Former Welsh Rugby Star Says Tabloid Forced Him To Announce HIV DiagnosisDeadspin - Maitreyi Anantharaman This weekend, former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas announced in a video posted on Twitter that he is HIV positive. In an interview with morning …
UFC UFC Fighter Says He Didn't Lose Fight Because He Tired Himself Out Doing Unnecessary BackflipsDeadspin - Patrick Redford Top-level MMA can be an extremely technical sport, with fighters adjusting to their opponents’ habits every minute and doing their best to pick up on …
Sports Best Sports To Read To, RankedDeadspin - Kelsey McKinney The thing about reading a book is that it is absolutely, undeniably a sport. Not only does reading a book require endurance, concentration, and a …
Sports Local Columnist Woefully Out Of His ElementDeadspin - Samer Kalaf One possible explanation for the existence of this Albany (Georgia) Herald column, in which Carlton Fletcher fields all the questions a “female …
Felipe Vázquez Felipe Vázquez Charged With Statutory Sexual Assault Of 13-Year-OldDeadspin - Patrick Redford Hours after Pirates closer Felipe Vázquez was arrested yesterday in Pittsburgh on behalf of Lee County (Florida) authorities for a pair of child …
Horses Another Dead Horse At Santa AnitaDeadspin - Laura Wagner A 4-year-old gelding was euthanized at Santa Anita after breaking its pelvis during training, according to a statement released by the track’s owner, …
Show Us Your Best Sam Darnold Memes, Using This GeneratorDeadspin - Dom Cosentino Our old pal Tim Burke went and made a generator for that wonderfully incongruent graphic of Jets quarterback Sam Darnold that aired this week during …
Kobe Bryant Clarifies Rob Pelinka's Story About Meeting With Heath Ledger, Who Had Already DiedDeadspin - Giri Nathan An ESPN article published this past May recounted a strange story: Lakers GM Rob Pelinka bizarrely claimed that Kobe Bryant was inspired by the …
Yogurt The Deadspin Idiots Identify YogurtDeadspin About a week ago, Hamilton invited me to take part in a “yogurt-tasting” video in what I assumed to be a feeble attempt to expand his brand as a guy …
Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell Goes On Bill Simmons's Podcast To Dust Off The Oldest, Dumbest Defense Of Joe PaternoDeadspin - Tom Ley There’s no good reason to consider Malcolm Gladwell a serious writer or thinker anymore, thanks in large part to the things Gladwell continues to …
Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid Are Already Teetering On The BrinkDeadspin - Luis Paez-Pumar Zinedine Zidane must have known this time would be harder. The once-former, now-current Real Madrid manager stepped away from the club after winning …
Cam Newton Heartwarming: Paul Finebaum Gets His Ass Handed To Him Over Lazy Cam Newton TakeDeadspin - Laura Wagner It started with Paul Finebaum slobbering over the “class” Eli Manning showed in getting benched: “I think it’s the right move but I also think you …
Winnipeg Jets The Jets' Nightmare Offseason Keeps Getting WorseDeadspin - Barry Petchesky Two seasons ago, the Winnipeg Jets were a dark horse Cup contender, and then, for a brief moment, actual Cup favorites, and playing like it. It …
Dellin Betances The Yankees Are CursedDeadspin - Barry Petchesky The Yankees, who spent the first week of the season getting everybody hurt, and then a few months later, did it again just to set some all-time IL …
Connecticut Sun Alyssa Thomas Couldn't Lift Her Arms Above Her Head, But She Carried A Team To VictoryDeadspin - Maitreyi Anantharaman The Connecticut Sun left the first game of their best-of-five semifinals series against the Los Angeles Sparks Tuesday night not only with a 84-75 …
Arizona For No Discernible Reason, Arizona High School Coach Leaked Team Strategies To OpponentsDeadspin - Maitreyi Anantharaman A high school football and basketball coach in Arizona resigned Friday after a Tempe Union High School District investigation found that he had …
New York Liberty Abysmal New York Basketball Team Wins Draft LotteryDeadspin - Maitreyi Anantharaman Here’s something to make a Knicks fan weep: In January, the New York Liberty threw off the yoke of James Dolan. Tuesday evening, for the first time …
Tony Bennett As Tony Bennett Gets Good PR, What Do His Players Get?Deadspin - Lauren Theisen Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett makes more money from just a few years of work than an average person can hope to earn in a lifetime. …
Adam Vinatieri Struggling Kicker Adam Vinatieri Says He Won't Retire Yet, But He Has "Demons" In His HeadDeadspin - Patrick Redford The Indianapolis Colts’ 46-year-old kicker Adam Vinatieri has looked depressingly mortal through the first two weeks of the NFL season. In two close …
Eli Manning This Might Finally Be It For Eli ManningDeadspin - David Roth “They absolutely are this bad,” Barry Petchesky wrote about the New York Giants exactly 365 days ago. The team had just lost to the Dallas Cowboys in …
Teens Large Norwegian Teen Has Now Graduated To Crushing Grown MenDeadspin - Billy Haisley Last time we checked in on Erling Braut Håland, the enormous Viking kid had demolished a team of children by scoring nine goals in a single U-20 …
NFL NFL Coaches Need To Stop Kicking ThemselvesDeadspin - Dan McQuade In the 2017 season the Philadelphia Eagles went for it on fourth down 29 times, most in the NFL. Doug Pederson’s decision to go for it a bunch …
NFL The Fuck Is Wrong With Announcers Who Won’t Call A Football A Ball?Deadspin - Drew Magary Today, we’re talking about trailers, crossing state lines, Sean’s friend Bruce, drunken coaches, and more. Why do NFL announcers use the word …
GAA The Sport That Can't Stick To SportsDeadspin - Dave McKenna Dublin beat Kerry 1-18 to 0-15 on Saturday to take their fifth straight All-Ireland football championship, and become the first team to five-peat in …
Jamaica Lightning Strikes Jamaican Soccer Field, Sends Three Players To The HospitalDeadspin - Billy Haisley On Monday, a soccer match in Jamaica between Jamaica College and Wolmer’s Boys was suspended in the 84th minute after a bolt of lightning struck the …
Major League Baseball Pirates Closer Felipe Vazquez Arrested On Child Solicitation ChargesDeadspin - Patrick Redford The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Tuesday that Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez was arrested in Pittsburgh and booked in Allegheny …
Cam Newton Busted-Up Cam Newton Is Going To Be Out For A WhileDeadspin - Tom Ley Well, it looks like we have at least part of the answer to the question of what exactly is wrong with Cam Newton. His foot is all jacked up, and will …
Ter Stegen The Battle For Germany's Starting Goalkeeper Spot Is Now Being Waged In PublicDeadspin - Luis Paez-Pumar Germany have a problem—one many national teams would kill for, but a problem nonetheless. Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen is one of the …
Adam Schefter Join Us In Pretending Not To Know What Chris Mortensen's Rat Tweets Are AboutDeadspin - Laura Wagner Yesterday, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen tweeted out a series of rat emojis. He tweeted the first rat at 6:36 p.m., shortly after NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport …
