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Deadspin Up All Night: My Heart Is Wild, And My Bones Are Steam
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Although it's getting a little bit suspicious at this point. You trying to get the pipe?...
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Ladies, J.R. Smith's Twitter Come-On Will Have You Sopping Wet [UPDATE: J.R. Responds]
Last month, as the Knicks were in Philadelphia to play the Sixers, J.R. Smith was up to his old tricks. J.R.'s got something of a history with Twitter, and women, (and asses), so it's not like the young lady who chatted him up via direct message couldn't have known what she was getting into. Still, ...
The NBA Trade Deadline Was A Flurry Of Crap
What a frenzied day it has been out there on the NBA marketplace! Today was the last day for teams to trade during the 2012-13 NBA season, and so teams are wheelin' and dealin' and securing their championship futures! ...
Don Rumsfeld Fights The Fascists; Or, Why Are The Olympics So Corrupt?
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
FAU Stadium's New Prison Sponsor Is Frantically Trying To Wipe Abuse Allegations From Wikipedia
On Tuesday we told you that Florida Atlantic had reached a 12-year, $6 million naming rights deal for its new stadium. The lucky winning bidder was Geo Group, one of the country's largest operators of for-profit prisons, and the target of numerous lawsuits and allegations claiming prisoner abuse....
Deadspin Up All Night: 100 Yard Dash
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We're clocking out for the day, but we'll back at it tomorrow. There's plenty of college basketball and NBA action to keep you busy tonight....
Adorable Creatures Playing Basketball, Ranked
1. Arthritic sea otter (above)...
Deadspin Up All Night: But You Owe That To Me
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Sean might have a thing or two later to help get you through your Tuesday night....
Nine Guys Putt Into A Single Hole And It's Sort Of Impressive In A Useless Way
Things we did not know: Campbell University, in North Carolina, has a PGA-accredited golf management program. It "allows students to acquire the specialized knowledge and skills necessary for success in the golf industry." One of those skills is trick shots. Each month, the program has a competiti...
Florida Atlantic Football Joins The Prison-Industrial Complex
Florida Atlantic has been playing in its new on-campus stadium for two years, but has had a devil of a time selling the naming rights. No more, as the Owls plan to announce later today they've finalized a deal with The Geo Group, one of the world's largest operators of detention centers and for-prof...
Deadspin Up All Night: The Disenchanted Pony
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There are some NHL games, a few college basketball games, and Haiti-U.S. in U-20 soccer tonight. Sean and Tim should be around to keep you up to speed....
Is Chipper Jones Getting Fat Again?
Chipper Jones joined the Braves on Saturday to spend a few days hanging around the team's spring training complex as a "special instructor," which is baseball-speak for "old guy who stands around leaning on a fungo bat and spitting seeds." So how's retirement been going for Chipper? Aside from the o...
Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend Craig Ehlo Told Us What It's Like To Guard Michael Jordan
"I'm Gonna Tell You What I'm Gonna Do": What It Was Like To Guard Michael Jordan, According To Craig Ehlo | "I'm gonna catch it on the left elbow, and then I'm gonna drive to the left to the baseline, and then I'm gonna pull up and shoot my fadeaway." Read »...
According To Turner Analyst Reggie Miller, Bleacher Report Writer Scores Incredible Coup, Interviews Michael Jordan
During tonight's All-Star Game broadcast by TNT, analyst Reggie Miller relayed an interesting anecdote about LeBron James as studied by Michael Jordan. The story came from, of all places, Bleacher Report. Timothy Rapp, Reggie tells us, apparently got the scoop of the century for Bleacher Report. M...
Deadspin Up All Night: A Song
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We'll have an open thread for the All-Star game and keep an eye on things if anything crazy happens....
Deadspin Up All Night: Harlem Shake At Your Wake
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. All-Star Saturday open thread up soon, just in case it turns kooky. You're Sean's tomorrow. Enjoy the evening....
Basketball Players Spent Their Wild And Crazy All-Star Saturday Meeting For Three And A Half Hours And Voting To Dismiss Their Union Director
Wojnarowski reports that Billy Hunter's dismissal, widely presumed to be an inevitability after the myriad scandals that recently punctured his cocoon of power, was voted on and affirmed by a group of NBA players this afternoon. A bit more on the meeting that sealed his fate once and for all:...
Deadspin Up All Night: Bastards
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Isaac, Sam, Tim, and Sean will be bringing their usual brand of awesome for you this weekend....
Joe Flacco Wasn't The First To Consider Leaving The Sideline To Tackle An Opponent
After the Super Bowl, it was revealed that Joe Flacco had seriously considered running onto the field from the sideline to tackle Ted Ginn if Ginn had broken off a big kick return on the last play of the game. Flacco's idea was a ridiculous one, and would have resulted in the 49ers being awarded a ...
Lindsey Vonn's Busted Knee Looks Like Hell
U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn tore the ACL and MCL in her right knee in a brutal crash at the World Championships in Austria last week. Here's how it looks today....