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Bucket-Hat Clemson Bro Flipping The Double Bird Is Mesmerizing
Clemson lost to in-state rival South Carolina again tonight 27-17, making it four Palmetto Bowls in a row for the SEC's Gamecocks. While the Tigers had a rowdy Death Valley pushing them to what looked like a possible win, they were simply overpowered in the end—leaving coach Dabo Swinney searchin...
Tennessee Mascot Smokey Gets Loose, Goes After Kentucky's Kicker
A newly Derek Dooley-free Tennessee had its way with Kentucky in today's Battle for the Barrel, and even Volunteers mascot Smokey got into the game. UT's bluetick coonhound made a run for Kentucky kicker Craig McIntosh, nipping at his leg but not causing any damage—indeed, McIntosh would go on t...
"Coach Lame Kitten": Your Roundup Of The Best Signs Behind The <em>College GameDay</em> Crew
The college football season is winding down, and with it our College GameDay episodes. Enjoy the best that Los Angeles had to offer. (Click any image to expand it.)...
Which TV Market Is Getting Screwed This Sunday? An Analysis Of Week 12 NFL Viewing Maps
The NFL's regional programming rules are famously byzantine, but luckily the506.com cuts through the bullshit for you, providing weekly maps that allow us to answer the only question that really matters: Which fans are the most screwed this Sunday?...
How To Eat Your Leftovers: A Guide For Slobs
The morning following Thanksgiving is a bleary, cotton-mouthed, dead-eyed time—a time for questions, a time of Reckoning. "Oh, Jesus, how much did I drink yesterday?" and, "Am I going to die?" and, "Why do I keep doing this to myself?" and, "Am I in Fort Worth? How did I come to be in Fort Worth?" T...
The Jetsiest Jets Play Ever: Mark Sanchez Fumbles After Getting Floored By His Lineman's Ass
A Mark Sanchez fumble, caused by a teammate's ass in mid-pratfall, returned for a touchdown. God bless you, New York Jets. You're one of life's inherently funny things, like words with "k" sounds or Millard Fillmore or talking bears. ...
Take Your "Elite" Quarterback Argument And Shove It Up Your Stupid Butthole
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....
Eating: A Strategic Guide
How does one eat a Thanksgiving meal? On its face this might seem like a ridiculous question, and also everywhere else too. I mean, who doesn't know how to eat? (Excepting the British, of course.) Thanksgiving is marked, more than anything else, by its abundance of tasty foodstuffs; practically spea...
D-III Player's 138 Point-Game Is A Sham Record And Shouldn't Be Celebrated By Anyone
Jack Taylor, of the Grinnell College Pioneers, scored 138 points in a game last night, against Faith Baptist Bible College. It's a mindblowing number, shattering the old NCAA mark of 113, and it's being trumpeted as one of sports' all-time individual achievements. It is not. It is bullshit. It is ju...
How To Improvise A Last-Minute Feast: A MacGyver's Guide To Thanksgiving
Oh, shit. Thanksgiving is here? Already?...
An Exclusive Interview With The Lakers Bros From That GIF
Surely you've seen this GIF by now, featuring the two greatest bros to have ever attended a Lakers game. We were so enthralled by it that we made it our mission to discover the identity of those two bros and do whatever we could to become bros with them. We succeeded: both bros, Ryan and Brian—who a...
Mitch Albom Was "Phony Sweet" And Other Highlights Of <em>PTI</em>'s Accidentally Released Behind-The-Scenes Audio
ESPN helpfully publishes an audio podcast of its popular Pardon The Interruption program daily for viewers who can't find their way to a television at 5:30 p.m. Eastern. Yesterday, though, we received numerous emails alerting us to the bizarre nature of yesterday's podcast. For one, it was more tha...
Deadspin NBA Shit List: Don Nelson, Drunk On His Own Genius (And Scotch)
A celebration of the NBA's most infuriating players, both past and present. Read other NBA Shit List entries here....
Deadspin I-Team: Who Are Those Amazing Lakers Bros?
OK, these guys have now become way too internet famous to not be identified. We must know who they are. How did they afford those seats? Are they brothers, or just bros? Did they wear matching t-shirts to the game and buy matching jerseys to wear over them?...
I Can't Stop Looking At This GIF Of These Two Lakers Bros
This happened at yesterday's Lakers game. I can't stop watching it. I mean, just look at this fucking guy. The emphatic whipping off of the sunglasses, the backward hat, the arched eyebrow, the curl of his lips as he unleashes what was surely an epic bro-yawp, the fact that he was wearing sunglasse...
100 Thoughts About 100 NCAA Teams From The Basketball Prospectus Guide To The 2012-13 Season
The following previews were taken from College Basketball Prospectus. Buy the book as a PDF for $9.94. It's also available in paperback. For more, check out the Basketball Prospectus website....
Dear Insane Patriots Haters: It's Not Bill Belichick's Fault That Rob Gronkowski Broke His Arm
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Got Thanksgiving Questions? The <em>New York Times's</em> Expert, Sam Sifton, Is Here To Answer Them
Sam Sifton was, until last year, The New York Times's restaurant critic. He also manned the paper's Thanksgiving help line. Now he's written a delightful little volume of essentials, Thanksgiving: How To Cook It Well. It's not too late to save your holiday! Sam can help, with sides, desserts, place ...
College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Kansas State, Of Course)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...