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Legends Of The Fall
Fight fans as well as movie fans will enjoy this—George Kimball’s wonderful piece about Budd Schulberg’s memorial service back in the fall of 2009....
Raul Ibañez Made A Throw Only Raul Ibañez Could Make
This man is a professional athlete!...
Coach Ted Lasso Behind-The-Scenes Video Almost As Good As Original
You loved NBC's Coach Ted Lasso video, in which an American football coach learns all about the sport of association football. Here's a bit behind the making of it, as captured in London by Spurs TV. We're not sure if Jason Sudeikis is ever not in character—or if he even has a character at all othe...
Bryce Harper Sparks Dumb Baseball Beef, Dumber Twitter Spat
Bryce Harper stared at a homer for a little too long for the Braves' liking tonight. This got him plunked, and allowed the people running the teams' Twitter accounts to further cheapen the meaning of beef....
Ryan Lavarnway Cannot Do Anything Right
Ryan Lavarnway bounced a throw to second just beyond the mound and allowed five bases and two runs on four passed balls in the first inning tonight. Worse, he helped the Astros take the lead on the Red Sox....
Dwyane Wade And His Sons Are Trayvon Martin
Dwyane Wade, who Sharpied "RIP Trayvon Martin" and "We Want Justice" on his shoes in the wake of Martin's 2012 shooting, is still taking up for the slain Florida teen, this time on one September cover of EBONY....
An Averagely Average Comedy: <em>We're The Millers</em>, Reviewed.
Jason Sudeikis is a perfect fit for We're the Millers, which is a shame, since the movie isn't quite as funny as he is. During his time on Saturday Night Live, Sudeikis often played the handsome, average guy who, the longer you hung out with him, seemed stranger and stranger. He could be the straigh...
The Life Of An MLS Player Making $35,000 A Year
Not every pro athlete is rich. (We've seen the salaries of every MLS player.) Clint Irwin, the starting goalkeeper for the Colorado Rapids, makes the standard MLS rookie minimum of $35,125. He's not complaining, but he'd like you to know it's not all champagne and private jets....
Ex-Giants Lineman Allegedly Assaults Wife With Her Own Pocketbook
Luke Petitgout, a 1999 first-round draft pick who spent all but one of his nine NFL seasons with the Giants, turned himself in to New York City police today after his wife accused him of smacking her with her pocketbook and shoving her out of a car....
The Best And Worst Beat Reporters In Baseball: AL Central
The Beat-Off, our crowd-sourced effort to determine the very best and the very worst reporters in Major League Baseball, is winding down. We've covered the National League and the AL West. Today, the AL Central. ...
ESPN Fight: Hugh Douglas Called Colleague Michael Smith "Uncle Tom"
Last Thursday, at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair, Hugh Douglas, the former Eagle and current NFL analyst for ESPN, was very drunk. A day later he would be both drunk and combative, and, as The Big Lead first reported, he and an ESPN colleague would nearly c...
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Cincinnati Bengals
Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....
Fearless Red Sox Fan Refuses To Flinch At Foul Balls
According to our friends at The Nosebleeds, the gentleman featured in this video is known as Dennis Drinkwater, and he is rather famous for his ability to react to foul balls that come screaming toward his face with a zen-like focus and calm. Please enjoy this montage of his fearlessness. The music...
Royals Fountain Lady Had A Hell Of A Night
Gather 'round children, and let me tell you the story of Royals Fountain Lady. It starts with pregame drinking in the Kauffman Stadium parking lot, and ends with a teary mug shot and a night in jail....
Andrew Shaw To Auction Off The Stitches From His Glorious Hockey Face
Andrew Shaw's busted-up face was one of the highlights of the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory. Shaw hoisting the cup while his face continued to swell and blood oozed from his stitched-up wounds is an image that will always hold a place in hockey history, and now fans have the opportunity to...
More Of The Worst Moments Of Your Lives
Welcome back to The Worst Moment of My Life, a regular feature in which readers share photos and videos of their most miserable life experiences. If you'd like to be a part, send yours to us at [email protected]....
Summertime
Charles Simic writes about summertime over at the New York Review of Books:...
Throw It Down, Big Man
Check out Pat Jordan's 2001 New York Times profile of Bill Walton:...