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How Will Brexit Affect [Borat Voice] My Wife?
The United Kingdom is leaving the EU, in an act colloquially known as the “Brexit.” Its effects will extend to all of our lives, in its own way. Something is going to happen with the economy. A number of internet websites have tried to untangle the complex, far-ranging affects of the Brexit....
If You Could Have A Do-Over On One NHL Draft Pick, Who Would It Be?
The NHL Draft is tonight, because the NHL is very good at scheduling events for nights no one will be home to watch it. Auston Matthews will go No. 1, Patrik Laine will go No. 2, Jesse Puljujarvi will go No. 3, and after that, the only sure thing is that some teams’ picks will fill them with regret ...
Japanese Pro Wrestling Continues To Be Delightful
The DDT Pro Wrestling promotion in Japan is a goldmine of hilarious whimsy. It has given us Dick Strong, which in turn brought us Dick Stronger, and now it brings us a match with an incredible twist ending:...
Can Extreme Endurance Races Be Mainstreamed?
Runners competing in the second annual Ultra Fiord 100 trail run in Patagonia waded through a chest-deep glacial stream early on, then faced hours and miles of steep, technical climbs, harrowing descents, freezing temperatures, thigh-deep mud, leg-snapping boulder fields, blowing snow and fierce win...
Proposed Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Would Cost Taxpayers A Record $750 Million
Oakland lawmakers have stood firm, refusing to pay a dime in public money toward a new stadium for the Raiders. Because this is how things work now, rather than obtain private financing, or sell the team, or continue to play in the Coliseum, owner Mark Davis is waiting to be wooed by relocation opti...
The Celtics' Draft Night Was A Whole Lot Of Nothing
I don’t pretend to know what kind of NBA careers the many players drafted by Boston last night will have (or won’t have). But it’s hard not to feel like the night was a disappointment for the Celtics, if only because they hoped to come away with an All-Star sure thing to add to a promising young tea...
Idiot On The Field Runs Around CFL Game, Gets Decked By Player
The Toronto Argonauts kicked off the 2016 CFL season by hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. During the game, a pair of Idiots On The Field managed to run around for a good while before anyone dealt with them. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: You Look So Daughterable
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Forza....
If You Could Have A Do-Over On One NBA Draft Pick, Who Would It Be?
We already asked this question for football. This one is like that one, but for basketball....
Toronto Man Boasts About Having Lots Of Money, Partying, Living At Home
This piece in Toronto Life, written by a (purported) high-spending, globe-trotting 31-year-old pharmacist who lives with his parents, is so plainly framed to bait haters that it seems a shame to even go at it. There’s actually something bubbling under the surface of this piece, which I’ll get to, bu...
Deadspin Awards: Most Offensive Media Personality
The Deadspin Awards are in July, and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to help us determine the answer to an important question: Who is the most offensive media personality of them all?...
A Highly Cromulent Explanation Of Why MJ Remains The GOAT
Before anyone in Cleveland even had a chance to rip their shirt off in celebration, former ESPN take artiste and sad-man-alone-in-an-airport-hotel Skip Bayless leaped at the chance to diminish LeBron James’ third NBA title and protect Michael Jordan’s standing as the greatest basketball player of al...
Celtics Win Trade Between Nets And Pacers
The Brooklyn Nets have gotten themselves into the pre-draft trade bonanza, reportedly sending forward Thaddeus Young to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for the 20th pick in tonight’s draft and a future second-round pick. To the Pacers I say, “So you just traded for Jeff Teague and Thaddeus Young this...
Pierogi Race Ends With Scott Steiner Slamming Contestant
Wednesday’s pierogi race at the Pittsburgh Pirates game featured one Slavic dumpling delivering a Stone Cold Stunner to another, and subsequently getting clotheslined by Scott Steiner....
Man Who Discovered Hockey No-Shows NHL Awards
Anthony Holmes, the man who discovered that playoff hockey is fun, and then a month later discovered that the Blues will never win anything, was supposed to appear at Wednesday’s NHL Awards in Las Vegas. He never showed up. ...
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How America’s Favorite Sports Betting Expert Turned A Sucker’s Game Into An Industry [UPDATED]
Update (January 16, 2019): In June 2017, RJ Bell and Pregame filed a defamation lawsuit over this article. The parties agreed to settle the case and, as part of that agreement, Deadspin is providing a link to Bell’s response to the allegations in the article: RJ Bell’s Response to This Article. Dead...
Jamie Vardy Snubs Arsenal, Agrees To New Contract With Leicester
So, remember just a couple weeks ago when Arsenal set the summer transfer rumor mill ablaze with their uncharacteristic, win-now bid for Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy, which threatened to seismically alter the Premier League landscape? Well, Vardy just killed all that today....
Former Cardinal Jason Isringhausen Shares World's Least Surprising Take On J.R. Smith's Shirtlessness
Are you ready to be shocked? Well, you came to the wrong blog, my friend....
Suit: Dez Bryant Left State Senator's Rental House "Littered With Trash And Feces"
Dez Bryant has spent 2016 rehabbing from his foot injury and moving out of a house he had rented from Royce West, a Texas state senator and Bryant’s former attorney. But according to a lawsuit filed last week by West, Bryant trashed that house and left it in “serious disrepair.” The Dallas Morning N...