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How Brazilian Protests Evolved To Fight Back Against The World Cup
From Dave Zirin's newest book, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy, available now. We'll be running excerpts throughout the World Cup....
How Muslim Athletes Deal With Ramadan
For the first time since 1986, the World Cup and Ramadan will overlap. Ramadan's a month in the Islamic calendar—a lunar calendar—in which Muslims, among other things, abstain from food and water during the day, breaking fast at sundown. The fasting will start Saturday. There's a substantial number ...
Why Your World Cup Stadium Sucks: Arena Da Baixada, Curitiba
Arena da Baixada is on the less-sucky end of Brazil's list of World Cup stadiums, but that's not to say it doesn't also kind of suck....
Walter Matthau, '70s Action Hero: The Lurid Charms Of <em>Charley Varrick</em>
For much of his adult life, Walter Matthau looked like a weathered chew-toy version of Ronald Reagan, not like anyone's idea of an action hero. But for a three-movie run of early-'70s crime thrillers, he made a case for himself as one of the all-time great movie tough guys, a calm and sardonic every...
Dioner Navarro Tries To Stretch Double Into Inside-The-Park HR, Fails
Oh, Dioner Navarro. You—and your third-base coach—should not have tempted fate and gone for home. All that effort for naught....
Fleshlight Finally Made An iPad Case That You Can Fuck
What took them so long?...
Carlos Peña Hits Home Run Into Brisket
Carlos Peña broke into the majors with the Rangers 13 years ago. Now he's back in the Dallas metroplex, and celebrating his return by hitting home runs into tubs of beef brisket....
Which NFL Stadiums Are The Most Convenient To Drive To?
When the 49ers begin playing in the new Levi's Stadium this season they'll be 43.3 miles away from San Francisco's downtown as seen in the chart above from Redditor Tashre. But the Niners, now playing in Santa Clara, aren't the only NFL team having to drive outside their team's namesake city. Accord...
Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri Just Scored A Goddamned Banger
Yep, that's a goddamned banger....
M&M's Flavors, Ranked
There's plenty to mock about the leaders of the dude-food movement—Fieri, Zimmern, the Epic Meal Timers—and their bag-tag army of regular doofs united by pork-themed t-shirts and their exaggerated disdain for small plates and Whole Foods. But we're not here to make fun of their indoor sunglasses or ...
How Zlatan Ibrahimović Finally Made The Special One Smile
The World Cup has been pretty damn entertaining so far but let's face it: It would be even better were Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic there. This is an excerpt from his hilarious (and surprisingly well-written) memoir, I Am Zlatan. ...
No Name Is Really Sacred To Dan Snyder
Another day, another embarrassment for the Washington Redskins. The latest public relations headache for Dan Snyder's beleaguered team? A group of activists opposed to its nickname has written to FedEx to challenge the company's continued sponsorship, USA Today reports....
Adrian Beltre Gets 2,500th Hit, Unwanted Head Touching
Adrian Beltre collected his 2,500th hit in Tuesday night's game against the Tigers. (That's pretty impressive! He's only the seventh third baseman to reach the mark.) Miguel Cabrera was at first base to give him the ball and a quick touch on the head. Beltre, a man who hates having his head touched,...
Ian Kinsler Homers, Mocks His Former Teammates
Remember when Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler turned his ESPN The Magazine profile into a platform from which to hurl molotov cocktails at his former team, the Texas Rangers, after he was traded to Detroit? It does not appear that time has done much to erode the animosity that Kinsler feels toward...
<em>Jeopardy!</em> Vs. <em>Wheel of Fortune</em>: Which One Makes You Feel Dumber?
I am a Thought Leader of Television, and so I've been asked to ruminate on the Big News that Jeopardy!—yeah! the exclamation point! is officially part of the title!—beat Wheel of Fortune in the ratings a coupla weeks ago, the first time in over a decade, and is this perhaps an indicator that maybe A...
The Many Crimes Of Luis Suárez, Soccer's Notorious Supervillain
The beauty of the World Cup—for Americans, at least—is that it exposes so many viewers to the nuances and enjoyments of an unfamiliar sport. This tournament has awoken the typical American sports fan to jaw-dropping goals, spectacular individual displays, unbridled joy followed by crushing disappoin...
Bill James Calls For Revolutionary Changes To The American Economy
Over at his website, Bill James has a fun feature called "Hey Bill," where he answers questions from readers. Sometimes these have to do with esoteric baseball topics and sometimes they have to do with other things, such as the ongoing debate over James's idea to fundamentally change the structure o...
Croatia Vs. Mexico Fan Brawl Features Shirtless, Smoking Hero
Right after Mexico took a 1-0 lead in yesterday's World Cup match against Croatia, a fight between the nations' supporters broke out in the stands. The fight featured quite a few reckless haymakers, a lot of shirtless Croatians, and one amazing badass....
World Cup Goals, As They Sounded At Home: June 23
Every day, Deadspin compiles each World Cup goal as called on a broadcast in the country that scored it. See previous days here....
Frida Kahlo Fan United In Support For Mexico
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