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![Idiot Admits To Punching C.M. Punk, Provoking Wrestler To Attack Innocent Bystander On Last Night's <em>Raw</em> [UPDATE: WWE Responds]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Idiot Admits To Punching C.M. Punk, Provoking Wrestler To Attack Innocent Bystander On Last Night's <em>Raw</em> [UPDATE: WWE Responds]
The case for last night's ugly incident at the end of WWE Raw being a legit shoot grows stronger as a bold individual has stepped forward on his Twitter account to admit punching C.M. Punk in the kidneys, prompting the wrestler to club a nearby fan he appears to have mistakenly believed to have be...
![C.M. Punk Slugs Spectator On <em>WWE Raw</em>, But It Was Probably Worked [UPDATE: Maybe Not]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
C.M. Punk Slugs Spectator On <em>WWE Raw</em>, But It Was Probably Worked [UPDATE: Maybe Not]
C.M. Punk has risen to become one of WWE's most prized assets by leveraging decent athleticism, quality mic skills, and an especially strong ability to work shoots. We're assuming that's what happened tonight, as Punk sledged a fan in the face during the closing seconds of tonight's episode of Raw...

Wes Welker Had To Explain His Joke To A Bunch Of People Who Knew He Was Joking
Wes Welker had an excellent game against the Broncos on Sunday, catching 13 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown. He also did something after the game that caught people's attention. During a postgame interview with CSNNE, Welker said, "It's definitely nice to stick it in Bill's face" (in reference...

That Sure Looks Like A Pair Of Vicious Hickeys On Rob Gronkowski's Neck
The Patriots tight end didn't have the best game yesterday, reeling in just four catches for 35 yards. But the picture above suggests that Gronk had himself a time earlier in the weekend....

Roundup: What You Missed The Weekend We Saw MLB's Desperate Attempt To Save Face
MLB Removed The Phrase "We Don't Understand The Infield Fly Rule" From Its Twitter Profile | Major League Baseball quietly edited its Twitter profile in the moments after the infield fly debacle in Atlanta tonight, removing the line "We don't understand the infield fly rule, either" from its descri...

Division III Football Game Provides Reminder Not To Storm The Field Until The Game Is Actually Over
Division III played host to one of the craziest football game endings in recent history Saturday. Concordia College (Moorhead) led Bethel University 14-7 and forced a Bethel fumble on what should have been the last play of the game; Concordia players rushed onto the field in celebration, but the p...

The Colts Discount Double Checked And B.J. Raji-Shuffled All Over The Packers: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup
Here's where we're putting the GIFs of the week, from Donald Brown triumphantly trolling the Packers to Brandon Lloyd dancing around like no one's looking....

Pssst! It's Tom Brady And Peyton Manning: Your NFL Late Games Viewing Guide
And just like that, we are closer to week six. You probably grew some gray hairs and yelled at some neighborhood kids. The inexorable march of time persists. Enjoy what you can. ...

Are You Ready For Some Stock Footage Of Cheesesteaks And Pierogi?!: Your NFL Early Games Viewing Guide
Let's just all take a moment to reflect on—holy shit, it's week five already. It's possible your team is on bye already, which, my God I'm so sorry. The season just started but pretty soon it's going to be week 12 and then week 17 and then before you know it you're 65 and dead. Like that. ...

Here's How Tavon Austin Dominated The First Quarter With Just Six Touches
It's not too often you get to see a player that doesn't line up in the backfield dominate a game over a stretch of time, but it happened for a quarter tonight. Mountaineers wide receiver and kick returner Tavon Austin finished the first quarter of tonight's WVU-Texas game with 166 all-purpose yard...

Auburn Wrests Title Of "Team Everyone Wants To Play" From Arkansas
Arkansas beat Auburn today, which in itself wouldn't be so strange except that as recently as this morning it was reasonable to ask whether Arkansas would ever win another game, ever, ever. The Hogs were a preseason top-10 team that lost f̶i̶v̶e̶ four games—in September. If someone was to cushion th...

Happy Valley Happy, NU Grads Less So, As Matt McGloin And The Nittany Lions Upset Northwestern
Penn State's football program may be on its way to the cathartic comeback predicted here and there at the beginning of the season. After starting the year with consecutive losses to a very good Ohio University team and a pretty bad UVA team, Bill O'Brien's squad has won four straight, including its ...

Beer Of The Week: Blue Buck, In Time For Canadian Thanksgiving
Monday marks a holiday that in Canada is known as Thanksgiving. Any American will recognize the basic outlines of the day: Get together with friends and family and eat until you can compare stretchmarks and then succumb to naps. That doesn't mean it's the same holiday. Care to (U) guess (S) which (A...

Sign Of The Apocalypse: Mass Child Lead Poisoning
For nearly two decades, Sports Illustrated has stirred the tea leaves to discern a weekly Sign of the Apocalypse. Deadspin salutes the magazine's ongoing effort to cover the end of times but declines to cede the scoop on the biggest event in world history....

We Now Have A Gay Athlete Who Can Beat The Hell Out Anyone Who Has A Problem With It
Well, Megan Rapinoe could probably beat up your average bigot, but the roster of gay men in sports had been lacking anyone actively participating in a sport and, therefore, anyone who might put the lie to the homophobe's treasured notion that gay people are unathletic or unfit for competition. Kevin...

How's That "Going For It On Fourth Down" Thing Going For San Diego State?
This August brought momentous news: San Diego State Aztecs head coach Rocky Long had done lost his mind, and would be implementing essentially the strategy all advanced football stats people have been stridently advocating since the dawn of advanced football stats. Long was going for it on fourth (i...

Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: Mountain Fastness
It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be. ...

Come Chat With The <em>SF Weekly's</em> Joe Eskenazi, Author Of That Terrific Story About Bleacher Report
Earlier this week, the SF Weekly published a lengthy story by Joe Eskenazi about the rise and inner workings of Bleacher Report, purveyors of flavorless, pre-fabricated, market-based sports news. We thought the piece was great. Others thought the piece was not so great....

Michael Wilbon Is A Gutless, Starfucking Crybaby Troll
For the past three decades, Mike Wilbon has earned a living barely disguising his contempt for you, the filthy peasant sports fan. Whether boasting to the world how unsurprised he was about Sean Taylor being murdered, or chastising you for looking to him for gossip from his White House partygoing, o...

The NHL Just Canceled The First Two Weeks Of Its Regular Season
The NHL has locked out its players for nearly a month now, and today we saw the first meaningful casualty: the first two weeks of hockey are gone. The NHL's usual wacky overseas openers had been scrapped back in March, but now the rest of the openers—Kings-Rangers, Flames-Canucks, Sens-Habs—are gone...