The Best Moments in Sports: 2012

jeremy lin

Recapping the year’s best moments in sports.

Soccer’s Mad Men

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JP Pelosi investigates how handshakes and martinis impact international soccer.

The 10 at 10

Miami football is in trouble, Deadspin goes undercover at the Gathering of the Juggalos, and 1 in 5 American children live in poverty.

Bocce: Sport of the Retired, the Competitive, and the One-Armed

Bocce

Bocce fanatics think it can become an Olympic sport. Do you?

10 at 10: December 17

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1. Apologies are better late than never. 2. What’s the most annoying word in the English language? Someone put it to a vote, and it’s this. 3. And while we’re at it, how about the visual history of all words. (Brought to you by Google, who else?) 4. Why we’ll never stop believin‘ (in Journey). 5. Man, I [...]

Abstinence for Gays During the World Cup

Sepp Blatter

FIFA president Sepp Blatter tells gay soccer fans not to have sex when the World Cup comes to Qatar.

The U.S. Is Not Hosting the 2022 World Cup

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While many expected the U.S. to win the bid, the money and state-of-the-art stadiums promised by the Qatari delegation won out in the end.