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Animation: How NFL Players Have Gotten Bigger (And Fatter), Year By Year
We know that NFL players have gotten bigger, and that it's a relatively recent phenomenon. But this animated tool by Noah Veltman (GIF above) is the coolest way we've seen to watch how it happened over the years. ...
Browns Fan Charged With Urinating On Art Modell's Grave
He thought it would be a funny video for his message board. He wasn't wrong, but that's the thing about internet videos: sometimes Baltimore County police watch them, and charge you with disorderly conduct in a cemetery....
Nats Fans Went A Little Crazy Over Jayson Werth Gnomes
The first fans got in line for Jayson Werth garden gnome giveaway night at about 2:10 p.m., five hours before first pitch and more than two hours before the gates to the ballpark actually opened. That would turn out not to be excessive: gnome night ended up being so popular, some 15,000 Nats fan...
Rogue Ball Thrown On Field During Live Play, Confusing Everyone
Someone threw a ball onto the field in Cleveland tonight at the same moment Yan Gomes had just slapped the real, live, ball against the wall in right field. Jay Bruce fielded the true ball and threw it to the cutoff man, but the imposter ball was already making its way to the infield. ...
Here's Darren Rovell Munching On Kale
The Popeye of #brandawareness did a segment for ABC's Nightline on the "economy of kale" last night. Part of it included that bit up there of a munching, bovine Rovell. After he swallowed the hot new vegetable on the streets, Rovell wondered: "It doesn't taste the greatest, the texture isn't the gre...
Dude's Massive Rave Leads To Historically Great Local News Segment
This is a local news report about James Taylor, a wonderfully goatee'd, 20-year-old West Michigan man who threw a big-ass party at his house that featured multiple DJs, fire-throwers, go-go dancers, and about 2,000 attendees. It's a really funny news report, but it achieves transcendence around the ...
One Of These Three Men Will Be The Next MLB Commissioner
Bob Nightengale at USA Today has a big scoop: the field of finalists for MLB Commissioner has been narrowed down to three, and one of them is a pretty huge surprise. There are two of Bud Selig's top deputies, and, somewhat out of nowhere, the chairman and minority owner of the Red Sox....
Is Booze A Performance-Enhancing Substance For Ultrarunners?
While a frosty beer or refreshing ethyl alcohol can certainly serve as motivation to hurry back, runners have been laboring under the limited view of liquor as solely a recovery drink. ...
Justin Verlander Tosses Kate Upton A Baseball
These two are adorable and happy. I kind of hate them for it....
18 Underrated Beers
Last week we published a list of 18 Overrated Beers, featuring the irresponsible and unsubstantiated claim that there exist—right here on this very earth!—people unwilling to trade the middle seven years of their lives for a case of Yuengling. We did this because last week, at least, we were trol...
Ezequiel Carrera Does Jim Edmonds Proud With Ridiculous Diving Catch
Tigers outfielder Ezequiel Carrera laid out to rob Jacoby Ellsbury of a bases-clearing extra-base hit, and somehow snagged it in the heel of his glove. It was a damn fine catch....
Police Believe Champion Powerboat Racer Faked His Death In Boat Crash
The official story goes like this: Last month, a pontoon boat carrying two men crashed off of Longport, N.J. One swam to shore safely; the other, 44-year-Andrew Biddle, has not been found and was reported missing. But local police now believe that Biddle faked the accident in an attempt to escape pr...
Brian Scalabrine Writes "Coming Home" Letter To Join Celtics Broadcast
Brian Scalabrine is coming back to Boston, according to a report by Brian Scalabrine as told by Brian Scalabrine....
Andy Dalton's Actual Contract Numbers Are Not So Crazy
If you have paid any attention to the NFL, you know that Andy Dalton's "six-year, $115 million contract" was never going to be for six years or $115 million. Well, Pro Football Talk has the details. It's basically a two-year, $25 million deal, with a series of one-year team options after that. ...
Gross And Bad NFL Mouthpiece Celebrates Cincinnati's Poo-Food
Sports Illustrated's Peter King, a novelty badger-faced keychain-fob that recites snippets of Roger Goodell's autobiography when you shake it, is doing his annual tour of the NFL's training camps. He's in Cincinnati today, and took a break from uncritically transcribing front-office boilerplate to ...
Why Your Team Sucks 2014: Tennessee Titans
Some people are fans of the Tennessee Titans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tennessee Titans. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group....
Kenyan Runner Gets Magic Legs
Marko Cheseto, a Kenyan distance runner recruited by the University of Alaska-Anchorage, made national news in November 2011 when he disappeared into the wilderness. Found two days later suffering from severe frostbite and hypothermia, both legs had to be amputated. Almost three years later, Cheseto...
Clemson QB Scares People; One Guy Reacts By Slapping Him
Clemson Tigers quarterback Cole Stoudt dressed in full football gear and stood in a hallway so he could frighten victims walking by, because scared people in pranks are amusing when they aren't you....
Bengals Extend Andy Dalton
The Bengals have re-signed Andy Dalton to a contract extension for a certain length of time and a certain amount of money. Nobody knows what those numbers are, so don't have opinions just yet....
Alabama Fans Sprint For Nick Saban's Autograph
There are few traditions quite like the Running of the Bama Fans, as fans run across the length of Bryant-Denny Stadium to line up for Nick Saban's autograph. AL.com has a pretty great gallery, from staff photographer Vasha Hunt. Here's the video:...