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Jeremy Lin Will Miss The Entire Season
Though not nearly as gruesome, the knee injury suffered by Jeremy Lin last night was just as stomach-churning as the leg break that ended Gordon Hayward’s season on Tuesday night. The gut punch didn’t come from any horrifically twisted limb, but from Lin’s anguished reaction....
McKayla Maroney Knew She Had To Stick Up For Herself
Yesterday, 2012 Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney added her name to the ever-growing list of gymnasts who allege they were sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. Maroney is the highest profile athlete to date to come forward; so far, more than 140 women and girls have...
Let It Be The Season Of Giannis
Kevin Durant? Corny in ways we are only beginning to understand. Kawhi Leonard? Boring. LeBron James? A bald dad. James Harden? Beards are out. Russell Westbrook? Okay, he’s still pretty cool, but what I am getting at here is this: we are headed, at this very moment, directly into the Year of Gianni...
Gordon Hayward Will Likely Miss The Entire Season
Given the graphic and shocking visual of the injury, it’s not actually so absurd to refer to the aftermath of Gordon Hayward’s injury as the “best-case scenario,” as Hayward’s agent called it. But that’s the truth: It could have been much worse. Instead, it’s a broken tibia and a dislocated ankle, s...
Jeremy Lin Leaves Court In Tears After Suffering Knee Injury
Jeremy Lin went down with an ugly knee injury in the fourth quarter of tonight’s game against the Indiana Pacers after going up for a contested layup. ...
The Pistons Couldn't Give Tickets To Their First Game At Detroit's Dumb New Arena Away
There has been much fanfare in Metro Detroit about the $863 million new stadium downtown that serves as the new home for both the Red Wings and the Pistons, which was paid for in part by $324 million in public money from the city and the state. The stadium, which is named after cheap pizza, is by al...
Why Would This Time Be Any Different?
Here we are again in the midst of another news cycle involving a powerful man being accused of sexual assault and harassment and women sharing their own traumas in the hope that something—anything—will change the way men treat women and our bodies....
Deadspin Up All Night: Isn't It Amazing What You Can Accomplish
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. R.I.P. Gord Downie....
Carmelo Anthony's Son Told Him He Should Go To Oklahoma City
On the eve of the Thunder’s season opener against the Knicks tomorrow, Carmelo Anthony spoke to Marc Stein, now of the New York Times, about the process of switching conferences and leaving New York after six drama-filled and mostly pointless seasons. It has some good Phil Jackson burns that paint t...
Tom Jurich Follows Rick Pitino Out The Door At Louisville<em></em>
Two days after the Louisville Athletic Association’s board canned men’s head basketball coach Rick Pitino, the university’s board of trustees voted Wednesday to fire athletic director Tom Jurich with cause....
Are The Celtics Still Good?
An item of conventional basketball wisdom is this: Generally speaking, if you can get a certain useful skillset in one player, that is better than getting it divided among, say, two or three players. That is why, when blockbuster trades go down, the default analysis favors the team that shipped out ...
At Least Jaylen Brown Is Up To The Task
The Celtics’ season was proceeding as planned for a total of six minute before Gordon Hayward obliterated his ankle Tuesday night, forcing the team to reorient itself without a player who figured to have an enormous role in the team’s offense. With Hayward’s ankle now shredded like carnitas, Boston’...
Muhammad Ali's Desperate Twilight
Excerpted from Ali: A Life, By Jonathan Eig....
Report: Bobby Portis Suspended Eight Games For Breaking Nikola Mirotic's Face
Nikola Mirotic was hospitalized yesterday with a fractured jaw and a concussion after a confrontation with Bulls teammate Bobby Portis. Today the Bulls announced that Portis would be suspended for eight games....
The Mississippi State Fan Who Took His Revenge On Ole Miss And The Football Press
To most of the sports world, Steve Robertson’s role in the greatest spectacle in college football this year has been a small one. Robertson, a recruiting writer for the Mississippi State fan site Gene’s Page on Scout.com, is the guy who found The Call, a one-minute entry in the record of Ole Miss he...
<i>Jeopardy!</i> Dummy Beats Even Bigger Dummies With $1
Defending Jeopardy! champion Manny Abell wasn’t doing so hot heading into Final Jeopardy last night. Abell had accrued just $1,000, trailing both Carlos Nobleza Posas and Fran Fried by a cool $11,300, and he needed a lot to break in his favor for him to make up that difference. Thanks to a panel-wid...
The Thunder Gave Kevin Durant's Old Number To An Undrafted Rookie
P.J. Dozier, an undrafted rookie who signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder yesterday and will be wearing the No. 35 jersey for as long as he is with the team, told reporters that his choice in jersey number had nothing to do with Kevin Durant, who wore No. 35 for nine years in Oklahoma City before l...
McKayla Maroney Says She Was Sexually Abused For Years By Larry Nassar
Olympic champion McKayla Maroney has added her voice to the massive and growing list of women using the hashtag #MeToo to share their stories of sexual abuse and sexual harassment, and, more specifically, Maroney joins the more than 140 women who allege they were abused by Larry Nassar, team doctor ...
Golden State Warriors Fall To Last Place In Western Conference<em></em>
After officials waved off an apparent Kevin Durant buzzer beater upon further review, the Golden State Warriors fell to 0-1 on opening night at home. They lost to the Rockets 122-121 on the occasion of their championship ring ceremony. Awwww....
Nick Young Is Already In Paradise
The Golden State Warriors were, by a mile, the best possible team for a goofy open-three shooter like Nick Young. But probably not even in Young’s wildest dreams did he know that playing for the Dubs would be so easy and fun so quickly....