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St. Louis Columnist Determined To Uncover The Truth About David Freese's Car Crash

World Series hero David Freese had a car accident on Thanksgiving. He was driving his Range Rover in Wildwood, outside St. Louis, when a deer appeared ahead of him. Freese swerved to avoid it, lost control, and drove off the road an into a tree. At least, that's what they WANT you to think....

Cam Newton Gives A Small Child A Football And An Epileptic Fit: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [Update]

We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from the happiest person you'll ever see on the receiving end of a ball from Cam Newton, to the Cowboys onside kicking in the third quarter, and failing. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned....

Rick Majerus Is Retiring Due To Heart Problems, So Let's Remember His Career The Way He'd Want It Remembered

Rick Majerus will no longer be lumbering up and down the sidelines at St. Louis University: He's been forced into retirement by a heart condition. The nature of Majerus's exit has led to a bunch of staid and somber reflections on his life and career, with passsages like this, from USA Today:...

At Least Two Players Had No Idea Rams-49ers Could End In A Tie

A tie! Nothing brings more joy to fans of novelty, more consternation to playoff-scenario-figure-outers, or more mercy to viewers than a tie. The first in the NFL since 2008, the second in a decade, the 24-24 final score of yesterday's St. Louis-San Francisco game was perplexing to both teams—should...

A Fully Redeemed Mark McGwire Will Be The Dodgers' Hitting Coach

It's kind of weird to picture, this report from the Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss. Mark McGwire leaving St. Louis to become the Dodgers' new hitting coach, even turning down the Cardinals' offer of a contract extension? It's not just that McGwire has been wearing red for 15 years-sometimes we prefer t...

Gronk Spiking Like A "Nutcracker Dude That's Guarding The House," Kissing The Jets Goodbye, And More: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [UPDATED]

We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here from Antonio Brown running in reverse to the Miami Dolphins kissing the Jets' season goodbye. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...

The Giants' Pennant Run Ended Right As Rain

How many LCS clinchers, not involving your team, do you actually remember? Carlos Beltran standing stock-still, Aaron Boone going deep, Sid Bream's slide, Chris Chambliss's homer...and that's probably about it. It's probably fair to add last night's Giants win, a 9-0 drubbing that was decided by th...

"3 words... FIRE MIKE MATHENY": The Best Fans In Baseball Are Having A Major Meltdown

Cardinals fans are known the world over as the best fans in baseball. This is, of course, indisputable but it makes what has to be a fandom-wide psychotic break after watching their beloved Cardinals get shellacked by the Giants in Game 7 of the NLCS troubling indeed....

The San Francisco Giants Are Going To The World Series

The Giants trounced the Cardinals by a score of 9-0, completing an impressive comeback from a 3-1 series deficit and managing to kill the previously immortal St. Louis Cardinals. Even a team as resilient as this Cardinals team can only be carried so far by the likes of Daniel Descalso, Pete Kozma, ...

Your NLCS Game 7 Open Thread

There are not many words to describe a Game 7. "Awesome" would be a good place to start and finish. The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-1 series lead, riding whatever Tony LaRussa magic potion/moonshine he left in the office but the Giants have battled back to force this decisive game. Joe Buck and Tim...

Lil Wayne Sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" At Last Night's Cardinals-Giants Game

A lady in a ridiculous hat singing "God Bless America" wasn't the only crazy thing to happen during the seventh inning stretch last night. The San Francisco Giants also welcomed Lil Wayne onto the field, where he led the crowd in a less than rousing rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame."...

Gangnam Style Is Officially Dead, Dez Bryant Is Not: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [UPDATED]

We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here from a Joe Morgan flip play that does not involve the Dave Concepción to Dez Bryant getting drilled in the head. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...

This Week's Signs Of The Apocalypse

For nearly two decades, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to cover the end of times but declines to cede the scoop on the biggest event in world history....

Missouri Man Holds Up Bank, Yells "Go Cards" As He Makes His Getaway

Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are just the best in baseball, aren't they? While everyone else robs banks in the greater St. Louis area in such a negative, surly way, Cardinals fans do it with gusto and spirit and enthusiasm....

Here's How A Year-Old Aerial Shot Of St. Louis Ended Up On Last Night's Fox Broadcast

When we noted earlier today Fox's apparent use of old video during last night's NLCS broadcast from St. Louis, we asked how such a thing might happen—and if it was simply a mistake or a revelation that much of what we assume is a live broadcast is, indeed, not live at all....

Last Night's Rain Delay Was Called One Out Before The Cardinals Had To Stop Selling Beer

When Shane Robinson grounded out to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead, with two outs in the seventh, it was raining. Raining hard. Raining hard enough to call the game? Raining harder than in the previous at-bat? Raining not quite as hard as it would for the next batter, when crew chief Gary Darling cal...

City Folks Are Wimps, And Other Things We Can Learn From America's Reaction To Matt Holliday's Slide

Some Of Kevin Kolb's Ribs Are No Longer Attached To His Sternum

Well, this puts Kolb squarely atop the Most Horrifying NFL Injury Of The Season leader board, doesn't it? Having your ribs detached from your sternum sounds like one of the most awful things that could ever happen, and I'm not confident that doctors even know how to reattach a man's ribs to his ste...

Your Cardinals-Giants Open Thread

Game 2 of the NLCS is tonight, and this is the spot to talk about the game with all of your internet friends while the action unfolds. The Cardinals took Game 1 after jumping out to an early lead against an out-of-sync Madison Bumgarner, and they look to take control of the series tonight with Chri...

Wes Welker Getting Phased Out Of His Shoes, The Chiefs And Bucs Combining For Something Like A Football Play, And More: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup

Here's where we're putting the GIFs of the week, from Wes Welker getting housed to Robert Griffin III looking super human. ...