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Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart Is A Mess
The Miami Marlins held a Legends of Wrestling celebration on Saturday and a bunch of former wrestling stars were present. Goldberg was there, as were both members of the Hart Foundation, Bret "The Hitman" Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart. Bret is old. Jim is a disaster....

Sounders Fans Spent Three Weeks Making This Enormous Tifo
The Seattle Sounders hosted the Portland Timbers last night, and it was no ordinary match. It was the nationally televised home debut of newest Sounder Clint Dempsey, and it was held in a sold-out CenturyLink Field. So the home faithful pulled out all the stops....

Paraguayan Soccer Player Gets Mad At Referee, Kicks Referee's Face
This happened during a Liga Regional del Sud match in Paraguay. Here's some free career advice: don't be a soccer referee in the Liga Regional del Sud in Paraguay. ...

Ilya Kovalchuk On Russia's Anti-Gay Laws: "I Agree, Of Course"
Here's the former NHLer to TSN, as relayed by SI:...


Matt Harvey To The DL With A Torn Elbow Ligament
EVERYBODY PANIC....

The New MSG
Over at the New York Times' bookmark-worthy tumblr site, "The Lively Morgue," check this out:...

32 Paragraphs About 32 Teams: A Thinking Fan's Guide To The NFL Season
The following is excerpted from the team chapters of the always-excellent Football Outsiders Almanac. Buy the PDF for $12.50 or order the printed book from Amazon....

Wing-Eating Contest Ends With A Pantsing And A Punch In The Face
To clarify: The winning dude-bro gets pantsed. The shirtless loser who does the pantsing gets punched in the face—and seems so surprised to get punched in the face. We've got no details on this other than what you see here, but if that Jacksonville sign in the background is any indication, this happ...

Report: Astros More Profitable Than Any Team Ever
The 2013 Astros have the worst record in baseball, the third-worst attendance, the lowest payroll of the century, and they are on pace to be perhaps the most profitable team in baseball history, taking in nearly $100 million after expenses. Who says you have to spend money to make money?...

Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Seattle Seahawks
Some people are fans of the Seattle Seahawks. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Seattle Seahawks. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....

Bored Baseball Players Victimize Teammate With Gum-On-Hat Prank
This is what happens when it's August and your team has a 13-game lead in the division. ...

Kolb's Possibly "Career-Ending" Concussion Is The NFL's Nightmare, Too
It was a low-impact play in the open field, and not even the announcers noticed the concussion that might've ended Buffalo Bills quarterback Kevin Kolb's career. ...

The Worst Album Covers Of All-Time
According to this most entertaining 2012 post over at Tastebuds. So many to choose from. Here are just a few:...

Everything Is A Slippery Slope When You Are Weak-Willed
We've got a short playlist this week for a couple of reasons. First, I am at the very beginning of a new training schedule, so we're starting slow at three miles. Second, one of the songs was 16-minutes long. You're going to hate it. Here we go! A Spotify playlist can be found here, and the rest sta...

From The Old School: Mattel Electronics Hand-Held Video Games
My cousin recently gave me these two Mattel Electronics relics from my childhood. The football game, in particular, was a favorite. I bought a couple of 9-volt batteries—I mean, when was the last time you bought a 9-volt battery, man?—and went back in time. The baseball game is weak but the football...

The Raiders Would At Least Be Watchable If They Started Terrelle Pryor
Friday night's Bears-Raiders preseason game produced some strong evidence that the Raiders will most likely end up in the AFC West basement this season as Chicago took at 27-3 lead at halftime. Backup quarterback Terrelle Pryor, however, was one bright spot for Oakland....

It's OK For Joe Flacco To Just Be Boring
One of the most entertaining subplots going into the NFL season is finding out just how uninteresting Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco can be. (He's had a strong offseason. His own dad called him "dull," and he plans to stare at the money from his new contract.) This dude is boring. If you cu...

How To Cook Bivalves, The Life-Affirming Pain In The Ass
Listen. Life is hard. You're tired all the time, you're overworked and underpaid, you never have enough time for anything and no one loves you and your hair, seriously, what are you even going for with that look, because it is not working. Most evenings, it's all you can do to doze off into a bow...