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Elvis Andrus And Adrian Beltre Collide
This is why I don't want you touching me, man....

David Cone On Ortiz Meltdown: “Shrapnel's Fuckin’ Flying Around”
David Cone is actually a great addition to the YES booth; he talks about baseball with passion and only occasionally sprinkles in an F bomb or two....

David Ortiz Destroys Dugout Phone Because Tim Timmons Blew A Call
David Ortiz was halfway to first base before Tim Timmons called strike one on what was as clear a ball four as an umpire can observe. He tossed his bat back to the dugout and everything. In calling the 3-0 pitch a strike, Timmons set in motion a series of events ending with David Ortiz taking his ba...

The Shrine of Eternals
Nice piece on the Baseball Reliquary by David Davis over at Sports on Earth:...

This Six-Year-Old Apparently Hit Five Home Runs In Five At-Bats
According to this video's introduction, Spencer Conn is six years old and hit five home runs in five consecutive at-bats, all on the first pitches he saw....

Visions Of Light: Movie Love
Here's Martin Scorsese writing about movies in the New York Review of Books:...
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Browns Guard Ryan Miller Carted Off Field, Taken To Hospital [UPDATES]
During training camp today, an unidentified Browns player was taken off the field in an ambulance....

Texas Rangers Reliever Attacked And “Sucker-Punched” In Cleveland
Rangers relief pitcher Tanner Scheppers was attacked Thursday night while getting food on a street in Cleveland....

What The Hell Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic Wearing?
Apparently, it's some sort of tracking device. And the shorts are probably just rolled up a bit. Still, this photo is ridiculous:...

Is This Calvin Johnson Catch Impressive?
During one-on-one drills in today's Detroit Lions training camp, Calvin Johnson faced off against cornerback Chris Houston. The play called was a back-shoulder fade, and Megatron made Houston look stupid....

Royals’ David Lough Forgets What A Hit Looks Like
I know David Lough plays for the Royals, but c'mon, dude, run it out. Don't give up on your potential to occasionally not fail at baseball so soon!...

Usain Bolt Makes His Entrance On A Rocket, Because He Can
Usain Bolt took a lap around the track on Friday at the Anniversary Games on a rocket. Yeah, a rocket. That thing belongs to Bowser in Mario Kart....

Debris Kicked Up By Rally Car, Hits Man In Crotch
This dude observing Rally Estonia 2013 got hit in the nards with something as one of the rally cars took a turn. Whether it was gravel or something else that made him fall to the ground, it evidently hurt. Poor guy....

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

NBA Ref Finds Love On JDate, Has Times Square Billboard To Prove It
JDate.com is a dating website which matches single Jewish people with other single Jewish people. But is it a place to find true love? It is according to this billboard in Times Square, which features NBA referee Marat Kogut and his lovely wife Mariana. If you see Marat at an NBA game this year, be ...

Sucking In The Seventies
Over at the great site, In Focus, Alan Taylor takes a look at America in the 1970s. Check out what he's got so far......

Richard Sherman's Email To His Stanford Dorm Is Priceless
We have a very special set of overwrought emails today, as this particular collection of haughtily typed words features a celebrity guest: Seahawks defensive back Richard Sherman! What follows is a conversation that took place on a Stanford dormitory listserv in 2007. Our tipster sets the scene:...

And It Happens Every Day
Over at Narrative, dig David Thomson on The Long Goodbye—...

What I Learned From A Year Of Watching <em>SportsCenter</em>
Thirty-three years and more than 50,000 episodes on, SportsCenter is less a television show or a convenient way to catch up on the day in sports than a great mechanical contraption gone awry, its parts moving independently not just of one another but of any obvious directing intelligence. ...

Vince Young Forced To Auction Off His Stuff To Satisfy Debt
It's come to this for Vince Young. Constables came to his home in Houston earlier this week to take inventory of his possessions. Most of his stuff will be sold at a sheriff's sale because Young still has an outstanding debt on a high-interest loan he took out during the 2011 NFL lockout....