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Robert Williams and seven-seed Texas A&M kicked Providence and its ghoulish, always-lurking mascot out of the NCAA tournament in the most glorious fashion possible.Read more...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Within five minutes of sitting down to watch Gael Monfils, you realize that this one practice session—practice!—has given fans more joy than entire swathes of the Indian Wells Masters main draw. They’d trade this one session for a dull quarter of the men’s singles tournament, maybe more.Read more...

Kirk Cousins is now on the Vikings, right? Which means that Washington will go as far as Alex Smith will take them, right? That’ll be tricky since Dan Snyder’s hell franchise is such a snakepit, right? Good thing he’s up for the challenge, right?

Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict, who is constantly getting suspended for being a dirty player, has been suspended once again. This time, however, he’s managed to earn a ban without trying to intentionally injure anyone.

Frustrated up with dearth of passing, confusing rules or just a general lack of excitement in your motorsports series of choice? Then it’s time to check out MotoGP. The new season kicks off this weekend, and all signs point to it being another amazing one.Read more...

A well-fitted suit is something everyone should have in their closet, but it’s hard to justify dropping a bunch of money on something you’ll barely wear. Entire the Perry Ellis Semi-Annual Suit Sale. With a huge selection of styles, colors, and cuts, this sale will help you look sharp without breaking the bank.Read more...

Hearthstone is a game for haters. It’s expensive; its metagame stands still for months; no matter how well you play, you will drop games to bad players with good luck. Read the comments on pretty much any article about Blizzard Entertainment’s wildly successful collectible card game, and you’ll find a glut of…Read more...

A week after Pitt fired unsuccessful basketball coach Kevin Stallings, a whole bunch of players want out. Freshman stud Parker Stewart requested his release yesterday, and ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reports today that over half of the Pitt roster has done the same. Pitt’s top recruit is also steering clear of the program.…Read more...

This incredibly well-timed photo was taken by AP photographer Steve Dykes while LeBron James was in the middle of unleashing one of the best dunks of his career on Jusuf Nurkic. It fucking rules. Look at it.Read more...

After negotiating his own contract with the 49ers last week, Richard Sherman came in for some particularly heavy scrutiny:Read more...

The Wall Street Journal’s Sara Germano reported last night that Nike president Trevor Edwards had resigned after the company received complaints about “inappropriate workplace behavior.” What behavior? The Journal’s report does not specify what the complaints contained or who they were about, only that the No. 2…Read more...

The Memphis Grizzlies came into last night’s slate of NBA action riding an 18-game losing streak and with firm command of the NBA’s tanking crown. Surely no team can match the raw, losing prowess of a Grizzlies squad that routinely and intentionally plays JaMychal Green and Jarell Martin next to a traditional center.…Read more...

We’re back on Let’s Remember Some Guys, and we’re here to remember some more guys. This time, we’re going farther back in time than we’ve ever gone before: to 1988, and a Topps pack that comes with a very generous offer of a trip to spring training, but pairs it with some extremely gross old gum.Read more...

Former 49ers safety Eric Reid, one of the most prominent activist voices in the NFL last season, hasn’t been signed by a new team within the first couple days of free agency. Thursday night, Reid tweeted his disagreement with what he called a “ludicrous notion,” which appears to be the idea coming from NFL owners that…Read more...

It looked like the North Queensland Cowboys were about to pull off a come-from-behind win over the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League today. Scott Bolton was about to cross the goal line for the winning try, but he was brutally tackled... by the goalpost.

PITTSBURGH—The noise came from all around me.

The Champions League quarterfinal draw is here, and it does a pretty good job of keeping all the most powerful teams separated:Read more...

If you’ve ever been skiing, you know that falling off the chairlift is everyone’s worst nightmare. Ah, but what if I told you there’s a whole other KIND of worst chairlift nightmare, one in which the chairlift cries out FUCK THIS, shifts into Hard Reverse, and begins depositing skiers onto the bottom of the mountain…Read more...

You probably aren’t familiar with Thomas Rongen, and we really wish we didn’t feel compelled to inform you of his existence. But when a gaping asshole like this has somehow amassed real, serious power at the highest levels of U.S. Soccer, and demonstrates his gross incompetence for his position in the most baffling…Read more...

At the beginning of this college basketball season, ESPN brought Texas A&M and West Virginia all the way to Germany for a game at Ramstein Air Base. For the entire trip, ESPN Productions, Inc. paid the Air Force a total of $140,129.45, according to an invoice obtained via Freedom of Information Act request. The…Read more...

Alaskan musher Katherine Keith had one of her sled dogs, Blonde, die during the Iditarod yesterday. Last year, one of her dogs died as well. Last year, five dogs died, and since the race began in 1973, over 150 dogs have died.Read more...

One thing about being on an NBA team that’s rounding into the home stretch of a miserable tanking campaign is that it can make you cranky as hell. As evidence, please see the shenanigans the Suns got into with the Jazz last night.

Buffalo pulled off the biggest upset of the NCAA men’s tournament so far, knocking out fourth-seeded Arizona in a game that became a blowout in the second half.Read more...

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There shouldn’t be any good argument to be made for watching the NBA instead of March Madness on the first Thursday of the tournament, but here’s one: this ruthless dunk by LeBron, which feels like one of the most vicious things he’s done on the court in years.Read more...

Johnny McEntee—who first got our attention with his sweet tricks as a backup quarterback at UConn back in 2011 and more recently took the job of personal assistant to President Donald Trump—was reportedly fired from his White House gig because of a gambling problem.Read more...

On the back of another monster performance from do-everything senior guard Rob Gray, Houston downed a tough San Diego State squad on Thursday evening, notching their first NCAA tournament victory since 1984.

Exceedingly loud former Indiana Hoosiers head coach will take over at Georgia, per Adrian Wojnarowski.Read more...

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A college baseball team desperate to play ball had no problem lifting a double parked car blocking the street out of the way.

Yesterday’s Champions League match between Bayern Munich and Besiktas experienced a brief interruption in the second half, courtesy of a friendly little kitty-cat scampering onto the pitch:Read more...

Nobody asked for this, but UFC President Dana White has been added a playable fighter to EA UFC 3. And since White is a cantankerous blowhard who spouts obvious untruths on a regular basis, it’s fitting that his in-game stats do not even remotely resemble his capabilities in real life. At least he’s a free download?

Loyola-Chicago, the only team to pull off an upset so far in this NCAA Tournament, features an especially lovable and pious fan in its cheering posse. Her name is Sister Jean, and she’s a 98-year-old nun. She is very cool:Read more...

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, former ESPN president John Skipper elaborated on the “substance abuse” issue that he had previously said caused his resignation from the network last December. In the interview, Skipper said someone who sold him cocaine (Skipper described this person as a “strange source”…Read more...

One month after being hospitalized with the flu, Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson died this afternoon. He was 90 years old.Read more...

Donte Ingram’s three-pointer in the final second of the game earned his 11th-seeded Loyola-Chicago team a 64-62 win in a game that saw the Ramblers blow two would-be game-winning shots in the final fifteen seconds before Ingram earned upset redemption.Read more...

In its first-round loss to No. 4 seed Gonzaga, 13-seed UNC Greensboro did what they do best for 39.5 minutes, nearly knocking off the reigning national runner-ups in the process.Read more...

In a strange twist on what was otherwise a nakedly cynical bit of brand fluffing, WWE’s decision to name a new, annual women’s battle royal at WrestleMania after The Fabulous Moolah quickly became the biggest news story in wrestling. It’s a strange twist, but not a terribly unpredictable one—given the slew of past…Read more...

The StarCraft scene just got rocked by a match-fixing scandal that feels like a blast from the past, given that it involves a tournament for StarCraft: Remastered, the remake of StarCraft: Brood War. Although StarCraft II has had a few match-fixing scandals of its own, SC’s most notable match-fixing scandal happened…Read more...

Welcome back to Deadspin Nature Moment, an irregular feature in which we share various goings-on from the natural world with our readers.

Oklahoma’s Trae Young almost certainly just played the last game of his NCAA career, and he busted his ass. Today’s 83-78 overtime loss to Rhode Island featured the entire Rams team each making important contributions, while Young put practically all of his Sooner teammates on his back.

There is the version of Donald Trump that everyone gets served, and it is an extremely luxurious experience—a thick and luridly salty braise of all-beef bombast served smothered in a chunky and flavorless dressing that looks like ranch but tastes like vinegar and forgetfulness. It is fatty and extremely bad for you;…Read more...

Speaking to reporters before yesterday’s spring training game between the Yankees and the Orioles, Aaron Judge praised Orioles star Manny Machado and said he’d sort of limply recruited Machado. “Adding him to our lineup that we already got would be something special,” Judge said. “I told him he’d look good in…Read more...

There are few teams across the Division I landscape that are as consistent as South Dakota State when it comes to reaching the postseason. The Jackrabbits play in the Summit League and have won the sprawling mid-major conference’s auto-bid in five of the last seven seasons, and while none of those squads made much…Read more...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Naomi Osaka tiptoes through press conferences but rampages through tennis matches. She’s eager to unravel the notion that tennis could ever be a genteel game of rhythmic back-and-forth. Osaka is not here for the back-and-forth. When she sends the ball over, she absolutely does not expect to see…Read more...

Ten-seed Oklahoma and seven-seed Rhode Island are currently locked in a close first-round matchup; so far, Rams senior guard Jared Terrell, the team’s sharpshooter and leading scorer, has struggled inside the arc, shooting just 4-of-12. But the Weymouth, Mass., native has been on fire from a mile away, and his…Read more...

Ronald Gasser was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday by Jefferson Parish Judge Ellen Kovach for shooting and killing former NFL player Joe McKnight in Dec. 2016. Prosecutors brought second-degree murder charges against Gasser, though he was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in January. “Let this be a…Read more...

Famed climbers Marc-Andre Leclerc and Ryan Johnson are presumed dead nine days after disappearing in Alaska’s Mendenhall ice field. The climbers were on an expedition to climb the Mendenhall Towers near Juneau, and were expected to be back in town March 7. The last time the pair sent was heard from was on March 5,…Read more...

I guess I don’t see any particular reason to disbelieve them, but the following postgame quotes, about the shouting match Los Angeles Lakers teammates Isaiah Thomas and Julius Randle had on the sideline during last night’s loss to the Golden State Warriors, are still cracking me up.Read more...

Chelsea went to Camp Nou and got slapped out of the Champions League by Barcelona yesterday, and some of the Chelsea fans were feeling a bit sore after the match.Read more...