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Is John Cena The Best Wrestler Of 2015?
Welcome to Deadspin’s irregular pro wrestling column, in which Tom Breihan and Ernest Wilkins will comb through the past month or so of superkicks, lariats, and 450 splashes in search of the greatest things that this most American of artforms has given us....

Why Your Team Sucks 2015: Tennessee Titans
Some people are fans of the Tennessee Titans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tennessee Titans. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. ...

Cops: Woman On LSD Crashed Car, Got Naked, Ran Near Kids' Softball Game
Nevada County, Cali. police arrested a 26-year-old woman Friday night after she allegedly crashed her vehicle, stripped naked, and ran around a field near children from a Christian youth camp playing softball....

Canada Wins Gold In Women's Basketball But Who Cares
Canada, the moose-humping failed state to the north, won gold in women’s basketball at the Pan Am Games after beating the United States 81-73 Monday night. Whatever, hosers....

Carmelo Anthony May Be The Least Cool Person On Earth
Carmelo Anthony has made no secret of the fact that he cares deeply about his personal brand, greatly depleting his coolness levels. Now, he’s gone and launched himself into another level of lame-assness....

Pacers Unveil Corny <i>Hoosiers-</i>Inspired Alternate Jerseys
In what will probably go down as the most effective marketing ploy directed solely at white people since the invention of gourmet mayonnaise, the Indiana Pacers have announced that the team will wear Hickory High jerseys—the very same worn by the fictional high school basketball team in the movie Ho...

Bucks Co-Owner Now Works For Governor Who Pushed Through Arena Deal
Last week, the Wisconsin Senate approved $250 million—and at least $174 million more in interest—in public funds to build the Milwaukee Bucks a new arena. The plan was championed at every step of the way by Gov. Scott Walker, who has designs on the White House. His war chest will be administered by ...

Jeffrey Webb Secures $10 Million Bond With A Shitload Of Luxury Goods
Jeffrey Webb, the former FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president, was one of the men arrested in Switzerland in May on corruption charges. Since he didn’t fight his extradition from Switzerland, he was the first of those arrested to be extradited to the United States to face the charges. ...

Phil Jackson Has No Problem Dumping On Ex-Knicks
Do you wish you were a fly on the wall of the New York Knicks’ basura 2014-15 season? Of course not, but Charley Rosen was, and he’s filing dispatches to ESPN from the one day each month he spent with Phil Jackson during the course of it. He’s now up to January 10, four days after the Knicks traded ...

Why Your Team Sucks 2015: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group....

Alcides Escobar Really Threw The Dick Off The Ball Yesterday
During yesterday’s rain delay at the scheduled Angels-Red Sox game, ESPN threw to a live version of SportsCenter, which is always fun for the chaos a live, highly produced news show always produces. But instead of bad jokes and dead air, the show was basically just a bunch of Alcides Escobar highlig...

Bryce Harper Doesn't Think Zack Greinke Is All That Impressive
Dodgers starter Zack Greinke is on a hell of a roll right now, having not allowed an earned run in his last 43 and two-thirds innings. He extended his streak of scoreless innings—the most since Orel Hersheiser pitched 59 straight shutout frames in 1988—with a dominant outing against the Nationals ye...

Gronks Appear On Family Feud, Immediately Lose
Patriots tight end and erotica protagonist Rob Gronkowski appeared last night on ABC’s Family Feud with three of his brothers and his dad, facing off against Holly Robinson Peete’s family. It did not go well for the Gronks....

Nuggets Trade Point Guard Ty Lawson To Houston Rockets
The Denver Nuggets will trade point guard Ty Lawson to the Houston Rockets, according to ESPN’s Marc Stein and Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski. ...

This Guy Is A Big Roman Reigns Fan
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Trinidad And Tobago Vs. Panama Did Not End On A High Note
Today’s Gold Cup quarterfinal between Trinidad and Tobago and Panama came down to penalties. That’s never a good thing, and both teams decided to prove a point, apparently....

This Is Not Efficient Basketball
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Amateur Leads At The Open After Three Rounds For First Time Since 1927
Former UAB golfer Paul Dunne shot a 6-under 66 at St. Andrews on Sunday, putting him at 12-under for the tournament and tied for the lead after 54 holes, the first time an amateur has led The Open at St. Andrews after three rounds since Bobby Jones in 1927. ...
