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Some Bears To Make You Think About The Pals You've Lost Along The Way
These young bears are having a grand time digging round in the ice. Will it be like this forever? You know it can’t....

Dennis Smith Jr. Is An Athletic Marvel
You’d be foolish to take away too much from how a rookie plays in NBA Summer League. Sometimes future stars like Damian Lillard can announce themselves with huge Summer League performances, but for every Lillard there are a dozen Donte Greenes who show out on the small stage then quickly fade away o...

So You Know How To Win. Why Should You?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the following tweet, by, I gather, some Democratic Party-aligned liberal guy who writes for something called Shareblue, since it was posted yesterday. It makes me feel extremely bummed out and lost:...

Lonzo Ball Has Another Great Game Without Wearing His Sneakers
One day after switching up his sneakers to have his best game yet, Lonzo Ball has turned in another strong Summer League performance. Thursday night against the Cavs’ squad, he finished with 16 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds. Most notably, he got the triple-double while playing the whole night ...

Joel Embiid Has No Regrets About Saying "Fuck LaVar Ball"
Lovable Sixers center Joel Embiid participated in some sort of panel on Thursday, and he was asked about the fine he received from the NBA for saying “Fuck LaVar Ball” on Instagram. If the original comment wasn’t enough to get you on Team Embiid, this response probably will:...

The Warriors Said No To Paul George For Klay Thompson
The NBA is just as interesting for the trades that don’t get done as the ones that do, and this is an especially fascinating what-if: Before shipping Paul George to Oklahoma City (which was wild and surprising enough), the Pacers reached out to the Golden State Warriors and proposed a blockbuster on...

Knicks Reportedly Hire Away Kings' Best Front Office Guy After Just Three Months On The Job
The Sacramento Kings have spent this NBA offseason as a darling of the league for the first time in what feels like 15 years. They drafted well, nabbing hyperfast point guard De’Aaron Fox at five and picking three more players later in the draft that were generally viewed as good value picks for a f...

Deadspin Up All Night: When I Once Lived In Paradise
Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Real, honest-to-god competitive sports will return tomorrow....

How Frank Rich Became The Butcher Of Broadway
This story original appeared in the June, 1990 issue of GQ and appears here with the author’s permission....

Hugh Freeze Didn't Have Much To Say About Houston Nutt's Lawsuit
Just 24 hours after a lawsuit filed by former Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt took over the college football news cycle, current Rebels coach Hugh Freeze faced reporters at SEC Media Days. ...

KatyPerrysBootyHole And Wetbutt23 Broke The Jose Quintana Trade
The White Sox’s trade of starter Jose Quintana to the Cubs for four minor leaguers went down with remarkable secrecy, with no leaks and no rumors that the teams were even working on it. (It later emerged that Rick Hahn and Theo Epstein ducked backstage at the All-Star FanFest to talk business.) Wel...

<i>Game Of Thrones</i> Is Increasingly Incoherent And Somehow Still Magical<em></em>
This is the time of year when I stretch myself across a bubbling lava pit in agony, unwilling to give up my foothold on either side, for I both love and hate Game of Thrones....

What's The Dumbest Movie That Has Made You Cry?
A couple years ago I was on a flight home from Panama and by great fortune, Space Jam was available on the seat-back entertainment thingy. I hadn’t seen it in the 20 years since it came out (yes, 20!), and thought to myself, hell yeah. ...

White Sox Trade Ace José Quintana To—Oh Fucking Come On
The Chicago White Sox announced today that they have traded 28-year-old ace pitcher José Quintana to the fucking Chicago Cubs, who are basically worse than the St. Louis Cardinals at this point....

Adam Silver Doesn't Seem To Want To Talk About Tanking
NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke to reporters in Las Vegas yesterday, and fielded questions on topics ranging from playoff re-seeding to the NBA’s age limit. One topic he did not seem too interested in talking about was tanking....

Lonzo Ball Has Best Game Yet After Ditching Big Baller Brand Sneakers
Lonzo Ball returned to Las Vegas Summer League action last night, but not in his much-ballyhooed Big Baller Brand ZO2s. No, he was wearing a purple pair of Kobe A.D. sneakers. Yes, they kind of look similar to the BBB ZO2....

Peyton Manning Mocks Kevin Durant And Russell Westbrook For Your Enjoyment
At tonight’s sports awards show, host Peyton Manning took a soft jab at Kevin Durant’s front-running, then followed up with an appeal to KD’s former teammate Russell Westbrook. Each NBA star sold the gag with some pretty solid deadpan glares....

Deadspin Up All Night: It's A Motherfucker
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. How did all this good stuff happen?...

Houston Nutt Sues Ole Miss, Claiming School Lied To Reporters In Order To Smear Him
Former Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt filed a lawsuit against the school Wednesday, claiming it broke the terms of his 2011 severance agreement when football officials attempted to pin the majority of the Rebels’ recent NCAA violations on the 59-year-old CBS analyst....

White Sox Writer Believes Team's First Half Was Not As Bad As It Could Have Been
The Chicago White Sox are 38-49; their last game before the All-Star break was a 10-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies in which they were two outs away from getting no-hit in the most hitter-friendly ballpark in the majors. The team is last in the AL Central. Pitcher José Quintana is on the trading bloc...