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ASU's Torian Graham Flips Off Fans, Says He Heard Racial Slurs

As Arizona State guard Torian Graham was walking off the court after his pregame warmups before last night’s game against Arizona, he told some Wildcats fans what he really thought of them with a double-bird salute.

Bo Jackson Says He Wouldn't Play Football Again

Bo Jackson, one of the most talented athletes to ever walk the earth and one of the most fun players to watch in two different sports, says the only reason he played football was a general ignorance of what it does to people.

Keep Drinks Cold For Hours With This $8 Thermos Koozie

Let’s be honest here, thin fabric koozies are mostly useful for decoration; they don’t really keep a can cold for very long. This imposing metal Thermos contraption though? It’s the real deal.

UTEP-FIU Men's, Women's Basketball Games End 88-87 After Overtime Buzzer-Beaters

UTEP and FIU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams achieved some incredible synchronicity tonight as both games ended 88-87, on buzzer beaters, after multiple overtimes.

Everything We Know About Nintendo Switch

Nintendo’s new video game console, the Nintendo Switch, will be out on March 3, 2017 across all territories. It’ll cost $300 in the U.S.

Goalie Fight Comes To Sudden, Violent End

Adam Vay of the Quad City Mallards—a real team in the ECHL, I swear—is not someone you wan to scrap with. The goalie is an avid MMA practitioner, but it seems that Cincinnati Cyclones keeper Michael House didn’t know that, because he tried to throw hands last night. It did not end well.

NBA: We Might Speed Up The End Of Games Because Of Crappy Millennial Attention Spans

The last two minutes of an NBA game move at the pace of continental drift thanks to an interminable barrage of timeouts, replay reviews to determine exactly whose ass the ball bounced off of, and free throw back-and-forths. It’s boring, and bad, and turns what should be the most enthralling part of the game into a…

The Website of Donald Trump's Cyber Security Advisor Is Insecure as Hell

On Thursday, Donald Trump’s transition team announced that Rudy Giuliani would be forming a cybersecurity team for the President-elect, citing the former New York City mayor’s 16 years of experience “providing security solutions in the private sector.” In all those years, however, it appears that Giuliani never…

The Spy Who Compiled The Golden Showers Dossier Helped Bring Down Sepp Blatter

A day after Donald Trump held a press conference to decry Buzzfeed’s reporting, spout nonsensically about how he doesn’t do treason, and claim that he wouldn’t take part in a golden shower party because he’s a germaphobe, the Wall Street Journal has reported the identity of the British spy who helped compile the…

The NBA Refs Union Is Going To War With Mark Cuban

Officiating an NBA game is an incredibly difficult job. You have to monitor ten players, many of whom are trying to get away with some transgression or another on any given play, and keep an eye out for a series of complicated rules violations. Meanwhile, you’re also charged with making split-second calls and…

Disgraced Former San Francisco Police Chief Gets Warriors Security Job [Update: Not Anymore]

Greg Suhr was the chief of the San Francisco Police Department from 2011 to June 2016, when he resigned at the request of San Francisco mayor Ed Lee. Suhr’s time in charge was a tumultuous one for the SFPD, but despite his very public departure from the SFPD, Suhr has been hired by the Golden State Warriors to do some…

Deadspin Up All Night: You Know I Love It When The News Is Bad

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. It rained today in LA!

The Rams Now Have The Youngest Head Coach In NFL History

The Los Angeles Rams have chosen 30-year-old Sean McVay as their next head coach. The team announced the hiring today:

Monkeys Grieve When Their Robot Friend Dies

BBC One’s Spy in the Wild series embeds animatronic spy animals out in nature with their real life animal counterparts to see what life is really like in the wild. The robot creatures can look a little bit creepy with their eyeball cameras, but the animals often embrace them as one of their own. Sometimes the…

Russian Propaganda Channel RT Mysteriously Cut Into C-SPAN's Web Feed and No One Knows Why

This afternoon, online viewers of politics-meets-Ambien channel C-SPAN were treated to a disturbing change in programming: For around 10 minutes, the web stream aired RT (formerly Russia Today) instead.

There's Never Been a Better Time to Unionize Amazon

A special request to the labor unions of America: If it’s not too much trouble, could one of you unionize Amazon, fast?

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Sorry, Thomas Müller Can't Talk Right Now

Unfortunately, German soccer star Thomas Müller cannot answer any of your questions at this time. As you can see, he is on a very important phone call:

The Crazy Craftsmanship That Goes Into Making an NBA Championship Ring

When you win a championship as a professional athlete, you get a ring. But it’s not a normal ring meant for normal humans with normal fingers. No, championship rings are enormously gaudy boulders with, like, a million diamonds set in a very specific way because it represents winning or something. The excess is…

What Does Novak Djokovic's Body Mean For His Career?

In today’s Beyond the Baseline podcast, tennis legend Martina Navratilova talks to SI’s Jon Wertheim about an issue that’d been haunting me lately: is Novak Djokovic looking a bit skeletal? He’s still winning, sure; last week in Doha he wrung the title away from Andy Murray in a gutsy three-set final, avenging his…

Chris Berman Was The Worst

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The Women of Chicago's Bleeders Riders Club Don't Ride Bitch

Late one Friday afternoon last September, a well-dressed man in an Audi wheeled into the alley off Damen in Ukranian Village on Chicago’s West Side and up to his garage. As I watched standing in the alleyway, he seemed a mixture of bemused and impatient—he’d have to wait to park.

Badminton Guy Unleashes Hardest Smash In History

Badminton player Mads Pieler Kolding, who was involved in that incredible highlight at the Dubai World Superseries Final last month, has now entered the badminton history books.

Hockey Blogger Goes Rogue, Posts Conspiracy Theory About All-Star Game And Race

I wasn’t on the internet last night, so my first exposure to the mess that happened over in the hockey blog corner of the internet was this apology letter. Here are the first two lines:

Los Angeles Chargers Unveil New Logo

The Chargers flipped the switch on their Twitter account a few minutes ago, and now the team is officially known as the Los Angeles Chargers. Along with the new name comes a new logo:

Dimitri Payet Doesn't Want To Play For West Ham Anymore

Last season was West Ham’s best since the founding of the Premier League, as they finished seventh and qualified for the Europa League. Their talisman was attacking midfielder Dimitri Payet, who led the team with 12 goals and 14 assists in all competitions. Payet capped his year with a starring turn at Euro 2016,…

Titanfall Twitter Spams Random People Who Tweet They Want New Games

Titanfall’s official Twitter account is taking a rather active approach to their marketing. The account is messaging users who make the smallest mention of wanting to play a new game.

Jack Sock Goes Between The Legs Again

The last time Jack Sock went between the legs, things went swimmingly—a clean winner.

Alex Ovechkin Didn't Wait Long To Score His 1,000th Point

Everything about Alexander Ovechkin’s 1,000th career point was fitting: that it came on a goal, that it happened just 35 seconds in the game, and that he went back out and scored another one later on.

The Simpsons Finally Reveals What Kind Of Car Homer Drives

For 28 long years, our nation has lived under a dank, heavy cloak of ignorance. Very recently, this cloak has been lifted, and the light of true knowledge shines upon us, burning our sallow, indoors-only skin. This knowledge is that we finally have official confirmation as to what kind of car Homer Simpson drives.