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An NHL Expansion Draft Could Be Pretty Fun
NHL expansion no longer seems as sure a thing as it did a few months ago, with Las Vegas waiting for the phone to ring and Quebec City reportedly out of the running because of the weak Canadian dollar. But if it happens, we’re going to know soon: expansion for the 2017-18 season would be made offici...
FIFA Admits World Cup Bribes, Wants That Money Back From The U.S.
You can say many things about FIFA, but you can never say it doesn’t really like money, or that it doesn’t have enormous fucking balls....
Goose Gossage Doesn't Want "A Bunch Of Cam Newtons Running Around"
Everywhere is a battlefield in the culture wars, it seems, but by definition you’re on the right side of history if you’re not part of the generation that’s going to die first. Goose Gossage isn’t going to go down without a fight though—he’s back at it with his critiques of 21st century baseball, an...
Deadspin Up All Night: You Go To New Places
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Go read a book....
Presenting The 2016 Name Of The Year Bracket
These are exciting times for Name of the Year....
Andrew Bogut Hit His First Three-Pointer In Three Years
March 8, 2013, was the last time Warriors center Andrew Bogut even attempted a shot from beyond the arc. Since then he’s been waiting, watching, judging the angles, observing the Splash Brothers. Finally, in last night’s 125-107 win over the Pelicans, Bogut let ‘er rip....
Report: Roger Goodell Could Give Up Power To Impose Player Discipline
The NFL and NFLPA have exchanged proposals on revamping the league’s controversial disciplinary system, according to union head DeMaurice Smith, and it seems the NFL has put one major concession on the table: the removal of commissioner Roger Goodell’s powers to impose punishment for off-the-field a...
Ryan Fitzpatrick's Free Agency is Getting Messy
You, as an educated and perceptive sports fan, know leaked reports about ongoing contract negotiations should not serve as predictors of where a player will end up or what that contract will ultimately look like. But they are good barometers of who thinks it’s a good idea to play hardball by running...
Cops Question Blue Jays Fan For Tweeting Threat To Statue Over Jose Bautista Contract
Back when it was clear that Jose Bautista and the Blue Jays were far apart on a potential contract extension, a number of fans sided with their slugger and against ownership, which despite being among the richest in pro sports has a reputation for failing to spend like it. The ire of one of those fa...
Whoever Leaked The NCAA Tournament Bracket, Thank You
Sports fans can appreciate spectacle for spectacle’s sake—to a point. The NCAA tournament selection show is worthwhile drama, for fans of many schools the nervous culmination of a season and a chance to find out where they’re going next, and for fans of a small handful, the nailbiting tension of fin...
Dennis Wideman's 20-Game Suspension Reduced To 10 After He's Already Served 19
Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman was initially handed a 20-game suspension for checking linesman Don Henderson in a game on Jan. 27, a punishment upheld upon appeal by commissioner Gary Bettman. But Wideman appealed even further, to an independent arbitrator—a recourse first offered under th...
NHL Teams Are Figuring Out 3-On-3 Overtime And Scoring Less
The first year of 3-on-3 overtime has been a boon to the NHL, both in terms of excitement and in avoiding shootouts. But the heady early days of end-to-end action and goals aplenty have gradually given way to something slightly more sedate. Which doesn’t mean it’s still not better than the old way....
Sounds Like Some Bad Blood Between The Broncos And Brock Osweiler
Brock Osweiler feels he’s more likely to be successful with the Texans than he would have been with the Broncos. The Broncos believe they’re better off without Osweiler at QB for the price he was asking. I’m sure we all have strong feelings on who is correct (it could be both! It could be neither.),...
Old Man Swears At Cloud
Fortuitous timing, this, coming just hours after Bryce Harper said baseball needs to allow its players to show they’re having fun, and just about the entire world agreed with him, and it started to feel like this whole pro-celebration movement has become so obviously dominant that it’s all in opposi...
Tom Brady's New Contract Is Great For Everyone
It’s a biennial NFL tradition: Tom Brady reworks his contract with the Patriots to get more money up front in exchange for kicking the salary cap can down the road. Brady’s latest two-year extension was announced last month, but we now have the numbers....
The Chiefs Will Fight The NFL On Tampering Penalties
The Kansas City Chiefs have been hit by the NFL with a raft of penalties for illegally tampering with Jeremy Maclin during 2015's “legal tampering” period, and, frankly, it’s pretty insane. The penalties are harsher than any previously imposed, and the violation was one that undoubtedly happens doze...
NHL Says Rape Allegations Against Patrick Kane Were "Unfounded"
Well, this is a hell of a statement. The NHL has concluded its investigation into sexual assault claims against Blackhawks star Patrick Kane made in August, and the league’s release doesn’t merely say that Kane won’t be disciplined. It goes even further than law enforcement, which declined to prosec...