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What Are Your Favorite News Bloopers?

Today, we posted an old news blooper in which a story about former NFL player Kevin Everett accidentally had the wrong (but perfect) accompanying footage. Since then, the Deadspin staff has been remembering news gaffes and fuckups....

Study: The Median Age Of TV Wrestling Viewers Has Nearly Doubled Since 2000

Pro wrestling isn’t kids’ stuff. In fact, it’s viewed on television by an audience that’s much older than you might think....

Bill Belichick Seems Thrilled To Chat About Tom Brady's Alleged Unreported Brain Injuries

Last month, Gisele Bundchen went on TV and said that her husband Tom Brady has played with several unreported concussions over the course of his career, including last year. In the past four years, Brady has been officially listed with a concussion zero times. Patriots coach Bill Belichick managed t...

Reports: Cavaliers Locker Room Smelled Of Weed After Game 2

After Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Undefeated’s Mike Wise noticed some dank aromas in the Cavaliers’ locker room:...

Brock Lesnar Finally Has A Challenger

Part-timers have held a WWE championship a few times in recent years, and they necessarily haven’t defended their belts very much. The Rock ended CM Punk’s 434-day reign in January 2013, beat Punk in a rematch the next month, then lost it to John Cena at WrestleMania. That was a barnstorming tour co...

How Frank Deford Helped Pro Wrestling Journalism Become Very Real

To understand what Frank Deford, who died at 78 this past week, did for professional wrestling, you need to go back to one of his most famous articles, one which profiled what was, at the time, the other most popular entertainment sport in America. “The Roller Derby,” which was published in the Marc...

Eric Mangini Is Still Waiting For Bill Belichick To Be His Friend Again

It’s now been a decade since then-New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini set off Spygate by alerting the NFL to the New England Patriots videotaping opponents’ signals. And he still wants to repair his friendship with Bill Belichick, who hasn’t talked to him since. ...

Michigan State Fires Suspended Football Staffer Three Months Into Rape Investigation

The Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio decided not to renew the contract of Curtis Blackwell, a football staff member who was previously suspended with pay the same week that three separate investigations were initiated to look into a reported rape. ...

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Minor Leaguer Escalates Rowdy Brawl By Whipping A Baseball At Opponent [Update]

For a while, this basebrawl was suitably wild without exceeding the bounds of a typical melee. During a Sunday game between the West Michigan Whitecaps and the Dayton Dragons of the Class-A Midwest League, Whitecaps shortstop Daniel Pinero stepped on Jose Siri’s ankle after he stole second. Siri and...

Randy Orton RKOs Child

What is a long weekend for if not to utilize the pool and RKO your stepson in the lovely weather?...

What Kind Of Club Do Arsenal Want To Be?

Fresh off their worst league season in two decades, a disappointing Champions League campaign that, as it always seems to these days, ended with Bayern Munich pantsing them in front of the entire world, and coming off the most fervent instances of fan unrest due to the club’s sustained and arguably ...

MLB Uses Memory Of Dead Soldiers To Sell Tacky Baseball Caps

It’s easy to pick on the Red Sox for commercializing our most solemn holiday, but MLB’s greed spans the entire league:...

Weird Minor-League Strikeout Likely The Most Bizarre You Have Ever Seen

This is a weird strikeout!...

A Scrapbook Of Our Ashley Feinberg Memories On Her Last Day Of School

After nearly five years of blogging and writing for Gizmodo, Gawker, Deadspin, the Special Projects Desk, almost Fusion, and the Special Projects Desk again, senior reporter Ashley Feinberg is leaving for Wired magazine. Here’s how we will remember her. Rest in peace, Ashley....

Dead Letters: Some Jackwagon Who Hates Colin Kaepernick Won't Leave Me Alone

From: Scot House To: Dom CosentinoDate: Thu, May 18, 2017 at 8:27 PMSubject: Kaepernick...

Patriots Reporters Fail To Ask Bill Belichick About Tom Brady's Alleged Concussions

Bill Belichick met with reporters today, marking his first media availability since Tom Brady’s wife, Gisele Bündchen, went on TV and said that her husband has played with unreported concussions. Belichick fielded 18 questions, and not a single one was about Bündchen’s comments....

Brock Osweiler Says There's Proof That He Doesn't Suck

Maybe Brock Osweiler will be a better quarterback for the Browns. It’s possible that the Texans’ offensive scheme didn’t make the most of his abilities, which led him to throw 15 touchdowns against 16 picks and complete 59 percent of his 510 pass attempts. (This is admittedly an incredibly generous ...

Sean Spicer, Remember When You Were Happy?

White House press secretary and noted gumboy Sean Spicer hasn’t been having a very good time. Melania (allegedly) hates him, he’s mocked mercilessly, Trump probably wants to fire him, and most recently, the devout Catholic didn’t even get to meet the Pope. But it wasn’t always this way. There was a ...

Show Me Your Favorite Marcus Smart Highlight

While watching the Cavaliers beat the Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals last night, I sent a rude tweet:...