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If Kelly Oubre Jr. Is Suspended, It Will Be Because He Was Honest

First of all, as a basketball euphemism, physical play is bullshit. Everything that happens on a basketball court is physical play. A bounce-pass is a physical play. When broadcast crews and halftime pundits and bloggers say that one team is playing more physical than the other, particularly in the ...

We're Never Getting Another <i>Game Of Thrones</i> Book, But HBO Will Be Making <i>Thrones</i> Spinoffs Forever<em></em>

Normally around this time in May, Game of Thrones, HBO’s hit show about sailing and cousin-fucking, is approaching the halfway point of its season. The course of the season’s plot has been charted, glowery dudes have glowered across dimly lit tables at each other, and at least one character has been...

LeBron James Explains What He Was Thinking When He Made Serge Ibaka Look Like A Stupid Helpless Baby

So far the story of the second-round series between the Cavs and the Raptors is the degree to which the Cavs are completely unbothered by their opponents. Here’s the series summed up, in one image:...

Why The Hell Are Lonzo Ball’s Sneakers $495?

Yesterday, LaVar and Lonzo Ball unveiled the ZO2—the first sneaker from the semi-eponymous Big Baller Brand. The Balls came out with their own kicks because every major sneaker company had passed on signing Lonzo Ball, who is expected to be a high first-round pick in this year’s NBA Draft....

Racist Boston Sports Fans Are Very Much A Boston Problem

By now, you know that Adam Jones was subjected to racial taunts at Fenway Park earlier this week. I honestly thought this was a fairly open-and-shut, easily-condemned case of fan misconduct. But ohhhhhhhh, oh how I was mistaken. Dear reader, you should never, EVER underestimate the hilarious defensi...

Look At These Beautiful Bulldogs

It has been brought to the attention of Deadspin’s Thursday night editorial staff that the blog somehow failed to cover the 38th Annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest, which took place last week in Des Moines. We apologize for the grave oversight and invite you to take a belated look at thes...

The Wizards Got Out To A Huge Lead And, For Once, Kept It

The Wizards dominated in the first quarter of tonight’s Game 3, going on a 20-0 run and heading to the second with a 39-17 lead over the Celtics. But you’ve heard that one before, and it hasn’t ended well for Washington lately. Tonight was different....

Kelly Oubre Ejected After Charging, Shoving Kelly Olynyk

Things got chippy early in the second quarter for the Celtics and Wizards, after Kelly Oubre was the victim of a hard screen by Kelly Olynyk. Oubre wasn’t especially pleased, and he showed it by charging Olynyk and shoving him to the ground:...

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Marcus Morris Denies That He Is Impersonating His Twin Brother On The Wizards<em></em>

Is Wizards forward Markieff Morris only playing through an ankle injury because his brother Marcus is impersonating him? Let’s see what Marcus thinks....

Klay Thompson's Autopilot System Failed In The Middle Of An Interview

Sometimes you’re just digging around in your bag of platitudes, and you come up empty-handed....

Reince Priebus Praises Trump's Touchback

This Shit? I'm Still Sick Of It.

Remember that shit from the first round of the playoffs? That shit is still going on, and I still hate it....

Tony Parker Carried Off The Court After Nasty-Looking Knee Injury [Update: He's Done For The Playoffs]

During the fourth quarter of the Spurs’ game against the Rockets, Spurs point guard Tony Parker came down funny after shooting a teardrop and immediately crumpled to the floor. It initially appeared that he hurt his right knee, but it now seems that he hurt his left leg while taking off for the floa...

The Raptors Are Dead

For the second consecutive postseason, it has become abundantly clear that the Toronto Raptors are going to get owned by the Cleveland Cavaliers....

White Sox Slugger Avisaíl García Breaks Bat

One of the big surprises of the young baseball season has been Chicago White Sox outfielder Avisaíl García—sold to fans of the South Siders upon his acquisition as the second coming of Magglio Ordóñez, and in reality more like a butt—hitting like a god. He came into tonight leading the league in bat...

“Hello, This is Madonna. May I Speak to Steve?”

I love anthologies of magazine journalism but you don’t see them published much these days and that’s a damn shame. Safe to say everyone around these parts is grateful to the university presses for keeping the fine tradition alive. We have Mercer University Press to thank for A Man’s World, an enter...

Joe Namath Yakked About North Korea With Karl Rove On Fox News For Some Reason

As the United States faces escalating international tensions, who better to soothe the country than a septuagenarian chiefly famous for throwing the football and once shaving his mustache on TV?...

Deadspin Up All Night: No Right

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Enjoy The Sweet Excess Of David West's Dimes

Of the Warriors’ 40 made field goals last night, 32 came off assists. While this could instead be a blog about overly generous assist credits—and yes, after rewatching many of them, I’m tempted to get petty—even a hater must concede that Golden State dropped many, many sweet dimes while thumping the...