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Global Pandemic

Repeated COVID outbreaks won't stop Michigan from lusting after NCAA Tournament cash

Carron J. Phillips

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

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The Mourning After

Barfstool CEO Erika Nardini is either evil, the most ignorant person on Earth, or both

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Welcome to The Ladies Room, a new Deadspin Sports podcast ... this week, Real Sports' Mary Carillo wonders if there will be an Olympics in 2021?

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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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College Football

‘Undersized’ or not, Jaret Patterson’s talent has him ready for the next step

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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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Jake Paul boxing Ben Askren won’t give him the legitimacy he longs for, but it will be entertaining

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The best Super Bowl halftime shows

Best Deals Of The Day

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Tuesday's Best Deals: Tacklife Portable Power Station, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Electric Snowblower, Meal Prep Kit, Surface Pro 7, Stroopwafels, AirPods Pro, and More

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The Near-Perfect AirPods Pro Drop to $200

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All-time great Hank Aaron dead at 86

Hall of Famer Hammerin’ Hank Aaron battled horrific racism and death threats on the road to becoming the MLB home run king has passed away.

and Jon Helmkamp

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The impossible task of appreciating Hank Aaron: An amazing player and a better man

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The life of Hank Aaron in photos

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Hank Aaron was everything, Barry Bonds was nothing

Jeff Pearlman

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The power and lasting impact of Hank Aaron's 44

NFL

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

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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

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Why the hell did Matt LaFleur elect to kick a field goal?

MLB

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Just contract the Pirates already

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Enrique Hernández nickname sparks some deep thoughts in me as to the right way to handle it

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The power and lasting impact of Hank Aaron's 44

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SEE IT: Hammerin’ Hank’s career highlights live forever on video for those of us who never got to witness his greatness

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