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FIFA Medical Officer Fired While Investigating Russian Doping, Which Is Totally Just A Coincidence
Jiri Dvorak was once FIFA’s chief medical officer. For 22 years he worked for soccer’s governing body, and in that time he led programs that researched injuries, sought ways to prevent them, and investigated the use of performance enhancing drugs by players. Dvorak was fired without warning or expla...
Mark Wahlberg Says He Left Super Bowl LI Early Because His Son Was Swearing And Losing It
Actor and Dorchester lunk Mark Wahlberg was at Super Bowl LI between the Patriots and Falcons, but he left before the game was over, with New England facing a deficit. Wahlberg caught shit for being a frontrunner, then said that the reason he’d departed was because his son wasn’t feeling well. That ...
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11-Year-Old Boca Juniors Academy Player Scores Olímpico
The U-12 Prospects Cup is underway right now on our corporate parent Univision Deportes, and the tournament that matches U.S. academy teams against some of the world’s most famous squads has been full of highlights from the next generation of soccer’s best. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: We All Know Conspiracies Are Dumb
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Deadspin Up All Night: Where The Treetops Glisten
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Deadspin Up All Night: My Two Front Teeth
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Deadspin Up All Night: Just Give Me The Script
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Deadspin Up All Night: Open The Till
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Louisville Countersues Rick Pitino, Seeks Money Lost From NCAA Violations
The clusterfuck of Rick Pitino getting fired by Louisville amid an FBI corruption investigation is only getting more complicated. While Pitino has active suits open against his former school for wrongful termination and Adidas for intentional infliction of emotional distress, Louisville has now coun...
Deadspin Up All Night: I Will Surely Come In Last
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Deadspin Up All Night: May Your Days Be Merry And Bright
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Olympic Curling Qualifier Gets Hamstrung By Politeness, Finishes With Insane Danish Shot
One of curling’s unusual features, other than everything else, has been its politeness and sportsmanship. The first page of the official rulebook discusses The Spirit of Curling for a reason, as it points out that players should be the first to admit if they broke a rule. (Imagine if NBA or NHL play...
Here's The Only Hot Stove Glossary You'll Ever Need
Today marks the first full day of baseball’s Winter Meetings, that wonderful annual gathering in which baseball executives text each other trade proposals in closer physical proximity to one another than is usually the case while baseball writers repeatedly get drunk at the same hotel bar. This spec...
Deadspin Up All Night: It Won't Let Go
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Deadspin Up All Night: Lashing Out The Action
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Deadspin Up All Night: Linus And Lucy
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Deadspin Up All Night: I'm Not New To This
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Deadspin Up All Night: Said Something Cruel
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Which Potential Olympic Mascot Has The Best Superpowers?<em></em>
Yesterday, the committee organizing the 2020 Toyko Summer Olympics announced the finalists for the official mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. As you can expect in a mascot-mad country like Japan, the process was complicated. Seriously, there were eight meetings of the Mascot Selection Pro...