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Hey, The Golden State Warriors' New Stadium Design Looks Like A Toilet
Yeah, man, that's a toilet....

Mighty Mite Football Players Thwarted By Banner
The parents of players of the Wallkill (NY) Mighty Mites tried to do something nice for the first home game of the season, but alas, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. It seems that they thought their 50 pound sons would be strong enough to break through a vinyl banner while emulating t...

NFL Loses Corporate Partner For Breast Cancer Awareness Week
It seems that of the toxicity of Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson has finally seeped its way into the NFL at large. According to CBS Sports, manufacturing behemoth Procter & Gamble has pulled out of an upcoming partnership with the NFL for Breast Cancer Awareness Week. ...

Jon Stewart Murders NFL On Air; Goodell Asks Mueller To Investigate
Jon Stewart probably thought he was done with the NFL for a little while when he took them on a week ago, but here we are. The Minnesota Vikings suspending, then unsuspending, then suspending Adrian Peterson again caught The Daily Show's attention, and Stewart spent part of Wednesday night's sho...

Tony Stewart's Case Will Go To A Grand Jury
The Ontario County (N.Y.) District Attorney announced today that a grand jury will determine whether to bring charges against Tony Stewart, who fatally struck Kevin Ward Jr. with his car on Aug. 9....

I'm Giants Offensive Lineman Geoff Schwartz. Ask Me Stuff.
Geoff Schwartz is a six-year NFL veteran who currently plays guard for the New York Giants. He's waiting in the discussion section below to answer any questions you have for him. You can follow him on Twitter @GeoffSchwartz....

Christy Mack Posts Update On Condition After Alleged Assault
Christy Mack's condition has improved since former MMA fighter War Machine (born Jonathan Koppenhaver) allegedly assaulted her in August. Mack still has a lot of healing left, however....

Deadspin OBLITERATES Current Internet Headline Meme
As an internet user, you're probably aware of the symbiotic relationship between popular broadcasters like Jon Stewart and John Oliver and the internet. It works like this: broadcasters sum up a current issue in an entertaining, shareable video, and then websites looking for content that takes no ti...

Houston DB Trevon Stewart Gets Confused, Does Some Very Bad Defending
Playing defensive back is not an easy thing to do, so we shouldn't judge Houston defensive back Trevon Stewart too harshly for doing whatever the hell it was he was doing during this play against BYU last night....

<em>The Daily Show</em> To The NFL: "You Done Fucked Up"
Jon Stewart took aim at the National Football League on The Daily Show last night, and it got ugly. He recapped the entire Ray Rice debacle, from the night the Baltimore Ravens running back knocked his then-fiancée Janay Palmer Rice unconscious in an Atlantic City elevator all the way to yesterd...

Lalalala, The Ginger Hammer Can't Hear You!
Here is a story in three tweets....

Andre Iguodala Pokes Fun At Haka Dance; Steven Adams Is Not Amused
The New Zealand national team did a haka dance before playing Team USA in the FIBA World Cup Tuesday, and it was neat to watch, as haka dances are. (James Harden and Derrick Rose seemed puzzled as it happened, but whatever.) The Warriors' Andre Iguodala, who isn't playing in the tournament, cracked ...

War Machine Hit With 32 Charges, Including Attempted Murder
Clark County (Nev.) prosecutors threw everything they had today at War Machine, filing an amended criminal complaint that levies 32 felony charges against the former MMA fighter for his alleged brutal attack on then-girlfriend Christy Mack and another man. The charges include attempted murder, kid...

Polish Fans Hoist Giant Anti-UEFA Banner
Legia Warsaw fans are still salty after getting DQ'd from the Champions League for fielding a suspended player, despite beating Celtic 6-1 on aggregate. So today, two days after Celtic were themselves knocked out, Legia fans raised this display: a big fat pig surrounded by the UEFA logo, with the ca...

Warren Buffett Is Friends With A Serial Woman Beater
Like a lot of very well off athletes, Floyd Mayweather recently met with Warren Buffett to discuss his financials. There's an Instagram photo of them chumming it up and everything. Unlike most well off athletes, however, Floyd Mayweather is a serial and unrepentant abuser of women, palling around ...

New-Car Smell Is Overrated
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we're covering partners, air beds, office superpowers, poop, and more....

Wait, What Is Chris Bosh Doing There?
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Beyoncé's VMAs Performance, With Her Vocals Isolated
When we put up the isolated vocal track from Taylor Swift's MTV Video Music Awards performance last night, skeptics protested that "you could do that with any performer and it would sound just as bad." In response, here's Beyoncé's full 16-minute, show-ending mini-set, using just the unaltered audio...

Taylor Swift's VMAs Performance, With Her Vocals Isolated
Taylor Swift performed her new single, "Shake It Off," at tonight's MTV Video Music Awards. It's a song about all her "haters," many of whom say the pop-country star can't sing live. So here's her isolated vocal track....
