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Katie Ledecky Can Do It All
Katie Ledecky won the 200 meter freestyle final tonight to collect her third medal of the Rio Olympics. Ledecky won the 400 meter freestyle on Sunday, but her win tonight was much more impressive. The 19-year-old swimmer owns the world records in the 400, 800, and 1500 meter races, so she’s not nece...
The Complicated Story Of American Olympians And The Hijab<em></em>
This is the story of two Olympians wearing hijabs. One is U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who is one of the faces of these Olympics, and a vocal stereotype piercer for black Muslim women. The other is Sarah Attar, an under-the-radar Californian who will cover her head, arms, and legs when she competes...
The U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team Just Dunked On Everyone
The United States women’s gymnastics team, which will go down as the best gymnastics team ever assembled, just won the gold medal with a historically dominant performance in the team final....
Red Sox Cancel Giveaway Due To "Unacceptable" David Ortiz Bobblehead<em></em>
The Boston Red Sox were set to hand out David Ortiz bobbleheads for tonight’s game, but the finished product wasn’t up to par. The team announced today that the bobbleheads were “not appropriate for distribution,” and the giveaway was canceled....
An Oral History Of Our "Go Fuck Yourself" Tweet To Donald Trump
On January 16, 2013, Deadspin published an exposé of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s fake dead girlfriend. The next morning, reality TV personality Donald Trump tweeted his congratulations. Fourteen minutes later, Deadspin tweeted back “Go fuck yourself.” This is the story of that tweet, as told ...
Oh No The U.S. Just Lost At Rugby And I Want To Cry And Now Hate Rugby<em></em>
The best part of the Olympics is watching TV for 12 hours straight and discovering sports, athletes, and drama you barely knew existed. The worst part of the Olympics is getting sucked into the drama you barely knew existed, and subsequently having your heart broken....
The Reds Really Boned It
Last night, the Cincinnati Reds had a 4-0 lead against the St. Louis Cardinals with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. They lost on a walk-off hit-by-pitch....
Fall In Love, Get Married, Grow Old Together, And Then Cry
One of the most terrifying things about love is that it’s supposed to last forever. “I want someone that I can grow old with,” is an allegedly romantic thing that people write on dating sites to show that they are not afraid of commitment. (“I want someone to take care of/take care of me” is its cre...
Tim Tebow Wants To Play In MLB, Will Fail At That Too
What fresh hell is this, where Alex Rodriguez is hanging up the cleats and Tim Tebow is trying to put them on? According to an Adam Schefter report that forced you to double-check and make sure it wasn’t a fake account, TV personality Tim Tebow will hold a workout for scouts later this month in the ...
Lilly King Says All Former Dopers, Including Justin Gatlin, Should Be Banned From The Olympics
American swimmer Lilly King won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke this evening with an Olympic record-time of 1:04:93, beating Russian Yulia Efimova and putting a cap on the most entertaining rivalry of the Rio Olympics. Efimova was implicated in the massive Russian doping scandal that sa...
That Man From HBO's <i>The Night Of</i> Is Also A Rapper
Riz Ahmed, best known for playing a college student named Nasir Khan in the The Night Of and Jake Gyllenhaal’s tragic peon in Nightcrawler, has rapped for over a decade under the name Riz MC. Did you know that? Neither did our staff....
Bad Soccer Man Smacks The Piss Out Of A Referee
Our latest example of Bad Soccer Manning comes courtesy of Daniel Pedrosa in Guatemala’s third division. The player didn’t like seeing the referee’s red card after Pedrosa appeared to bump into him, decided that the ref didn’t deserve to be able to see out of his left eye, and sent his forehead and ...
Katie Ledecky Is All By Herself
The thing to understand about American swimmer Katie Ledecky is that she is an athlete without opponents. There may be other swimmers in the water with her whenever she participates in a race, but the only person capable of beating Ledecky is past versions of herself....
Juan Martín Del Potro Upsets Novak Djokovic, Gets Incredible Hug
Juan Martín del Potro’s years of injuries have dropped his once-top-five ranking down to #141, but the Argentine showed the skills that marked his early career in downing the world’s #1 player, Novak Djokovic, in straight sets—a result that earned del Potro a lovely embrace and some words that broug...
Check Out These Small, Powerful, Incredible, Expressive Weightlifters
That’s Chinese weightlifter Long Qingquan. He is 123 pounds of muscle packed into a 5-foot-1 frame, and he won the 56 kg weightlighting gold medal this afternoon with a world record total score of 677 pounds on two lifts. Right before his record-breaking 170 kg clean and jerk, North Korean lifter Om...
Croatia Stuns Spain After Dario Šarić Blocks Attempted Buzzer-Beater
Croatia stunned Spain 72-70 in basketball, coming back from a 14-point third quarter deficit to win their Olympic opener. The win was sealed by soon-to-be 76er Dario Šarić, who swatted Pau Gasol at the buzzer, and set off celebrations as if they had won gold....
Miguel Sano Pop-Up Hits Roof, Gets Caught
Twins third baseman Miguel Sano earned a dubious honor today, becoming the first player to ever hit the roof of the Tampa Bay Rays stadium in fair territory:...
What Is Everyone Trying To Tell Us About Katinka Hosszú And Her Hot-Tempered Coach-Husband?
Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú won gold in the 400 meter individual medley last night, smashing the world record by over two seconds. She will compete in four other events during these Olympics, and stands a good chance at becoming one of Rio’s most decorated athletes. But surrounding all of her a...
The Cardinals Lost Their 52nd Game
The lowly Atlanta Braves earned their 40th win of the season Saturday as they drubbed the St. Louis Cardinals, 13-5....