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Barry Petchesky
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Deputy editor | Deadspin

So in this case the Islanders were the Brooklyn Nyets. Read more

So if any of you were wondering what it would take for any free agent to choose to sign with a James Dolan team, the answer is for the other option to be the Islanders.  Read more

Paul Brown, writer: “Hey, Megan Greenwell, editor-in-chief of Deadspin, I’d like to pitch you a story.” Read more

This needs to be a movie. Newcastle has many heroes, and Wilson is one of them. Werner Herzog is an avid walker. he could make a docudrama. I am a sauterer myself. I try to walk at least 100 miles per month. In addition to that, on the first Saturday in May, me and about 2,000 other people walk 32 miles around the Read more

Great read, what is with all these great Deadspin articles these past few days? Read more

Unfortunately, having searched its collection more than 200 years later, the British Museum told me it can find no record of George Wilson’s toenails. Read more

This has nothing to do with the dingus-ass jumbotron display, but if they offer him anything north of 7-$77m they’re insane. That alone is 14% of the cap, give or take. They would be hamstringed for the duration. I know he’s a stud, but this team can’t contend yet. Read more

It’s not really her fault; some idiot asked her about it. It’s not like she “chose to take this stance” by scheduling a press conference to announce she wouldn’t go. Someone interviewing her asked her a question, and she answered the question presented to her. Read more

All good points, but Rapinoe also celebrated a goal too much, so who’s really the bad one here? Read more

Personally, I’m most looking forward to watching the wave of deals that look horrific within weeks. Read more

“Luck, after all, as cruel and vicious as it often is, is the only thing that keeps this league from snapping into 30 jagged pieces and sailing into the sun becoming the Suns” FIFY Read more

Chandler Parsons.....the Jared Kushner of the NBA ? Hey at least the Knicks didn’t sign him.  Read more

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Drew Barry, are you fucking insane?

“You mean I have unlimited vacation days? That’s amazing!” Read more

I work with college students, and they just watch The Office on Netflix over and over again. None of them have heard of Jack McCoy.  Read more

Imagine Andy Reid strutting around the sidelines looking like this:

I suspect the “thief” was just a member of the building cleaning staff who unknowingly moved the chair to a different room. Read more

Put up a sign inside the stall reading I know what you picked last Thursday or whatever. Maybe the person possesses enough shame that the mere indication that someone has noticed and disapproves will be enough to get them to stop. Probably not though, so you’ve got to make them think the jig is up, and if they do it Read more