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21-Year-Old Woman's Endless Christmas Wish List Will Make You Want To Punch Something
We reiterate that this person is not a child. She is 21, legally an adult, presumably with or on the verge of full financial independence. Each year the Massachusetts woman creates a wish list, filled with every conceivable thing she might want, and sends it out to her entire family....
Skew Yourselves: Nate Silver Is Here To Answer Your Questions
Nate Silver—the baseball analyst/metapollster/scary math witch who has given us both the PECOTA player forecasting system and the indispensable FiveThirtyEight blog—is in the discussion below, awaiting your questions. Go buy his book, The Signal and the Noise. We predict that you'll like it. ...
Jordan Crawford Tries To Shoot Jan Vesely's Free Throws In Hilariously Devious Fashion
Watch the video above carefully. The first thing you should notice is the Wizards' Jan Vesely battling for post position with the Bobcats' Tyrus Thomas. In the midst of the jostling, the referee calls a foul on Thomas, sending Vesely to the line. Or rather, toward the line. Now look for Jordan Cra...
The Spurs' Final Play Was Brilliant. The Lakers' Final Play Was A Hot Mess.
The Spurs' 84-82 win over the Lakers came down to a pair of plays in the waning seconds. San Antonio's relied on the element of surprise, an unlikely shooter, everyone knowing their roles. Los Angeles's consisted of Pau Gasol shooting a three. This is what happens when your respective court genera...
How Anderson Varejao Quietly Lit Up The Nets Last Night
Anderson Varejao scored 35 points and grabbed 18 rebounds last night in a loss to the Nets. It feels crazy to write that, because Varejao isn't the kind of center you expect to put up such fat numbers. He's the "energy guy," the big man who never stops moving, fighting for rebounds, tipping balls t...
Mike Shanahan Filed A Police Report Over Cash Stolen From The Locker Room In Pittsburgh, Later Found It
During the Redskins' Week 8 game in Pittsburgh, Mike Shanahan left his unlocked briefcase in an open locker. Not the smartest move, but one assumes the visitors' locker room is inviolable. After the game, an ugly whipping, Shanahan checked his stuff—and found $3,700 in cash and his passport missing....
Packers Lineman Gives One Hell Of An Answer To "Boxers Or Briefs?"
The great thing about Twitter is that you can ask an athlete anything—anything, truly—and you just never know when they're going to answer you and how. Take Packers guard Josh Sitton, for example, who held a little Q&A with his followers last night. Someone wanted to get a personal about his underga...
Rockets Demote Royce White, Who Blasts Team For "Inconsistent" Actions Regarding His Anxiety Disorder
Indeed, as a mid-first round pick, there were high hopes that Royce White could ably compete in the NBA this season, despite the widespread acknowledgement and acceptance of the anxiety disorder that he has lived with for years. Now, the relationship between White and Rockets management has devolved...
The Miami Marlins Are A Hilarious Disgrace
Here is what has happened in the last year of the Miami Marlins, formerly d/b/a Florida Marlins: They swindled the citizens of Miami for a new stadium and drew the SEC's notice. They filched Jose Reyes from a franchise that has actual fans but no money and a municipal government that refuses to be ...
![The Marlins Are Reportedly On The Verge Of Basically Trading Away Their Whole Team [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17hniyhoxq7rvjpg.jpg)
The Marlins Are Reportedly On The Verge Of Basically Trading Away Their Whole Team [UPDATE]
The MLB hot fucking stove is heating up early this year, folks! Check this shit out....
Bill Belichick Says Andrew Luck Reminds Him Of Cam Newton, Which Violates The No-Interracial-QB-Comparisons Rule, Which I Think Is In The Bible
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Belichick must not have gotten the memo....
Vincible. <em>Silver Linings Playbook</em>, Reviewed.
1. She's a grieving cop's widow, prone to nymphomania, locked away in a shed behind her parents' home, profoundly damaged—not broken, but close. He's a bipolar basket case who nearly beat a man half to death for showering with his wife, the same wife with whom he obsessively wants to reconcile, even...
![Former NFLer Jerramy Stevens Arrested After Alleged Domestic Assault Involving Hope Solo; No Charges Will Be Filed [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1857o5zjpvh7rjpg.jpg)
Former NFLer Jerramy Stevens Arrested After Alleged Domestic Assault Involving Hope Solo; No Charges Will Be Filed [UPDATE]
Details are still rolling in, but check out this series of tweets that started going around in the last few minutes from Chris Daniels, a reporter for KING-TV in Seattle, which you can see below....
The Hater's Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog
(The 2013 edition can be found here.)...
The Case For The NFL Adopting Fantasy Scoring For Real
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Deadspin NBA Shit List: Andris Biedrins, The Man Who Forgot How To Shoot
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....
The Story Behind One Of The Most Iconic Hockey Photos Of The '70s
Derek Sanderson was the prototypical '70s athlete. A Calder winner with Boston, the Turk was everything you'd want in a celebrity—he got into fights on and off the ice, he hung with the rich and famous, he womanized, he abused drugs and alcohol, he fled the NHL for the then-richest contract in profe...
The University Of Washington Has Put Twitter Restrictions On Media Members
Are you a college basketball or football writer who constantly tweets while covering games? Cut that shit out when you're at the University of Washington. The university has implemented limitations on tweeting about football and basketball games, because...well, we're not really sure. No media memb...
Do Foreign Footballers Really Dive More?
This Regressing entry is brought to you by our clever friends at the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective. Today: how Premier League diving might be a cultural phenomenon....
James Harden High-Fived His Imaginary Teammates
In the second quarter of yesterday's home loss to Miami, James Harden was fouled by Ray Allen. It was ruled a clear path foul, so the Rockets got two shots and the ball. Harden made his first, and reached out to either side of the lane for his daps. The beard tells him to do things....