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Here's An Odd Legal Journal Letter About The NFL And The Ray Rice Tapes
A couple of tipsters have pointed us to an anonymous question printed in the October issue of the New York State Bar Association Journal. Take it with a grain of salt, but correspondent "Tim Troubled" says his firm dealt with a pro sports league that sounds a lot like the NFL, and a pro athlete who ...
Ronaldo's Girlfriend Reacts To Flirty Jokes With Coldest Ice-Grill
Just look at that face. Yes, it's the face of Irina Shayk, super model and Cristiano Ronaldo's long-time girlfriend, but it's also the face of a woman that is FED. UP. with jokes about her man's underwear modeling and waxing regimen....
How The Cavaliers' Old Court Ended Up In A High School Gym
The coliseum referenced on the basketball court above is the Richfield Coliseum, once home to the Cleveland Cavaliers. It's the very same floor on which Michael Jordan dusted Craig Ehlo, and now it belongs to a high school in Virginia. ...
Can American Des Linden Win The NYC Marathon?
I like Des Linden. I like her to throw it down for the win at this weekend's NYC Marathon. Reason is, in running's top echelon, Linden has only been blessed, and it's sort of a dubious blessing, with the ability to work hard. She has ground and scrapped and relentlessly gutted out every second's imp...
Even Carlo Ancelotti Wishes Sepp Blatter Would Shut The Fuck Up
FIFA has released its Ballon d'Or shortlist, which means Sepp Blatter can take time away from his day job of punching up FIFA propaganda and gets to enjoy some of that media facetime he loves so much. Like you, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti would prefer Sepp spared us his hot takes....
Wilson Kipsang Could Be $500K Richer For A Shit Run In London '13
The World Marathon Majors, which consist of Tokyo, London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, and New York, crown a champion every year based on overall placing during a two-year period. It is as unintelligible and confusing as it sounds. That being said, the WMM does dole out a half-million dollars to its tw...
Rajon Rondo Says He's A Nap-Time Decision For Home Opener
Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo's status for Wednesday's season opener is still in question due to a broken hand he suffered after slipping in the shower. Rondo's hand is mostly healed, but there's still a chance he won't be able to go at tip-off. Naturally, people have a lot of questions about his ...
S.O.S.: Kenyan Runner Allegedly Kidnapped Son, Threatened To Kill Wife
Asbel Kiprop, the Kenyan Olympic champion in the 1500-meters and two-time world champion ('11, '13), was accused over the weekend of a wide range of crimes, including impregnating a 16-year-old, abusing and threatening said child-bride, and then kidnapping the child. Who says the NFL has the market ...
Could You Ace The SAT As An Adult?
Millions of terrified high school kids are getting their SAT scores this week; as you can imagine, Twitter is an unnerving swirl of emoticons and sadness as a result. So let's revisit the time a few years back when Deadspin's own Drew Magary retook the SAT as a wise, mature, emotionally stable 35-...
America's Fastest Norwegian-Speaking International Lawyer Takes On The NYC Marathon
Oh look, here's a short video of one of the top US women on the New York City Marathon elite roster, Annie Bersagel, manifesting two of her many skills. Way under the US radar, Bersagel is the fastest Norwegian-speaking American marathoner. Or, the only full-time lawyer under 2:30. Or, the most oper...
Was F. Scott Fitzgerald One Of Football's Greatest Innovators?
F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as one of America's greatest authors, but was he also responsible for one of football's most important strategic advances? Maybe. Possibly. Probably not. But how cool of a story would it be if he was?...
Video Emerges Of Diego Maradona Hitting His Former Fiancée
According to Spanish paper El Mundo, the above video depicts Diego Maradona hitting his ex-girlfriend, the 24-year-old Rocío Oliva. Here’s one Argentine TV station’s translation of the argument as it unfolds in the video:...
Where Does Aaron Lewis's Rank Among The Worst National Anthems Ever?
Aaron Lewis, lead singer of Staind, butchered "The Star-Spangled Banner" ahead of last night's World Series game. He has since apologized, but he needn't; his rendition immediately goes down in history as one of the most memorable. ...
FSU RB Karlos Williams Being Investigated For Alleged Domestic Battery
For the umpteenth time this season, things are getting strange—and ugly—in Tallahassee. The City of Tallahassee Police Department announced today on their Facebook page that they are "currently working on an alleged domestic battery involving Karlos Williams," Florida State's leading rusher. The T...
Update on our database of police-involved shootings: It's still happening. We have more than a thousand entries from 2011-2013; those still need to be factchecked. If you'd like to help with that end of the process, email [email protected]. ...
Alabama Boosters Are Paying For Nick Saban's House
It is very good to be a successful football coach at a school where people care too much about that sort of thing. According to a report from AL.com, Nick Saban sold his Tuscaloosa home to a Bama booster club, and still lives there while the boosters pay the property taxes....
World Series National Anthem Botched By That Asshole From Staind
Perhaps MLB should ensure the person they are hiring to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" knows the words?...
J.J. Watt Has No Patience For The Foolishness Of Lesser Humans
When it was announced that Titans rookie quarterback Zach Mettenberger would be starting today's game against the Texans, Mettenberger responded by taking a few celebratory selfies. This did not sit well with Texans All-Pro defensive end J.J. Watt, because J.J. Watt is a monster who exists solel...
Ole Miss Fan Throws Milk-Busting Tantrum Over Loss To LSU
The No. 3 Ole Miss Rebels were upset by the No. 24 LSU Tigers yesterday, and this Ole Miss fan did not handle the loss so well. That poor carton of milk never stood a chance....