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"Hopped On The Sticks," An Appreciation Of Owning Kids At Video Games
On Jan. 13, 2014, a person with the Twitter handle @BeatinOff2Night—his current handle is @ChickenColeman2—tweeted a three-panel shot of him and a kid playing what appeared to be NBA 2K14. The game was evidently one-sided, but the caption was the best part:...
What To Get Cam'ron For His Birthday
Today is Cam’ron’s birthday. He’s 39, so it’s possible he’s feeling like those years are adding up. But it’s okay, Killa Cam: You’re only as young as you feel. But honestly, what do you get the guy who has everything in pink and then some? I have some suggestions. ...
<i>Fresh Off The Boat </i>Is Huge For Rap Fans And Asian-Americans Alike
The pilot for the new ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat starts inside a department-store dressing room. It's 1995, and 11-year-old Eddie, the American-born son of Taiwanese immigrants, adjusts his silver ring, watch, and chain before fixing his fitted Orlando Magic cap—a look that his mom says is too ...
Is Manny Pacquiao's Promoter Sabotaging The Floyd Mayweather Fight?
For years, the biggest obstacle to a Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao superfight has been the fighters' management—Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, in particular....
MLB's Awful Blackout Rules Are Finally Under Attack In Court
Major League Baseball's exemption from federal antitrust law may not be secure as we thought....
How To Drive In The Snow, In A Regular-Ass Car, Without Freaking Out
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The Biblical Theory Of Why Fat Rappers Should Stay That Way
There's a story in the Bible about a guy named Samson, a very strong man with very long hair that had never been cut—and when it finally did get chopped off, he lost all his strength. It's the same thing with fat rappers....
Beautiful Baltimore Bums
My father was born and raised in New York City. He idolized, among others, Sid Caesar, Walt Kelly, and Adlai Stevenson. As his son, I campaigned for Mondale/Ferraro when I was in the 8th grade, drew anti-Reagan political cartoons for my social studies class, and hung a huge Keith Haring "Free South ...
Anonymous Seahawk Blames Final Play Call On Anti-Lynch Conspiracy
It's important to try and understand the bone-deep despair that has no doubt infected the Seattle Seahawks before judging their postgame comments. A certain madness can come from a gut-punch like the one they suffered in the final seconds of Super Bowl XLIX, and that madness can lead to people sayin...
We'll Never Forget You, Katy Perry With Nazi Sharks
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The Future Has Arrived
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Do The NFL's Anti-Domestic Violence Initiatives Actually Even Exist?
As long ago as it now seems, it was only this past July when Roger Goodell decided to suspend Ray Rice for two games after the Baltimore Ravens running back cold-cocked his future wife in an Atlantic City casino elevator. There was outrage, but not enough to change the NFL commissioner's mind. He ...
That's Quality Advice
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Rick Pitino Looks Terrific!
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The Players' Tribune Censors Darnell Dockett's "Unfiltered Voice"
The Players' Tribune—the number one sports website for boring, ghostwritten first person accounts from athletes—is having (or perhaps more accurately, had) Darnell Dockett tweet from their Twitter account today:...
Great Moments In Flipping The Bird: College Basketball Edition
WVU's Brandon Watkins knows when the time is right....
Eibar's Pitch Is Pristine
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Screencap Classix: 3-D Glasses Do Not Work That Way, Beyoncé
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<i>Rolling Stone </i>Publishes, Then Unpublishes, Column Criticizing The NFL
Friend of Deadspin Jeb Lund (also known as monstrous, deceased dictator Mobutu Sese Soko) published a column today under the headline "Screw the Super Bowl: The Big Lies of the Big Game" on Rolling Stone's website. You can't read it on RollingStone.com anymore, though, because it mysteriously disapp...