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CU Football Player Arrested For Allegedly Throwing Mud At Girlfriend
University of Colorado running back Terrence Crowder was arrested on domestic violence charges early Sunday morning after getting into an argument and physical altercation with his girlfriend. Mud was allegedly involved....
Hail This Royals Fan, Who Freed His Enormous Gut For The World To See
Is there a Sports Fan Hall of Fame? There ought to be, just so we can induct this guy....
Solving The Mystery Of The Umpire-Wielded Metal Detector In Colorado
Earlier in the evening we were tipped off to a strange occurrence in the Rockies-Cardinals game at Coors. Reader D.H.—a helpful, if ornery (and tired) sort—alerted us to a developing situation involving the home plate umpire, a missing item and a metal detector. ...
Chip Kelly Doesn't Quite Know All The NFL Rules Yet
The Eagles' college-to-pro coach admitted he was unclear on the NFL injury rules when he unnecessarily kept Michael Vick out of a crucial late-game situation yesterday. It's a learning process....
Someone Hung A Dead Goat From A High School Football Team's Goalpost
No big deal, you guys. Just a ritual animal sacrifice being performed in the name of a football rivalry. ...
![Here's A Chiefs Fan Getting Tasered At Arrowhead [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/190d82a7g8tvnjpg.jpg)
Here's A Chiefs Fan Getting Tasered At Arrowhead [Update]
Also a butt crack....
The Red Sox Made Mariano Rivera's Ceremony All About The Red Sox
Throughout his farewell season, Mariano Rivera has been honored by visiting teams with gifts and small ceremonies celebrating his storied career. The Twins gave him a chair made of broken bats. The White Sox gave him framed scorecards from notable appearances. The Red Sox? They made sure to celebrat...
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Are A Sad Mess Right Now
Be thankful you aren't a Buccaneers fan. It's one thing for an 8-8ish team to bumble around and lose in the sloppy first few weeks of fall. It's another for that team to look like a 10-win team for 59 minutes and a two-win team for one. Of all the ways for an NFL team to arrive at mediocrity, the Bu...
Joe Flacco Chose The Browns Game Over The Birth Of His Son
I very much expect this to turn into A Thing, because it always does, whether athletes miss a birth to play, or miss a game to be present for a birth....
Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Chat about the 1 p.m. games here....
The NFL Tries To Halt The Witch-Hunt For Fake Injuries
As the football pendulum swings back toward offense, one of the oldest tricks in the book has returned to the forefront: defenses faking injuries. The NFL tried to nip this one in the bud, sending out a preseason memo to cut that shit out, but it's backfired and fans and opponents are seeing fakes e...
Report: Josh Freeman Wants The Hell Out Of Tampa
CBS Sports is reporting that Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman is expected to ask for a trade before next month's deadline. Tampa Bay is no longer a healthy place for a young, inconsistent quarterback who needs a coach that doesn't hate him....
A.J. McCarron's Stability Tops Johnny Football's Flying Circus
A.J. McCarron gets slapped with the pejorative "game manager" label, as if taking care of the football and involving the ground game are bad things. Johnny Manziel? Spectacular as always....
Life Is A Lot Better When You Don't Expect Much Of Yourself
What a smooth week of being physically fit and observing a healthy, balanced diet it has been. What say we gather 'round the chiminea and swap stories of our personal triumphs? And share music, too. Here's a Spotify playlist. Let's get to it....
No One Has Any Idea What Is Going On In The Premier League
European leagues were on hiatus during the international break for World Cup qualifiers, and so today was the first chance we all got to see the new Premier League since the close of the record-breaking transfer window that saw an ungodly amount of money and men move in, out, and around England. It ...
FIFA Investigating Costa Rica For Various Horseshit Moves
Costa Rica, a safe, verdant, progressive nation filled with a bunch of total assholes, did everything in its power to disrupt the USMNT before and during last week's World Cup qualifier. (Did you know we hate Costa Rica now? We do. Go soccer!) But now FIFA wants to know if things went too far....
How To Pitch A Perfect Ninth In A One-Run Game And Not Get A Save
In the same game that brought you this bibelot, Mariano Rivera entered the ninth inning with the Yankees up one run. He retired the Orioles 1-2-3. He did not get the save—but he did get a win. Huh?...
This Skip Bayless Profile May Make You Feel Sorry For Skip Bayless
A couple of paragraphs from Rick Maese's story in today's Washington Post:...