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Fox News Host Fooled By Viral Hoax Photo Of Shark On Highway
The scenes in Houston are scary and sad. Photos show parts of the city completely flooded, with more rain on the way. But one photo that’s been circulating is not scary or sad or real: It’s a photo of a shark on a highway. ...

The Mets Have Shut Down David Wright And His Battered Body Once Again
After suffering through an excruciating set of conditions including spinal stenosis and a herniated disc in his neck, David Wright has played less than half a season of major-league ball over the past three years. He last appeared in a Mets uniform back in spring training, where the career third bas...

What Bad Player Did You Inexplicably Love As A Kid?
Kids are captivated by the most random things, including some athletes who weren’t actually all that great. Let’s remember some guys—here are some of the Deadspin staff’s old, strange loves, with varying levels of explanation:...

Why Your Team Sucks 2017: New York Giants<em></em>
Some people are fans of the New York Giants. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Giants. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....

Jets: Armagedon Is Coming
The truth can sometimes be too on the nose: The Jets are signing a safety named Armagedon Draughn, who played at four different colleges and was briefly on a CFL team. A perfect fit for a roster stricken by pestilence....

Mariners Stumble Through A Humiliating Five-Error Inning
The Mariners are playing meaningful baseball late in the season and have a chance to make the playoffs for the first time since 2001. With this execution, though, they’d be lucky to hang with the Little League champs....

What The Hell Are You Doing, Captain Obvious.
The Mets jumped out to a quick start today in the first game of a doubleheader against the Nationals, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning against Nats rookie pitcher Erick Fedde. With the score already 3-0, Travis d’Arnaud smoked a liner foul up the line in left field, where it bounced...

Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Miami Dolphins<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Miami Dolphins. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Miami Dolphins. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....

Rich Piana Lived As Big As He Was
Many people die as they live. There are the Reinhard Heydrichs who go out feeling the same pain they caused in their lives run through their urethras before the light flickers out, the King Fahds who sit in luxury as their hearts murmur then finally flatline, and the Michael Jacksons who perish in c...

Brett Gardner Is Sheriff Of The Fun Police
Today is the start of Players’ Weekend, a new MLB initiative designed to let players have a little bit of fun and express themselves in a league that so often tries to stifle those things. Players have picked nicknames to display on the back of their jersey—for one weekend, baseball will be graced b...

My Five Favorite Moments From The Yankees-Tigers Brawl
Yesterday saw the weirdest and most interesting game of the season, a 10-6 Tigers win over the Yankees that saw eight ejections, four batters hit by pitches, three bench clearings, and a whole bunch of legitimate punches....
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Benches Clear After Miguel Cabrera And Austin Romine Have A Legit Fight At Home Plate [Updates]
Most baseball fights are a bunch of meaningless posturing, but Yankees catcher Austin Romine and Tigers DH Miguel Cabrera exchanged actual punches and rolled around in the dirt during today’s game in Detroit....

Bad Thing Happens To Mets Player
This is going to come as a shock, but the Mets dealt with some terrible luck today....

Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Detroit Lions<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Detroit Lions. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Detroit Lions. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....

Will The NFL Ever Get Rid Of The Preseason?
Giants wideout Odell Beckham Jr. has an ankle sprain, which in this instance is good news, considering how severe the injury looked when it happened. Now for the bad news: The sprain reportedly could keep Beckham from playing in the Giants’ first two regular-season games. Which means it’s time again...

Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Denver Broncos<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Denver Broncos. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Denver Broncos. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....

Giants Cut Michael Bowie Following Domestic Assault Charge
The Giants cut lineman Michael Bowie today, a week after he was charged with domestic violence in Bixby, Oklahoma. In a statement, Giants General Manager Jerry Reese said:...
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ESPN Radio Host Ryen Russillo Arrested In Wyoming For Misdemeanor Criminal Entry [Updates]
Ryen Russillo, host of The Russillo Show on ESPN, was arrested in Wyoming today. The details on the Teton County Sheriff’s Office inmate list are scarce, but the 42-year-old Russillo was charged with criminal entry....

Gary Sanchez Hit The Second-Longest Home Run Of The Year
Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez clobbered a 493-foot home run, one of two on the night, in New York’s 13-4 win over the Tigers. Maybe most impressively, he hit it off an 80 mph changeup....