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The Skins Are Horrendous, But At Least They're Quick About ItHere is an item that might actually cheer Skins fans about their cheerless excuse for a football team:...

Yu Darvish Waited Over A Year To Get Justin Verlander Back For A JokeWhile chasing down a slow grounder in Game 2 of the World Series, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander fell on his butt as he threw the ball off his shin. Nobody was hurt; it was just a nice blooper....

This Is Not How Wrestling Ring Ropes Work, <i>WWE 2K20 </i>[Update]Madden glitches are a well-covered phenomenon, but it’s officially time for a new challenger to step into the ring with its own brand of broken gameplay. WWE 2K20 came out on Tuesday, and already fans are finding match-breaking bugs and general unpolished hilarity, such as this mess of a Tables, Lad...

Apologies To This Hockey Child, But I Am His Mother Now

Whether or not to have a child is a complicated and morally questionable decision that each person must weigh carefully. It is a difficult question for most people except for me, because I have decided to adopt this small hockey boy and love him forever. ...

Theo Epstein Landlord-Tenant Lawsuit Pits Scorpion Infestation Against Home-Befouling Doggo

Cubs executive Theo Epstein is embroiled in a not-at-all-classic security deposit dispute with a landlord whose home in Paradise Valley, Arizona Epstein rented with his family during spring training in 2015. The landlord says Epstein’s small family dog was a prolific piss-monster; Epstein says the h...

Stephen Strasburg's Teammates Must Keep Hugging Him Until His Icy Heart Melts

Stephen Strasburg kicked ass last night, striking out 12 Cardinals hitters in seven innings of work and leading his team to an 8-1 Game 3 victory. As you can see in the image above, all that hard work was repaid when he entered the dugout after recording his final out of the night and received a gro...

Golfer Distracted By His Own Fiancée Coming Out Of A Portable Toilet

It’s hard to find an angrier person than a professional golfer who has just had his concentration broken by a loud noise in the middle of his backswing. But thanks to Tyrrell Hatton and his fiancée, we now have the formula for distracting a golfer without eliciting a tantrum. All you need is a porta...

A Brief Interview With A Man Who Faithfully Recreates LeBron's Instagram As If He Were A Giraffe

An artist who goes by “Maso Rich” has produced hyper-faithful, parallel-universe versions of the Instagram accounts of LeBron James and Steph Curry. In these universes, LeBron is a giraffe and Steph, in an inspired bit of casting, is a bush baby. Deadspin spoke with Maso Rich on the phone to underst...