good Thing
Tameka Butt capitalized on a Becky Sauerbrunn mistake to score the only goal of Australia’s first-ever win against the USWNT in 27 tries. Her 67th-minute score last night in Seattle, after what announcer Ian Darke referred to as “dithering defending,” gave her side (ranked seventh by FIFA) a histori...

<i>Sports Illustrated </i>Publishes Story Based On Bogus Report From Fake Pat Forde Twitter Account
Just before midnight tonight, Sports Illustrated published a story about Chip Kelly being considered for the head coaching position left open at Ole Miss after Hugh Freeze’s resignation last week. One problem—the report that their story was based on was fabricated, courtesy of a fake Pat Forde accou...

Man Breaks Into Minor League Locker Room, Takes Mugshot In Stolen Jersey
A homeless West Virginia man stole nearly $4,000 of stuff from the locker room of the Class-A West Virginia Power this morning. He took his mugshot in a hitting coach’s jersey, which he was wearing when he was arrested....

Deadspin Up All Night: Century Of The Narcissist
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. I let my husband pick today. ...

Things Anthony Scaramucci Said In The Interview Where He Talked About Steve Bannon Sucking His Own Cock, Ranked<em></em>
Anthony Scaramucci, a finance guy or something who doesn’t seem to understand anything about being a press flack, called the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza last night and ethered every one of his White House enemies in one of the greatest and most surreal interviews in American political history. Here are ...