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Fabricio Werdum Beats Travis Browne, Then Kicks Browne's Coach<em></em>
Fabricio Werdum defeated Travis Browne at UFC 203 tonight in a heavyweight bout that ended officially by unanimous decision but ended unofficially with Werdum kicking Browne’s coach, Edmond Tarverdyan....
No, CM Punk Did Not Win His UFC Debut
Mickey Gall annihilated CM Punk tonight in the former pro wrestler’s UFC debut, pummeling him until winning by a rear naked choke submission. Punk didn’t even make it out of the first round....
The Art Briles Apology Tour Is Awful
Former Baylor football coach Art Briles offered ambiguous, vaguely apology-like sentiments for “bad things” in excerpts of an interview aired Saturday during ESPN’s College GameDay. The segments that aired, nearly five minutes in length, were mostly an act of Briles avoiding things he did not want t...
An Anderson Silva Gets Ass Beaten On Live Kickboxing Match Broadcast
Rico Verhoeven retained his Glory heavyweight kickboxing belt by thoroughly kicking an Anderson Silva’s ass tonight at Glory 33, held tonight in New Jersey and aired live on ESPN2....
Amanda Knox's Boyfriend Is Here To Party Rock
Amanda Knox—aka Foxy Knoxy, the American student accused, convicted, and then acquitted (twice) of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007—is in Toronto this weekend to promote a forthcoming Netflix documentary that reexamines the case. ...
The First Woman In The NFL's Old Boys' Club
I attended my first league meeting not long after joining the organization on a full-time basis. This meeting was what the league refers to as a “two-per-club meeting” and as the name suggests, clubs were allowed to be represented by no more than two attendees. In most cases, the controlling owner t...
Famous Old Soccer Man Comes Out Of Retirement To Join Retirement League
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a great and celebrated soccer star, who not too long ago decided he didn’t have the drive and/or talent to hack it in the sport anymore, has chosen to take his talents to the geriatric enrichment program known as MLS due to his (likely accurate) belief that, ...
Roger Goodell Vs. The Refs
I want to make a revelation that I truly believe—and have believed for a long time:...
Andre Ward's Success Has Only Earned Him A Date With A Monster
Sergey Kovalev wanted to make sure that we understood that he respects Andre Ward for his track record as a fighter. Then again... “When I see him this morning he don’t even say hi,” Kovalev spat. “Fuck him.” ...
Deadspin 25: New Mexico State Is So Bad, Not Even The Sun Belt Wants It
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Arizona TV Station Airs Chase That Ends With Police Shooting Into Windshield [Update]
A police chase in Phoenix, Ariz. ended after one of the officers got out of his vehicle and shot several times into the driver’s windshield....
Troy Aikman Hates Skip Bayless, And Fox Sports Loves It<em></em>
Skip Bayless’s new show on FS1, the two-and-a-half-hour-long Second Take, just wrapped up its debut, and you’ll be shocked to learn not only that he and cohost Shannon Sharpe discussed Tim Tebow, Johnny Manziel, and the Cowboys in-depth, but that Bayless challenged Sharpe to bring stronger takes mul...
Notre Dame Ties Texas On Blocked PAT
One of this weekend’s wildest games got even stranger when Notre Dame surrendered the lead to Texas on a late touchdown, only to equalize the score when Shaun Crawford returned the Longhorns’ blocked point-after attempt the length of the field for two points....
Here Are Two Visceral Reminders To Always Be Aware Of Your Surroundings
Football is a dangerous sport, especially if you are not playing it:...
Report: USC Football Player Raped Woman Twice, Snapchatted Videos To Her Ex<em></em>
USC linebacker Osa Masina was suspended by the school on Tuesday amid two separate sexual assault investigations. Both the Cottonwood Heights Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating Masina for assaults that allegedly took place in July in California and Utah. TMZ re...
Holy Shit, Fireworks UFO
SpaceX accidentally exploded a rocket that was going to send a $95 million Facebook satellite into orbit this morning. Footage from the scene was pretty wild. Bummer!...
Do Violence To A Chicken And Eat Like Royalty All Week<em></em>
Both of my parents are talented, dedicated cooks with demanding law careers. This means that in order to feed themselves and their four kids homemade dinners during the week, they were, without ever calling it that, masters of meal planning. Huge swatches of the weekends were spent on intricate reci...
Meet The Couple Who Got Caught Faking A Historic Mt. Everest Ascent
In June, Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod lived out a lifelong dream and summited Mt. Everest. They became the first Indian couple to climb the mountain together, and claimed that they’d been putting off having a child until they managed to climb the world’s tallest mountain. It’s a heartwarming story...
A Hungry Mike Tyson Allegedly Stole Some Ice Cream At The U.S. Open
Mike Tyson is apparently a big fan of tennis, as his daughter is an avid high school player and he’s attending the U.S. Open this week. He’s also apparently a big fan of ice cream, as he allegedly swiped an ice cream bar from a vendor this morning at the U.S. Open and never paid for it....
Donald Trump Gives Big Mexico Speech, Sounds Very Much Like Someone Zonked Out On Pills
Well, Donald Trump went to Mexico. And while it wasn’t the comedy of errors we were hoping for, the trip was not without its high points. Specifically, the fact that Donald Trump sounded exactly like a man who’d been popping Quaaludes since dawn....