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Help! What Can I Do About My Stinky Feet?

Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert and advice columnist. She'll be here every other week helping to answer your filthiest questions. Are you dirty? Email her....

Prince Fielder's Home Run Knocked Some Poor Fan Right The Fuck Out

Prince Fielder went deep off of Boone Logan in the bottom of the fifth inning today. Bad news for this guy....

The Story Of "Wrong Way" Willie And The Buzzer-Beater That Lost A Game

It was March 3, 1978, the sectional semifinals of the Indiana high school basketball tournament, in the teeth of what they call Hoosier Hysteria. George Washington was playing Northwest, a team it had already beaten twice that season. Washington was up, 61-60, and had the ball. A second remained. Da...

For years, the Wizards had no idea where the franchise's lone championship trophy was. ...

The Same Month Tim Pernetti Learned About Mike Rice's Abuse, He Was Lecturing On The Ethics Of Being An AD

In November, Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti viewed a video of coach Mike Rice physically and verbally abusing his players. That very same month, he spoke on an NYU panel on the role of sports in society. His main responsibility as an AD, Pernetti told the assembled crowd, "is the well-being ...

Did The Rangers Leave Michael Young's Locker Open Out Of Respect, Or Does Ron Washington Just Think They Did?

Our pal Drew Fairservice at Getting Blanked spotted this bit of weirdness concerning the status of Michael Young's former space in the Texas Rangers' locker room. This morning, baseball writer Bob Nightengale tweeted the following:...

What The Hell Is Going On In Selena Roberts's Auburn Story?

Welp. In the wake of the big, ugly story that Selena Roberts dropped on the Auburn football program yesterday, several of the players quoted in the report are now rowing furiously backward and claiming they were misquoted. ...

Louisville Claims It Didn't Profit From Sale Of Kevin Ware Tribute Shirt, Shirt Disappears From Team Store [UPDATE]

Yesterday, we told you about the Kevin Ware-inspired Adidas shirts that were for sale in the Louisville athletics team store, and we told you why you shouldn't buy one. The idea of Louisville and Adidas profiting from Kevin Ware's injury caused a bit of a stir on the internet, prompting the universi...

What Has Two Prosthetic Legs, A Murder Charge, And Is Back On The Track?

Despite this photo, the family of Oscar Pistorius says he's not yet back to formal training. ...

Former Auburn Football Players Accuse Program Of Racism, Bribery, And Numerous Other Violations

Two years ago, four Auburn University football players—Antonio Goodwin, Shaun Kitchens, Mike McNeil and Dakota Mosley—were arrested and charged with armed robbery. Almost immediately, all four players were dismissed from the team by then-coach Gene Chizik, and everyone got on with their lives. Now, ...

Predictably, Louisville And Adidas Are Now Trying To Profit From Kevin Ware's Injury

The shirt you see above is currently available for purchase in the Louisville basketball team store for the price of $24.99. "Rise to the Occasion" is a slogan that has appeared on Louisville gear before, but this version is infused with Kevin Ware's jersey number, a move that is specifically design...

The Louisville Cardinals' New Warmups Are A Tribute To Kevin Ware

This is what Kevin Ware's teammates will be wearing when they take the floor on Saturday to warm up for their Final Four game against Wichita State. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Louisville has declared this Friday "Cardinal Red Day," and is encouraging everyone in the city to wear red in honor of Ware an...

Vote, You Vulgar Shits: The Curse Word Bracket Elite Eight

Sweet Sixteen voting is over in the Deadspin Curse Word Bracket, and let's all give a big round of applause to "rimjob" and "fuckface," the two seemingly unstoppable 11-seeds who now must go up the 1-seeds in their respective regions. Now is the time for you to choose your Filthy Four–you four favo...

Mark Emmert Is The NCAA's Teflon Don

Since taking over as president of the NCAA in 2010, Mark Emmert has overseen the unjust railroading of the Penn State football program in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, as well as the shoddily run investigation into the University of Miami, which only succeeded in revealing the NCAA to...

Do McDonald's All-Americans Believe Student-Athletes Should Be Paid?

Chicago Side's Daniel Libit, who wrote about future former UCLA coach Steve Alford for Deadspin yesterday, spoke to the McDonald's All-American boys' players in the Windy City this week and asked them about compensation for NCAA athletes....

This Astros Fan Is Cooler Than You Will Ever Be

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It's An Enthusiastic Crowd At Rogers Centre Tonight, Especially These Two Blue Jays Fans Who Got A Bit Handjobby

Blowjob pantomimes are so passé. I mean, you can find them in hockey, in baseball, and even college football. For the new wave, we must look to Canada....

Former NBA Player Javaris Crittenton Indicted On Murder Charges

You've probably forgotten about Javaris Crittenton by now. He's the guy who threatened to shoot Gilbert Arenas in the knee over an unpaid boo-ray debt in January of 2010, and was then accused of murdering a 22-year-old mother of four in August of 2011. Crittenton has been out on bond since being cha...

A Note For Chipper Jones And Assorted Others, From The Editors Of Deadspin

What you're about to read is a stupid story about people being stupid with one another on the internet. Somehow, we're not involved (only we sort of are). It's stupid, and there are no lessons to be drawn except that there are days when the internet seems like nothing so much as a roomful of gibbons...

Why Your Children's Television Program Sucks: <i>Dora The Explorer</i>

A look at the awful children’s programming you’re forced to endure before you can finally kick the kids out of the TV room to watch sports for eight hours. Illustration by Jim Cooke....