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Please Don't Keep Your Concussion A Secret
On Saturday, Maple Leafs pest Colby Armstrong collided with Ryan Kesler. Armstrong was diagnosed with a broken toe. On Monday, he was throwing up and had blurred vision. Previously questionable for last night's game, Armstrong is now out indefinitely with a concussion, one he kept to himself for nea...
What Dose Of Defeat Tastes Most Bitter?
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Wisconsin Lady Allegedly Got Angry Enough About The Packers Losing To Strangle Her Daughter
Well, this is awful:...
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Legendary Columnist Bill Conlin Resigns Over Forthcoming <em>Philly Inquirer</em> Bombshell [UPDATE]
The Philadelphia Inquirer's top investigative reporter, Nancy Phillips, has written a story containing what we're told are allegations of child molestation against sportswriter Bill Conlin, a longtime columnist at the rival Daily News. Conlin resigned just moments ago, according to a source at the D...
<em>Monday Night Football</em>'s Experiment With A New Sideline Reporter Failed Miserably
ESPN paid the NFL $1.1 billion this year for the rights to broadcast Monday Night Football. To bolster that coverage and warrant that massive sum, they pay millions of dollars in salaries to NFL sideline reporters Suzy Kolber, Rachel Nichols, Sal Paolantonio, and Ed Werder....
Right Now, The College Basketball World Hates Phil Martelli
Todd O'Brien is a senior big man for UAB, but you won't find his name in any box score from the eight games the Blazers have played this season. He's not injured or suspended. Instead, his eligibility has been held up by his former coach Phil Martelli, for whom O'Brien played at St. Joe's before ta...
Strikers Spend Their Lives Dreaming Of A Score As Pretty As This Own Goal
Welcome to YouTube, Festus Baise. The Nigerian defender, playing for Citizen in the Hong Kong first division, went reverse scorpion on his own net. Setting aside the unfortunate result, what was he hoping to accomplish? He was either going for the most stylish clearance of all time, or had a mid-a...
Homemade Infographic: When's Your Bowl Season?
Congratulations! Your football conference got invited to some bowl games. But "bowl game" covers nearly four weeks' worth of possibilities—from the MAC-WAC showdown in last week's Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to the SEC-on-SEC Alabama-LSU rematch in the national title game on Jan. 9....
ShortCenter: Marcellus Wiley Advocates For The Needle
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
The Vancouver Canucks Scored! Let Me Snake-Lick Your Face!
Your morning roundup for Dec. 20, the day we learned that some pens are immortal. Video via C. Swens. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Arizona State And Southern Miss Rumble After This All-Time Classic Sucker Punch
The resulting fight in Tempe wasn't on the scale of the one between Xavier and Cincinnati last week, but the punch that sparked it is so brutally dirty it's almost a work of art. After getting a forearm to the jaw from USM's Torye Pelham, ASU's Muscovite center Ruslan Pateev returns the favor with...
Aw Jeez, The Lights Are Out At Candlestick Again, A Fan Is On The Field, And Big Ben Is Providing Commentary
The lights went back out in Candlestick with 12:13 left in the first half, leading a fan to conclude the time was ripe to run onto the field. Ben Roethlisberger, meanwhile, lamented James Harrison's suspension—while Harrison himself took credit for the outage....
When The Lights Go Down In The City
The start of Monday Night Football is currently delayed due to this transformer explosion that blacked out Candlestick Park and presumably led to several copped feels. [ESPN]...
Albert Pujols's Wife Is "Mad At God," The Cubs Are Looking For A First Baseman, And More From The Hot Fucking Stove
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!...
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ESPN Writes Bullshit Article On ESPN Employee [UPDATE: Ex-Employee]
Fundraiser: ESPN's James to bid for U.S. Senate...
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Now Someone Has Sent Us A Picture Of What Might Be A Football Shower At Penn State [UPDATE]
We posted a story last week about Deadspin's failure to infiltrate the Penn State football showers where Jerry Sandusky used to shower with boys. A reader later sent us this photo of what his friend says are showers in the Lasch Football Building. Exciting, no? The friend is a manager for the Nebras...
This Is Don Mattingly As Mother Ginger In A Ballet Rendition Of <em>The Nutcracker</em>
The Dodgers manager's wife, Lori, had introduced him to the ballet. He "thought it would be fun" to join the company in his hometown of Evansville (Ind.), and he made his debut on Saturday night—blonde wig, makeup, blue dress, and all, thinking it "would be funny." Mattingly didn't dance, but based...
Penn State's Backup QB's "Minor Legal Issue" Was A Bottle Of Gatorade Stolen From The Dining Hall
While starter Matt McGloin remains questionable for the Ticket City Bowl after being knocked out by a teammate in practice, some light has been shed on backup Rob Bolden's legal troubles....
I Am Totally Not Going To Panic At All About Aaron Rodgers Getting Frighteningly Outplayed By Kyle Orton
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Ron Rivera Says The Panthers' Trick Play Yesterday Was Inspired By The Movie <i>Little Giants</i>
Carolina head coach Ron Rivera told reporters this afternoon that the Panthers' trick play against Houston yesterday was inspired by "The Annexation of Puerto Rico," the Fumblerooski play used at the end of the 1994 classic film Little Giants. Here's the play in question, which in the movie is cal...