RJ Bell, the âVegas oddsmakerâ in charge of the sports betting website Pregame.com, and subject of a lengthy investigation by Ryan Goldberg on Gawkerâs sister website Deadspin, has enlisted Charles J. Harderâthe same lawyer who has threatened Gawker over Ashley Feinbergâs reporting on Donald Trumpâs hairâto demand aâŠ
The New York Times has awarded David Carr fellowships to three journalists: John Herrman of The Awl, Amanda Hess of Slate, and Greg Howard of Deadspin. The paper established the fellowship after Carr, who wrote the influential Media Equation column, died of complications related to lung cancer in February 2015.
"Sir, Mr. Ebert, this is Will Leitch, an editor at the Daily Illini." How Roger Ebert put up with one young writer.
People complaining to the FCC about Beyonce's halftime show note angrily "gyrated her pelvis" because they live in 1956
Chuggington, a kid's TV show about lil trains learning the ways of the world, is further dumbed down for U.S. audiences.
The New York Yankees accidentally distributed a file containing information on more than 20,000 season ticket accounts. The spreadsheet contains account numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, and was mistakenly sent to thousands of current clients. [Deadspin]
BYU has been held up as a symbol of all that's decent in college sports for its treatment of Brandon Davies, who violated the school's honor code by having sex with his girlfriend. The reality isn't so appealing. [Deadspin]
An Atlanta-area kickball team recently suffered a demoralizing 20-0 loss. Yes, we're familiar with how serious some people are about their kickball and it's never fun to get blown out. But this email that went around is still inexcusable. [Deadspin]
Super Bowl XLV is officially underway! Just moments ago, Christina Aguilera graced our television sets with her run-heavy rendition of the national anthem. One problem: she sang the wrong lyrics! In front of hundreds of millions of people. Uh, yikes?
By now we can all agree that Angry Birds may just be the most popular game ever released for the iPhone. But wouldn't you rather flick Larry Bird's head into a block that will then squish teeny tiny Magic Johnson's?
Everyone from the Muslim Brotherhood, to labor unions, to Wikileaks are being credited for contributing to Egypt's uprising. But what about hardcore soccer fans? These guys are better at tangling with cops than just about anyone.
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An insane person sets up a camera to film a full-speed train passing over him, as he lies flat on the tracks. Now thatâŠ
Oh gosh, something to be concerned about: people now are just going to cheap gyms and working out and leaving, rather than indulging in the "community" of group classes and flirting and juice bars. Will gyms ever be annoying again?
Last year, we caught Men's Health editor Dave Zinczenko reusing covers. Turns out that's not the only way Zinczenko recycles content: He's been ripping other writers' bylines off old Men's Health articles and passing them off as his own.
"I was at a basketball game tossing in the ball (#34) and #3 hit my eye and I punched him." So says Evan, who recently uploaded this video of him punching an opponent during a youth basketball game gone awry.
Future NBA star John Salley was like any other young man, he liked what he wasn't supposed to like. In this case he liked a much older woman. Here John tells us what his mother thought about the situation.
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Tennis pro Agnieszka RadwaĆska breaks her racket during a return and manages to keep a straight face while simultaneously discovering she has super powers.
These kids have to be the dumbest group of friends since the cast of Jackass.
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