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Texans Sign J.J. Watt To Record-Setting Contract
Late last night, the Houston Texans and defensive end J.J. Watt agreed to a massive contract extension that will make Watt the highest-paid defensive player in the game, and it's hard to find anyone arguing he doesn't deserve it. ...

This Guy Was Sharing The Hacked Celeb Nudes Weeks Before They Leaked
Last night, we brought you the story of the Deadspin reader whose girlfriend was approached on Aug. 19 with a strange request—a Facebook user going by the (presumably fake) name of Jason Killan offered her $5,000 for nude pictures or videos. Our reader—we'll call him David—messaged Killan to tel...

Justin Verlander And His Hacked Photos: A Partial Timeline
Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander made multiple appearances in the wave of celebrity nude pics that leaked Sunday. A big album of photos appear to have been taken from his iPhone, and some of them match up to his MLB schedule....

Houston Astros Fire Manager Bo Porter
The reported rift between Astros manager Bo Porter and GM Jeff Luhnow meant one of the two would have to be more flexible or leave. Today, the team fired Porter after less than two seasons....
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Justin Verlander And His Butt Appear In Celebrity Nude Pic Flood [NSFW]
A huge wave of nude celebrity photos hit the internet earlier today. Some, like Jennifer Lawrence's, were confirmed to be real; others were disputed and debunked as fake. Among them were a series of photos featuring two people who look an awful lot like—and almost certainly are, though for obvious...

Johnny Cueto Celebrates Win By Flicking Mike Leake's Crotch
As today's Reds-Pirates game went final, Johnny Cueto earned his 16th victory of the season. To celebrate, he flicked Mike Leake's balls. Leake definitely felt it. Good game, everyone....

Rays' Kevin Kiermaier Turns Normal Fly Ball Into Terrific Highlight
Yes, Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier screwed up his read on this fly ball in today's game against the Red Sox, but he compensated for it with a twisting, falling, over-his-head catch for the final out of the sixth. We're better for it. Thanks, Kevin....

New Mexico State's Horse Knocks Over Girl During Pregame Ceremonies
One unlucky New Mexico State student was knocked over by a horse during Thursday's pregame ceremonies for the Aggies' season opener against Cal Poly....

Jackie MacMullan Strongly Believes Rajon Rondo Wants Out Of Boston
When Chris Broussard says the Celtics want to trade Rajon Rondo, he's talking out of his ass. But NBA writer Jackie MacMullan's a different story....

Report: Patriots Trade Quarterback Ryan Mallett To Texans
The Patriots kept Ryan Mallett along with Tom Brady and second-round pick Jimmy Garoppolo for their final roster cuts, and now it's clear why: They didn't want to release someone that could get a return. New England will reportedly ship Mallett to the Houston Texans....

High School Baseball Game In Japan Takes 50 Innings, Four Days
A baseball game in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan that started Thursday took 50 innings and four days to determine a winner, which is amazing in its own way, but wait until you see the two starters' pitch counts....

Stone Cold E.T. Wants To Order A Couple Of Cheeseburgers
And that's the bottom line....

There Were So Many Goals In Today's Everton-Chelsea Match
Alright, Chelsea beat Everton by three goals today—two of which it took them all of three minutes into the match to score—but that doesn't even begin to state how insane this game was. There were nine goals! There could've been three more! There was a Tim Howard head butt!...

Stone Cold! Stone Cold! Stone Cold!
Steve Austin dropped by the College GameDay set this morning and did typically Stone Cold things....

"Boston Bombers" Probably A Term Best Avoided, Golf Channel
The Deutsche Bank Championship is underway in Norton, Mass., and Golf Channel's coverage included a fullscreen about which PGA stars are hitting the longest drives. Then they titled those statistics "Boston Bombers."...

How To Grill A Skirt Steak, A Mere 11 Minutes Of Worthwhile Labor
Grilling skirt steak is the easiest, fastest way to get steak into multiple people at the same time. This makes it well suited to Labor Day's two traditions: the notion of a holiday from work, and the often contradictory practice of throwing a big exciting cookout on this day when you're supposed...

Tommie Frazier Got 5 On It
Tommie Frazier and Terrell Farley prepped for their blowout win over Florida in the 1995 Fiesta Bowl (which is still the most points a Steve Spurrier team has ever allowed) by rapping with Tabasco-looking bottles. His name is T-Fra, not Kurtis Blow...
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Yep, That's An Idiot's Dong Featured On ESPN.com [NSFW]
Tonight's Cubs-Cardinals game in St. Louis was interrupted by an Idiot On The Field who invaded Busch Stadium's turf clad only in a pair of boxers. One AP photographer spotted the hooligan just as he was apprehended with his junk hanging out the fly of his shorts; ESPN proceeded to put the photo on ...

Reports: Astros' Manager And GM Definitely Not Getting Along
It's rarely a good sign when Ken Rosenthal declares that your club is "dysfunctional on multiple levels."...

How Heisman-Finalist Quarterbacks Have Changed Over The Years
It's the season for wildly premature Heisman speculation, and considering quarterbacks have won all but two Heismans since 2000 (Mark Ingram and Reggie Bush being the exceptions), a few quarterbacks and their gaudy stat lines will be in the running this year. But just how far have the goal posts mov...