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It's Better To Be Lucky Than Good

Craig Dawson brought West Brom back equal by carefully exerting mind control over Bournemouth’s Charlie Daniels in order to create a wonderfully-bending deflection goal. He should use that superpower more often.

Get Yourself a Chromebook For Under $150, Today Only

We all know Chromebooks are inexpensive, but this one’s approaching impulse buy territory.

Assessing Jets' quarterback options, from Mike Glennon to Jimmy G

Assessing Jets’ quarterback options, from Mike Glennon to Jimmy G

Look At What They Did To My Boy

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NASCAR Truck Race Ends The Way It Started: With Huge Wreck

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a massive wreck at the end of a NASCAR race at Daytona. It happened in tonight’s truck race—the same one that had another Big One right after the first lap.

NFL reveals New England Patriots' final punishment for Deflategate

Plus, the Giants get a slap on the wrist for using walkie-talkies vs. the Cowboys.

AP source: 49ers sign DT Earl Mitchell to 4-year deal

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers have agreed to a four-year contract with free-agent defensive tackle Earl Mitchell on Friday.

Sixers Broadcast Roughly As Dysfunctional As Sixers Team

A power blip in Philadelphia tonight left Comcast SportsNet a bit baffled as hosts blathered amongst themselves about what was happening, going almost a full minute before realizing that they were live on the air—teaching us all that The Process is not automated.

NASCAR Trucks Make It Exactly One Lap Before Huge Wreck

Tonight’s NASCAR truck race at Daytona knocked out seven drivers after just one lap in an incident that brought the typical superspeedway mayhem to fans a little earlier than anyone might have expected.

Pro Golfer Shawn Stefani Strips Down And Takes Shot In Nothing But His Underwear

Being a professional is about always showing up to work and being prepared to get naked if the job calls for it, which it occasionally does. Shawn Stefani hit into a water hazard fully clothed and got out of it in just his briefs.

Overwatch Pro Makes Exquisite Last-Second Recovery With Winston's Jump Pack

South Korean Overwatch pro Miro is probably the best Winston player in the world. His deft tank work helped South Korea win the first Overwatch World Cup and he took home personal tournament MVP honors as well. If you want a highlight reel of his best moments, well here you go.

2017 NFL Draft: 5 First-Round Options for the New York Jets

The New York Jets were a mess in 2016 and may need a complete overhaul, who might they target in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft to start that process?After a 2016 season that was tough at best, the New York Jets hope to find some difference makers in the 2017 NFL Draft. The good news is the…

Uber Is Doomed

If there is one quote that sums up the ethos of Uber, it might be this cut from the company’s firebrand CEO Travis Kalanick: “Stand by your principles and be comfortable with confrontation. So few people are, so when the people with the red tape come, it becomes a negotiation.” But after a month marked by one disaster…

49ers sign WR DeAndre Carter to 2-year contract

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers signed wide receiver DeAndre Carter to a two-year contract on Friday.

Protesting Sells… But Who's Buying?

Every reporter has a patter for talking to people in a crowd. I start with a nakedly aggressive challenge—usually questioning or condemning their parentage. Alternatively, if they are bigger than I am, I say “gimme a dollar” and see if they comply. It tells me they’re easily cowed.

Deadspin Up All Night: I've Been Waiting Here Forever

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Go set the weekend ablaze.

Thiem's Tweener Was A Winner

Dominic Thiem breezily dismissed Diego Schwartzman in today’s 6-2, 6-3 quarterfinal at the Rio Open, and the highlight was this tweener that he slapped down the line for a winner:

Jalen Robinette both a cadet and NFL hopeful

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) Except for the few who already have donned cap and gown, most of the 330 prospects heading to the NFL Combine next week have put their pursuits of a college degree on hold so they can focus on their football futures.

Denver, Cleveland, Cincinnati, KC get 4 extra draft picks

NEW YORK (AP) Denver, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Kansas City each will get four compensatory picks in April’s NFL draft while Seattle will have two additional selections in the third round.

Bengals, Broncos, Chiefs big winners as NFL awards compensatory draft picks

Cincy, Denver and KC lead the way with four extra picks in the 2017 draft.

Barnwell's 5 moves for all 32 NFL teams

Barnwell’s 5 moves for all 32 NFL teams

The Price Of Admission To The Panda Habitat Is Your Blood

Some clown in China thought it would be a good idea for him to stroll into a panda habitat and disturb the sleeping bear within it. Unfortunately for this jagoff, his host had only pain to offer as a greeting.

Long snapper Zak DeOssie re-signs with New York Giants

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Long snapper Zak DeOssie will be back with the New York Giants for an 11th season.

No, Paying NCAA Athletes Won't Cost Them Money

Few things get me as angry as seeing people oppose a reform because of unrealistic concerns about imaginary unforeseen consequences. Pick a problem and propose some way to make it better, and some concern troll will immediately pop out from behind a curtain to say that there is some remote chance of chaos and so it’s…

Who Are The Two Most Famous Athletes To Share A Name?

Do you think that when Isaiah Thomas’s dad decided to name him after Isiah Thomas (prompted by a bet), he ever thought his son would actually grow up to make it to the NBA? It’s a nice story, but it always leads me to double- and triple-check how to spell the name of the active player in Boston.

For Six Hours Only, Save $10 On Almost Any $50 eBay Order

Ebay’s running another sitewide flash sale, for six hours only this afternoon. Promo code CFEBFLASH10OFF will take $10 off almost any $50 eBay order when you pay with PayPal. The only exclusions are gift cards, real estate, and actual money (dammit), but everything else is fair game.

The IAAF Seeks To Restrict The Market For African Runners

Kenya-born Yasemin Can and Meryem Akda, competing for Turkey, won gold and silver respectively at the 2016 European Cross Country Championships in November. The Irish Independent wrote that Ireland’s Fionnuala McCormack, who finished fifth, was “denied” a medal by the naturalized Turks, and Irish running icon Sonia…

Draft This Dude: Evan Engram is 2017's forgotten top-tier tight end

Evan Engram doesn’t have the eye-popping athleticism of O.J. Howard or the raw potential of David Njoku, but the former Ole Miss star will make some NFL team very happy.

The 2017 Hater’s Guide To The Oscars

Oh God, it’s Oscar time again. Just what I needed in the middle of the fucking apocalypse. Donald Trump is President. Russia has hacked all of our phones and is actively watching us masturbate. And every public school is going to teach your kids that gay people come from the fucking moon. These are shitty, horrible…

Aaron Judge Gives Us Our First Massive Dong Of 2017

Yankees prospect Aaron Judge welcomed us to spring by absolutely crushing a pitch off the scoreboard in Tampa. Thank you, baseball, for making us feel alive again.