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The Man With The Ham Fists: RZA's Kung Fu Movie Just Doesn't Work
In 1995, Quentin Tarantino, skinny, wired, at the absolute peak of his power and influence, showed up at the MTV Movie Awards to give a lifetime achievement award to Jackie Chan. This is just how huge Tarantino was at the time: MTV allowed him to take 10 minutes of its airtime to give a career-cappi...
Nate Silver's Braying Idiot Detractors Show That Being Ignorant About Politics Is Like Being Ignorant About Sports
In case you haven't been hanging around the benighted corners of the political internet lately, there's an idiotic backlash afoot against Nate Silver, the proprietor of the FiveThirtyEight blog who made his name as one of the sharpest baseball analysts around....
Tennis Has A Bad Boy Again: Bernard Tomic Caught Wrestling A Dude In The Nude In A Hot Tub
Meet tennis's bad boy, Bernard Tomic! For those who don't know: Tomic is a handsome and talented 20-year old Australian who was going to have a spectacular 2012 and officially become tennis's next big thing. That absolutely did not happen. His ranking peaked bank in June at a very respectable No. 27...
A Guide To The New Criminal Charges Against Penn State Officials Who Allegedly Covered Up For Jerry Sandusky
The first 20 or so pages of the grand jury presentment charging Graham Spanier and two other Penn State administrators with allegedly covering up for Jerry Sandusky is mostly a rehash of the emails, handwritten notes, and other documents contained in the Freeh report. But starting on Page 20—holy sh...
Do Airheads Make Better Quarterbacks?
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....
Tim Duncan Once Paid Brent Barry $100 To Kiss David Stern On The Cheek
From BuzzFeed comes this wonderful story about the night the San Antonio Spurs received their 2004-2005 championship rings. It is the story of how Tim Duncan got Brent Barry to kiss David Stern, as told by Brent Barry:...
Did Mike Trout Lose The Gold Glove Because His Corner Outfielders Were Too Good?
The Gold Gloves were handed out this week, and without Derek Jeter as a finalist, we were prepared for a controversy-free awards. We were wrong. Mike Trout, the statistical darling who’s totally going to lose the MVP to Miguel Cabrera, couldn’t even get named his league’s best center fielder, losing...
James Harden And Jeremy Lin Are Free And Really Fun To Watch
Prior to this season, James Harden and Jeremy Lin were two players who'd never had the chance to write their own stories. In New York, Lin was pressed into service as both a humble standard-bearer and a basketball messiah, one whose actual abilities were obscured by the phenomenon he created. In Okl...
Indy Wrestler Blows Moonsault, Lands Directly On Head
This blown spot went down Sept. 30 at a Beyond Wrestling show in Rhode Island, but we only just saw the video-and shit, that is horrifying. Atlanta-based wrestler Charade attempted a top-rope moonsault, only to over-rotate and land directly on the top of his head. The instant silence from the announ...
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Report: Former Penn State President Graham Spanier To Face Criminal Charges Today [UPDATED]
Graham Spanier, the Penn State president fired last November in the wake of Jerry Sandusky's arrest, will be charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the Sandusky case, according what sources told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Pennsylvania attorney general's office is ex...
Everything About Soccer Is Racist
Soccer! John Terry? Racist. A referee, maybe racist. This fan? Totally racist. Everyone's racist. Chelsea is complicated....
Bristolmetrics: Even John Kruk's Hindsight Is Terrible
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....
Jerry Sandusky Arrives At Prison
He will not have a cellmate and will be subject to heightened supervision and an escort when not in his cell. He will get an hour of individual exercise five days a week and three showers a week....
"The Impact On Science Will Be Terrible": Sandy's Effect On NYU Hospital Is Worse Than You Think
An executive at another New York City hospital, who asked to remain anonymous, just shared with us the following:...
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Eddie House, World Champion Cockroach
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, past and present....
Delonte West Tweeted His Résumé For NBA Teams, And He Cited Bleacher Report As A Reference
Let's see now. Uh huh. Right, right, right. Eight years in the NBA with, uh, four teams. And you know, I just loved that Saint Joe's team you played for. What year was that, ‘04? And who was it, John Lucas who made that shot that kept you guys out of the Final Four? That had to just … yeah, yeah, so...
Amar'e Stoudemire's Car Is Underwater
Amar'e Stoudemire's Range Rover is underwater. This is only like the third-worst thing to happen to him this week. [Source]...
First Take Lets Us Know That Tity Boi Still Likes The Lakers
Not everyone is panicking over the new-look Lakers' season-opening loss. Certainly not Southern rapper 2 Chainz, who used to go by Tity Boi, a fact that a First Take producer probably wishes they had noticed....
Kevin Garnett Straight Up Ignored Ray Allen When He Came Over To Say Hi
We knew Ray Allen's departure from Boston was something less than amicable. Allen dropped hints about how he had been forced out of Boston, meanwhile Doc Rivers made it known that Allen refused to return any of his or Danny Ainge's phone calls. What should have been a pure business decision (Allen w...
The Time Steve Nash Showed Up For Opening Night Wearing A Bow Tie And Sweater
Steve Nash is going to dress how he want to dress. You got a problem with that? You better not, even if he is wearing a salmon (?) sweater and bow tie....