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Oregon coach Dan Lanning should’ve resisted taking a shot at ColoradoThere’s one glaring piece of hardware missing from the trophy case of the Oregon Duck football team, and I’ll tell you what it is even though you probably already know: A national title. So when second-year coach Dan Lanning levied a shot at the Colorado Buffaloes during Pac-9 media days Monday, ask...

Hey, Kyrie Irving, you’re a human being, we all know youWelcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent universe. Fuck you....

Don’t expect this UNC team to make a run to the finalsAfter losing in the national championship game in April, the AP preseason No. 1, UNC, has lost three in a row early in the season....

Things keep looking up for the New York Giants, and now their top draft pick is debuting on Monday Night Football

The New York Giants are going to look different than they have all season when they go up against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. For the first time this season, they will take the field with their top draft choice. Kayvon Thibodeaux has been cleared for action....

Our Conference Mock Draft: Pac-12 Edition

Picking in the middle of the rounds made strategizing to keep rivals together a challenge, but we’ve got the finances to thrive once we’re inevitably forced to categorize student-athletes as employees....

Shaedon Sharpe’s six minutes are the cherry on top of the Trail Blazers’ calamitous day

Thursday was supposed to be Shaedon Sharpe Day for Trail Blazers fans and Shaedon Sharpe. He was supposed to get a chance to strut the skills that were in hiding during his lone year (off) at Kentucky. This was his opportunity to tap on his accomplishments while polishing off an open case of Capri S...

LeBron James, Michael Jordan, and Jayland Walker share a similar experience

LeBron James and Michael Jordan approach basketball and life in starkly different ways. Jordan had to be convinced into consistently sharing the ball with his teammates, while James has been criticized for involving his teammates in the offense too frequently. James is a significantly larger man and...

Is Oregon next to bolt Pac-12 for Big Ten?

As much of a jaw-dropping, world-stopping shock the UCLA/USC-Big Ten move was, I sort of miss the time before last week when we weren’t constantly waiting with bated breath to hear which school would move to which conference next. It all moves so much slower when you know it’s coming. So while we aw...