NTSB Report: Michigan's 2017 Plane Accident Was A Couple Split-Second Decisions Away From Catastrophe

Back in March 2017, the charter plane of the Michigan men’s basketball team aborted takeoff from an airport in Ypsilanti, crashed through a chain link fence beyond the end of the runway, and came to rest in a field beyond a surface road and a ditch beyond the airport boundary. The plane was all trashed up, but everyone aboard survived. The National Transportation Safety Board this week released their report on the accident, and, my friends, it is terrifying. The pilot of the aircraft, a man named Mark Radloff, made the decision to abandon takeoff after the plane reached “V1,” which is a speed that is determined by a conditions-dependent equation, and is described as “the maximum speed in the takeoff by which a rejected takeoff must be initiated to ensure that a safe stop can be…

Deadspin's Best Music Of 2014

Boy, what a year for jams, huh? From the creepy alt-R&B seductions of FKA Twigs to the '80s-dad mewlings of the War on Drugs to the incendiary political raps of Run the Jewels to the … yeah, forget it. This was the real shit in 2014.
Weezer Cover Band, "Undone – The Sweater Song [God Edit]"
Hell, it's better than
Raditude.
Presto Flo's Ill-Fated Seaside Photo Shoot
I have never heard this person rap, and yet am comfortable assuming this is his finest hour.
Double Turds, "Crankin' My Hog"
This left me incapacitated for about 20 minutes.
#IPUNCHEDMAKONNEN
This happened on a Tuesday.
Disturbed "Ooh Wah Ah Ah Ah" Karaoke Medley
Don't try this in public. Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off" (…