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Former Penn State Hockey Player Cited For Peeing On Two People In Primanti Bros. Bathroom

Former Penn State goaltender and recent ECHL player Matthew Skoff was issued a non-traffic citation by State College police on Apr. 21 for allegedly urinating on two people in the bathroom of a Primanti Bros. ...

Deadspin Presents: NFL Draft Jersey Bingo [Update: Entries Are Closed]

Philadelphia is a fantastic location for the NFL Draft for this reason: It’s easy for a lot of NFL fans to reach. It’s a relatively short drive or train ride from New York or Washington, and not too far from multiple other NFL markets. (Come on, Bills fans! It’s like six and a half hours. Come visit...

The Celtics Have Righted The Ship

The first four games of the Celtics-Bulls series made no sense. The road team won all four games and season-long trends gave way to puzzling single-game outcomes. Celtics winger Jaylen Brown hardly saw the court despite a solid rookie season. Rajon Rondo spent all year switching back and forth betwe...

Gift Ngoepe, First-Ever African-Born MLB Player, Got A Hit In His First Career At-Bat

Earlier this week, the Pittsburgh Pirates were losing to the Cubs and they replaced Antonio Bastardo on the mound with Dovydas Neverauskas. The Lithuanian pitched two innings and became the first Lithuanian-born player to play in a major league game. Neverasukas was optioned back to Triple-A Indiana...

Predators Rookie Kevin Fiala Stretchered Off Ice And Hospitalized After Scary Injury [Update]

During the first period of Game 1 of the Predators’ playoff series with the Blues, Nashville winger Kevin Fiala got squished into the boards by Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo. The crash was very ugly and Fiala folded up like an accordion after he hit the wall. Getting scrunched down to the ice by ...

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Hilariously Rich University Presidents Don't Think College Athletes Should Be Paid

Ohio State University president Michael Drake and Stanford University president Marc Tessier-Lavigne have joined that dipshit from Notre Dame and that dipshit from Texas as the latest university presidents to say that college athletes should not be paid. Young people should not be paid for their rev...

Patrick Beverley And Russell Westbrook Will Probably Hate Each Other Forever

Patrick Beverley is a highly flammable substance, and last night Russell Westbrook, down by three and going out in a blaze of glory, lit him up. Maybe for old times’ sake. They then had a funny spat that produced some historically good Russ Faces....

16-Year-Old Russian Gymnast Claims Coaching Neglect Resulted in Hip Replacement<em></em>

Ekaterina Sokova, a 16-year-old Russian gymnast and former member of the national team, has made a video alleging that coaching neglect led to a deterioration of a hip joint injury and, eventually, a hip replacement surgery....

It Was Always Going To End This Way For Russell Westbrook

I wouldn’t blame anyone for wanting to swear off basketball forever after watching the fourth quarter of Game 5 between the Rockets and Thunder, which was defined by ill-advised foul calls and ill-advised shots, most of the latter coming from the Thunder’s star player, Russell Westbrook....

The Thunder Didn't Stand A Chance

The Houston Rockets won Game 5 over the Thunder tonight, shooting their way out of a handful of Russell Westbrook-induced holes and taking a close one, 105-99. Much like the entire series, the game was excruciating to watch and the Thunder’s brief flickers of life did little to stave off the feeling...

Homer-Smacking Eric Thames Isn't Worried About Drug Tests Because He Has "A Lot Of Blood And Urine"

Home run hero Eric Thames spent last week abusing Reds pitching and mashing big taters, and he picked right back up where he left off this week, smacking three more cuadrangulares in the past two games. He now has eight home runs in six games against the Reds and 11 on the year....

Chris Coghlan Scores With Spectacular Swan Dive

In the top of the seventh inning against the St. Louis Cardinals, a man achieved flight. After Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Pillar hit a deep shot to right field, Chris Coghlan took off from first base. He rounded third as the throw came, sprinted for home as it arrived, and then launched himself over...

Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander Looked Really Quite Mad At This Referee [Update]

The first-round series between the Rockets and Thunder is already plenty spicy on the court, and it’s only getting more contentious thanks to the involvement of both teams’ ownership groups. This weekend, the NBA said it was looking into a postgame incident between Patrick Beverley and the son of Th...

Astros Players Leave Game After Ugly Outfield Collision

Houston Astros right fielder Teoscar Hernandez and second baseman Jose Altuve took each other out while chasing down a fly ball to shallow right field in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians tonight....

101-Year-Old Runner Wins 100-Meter Gold

Man Kaur of Chandigarh, India is a star athlete. The 101-year-old woman has won over 20 medals at various Masters Games competitions in the eight years since she took up track and field. It helps that she runs unopposed at many of those events, but can you really hold a centenarian’s rare longevity ...

Here Are The 2017 Salaries For MLS Players

The MLS players’ union, as it does every year, released the salaries for all of its current players today. Former Real Madrid legend and Orlando City SC midfielder Kaka once again topped the list for highest paid players with $7.17 million in guaranteed compensation. Just behind him is Toronto FC’s ...

Football Never Sleeps And Neither Will The Marlins

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Kevin Durant Enjoys Meme Featuring Kevin Durant

The NBA playoffs’ best and most versatile GIF has been validated by Kevin Durant, one of its co-stars, according to a recent episode of Still KD. It’s a funny, slightly surreal little reminder of how celebrities can turn around and delight in their own cultural influence, relishing the memes they l...