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Curt Schilling isn’t whiffing on Cooperstown because he’s a Trump supporter, it’s because he wasn’t good enough

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The things we don’t talk about during Super Bowl Week — or ever

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The Mourning After

With A-Rod and Big Papi on ballot next year, gatekeepers of Cooperstown will face a reckoning

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The most scandalous Super Bowl moments

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Global Pandemic

Idiot of the Year: All the worst from a 2020 to forget

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Our expert team has worked tirelessly to bring you this annual list of the sports and sports-adjacent figures who most intensely made us wish we had been shaken as infants.

Deadspin Staff

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Tom Brady zealots reek of racism in burning, running over Jameis Winston jersey

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Fantasy Basketball

Will Clint Capela’s historic four-game fantasy stretch continue against Brooklyn?

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Phillies forced to bring back J.T. Realmuto because they made a decade’s worth of mistakes

Ed Condran

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Curt Schilling’s putrid mouth continues to keep him out of Cooperstown…. good

Best Deals Of The Day

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Thursday's Best Deals: Mario Kart Live, Skechers Flurry Boots, Maybelline Sky High Mascara, Anker Soundcore 2, Hitman 3, and More

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The Weirdest Tom Brady Merch You Can Buy With Real Money Right Now

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Come On and Slam If You Want to Jam in NBA 2K21 on Xbox Series X for $43

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The sports figures we've lost in 2021

From Hall of Famers to an award-winning journalist, this year has already been one of great loss.

and Jon Helmkamp

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The best Super Bowl halftime shows

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Hank Aaron was everything, Barry Bonds was nothing

Jeff Pearlman

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Eric Bieniemy should be an NFL head coach yesterday, but he deserves better than the Texans

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Five artists who should play the Super Bowl halftime show

NFL

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Senior Bowl preview: Which players stood out on the first day of practice?

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Seahawks' silence is deafening on Chad Wheeler’s horrific domestic violence arrest [Updated]

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Matt LaFleur's garbage decision stinks to high heaven

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Madden Pro Bowl might be the NFL’s smartest move in years

MLB

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The GameStop revolution probably won’t sink Steve Cohen and the Mets, but

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Curt Schilling isn’t whiffing on Cooperstown because he’s a Trump supporter, it’s because he wasn’t good enough

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Phillies forced to bring back J.T. Realmuto because they made a decade’s worth of mistakes

Ed Condran

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Curt Schilling’s putrid mouth continues to keep him out of Cooperstown…. good

NBA

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Amid Shaq-Donovan Mitchell beef, Utah House passes resolution that Kazaam sucked

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It has somehow been one year since Kobe & Gigi Bryant’s tragic deaths, and tributes pour in

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The NBA, for some dumb reason, still thinks having an All-Star Game makes sense

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The Sixers look just fine without James Harden, thank you very much

NHL

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Dubois-Laine trade is full of sound and fury, but signifies... not much

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Totally believable Not-Tony DeAngelo burner account roasted by Twitter: Deadspin Investigates [UPDATED]

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Hockey media's shameful Mike Babcock rehab tour is underway

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Nickelback celebration should make Habs your least favorite team, if they weren’t already

NCAA

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Cory Booker tells Deadspin there is a 'real window of opportunity' for the College Athletes Bill of Rights to pass

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Gardner-Webb wrestles with the concept of negative numbers

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The Niners are setting up shop in Arizona, but Stanford’s not so lucky

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Student activists on the Harvard-Yale protest, one year later

SOCCER

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$1.5B in debt, Barcelona are broke-ass broke — and royally FC'd

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Frank Lampard could do the first job, but he couldn’t do the second at Chelsea

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SEE IT: Newport County keeper scores from Narnia, sets new record

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Mesut Ozil and the death of the #10