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Sports Fans Booing and Jeering Trump, Round Two
Less than a week after being booed at Game 5 of the World Series in Washington, President Donald Trump got booed at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in Madison Square Garden in New York. The jeers rang out when he arrived for the mixed martial arts bouts on Saturday with sons Eric and Donald ...
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We're Sam Miller And Ben Lindbergh, The Authors Of <i>The Only Rule Is It Has To Work</i>. Let's Chat!
We’re joined in the comments by Sam Miller of Baseball Prospectus and Ben Lindbergh of ESPN, authors of the fantastic new book The Only Rule Is It Has To Work. (You can read an excerpt here.) The idea here is simple—the two sabermetrically-inclined writers were given control of baseball operations f...
The First Time We Got High: A Deadspin Confessional
The Deadspin staff has a few self-described stoners and a few notable herbs. And because the latter are equal to the former, we will now anonymously share our stories of the first time we got high. (It might be pretty obvious who’s who.) Please feel free to share your first memory of being stoned be...
Deadspin's Favorite Vines Of 2015
The Deadspin staff picked their favorite Vines from 2015, and you won’t be surprised to learn that many of them include maniacal dogs. Please enjoy. ...
And Now, Our Favorite <i>Key & Peele</i> Sketches
For nearly four years, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have been among the best at dishing out incisive racial comedy to a generation that sorely needed it. Whether making lighthearted jabs at pop-culture trends or tackling serious political issues, their sketches were at their best when they we...
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Been a lot going on 'round these parts recently, and since we don't feel like doing anything productive, how about you just ask us some questions, yeah?...
I Turned Out OK In Spite Of Corporal Punishment, Not Because Of It
Drew Magary's post yesterday on corporal punishment and parenting inspired a great deal of feedback, including a long, thoughtful email from a reader named Jason Mello, which, with his permission, we've reprinted below. ...
The Deadspin -51*: The Most Useless Thinkers, Doers, And Dreamers
Last week, Politico, a Washington, DC-based native advertising shop, produced the Politico 50, a list of "the thinkers, doers and dreamers who really matter in this age of gridlock and dysfunction."...
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What Would Your Ideal Sports Website Look Like?
Serious question. Approach from any angle you wish. If you could build a sports site from scratch, what would it look like? What would it cover? What sort of bells and whistles would you want? Tell us in the discussion below....
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Our work ethic is terrible, and our colleagues at Gawker, the Internet's TV Guide for people who feed salad to their dogs, reminded us last week that we can simply talk to you all instead of doing actual work. So, let's do this. ...
Typo Dramatically Alters Meaning Of Sign About Beer Sales
A reader spotted this sign at the Colorado Rockies' home opener. Under normal circumstances, this is the kind of sign that would make a beer-guzzling baseball fan hang his head in sadness. But thanks to a typo, this sign suddenly transformed into a one-way ticket to party town, where the beers only ...
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How Michael Vick Shaped The Modern NFL
Last Friday, Michael Vick signed a one-year deal with the Jets. He'll be 34 by the time the season begins. The following is excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Kyle Wagner....
The Deadspin Guide To March Madness, For Haters And Lovers Alike
There are a lot of things to love and hate about March Madness. This is how we feel about those things....
The Best Part Of The Sloan Conference Is All The Pro Sports Gamblers
By now, we've heard about all the different kinds of geniuses and salesmen and Malcolm Gladwells at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. It's true, you'll find all kinds of wonderful nerds there. What they don't tell you is that the guys having the most fun are probably the sports bettors, wh...
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A Ban On Black Players Cost The NFL Its Most Exciting Quarterback
Excerpted from Deadspin's Big Book of Black Quarterbacks. This entry is written by Greg Howard. ...