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The FBI's NCAA Sting Has Already Cost Auburn A Five-Star Recruit
The fallout from the this week’s FBI crackdown on shady college basketball recruiting tactics is only just beginning. Several college coaches, basketball-adjacent businessmen, and Adidas employees were charged with fraud and bribery on Monday, and the hammer has yet to truly drop on many of the prog...

A Scorching Joe Mauer Comebacker Broke Alex Wilson's Leg
In the eighth inning of last night’s Tigers-Twins tilt in Detroit, Joe Mauer ripped a 104 mph liner directly into the lower leg of Tigers pitcher Alex Wilson. As you might expect, the sound of a 104 mph liner smashing off of an unprotected fibula is not especially pleasant!...

Clemson Kicker Tears ACL After "Freak Accident" On Last Play Of Practice
Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney announced Thursday night that kicker Greg Huegel had torn his ACL and would miss the remainder of the season. Swinney said Huegel’s injury happened on the final play of Clemson’s practice:...

Oh Hell Yeah, It's Time To Get On The Memphis Bandwagon
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

Auburn QB Kicked Off Team For Allegedly Behaving Like A College Student
Barely a day after it was reported that Auburn quarterback Sean White had been arrested for public intoxication, Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn dismissed White from the program, saying in a statement that White had “made poor decisions that are not in the best interest of our program, and more import...

Good-For-Nothing White Sox Spoil Ninth Inning No-Hitter With Pointless Double
Matthew Boyd took a no-hitter into the top of the ninth today against the Chicago White Sox, with the Tigers winning 12-0. Boyd had allowed one base-runner all day, on a third inning walk. Adam Engel led off the bottom of the ninth with a pop out to third; Kevan Smith, hitting for Rob Brantly, groun...

Lamar Jackson Threw Away His Shot
If it’s possible for a reigning Heisman winner to fly under the radar, that’s what Louisville’s Lamar Jackson was doing at the beginning of this season. Jackson doesn’t interest NFL teams quite like more traditional quarterbacks out west—chiefly Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen. Some, including Bill Polia...

Memphis Linebacker JJ Russell Carted Off Field After Huge Hit On Kickoff
Kickoffs remain football’s most dangerous play, and today’s UCLA-Memphis game ground to a halt after backup Tigers linebacker JJ Russell appeared to lose consciousness following a crushing blow delivered by an opposing blocker on a kickoff late in the first half. ...

Cleveland Broadcasters Suggest The Tigers Purposely Injured An Umpire
The most drama out of Cleveland’s clinical, record-breaking win today came when some hot-tempered Tigers were tossed from the game, and when the Indians’ broadcast booth suggested that one of Detroit’s pitchers retaliated by hitting the umpire....

Indians Win Record-Breaking 21st Consecutive Game
The Indians will apparently never lose again. They won their 21st game in a row today, 5-3 against the Detroit Tigers. The win ties the streak held by the 1935 Cubs, and gives Cleveland sole ownership of the AL win streak record, which the A’s have held since 2002....

Cleveland Has Now Won 20 Games In A Row
Tonight’s game against Detroit wasn’t quite like most of Cleveland’s games lately in that it was close, with a final score of 2-0. Tonight’s game against Detroit was exactly like most of Cleveland’s games lately in that they won, for their near-record 20th straight victory....

Alabama's Governor Won't Give Us The Auburn Softball Complaint; Maybe They'll Give It To You
Last month, ESPN reported that former Auburn softball player Alexa Nemeth had filed a complaint alleging that players suffered sexual harassment and abuse under then-head coach Clint Myers. This complaint, per ESPN, also said that “Coach Clint Myers knowingly let his son Corey Myers have relations ...

Alex Gordon Turns Mikie Mahtook's Redemption Dinger Into A Spectacular Out
Poor Mikie Mahtook. Yesterday he swatted a loose ball over the outfield wall, creating one of the oddest, most hilarious dingers you will ever see. Today his own dinger, inches away from glory, was ripped back into the field of play by Royals outfielder Alex Gordon:...

The Tigers Gave Up The Absolute Worst Dinger You Can Even Imagine
I want to show you just the worst dinger you are likely to see in this or any other year. It happened in the first inning of today’s Tigers-Indians game. Are you ready? I mean I really want you to get ready for this one. Here goes:...

Reports: Justin Verlander Is Heading To The Astros After All
In the hour leading up to tonight’s midnight deadline to acquire players for use on a postseason roster, it didn’t sound like the heavily rumored Justin Verlander trade between the Tigers and Astros would be coming to fruition. Whether due to Verlander’s no-trade clause or something else, the deadli...

CFL Team That Hired Art Briles: We Worked Out Johnny Manziel, But "Too Many Red Flags"
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats—recently in the news for hiring disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles before announcing less than 24 hours later that they would actually not be hiring Art Briles—reportedly worked out former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel last week before deciding not to purs...

CFL Team Regrets Receiving This Much Attention<em></em><em></em>
Within roughly 24 hours, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats tried to hire disgraced former Baylor football coach Art Briles, entered “discussions” with the CFL, and changed their mind. Today, team owner Bob Young called the idea to hire Briles a “large and serious mistake.”...

Art Briles's Career In The CFL Lasted Less Than 24 Hours
After the Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that they were hiring disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles as an assistant earlier today, the CFL declared tonight that Briles won’t be joining the franchise after all:...

Art Briles Lands CFL Job
Art Briles, who coached the Baylor football team during a period in which his players are alleged to have committed up to 52 rapes, has found himself a new job. The CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats have just announced that Briles has been hired as an assistant head coach....