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Reports: Ryan Lochte Held Up At Gunpoint, IOC Denies [Updating]

A gunman held up Ryan Lochte at a party the U.S. swimmer attended last night, Fox Sports Australia and The Mirror are reporting. The IOC denies the report....

Del Potro Holds Off Nadal Surge To Win Stunner, Reach Gold Medal Match

Juan Martin del Potro has missed most of the past two years due to injuries. The Rio Olympics have marked an incredible comeback for the Argentine, with him defeating world #1 Novak Djokovic and, now, Rafael Nadal in a 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) semi-final thriller today....

Deadspin Up All Night: SENIOR WEEK MEGA EDITION

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. I present to you a list of songs I’ve wanted to DUAN for a minute. And sorry Billy Haisley, there’s no Young Thug or Lil’ B on here:...

We Asked Our Friends (And A Few Enemies) To Sign Our Yearbook<em></em>

On Monday of this coming week, all of us at Deadspin will sit down at our computers and write blog posts about sports and other things. On Friday, we will do the same. In between, while we are blogging, our parent company, Gawker Media, will be sold by auction in bankruptcy court. This will end the ...

How To Start A New Job At A Company That Just Declared Bankruptcy<em></em>

My first week of work at Gawker Media was a dream: I got some blogs up, enjoyed office snacks while they were still new and fresh to me, enjoyed my coworkers while they were still new and fresh to me, attended one of their swanky book parties, and on the final day of that week, learned that the comp...

Deadspin Up All Night: It's My Time To Go

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Deadspin Up All Night: I Can See It Coming

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Michael Phelps Tied A 2,168-Year-Old Olympic Record

Another two golds last night for Michael Phelps, the most decorated American Olympian ever: That makes 21 gold medals in his career, 25 medals overall, and with his win in the 200m butterfly—a particularly personal win, given his loss in that event four years ago—Phelps now has 12 individual wins to...

Deadspin Up All Night: Living In A Garbage Pail

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I Killed My Own Book Proposal By Blogging About A Sad Flopsweaty Douchebag Clown

Sometimes people ask me why no Foodspin book exists. I have never told them why. The answer is very embarrassing!...

Deadspin Up All Night: Here's My Chance

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The night was really great. ...

That Time We Got Jason Whitlock To Say That <i>Mein Kampf</i> "Isn't Bad"

Before he was the sleepy co-host of All Takes Matter, and after he was the failed editor-in-chief of The Undefeated, Jason Whitlock was just a dude with a blog. Despite our best efforts, though, Whitlock never published an excerpt of Mein Kampf on that blog....

Deadspin Up All Night: And Our Hearts Are On The Everglow<em></em>

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Olympics overload. ...

What Is Everyone Trying To Tell Us About Katinka Hosszú And Her Hot-Tempered Coach-Husband?

Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú won gold in the 400 meter individual medley last night, smashing the world record by over two seconds. She will compete in four other events during these Olympics, and stands a good chance at becoming one of Rio’s most decorated athletes. But surrounding all of her a...

Deadspin Up All Night: Knock It Out The Ball Park

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Panel of Droids Discuss Liverpool and Barcelona's Prospects

Towards the end of the halftime break in Liverpool-Barcelona on Saturday, ESPN’s Ian Darke sent viewers from Wembley Stadium back to the studio, which sometime during the commercial break had moved to the Mos Eisley Cantina....

Deadspin Up All Night: The Rhymes Are Pathetic

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Deadspin Up All Night: I Was Kind Of Thinking The Other Way Around

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Blake Griffin Does Standup Comedy, Is Actually Pretty Good

We last saw Blake Griffin trying his hand at standup comedy two years ago, when he read some silly poems. It looks like Griffin has been working on his act since then, as evidenced by his set in the video above, which happened at last week’s Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal....

Here’s a look at how much Louisiana taxpayers are giving Tom Benson, the state’s richest man, to keep the Saints in New Orleans. It’s been 11 years since Benson tried to use Hurricane Katrina to break his lease and move to San Antonio....