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Winter Leisure Activity Cat Is A Very Good Cat

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By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — According to multiple reports, the Orlando Magic have traded Tobias Harris to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Ilyasova. Sure, why not?

Here's A Supercut Of All The Dunk Contest Jams That Got A Perfect Score

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — Reddit user ThisIsMyFavoriteSub took on the herculean task of splicing together every dunk that's ever been given a perfect score in the annual dunk contest. There's some great dunks in here, and you should enjoy them.

Manny Pacquiao Is Sorry For Saying Gay People Are Worse Than Animals, Is Still A Shitbag

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — Manny Pacquiao has long been a homophobic buster, a failing that carries much more weight given the fact that he is a sitting (if mostly absent) congressman in his native Philippines. He is now running for a seat in the country's senate, and thus ramped up his anti-gay rhetoric during a recent television appearance.

Ronda Rousey Says She Felt Suicidal Right After Holly Holm Knocked Her Out

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — On today's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show Ronda Rousey gave her first sit-down interview since getting knocked out by Holly Holm, and things got extremely real. In the clip below, Rousey talks about how she was basically out on her feet after the very first exchange with Holm, and reveals that she felt suicidal immediately after the loss.
Feb 16, 2016

ronda rousey's 100 percent honesty makes her the best. Also: that's a disturbingly real account of taking a hit. deadspin.com/ronda-rousey-s…

Feb 16, 2016

@IBN_WATCH I originally saw the story here deadspin.com/ronda-rousey-s… (her Ellen interview is in there)

So How Will The Skins Screw Things Up With Kirk Cousins?

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — One of the weirdest things to happen this NFL season was Kirk Cousins's transformation from bad quarterback to "Hold on, Kirk Cousins might actually be kind of good?" This should be a good thing for Washington, which could use nothing more than to have a functional quarterback fall into its lap after the RGIII debacle.

You Should Be A Middle Reliever

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — Kanye West dropped a new album this weekend, and also tweeted a bunch of weird stuff about how much he is in debt. He then asked Mark Zuckerberg for some cash: Maybe (probably?) Kanye is just trolling, but a world-famous and impossibly successful musician being sort of not-rich isn't that far outside the realm of possibility.

Detroit Contractor Who Negotiated $285 Million In Public Money For The Red Wings Now Works With Red Wings Owner

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — Stadium financing is a scam no matter where it happens, but it's particularly appalling when a bankrupt city like Detroit is conned into gifting $285 million to Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch so that he can build a new hockey arena.
Feb 15, 2016

George Jackson refers to his job at DEGC as "public service" - yet DEGC refuses any notion it is a public entity deadspin.com/detroit-contra…

Feb 15, 2016

RT @Deadspin: Detroit contractor who negotiated $285 million in public money for the Red Wings now works with Red Wings owner: deadsp.in/UEZgTVb

Feb 15, 2016

RT @Deadspin: Detroit contractor who negotiated $285 million in public money for the Red Wings now works with Red Wings owner: deadsp.in/UEZgTVb

Feb 15, 2016

Detroit Contractor Who Negotiated $285 Million In Public Money For The Red Wings Now Works With Red Wings Owner deadspin.com/detroit-contra…

Feb 15, 2016

RT @Deadspin: Detroit contractor who negotiated $285 million in public money for the Red Wings now works with Red Wings owner: deadsp.in/UEZgTVb

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A Guy In Jeans Had The Best Dunk Of All-Star Weekend

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — This year's dunk contest was one of the best in recent memory (Aaron Gordon got hosed), but the best dunk of the weekend was one that happened during a timeout at last night's All-Star game.

Report: TMZ Paid Around $100,000 For The Ray Rice Tapes

By Tom Ley
deadspin.com — Today, the New Yorker published its long-awaited (in media circles, at least) deep dive into how gossip juggernaut TMZ does business. There's plenty of information to pick through, but the details of how TMZ obtained videos of Ray Rice's assault on his wife Janay should be of particular interest to sports fans.
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Feb 16, 2016

When you eat a very garbage chicken sandwich really fast, just to get it over with pic.twitter.com/XsypzVsqwz

Feb 16, 2016

RT @patrickredford: Deadpool was so much better than Batman v. Superman; The Serious Punch Boys is going to be. theconcourse.deadspin.com/deadpool-is-a-…

Feb 15, 2016

RT @tomscocca: In person Bill Clinton looked like a photo of Bill Clinton but in the photo he looks like Travolta in Primary Colors gawker.com/my-conflict-17…

Feb 13, 2016

Throw West Brom in the fucking toilet.

Feb 12, 2016

I'm late to this but Cush's story on the crazy country rap man is very good shit: gawker.com/driving-and-dy…

Feb 11, 2016

RT @barryap1: Remind yourself of the time this full-grown woman got mad at @Samer for joking about beating up teens. mtv.com/news/2363270/t…


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