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The Horse People Are Mad Online
This morning, Sports Illustrated announced that Serena Williams is the magazine’s sportsperson of the year. Williams took home the title despite losing to racehorse American Pharoah in the fan vote, and people who like horses are very mad about this....
William Gay Flagged For Extra-Excessive Celebration
Look, defensive players don’t score many touchdowns. And the Steelers’ bar for excessive celebration was set pretty high last weekend. So we don’t begrudge William Gay one bit for this celebration that lasted the better part of half a minute—or the officials for throwing a flag on it....
The 2015 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog
I have terrible news for you, America. I know that you’ve already endured a harsh autumn of partisan politics and mass tragedies and inconsistent NFL officiating. I know you can’t handle one more goddamn piece of bad news right now. It’s too much. It may break your spirit entirely. But I have to do ...
Media Firm At Heart Of FIFA Scandal Sued To Protect The Sanctity Of Its Bribes
You know when you hear about some friend who bought some weed off a new drug dealer, only to find out it was probably half oregano, and they’re upset but don’t know what to do, and you tell them “Well, it’s not like you can take a drug dealer to court?” Apparently, the crooked marketing execs and ve...
Good Dunking, Darius Thompson
The #10 Virginia Cavaliers won their seventh straight game of the season against William & Mary today. That’s all good and fine and to be expected, but this here slam from Darius Thompson was one of the better ones I’ve seen this year....
Oh Huh, The Dallas Mavericks Might Be Good Again
The Dallas Mavericks were lumped in with the Portland Trailblazers as teams most likely to drop out of the playoffs this year. They missed out on Texas natives DeAndre Jordan and LaMarcus Aldridge, then overpaid for Wesley Matthews. The Great Emoji War was not kind to them. And yet here they are, wi...
Vikings Angry At "Cheap" Rams After Late Hits On Teddy Bridgewater
Vikings players and coaches had strong words for the Rams—and especially defensive coordinator Gregg Williams—after Minnesota’s 21-18 overtime win, completed without QB Teddy Bridgewater, who left early in the fourth after being knocked unconscious by a shoulder to the head from CB Lamarcus Joyner....
Willian's Perfect Free Kick Saves Chelsea's Ass
Man, Willian’s right foot really is about the only way Chelsea can score, huh? After opening their account with an own goal off a deflected cross from, you guessed it, Willian, Chelsea fought back from a late Dynamo equalizer to score the winner in the 83rd minute....
If You Steal From Serena Williams, She Will Hunt You Down
Serena Williams just posted a highly entertaining story about her brush with a possible thief to her Facebook page. This is what happens when you are dumb enough to try and steal Serena Williams’s cell phone:...
Dusty Baker Named Washington Nationals Manager After They Cheap Out On Bud Black
Last Wednesday Bud Black agreed to become the Washington Nationals manager, with seemingly everything wrapped up and just the i’s to dot and the t’s to cross. It was such a done deal that the Washington Post was writing articles with headlines like “What’s next after the Nationals’ hiring of Bud Bla...
Tiger Woods' Former Caddy Says Working For Him Was Like Being His "Slave"
Steve Williams served as Tiger Woods’ caddy from 1999 to 2011, during which Woods dominated the PGA Tour, won 13 of his 14 Majors, and earned over $88 million. Williams recently wrote a book called “Out Of The Rough” about his time with Tiger, and he was very critical of Woods, of whom he once said ...
The NFL Fined Two Players For Honoring Their Dead Mothers
The NFL has fined a player for a really stupid reason. Well, we have to be more specific than that: The NFL has fined a player for publicly supporting a good cause that the league also unequivocally supports. Okay, that still doesn’t narrow it down enough: The NFL has fined Steelers defensive back W...
EAT SHIT, LEITCH!
This is Will Leitch, the founder of Deadspin and world’s most annoying Cardinals fan. We love Leitch, but we also like trolling him at every possible opportunity by telling him that he is human garbage and his favorite team is a band of wingnut Puritan shitbags who hack into laptops and pepper spray...
The NFL Will Exploit Your Dead Mom But Not Let You Celebrate Her
Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams has an incredibly personal connection to the cause of breast cancer awareness. Four of his aunts died of breast cancer, and last year, so did his mother, Sandra Hill. Williams has dyed his hair pink, painted his toenails, and written about his famil...
Report: Florida QB Will Grier Suspended Rest Of Season For Using PEDs
Multiple outlets are reporting that Florida’s starting quarterback, Will Grier, has just been suspended for the rest of the season. ESPN is reporting that the suspension is because Grier tested positive for performance enhancing drugs....
Report: Auburn Receiver Duke Williams Went On A Punching Rampage
Auburn Tigers head coach Gus Malzahn announced yesterday that he had dismissed wide receiver D’haquille “Duke” Williams from the team. Malzahn didn’t get into the specifics of why Williams was dismissed, but it might have had something to do with an alleged rampage that Williams went on at a local b...
Bruce Bochy Was "Giddily Incredulous" With How Matt Williams Handled His Bullpen
Whenever just-fired former Nationals manager Matt Williams found himself on the receiving end of pointed questioning about a decision he made, his go-to move was to simply state one of his players’ role. ...
Report: Nationals Fire Matt Williams
The news everyone on the planet was expecting has broken: the Washington Nationals have reportedly fired manager Matt Williams....
The Washington Nationals Certainly Seem To Hate Matt Williams
The Washington Post’s Barry Svrluga has a deep, perfectly-timed dive into the Washington National’s disaster of a season. Not only is it a complete tick-tock of how the team fell apart, it features a number of quotes and anecdotes from inside the clubhouse, each one revealing that Matt Williams’s pe...
Nationals Blow Comeback In Most Nationals Way Possible
If you proposed the ending to tonight’s Washington Nationals game in a work of fiction, the audience would complain that it was too on the nose to be realistic. But truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and all that jazz. ...