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![Donald Trump as the 1991 Detroit Pistons? He's not even in the same league](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/whofq8fecf4kq9cygmkw.jpg)
![Joonas Korpisalo Joins the Bittersweet Records Club: Here Are Some More Standout Performances in Losing Efforts](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/qvyai7i35orbfpqjh7mo.jpg)
![Leonard Hamilton Treats Dana Jacobson Like Shit For Asking Totally Legitimate Question [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Leonard Hamilton Treats Dana Jacobson Like Shit For Asking Totally Legitimate Question [UPDATE]
Florida State allowed Michigan to walk away with tonight’s win, choosing not to foul despite being down only four points and multiple teams this month winning while facing similar game scenarios. CBS’s Dana Jacobson asked Seminoles head coach Leonard Hamilton after the game to explain his decision, ...
![Which Loss Is Worse: A Blowout Or A Heartbreaker?<em></em>](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/mmksto7rsc8cuncpnccq.jpg)
Which Loss Is Worse: A Blowout Or A Heartbreaker?<em></em>
The most miserable way to watch your favorite team lose a big game is unquestionably through a miraculous comeback like Falcons fans endured last year. But what about the two other extreme options, a close game that comes down to the wire or a game that was never competitive to begin with? This year...
![Andrew McCutchen Meant Everything To Pittsburgh](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/i3rvuqlggwr6bqilm162.gif)
Andrew McCutchen Meant Everything To Pittsburgh
Watch that clip up there. It says all there is to say about what Andrew McCutchen meant to Pirates fans in general, and to Pittsburgh in particular. For a long time, it was damn near impossible to imagine a Pirates player who possessed enough star power to affect young fans like that. Now that McCut...
![Canada Wins World Juniors; Swedish Captain Hurls Silver Medal Away](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Canada Wins World Juniors; Swedish Captain Hurls Silver Medal Away
Canada claimed the world junior hockey championship tonight with a 3-1 win over Sweden, and a distraught Swedish captain Lias Andersson wanted nothing to do with his silver medal—first attempting to not even have it placed around his neck, before immediately chucking it over the glass where a happy ...
![All Losers Brackets Should Be Called Repechages](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/krwopb1m3yspqondt0f4.jpg)
All Losers Brackets Should Be Called Repechages
What do you call the part of a double-elimination tournament where the losers go after their first loss? There is a reasonable case for “loser’s bracket,” “losers bracket,” and “losers’ bracket.” Let’s give loser’s bracket two losses; this isn’t the bracket of one loser. Losers’ bracket might be str...
![A Pirates Fan Talks To Francisco Cabrera, 25 Years After The Worst Game Ever](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/j4mcyaqdkhr6osdafapv.jpg)
A Pirates Fan Talks To Francisco Cabrera, 25 Years After The Worst Game Ever
The idea, or part of it, was to tell Francisco Cabrera what he did to me. I wanted to let him know that the greatest moment of his otherwise anonymous big-league career was such a gut-punch in my life. I wanted to relate to him how funereal things were for me the next day at school, and how long tha...
![Donald Trump Is A Frightened Coward And I Bet $100,000 He Won't Fight Me<em></em>](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/lbp1lkkum4p2fl7rvm4e.gif)
Donald Trump Is A Frightened Coward And I Bet $100,000 He Won't Fight Me<em></em>
Last month, I made a public challenge to Donald Trump, which I will repeat here: If he or either of his sons will box me for one round, I will make the maximum legal contribution to his campaign and donate $100,000 to the charity of his choice....
![Sixers Beat Warriors, 105-108](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Sixers Beat Warriors, 105-108
The hapless Philadelphia 76ers erased a 24-point Golden State lead en route to shocking the reigning champion Warriors 105-108, with a last-second Harrison Barnes three-pointer proving to establish the final score....
![Gronks Appear On Family Feud, Immediately Lose](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Gronks Appear On Family Feud, Immediately Lose
Patriots tight end and erotica protagonist Rob Gronkowski appeared last night on ABC’s Family Feud with three of his brothers and his dad, facing off against Holly Robinson Peete’s family. It did not go well for the Gronks....
![Pujols, Trout Mock Fernando Rodney's "Arrow" Celebration](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Pujols, Trout Mock Fernando Rodney's "Arrow" Celebration
There's nothing more frustrating than an opposing closer being demonstrative about doing his job. Say, Fernando Rodney getting the third out, then miming pulling an arrow out of his quiver, nocking it, and firing. Infuriating, if it's against you. Yesterday, the Angels got the very best possible r...
![The Best Story Ever Written About Losing](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/803097918925635984.jpg)
The Best Story Ever Written About Losing
In keeping with the day's theme, below is a classic Esquire profile of Floyd Patterson after his second devastating loss to Sonny Liston, which we reprinted a year ago on The Stacks. No athlete has ever talked so frankly about his own shortcomings as Patterson did with author Gay Talese. He confesse...
![<em>Jeopardy!</em> Hacker Arthur Chu Has Lost](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
<em>Jeopardy!</em> Hacker Arthur Chu Has Lost
Arthur Chu's streak of Jeopardy! wins has ended at 11, as he failed in tonight's show to answer Final Jeopardy correctly after a miserable game that left him in third place entering the final round....