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Hockey Enforcer Bob Probert Suffered Degenerative Brain Disease
The brain researchers to whom Bob Probert donated his postmortem brain will announce Thursday that the late NHL tough-guy suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died of a heart attack last summer. CTE is the condition in which concussion concerns from the NFL on down to youth ...
Dave Duerson's Funeral Was Held In Chicago Today
Eight days after his teammate committed suicide, former Chicago Bear Richard Dent was among those who carried Dave Duerson's casket into a South Side Baptist church for a memorial service and funeral today. Hundreds of mourners attended. Duerson's youngest son Brock offered one of several eulogies....
Cyclist Finishes Third Despite 8-Inch Calf Splinter
After a "spectacular crash" at the Manchester Velodrome track, Malayasian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang had an 8-inch splinter of Siberian pine running calf-to-shin, or vice versa. (Fine, it's technically a 7.87401575-inch splinter. Metrics.)...
Tree-Poisoner's Lawyer Wants Off The Case Because He's An Auburn Fan
Time once again to play everybody's favorite game! SEC Fans: Big Children or Biggest Children? As a volunteer militia puts Alabama's Bear Bryant statue under 24-hour guard for fear of retaliation, the state gears up for its biggest trial since Atticus Finch defended Tom Robinson....
Chargers WR Legedu Naanee Asked, "Do You Know Who I Am?" While Allegedly Resisting Arrest
Legedu Naanee, a San Diego Chargers wide receiver who had 23 receptions last year, was arrested in Indianapolis late Saturday and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest. The arrest itself is pretty insignificant — here's a guess that the charges will be dropped before long — but it's ...
Albert Haynesworth Accused Of Sexual Assault
Haynesworth, who was charged with assault in a road rage incident on Feb. 2, has been accused of sexually assaulting a waitress at the W Hotel last weekend. Haynesworth's agent says there is "no truth to these allegations." [WRC-4]...
Real American Fans Shut Out Of Real American Event Do Real American Thing And Sue
Somehow two silly displaced Super Bowl ticketholders and their eager lawyers managed to devise a lawsuit just as profoundly stupid as Dan Snyder's. They're seeking more than $5 million from the NFL, the Cowboys, and Jerry Jones personally. Why?...
Human Knees Do Not Bend That Way
Your morning roundup for Feb. 8, the day we were shanked to death by our own cock....
Marquis Daniels Welcomes You To The 18-Game Football Season
Yesterday, while many of you were watching Bill O'Reilly interview Frank Caliendo impersonating Sam Elliott, a basketball game took place during which a scary thing happened to reserve Celtics guard Marquis Daniels. He's expected out for at least a month with a bruised spinal cord. Yikes. [Boston Gl...
Here's Video Of Last Night's One-Punch NHL Goalie Fight
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Last Night's Winner: Homeland Security Hates Sports
Yesterday, thousands of people went to their favorite sites for watching sports online, only to be greeted by this frankly horrifying banner. They've all been shut down by the government, in an evil conspiracy to force you to purchase NHL Center Ice....
Here's Video Of A Snowmobile Hitting An X-Games Race Official Today
There's nothing about this snowmobile-vs.-guy collision on ESPN's site yet, but the X-Games Snowmobile SnoCross Final results list Bobby LePage finishing 15th out of 15. Here's the race recap video. Hope dude's alright....
All The Nut Shots Fit To Print
This is Regressing, a new, numbers-minded column by our clever friends at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective. Today: What injuries got the most press in 2010?...
This Isn't How You're Supposed To Lift A Guy On A Stretcher
I don't know who this player is or how he hurt himself, but I do know this video is about five Leslie Nielsen movies rolled into one. [Via Twitter]...
Weekend Winner: Jay Cutler, Safety Last
All the furor over Jay Cutler spending the second half on the bench is proof positive that the battle for player safety is an uphill one, and won't be solved with posters and PSAs....
Laurence Maroney's Mug Shot Is Just Excellent
Maroney was busted last night on possession of marijuana, and having a concealed weapon that you're not allowed to have while stoned. Here's how he looked. [Riverfront Times]...
Controversial World Cup Referee Is Now An Admitted Heroin Smuggler
Byron Moreno refereed the 2002 World Cup match in which America upset Portugal, and cost Italy a chance to advance to the knock-out round with a questionable call against South Korea. He also just copped to smuggling heroin....
Your "Duke = No. 2 At Best" College Basketball Open Thread
In today's Top 25 matchups, Missouri heads to Texas A&M and Illinois is at Wisconsin....
The Other Canseco Got Arrested On DUI Charges This Morning
If this report from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is to be believed, Osvaldo Canseco got arrested at 2:13 this morning and blew a .109....
Today In Dumb Anti-NFLPA Spin
Florio has a pretty good rundown of the NFL's coming labor apocalypse, but there's one point he makes that I really hope doesn't catch on, even though you can be sure it will....