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![Things I Lost In The Fire](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/jt7yszl2kqtqbue2irlq.jpg)
![Three Men Crossed Frozen Lake Baikal, And Chased More Than A World Record](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
![Jim Irsay Mailed A Fan $8,500 In Cash For Predicting The Score Of The AFC Championship](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18ceyp7dyoe7ejpg.jpg)
Jim Irsay Mailed A Fan $8,500 In Cash For Predicting The Score Of The AFC Championship
Colts owner is a weird dude. But he's honest. So when he tweeted Sunday afternoon that he'd give $8,500 to the first person to correctly predict the outcome and score of the Ravens/Patriots game (with a one-point cushion), there was no reason not to take a guess. One Colts fan named Jason went with ...
![A Group Of Bros Infiltrated The Knicks Locker Room, Asked Gregg Popovich About J.R. Smith, And Got Kicked Out After Snapping A Picture Of Half-Naked Carmelo](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18ak2vziqtzyljpg.jpg)
A Group Of Bros Infiltrated The Knicks Locker Room, Asked Gregg Popovich About J.R. Smith, And Got Kicked Out After Snapping A Picture Of Half-Naked Carmelo
On Thursday night, Peter and his friends had courtside tickets to Knicks-Spurs, a gift from a family friend that meant an up-close view of the game in which Stephen Jackson injured himself tripping over Mike Bloomberg's waitress and J.R. Smith did this. After it ended, they did what anyone would do ...
![Some Texas A&M Fan Snuck Onto The Field And Watched The Alabama Game From The Aggies' Sideline](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/185iifysgpzimjpg.jpg)
Some Texas A&M Fan Snuck Onto The Field And Watched The Alabama Game From The Aggies' Sideline
Texas A&M's upset of Alabama was undoubtedly a thrill for every Aggie fan. But imagine what it must have been like for the guy in the top right corner of the photo above. No wonder dude jogged off the field at halftime with such a shit-eating grin: On an A&M message board, he tells the story of how ...
![I Was Piggybacked By The Piggyback Bandit](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1803vtdocsr5cjpg.jpg)
I Was Piggybacked By The Piggyback Bandit
The Piggyback Bandit, aka Sherwin Shayegan, is the bogeyman of high school sports. As chronicled by Grantland's Bryan Curtis, the 31-year-old Shayegan has spent the last few years showing up randomly at sporting events, pretending to be a player, manager, reporter—anything to get close enough to the...
![This Photo Captures The Moment A Pissed-Off Steelers Fan Threw Her Beer On The Photographer After Tracy Porter's Game-Ending INT](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17ypicaxikylwjpg.jpg)
This Photo Captures The Moment A Pissed-Off Steelers Fan Threw Her Beer On The Photographer After Tracy Porter's Game-Ending INT
Everyone, leave Syria, leave Afghanistan, the Pulitzer for breaking news photography is now a one-shot race. A 26-year-old Broncos fan named Greg Wilson took this photo of an angry Steelers fan at Mile High moments after Tracy Porter picked off Ben Roethlisberger to seal Denver's 31-19 victory. The ...
!["I Would Like To Extend You A Counter-Offer To Suck My Dick": A Rejected Jobseeker Sends The Padres The Best Letter Ever](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17vhbwle6av3ljpg.jpg)
"I Would Like To Extend You A Counter-Offer To Suck My Dick": A Rejected Jobseeker Sends The Padres The Best Letter Ever
Taylor Grey Meyer estimates that she applied for a job with the San Diego Padres at least 30 times since moving to Coronado, Calif. Initially, in the sales office; but as she was alternately rejected and ignored, she lowered her sights. This past March, she applied for a minimum-wage job selling tic...
![How A Senior League Hockey Fight Ended With One Player Pooping In An Opponent's Glove](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18j4q02gqxjprjpg.jpg)
How A Senior League Hockey Fight Ended With One Player Pooping In An Opponent's Glove
Earlier today, the most intriguing athlete bio in the history of athlete bios made the rounds. Zung Nguyen, a 37-year old defenseman for a Boston-area men's hockey league, became an instant legend for this single sentence:...
![Meet The Minor Leaguer And Scam Artist Who Sold A Pittsburgh Pirate To Australia](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18j4rmzj6vqmdjpg.jpg)
Meet The Minor Leaguer And Scam Artist Who Sold A Pittsburgh Pirate To Australia
Surely it was a surprising development when Pirates outfielder Xavier Paul agreed to sign with the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League this season. But his agent dotted the I's and crossed the T's, and Brisbane rolled out the red carpet for Paul to make his debut last week....
![The Luckiest Guys At Game 7 Bet It All On Red, And Lost](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18j4se85bhpbpjpg.jpg)
The Luckiest Guys At Game 7 Bet It All On Red, And Lost
This is the totally true story of three guys from Nashville who decided that afternoon to head to St. Louis and pay for game 7 tickets with one spin of the roulette wheel. They did not win. They made it in anyway. [Diamond Hoggers]...
![This Is What Happens When Old Drunk Alumni Trash And Poop A Vanderbilt Frat House On Homecoming To The Tune Of $12,000](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/18j4sizt7e8nmjpg.jpg)
This Is What Happens When Old Drunk Alumni Trash And Poop A Vanderbilt Frat House On Homecoming To The Tune Of $12,000
Vanderbilt held its homecoming weekend last week, and as is tradition, the fraternities hosted alumni brothers for a Saturday night party. At Sigma Alpha Epsilon, they are still surveying the damage....
![Here's A Video About Hunting Mork Encino With A Pellet Pistol](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Here's A Video About Hunting Mork Encino With A Pellet Pistol
Spoiler Alert: Mork "Hunting Bait" Encino survives this segment about his whole "you can hunt me for $10K (or $12K if you want me naked)" schtick. How can I be sure? Because he sent a private Twitter message this week about his talks to appear on the George Lopez Tonight show in the days before th...
![Mork "Hunting Bait" Encino's Story Got The Taiwanese-Animation Treatment, Too](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Mork "Hunting Bait" Encino's Story Got The Taiwanese-Animation Treatment, Too
Will somebody — anybody — pony up $12,000 so we can find out what it's like to hunt a human being, win, lose or drawl?...