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Totally believable Not-Tony DeAngelo burner account roasted by Twitter: Deadspin Investigates [UPDATED]
Nobody has ever accused Tony DeAngelo of being smart, and Deadspin’s No. 19 Idiot of the Year for 2020 is off to a strong start toward making our 2021 list....
Trevor Bauer’s inability to not be a jerk could cost him; Laine traded for Dubois
Trevor Bauer remains unsigned, and Ken Rosenthal reported on the Mets’ interest in the Cy Young winner on Friday night, including Bauer putting some spin on a big reason that a New York team would be reluctant to sign him, namely his own description of himself as being “good at two things in this wo...
NBC-ya Sports Network — Peacock pulls plug, moves NHL, NASCAR to USA Network
Pour one out for the former Outdoor Life Network....
SEE IT: Hammerin’ Hank’s career highlights live forever on video for those of us who never got to witness his greatness
Hank Aaron, who died on Friday at the age of 86, held Major League Baseball’s home run record for 33 years between when he passed Babe Ruth with his 715th dinger in 1974 and when Barry Bonds hit No. 756 in 2007....
Joe Biden’s inauguration means it’s time to deep-six all things 45 & celebrate the G.O.A.T. 46ers
Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, which means, among other things, that we’ve reached the end of “TRUMP 45” jerseys being presented at the White House — at least by teams that visit the White House, which now figures to be a regular thing again....
The Cubs quietly tolerated Jared Porter’s sliminess for years
Jared Porter is out as general manager of the Mets, and that’s good. The new ownership in New York promised accountability, and after ESPN’s detailed report Monday night on Porter’s harassment of a reporter with dozens of text messages, including a dick pic, Porter was given the heave-ho on Tuesday ...
It's been a while since we've talked about Buffalo in the context of a Super Bowl run
In one week, the Bills will be in the AFC title game for the first time in 27 years, when, perhaps in a bit of foreshadowing — depending on the outcome of Sunday’s divisional playoff — Buffalo hammered Kansas City, 30-13, to advance to Super Bowl XXVIII....
Harden puts up triple-double in 'New Jersey' Nets debut
James Harden’s debut with the Nets was a successful one, as the new Brooklyn superstar notched a triple-double with 32 points, 14 assists, and 12 rebounds in a 122-115 win over the Orlando Magic....
Pregame warmup oopsie sends Isles’ Varlamov to the training room, offers Ilya Sorokin long-awaited NHL debut
Hockey warmups always have a little bit of danger to them, with every player on the ice having their own puck, and everyone skating around all at once — but it’s really organized chaos. It’s not like everyone is shooting on the goalie at the same time....
Caris LeVert has mass on kidney, revealed by MRI after trade to Pacers; will undergo more tests
James Harden might have thought that his trade from the Rockets to the Nets was a godsend. For Caris LeVert, it really might have been....
San Francisco Giants owner called out for financing seditionists & traitors feigns outrage
Renel Brooks-Moon is the public address announcer for the San Francisco Giants. She was only the second woman to get that job in Major League Baseball when she took over for the first, Sherry Davis, in 2000. She’s also one of the few Black public address announcers in MLB....
Now Karl-Anthony Towns has COVID-19, listen to him
Karl-Anthony Towns has COVID-19....
You cannot escape being Manscaped, even in NHL rinks — it's like a Zamboni for your ...
Do you find NHL helmet ads irritating? Do they cut you the wrong way? Leave you feeling sensitive about the intrusion of capitalism into sports?...
Virginia cancels women’s basketball season, because sports in a pandemic is a bad idea
This season was not going well for the Virginia women’s basketball team....
MLB’s sudden political awakening is transparent nonsense
Companies across the country are realizing that having had their money fund politicians who attempt to engage in a coup is bad for business, so for the past week, many have been cutting off their donations. Most notably, Hallmark asked lead insurrectionist senator Josh Hawley to return the company’s...
A history of laughable geographical blips in divisional misplacement; aka, the 'Arizona in the NFC East' problem
The NHL realigned its divisions for the 2021 season, a move necessitated by teams’ inability to cross the Canadian border in the time of COVID-19. Generally, it wouldn’t make a ton of sense for Vancouver and Ottawa to be in the same division, but they’re both in Canada, so, fine, they’re in the Nort...
How do you solve a problem like Kyrie? Enigmatic star is kind of all of us right now: Lost and trying to find himself
Kyrie Irving is tough to pin down, and not just when it comes to figuring out his whereabouts....
NHL North Preview: Probably no Cup winners here, but expect a spirited competition
The North division, aka the Canadian division, features some of the best offensive talents in the game: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Auston Matthews, John Tavares, Elias Pettersson, and Johnny Gaudreau, among others, call this division home. None of these teams have won a Stanley Cup since 1993, ...
Gardner-Webb wrestles with the concept of negative numbers
What we’re learning so far in 2021 is that when you think things are as bad as they possibly could be, you’re wrong, because there’s always a way that it could be worse....