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Deadspin NBA Shit List: Antawn Jamison, Captain Of Failure
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....
Former Texans Punter Suing Reliant Stadium Owners For Being Injured By Its Crappy Field
This week, the Texans brought in a handful of veteran kickers for tryouts. They're reportedly happy with Shayne Graham's field goals, but wish he could get a little more distance on kickoffs. They had a decent candidate last year, an undrafted rookie K/P out of Central Michigan named Brett Hartmann,...
ESPN's Jemele Hill Is Here To Answer Your Questions
ESPN columnist Jemele Hill is live from Colorado and ready to answer your questions in the discussion below. She's got sideline duty—her first year doing it!—for Friday night's Hawaii-Air Force game on ESPN2. Also, it's been an eventful week at ESPN, and Jemele's done plenty of work at First Take. L...
Why We Expect Black Football Players To Return From Injury Faster Than White Players
There's an intriguing study published today in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE, called "Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others' Pain." Researchers from the University of Virginia and Northwestern University examined NFL injury reports over two seasons, and noticed something unexpected: black player...
After Court, Hope Solo And Jerramy Stevens Went And Got Married
Seems Olympic gold medal-winning goalkeeper Hope Solo and all-around awful human being Jerramy Stevens didn't let a rocky Tuesday afternoon in a Kirkland courtroom scuttle their plans to get married, as multiple reports throughout Wednesday claimed that Solo and Stevens, a former Seahawks tight end ...
Giancarlo Stanton Is A Master Of Mashing Taters And Wordplay
Giancarlo Stanton, the only good player left on the now decimated Miami Marlins roster, was not happy about his team trading away all of its good players. As we told you last night, he expressed his displeasure on Twitter:...
Ben Roethlisberger Also Has A Rare Rib Injury That Could Kill Him If He Tries To Play Too Soon
When Ben Roethlisberger left Monday night's game against the Chiefs after being sacked in the third quarter, the early diagnosis was that he injured his throwing shoulder. But based on what Roethlisberger told reporters today, doctors have since discovered he also has a dislocated rib injury that so...
Bristolmetrics: ESPN Buries The Eagles
This a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....
Mark Sanchez And The Jets Are Wearing Team Shirts That Say "We Will Persist"
The New York Jets have had a rough few days. Killed on the road in Seattle, killed by the media, and now killed—if you consider dismissing the throwing abilities of a backup quarterback who can't pass "killing"—by an anonymous member of their own defense. But do the Jets despair? Hell no. They made ...
Shooting America's Game: How I Made The NFL Come Alive In Photos
Neil Leifer began shooting big games as an eager teenager in the 1950s, sneaking into stadiums by any means necessary—he'd even volunteer to push wounded veterans around in their wheelchairs. Before too long, he became Sports Illustrated's star photographer. He shot it all—Olympics, World Series, Ke...
21-Year-Old Woman's Endless Christmas Wish List Will Make You Want To Punch Something
We reiterate that this person is not a child. She is 21, legally an adult, presumably with or on the verge of full financial independence. Each year the Massachusetts woman creates a wish list, filled with every conceivable thing she might want, and sends it out to her entire family....
Racecars Versus The Amish: Last Week's TV Ratings, In Context
A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen and Sports Business Journal's John Ourand. Viewership numbers represent approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a telev...
You Probably Shouldn't Trust SportsNation About Sports Betting
So the Old Spice Classic hasn't happened yet. It starts on Nov. 22, Thanksgiving, with West Virginia, Gonzaga, Davidson, Clemson, Marist, UTEP, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt battling to win all the deodorant. ESPN polled its loyal subjects, and they like West Virginia to win. But why, oh, why?...
Mike Shanahan Filed A Police Report Over Cash Stolen From The Locker Room In Pittsburgh, Later Found It
During the Redskins' Week 8 game in Pittsburgh, Mike Shanahan left his unlocked briefcase in an open locker. Not the smartest move, but one assumes the visitors' locker room is inviolable. After the game, an ugly whipping, Shanahan checked his stuff—and found $3,700 in cash and his passport missing....
Rockets Demote Royce White, Who Blasts Team For "Inconsistent" Actions Regarding His Anxiety Disorder
Indeed, as a mid-first round pick, there were high hopes that Royce White could ably compete in the NBA this season, despite the widespread acknowledgement and acceptance of the anxiety disorder that he has lived with for years. Now, the relationship between White and Rockets management has devolved...
The Miami Marlins Are A Hilarious Disgrace
Here is what has happened in the last year of the Miami Marlins, formerly d/b/a Florida Marlins: They swindled the citizens of Miami for a new stadium and drew the SEC's notice. They filched Jose Reyes from a franchise that has actual fans but no money and a municipal government that refuses to be ...
![The Marlins Are Reportedly On The Verge Of Basically Trading Away Their Whole Team [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17hniyhoxq7rvjpg.jpg)
The Marlins Are Reportedly On The Verge Of Basically Trading Away Their Whole Team [UPDATE]
The MLB hot fucking stove is heating up early this year, folks! Check this shit out....
Vincible. <em>Silver Linings Playbook</em>, Reviewed.
1. She's a grieving cop's widow, prone to nymphomania, locked away in a shed behind her parents' home, profoundly damaged—not broken, but close. He's a bipolar basket case who nearly beat a man half to death for showering with his wife, the same wife with whom he obsessively wants to reconcile, even...
![Former NFLer Jerramy Stevens Arrested After Alleged Domestic Assault Involving Hope Solo; No Charges Will Be Filed [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1857o5zjpvh7rjpg.jpg)
Former NFLer Jerramy Stevens Arrested After Alleged Domestic Assault Involving Hope Solo; No Charges Will Be Filed [UPDATE]
Details are still rolling in, but check out this series of tweets that started going around in the last few minutes from Chris Daniels, a reporter for KING-TV in Seattle, which you can see below....
Rick Reilly's "I Had This First On Twitter": The Triumphal Dance Remix
When a live ESPN camera caught Rick Reilly ordering Stu Scott to credit Reilly's Twitter feed, it was an embarrassment for the former back-page Sports Illustrated writer. (Fellow panelist Steve Young was so disgusted he gives Reilly a "C'mon, man!" nudge.) We couldn't let it go with just the raw v...