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Joel Embiid Is Done For The Season
The Philadelphia 76ers announced today that rookie center Joel Embiid will be out for the rest of the season due to lingering issues with his left knee....
You Cretins Are Going To Get Thousands Of People Killed<em></em>
Here’s what you have to understand about the sort of people who become anchors, nonpartisan pundits, centrist columnists, and cable news political correspondents: They didn’t sign up to be the resistance. They don’t want Donald Trump to fail. They want him to “pivot” and “act presidential.”...
It's Time For Phil Jackson To Get The Hell Out Of Here
Phil Jackson wasn’t content to just watch all his major offseason moves combust in his face. Instead, he took all these failures as evidence that he needed to double-down on his personal fetish, the triangle....
Kevin Durant Out At Least One Month With MCL Sprain, Bone Bruise
The results of Kevin Durant’s MRI are reportedly in, and the news is about as good as Warriors fans could have hoped for....
Amar'e Stoudemire Gets Homophobic When Asked About Playing With A Gay Teammate
Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire is currently playing ball in Israel, for a team he co-owns. He was recently included in a series of brief interviews conducted by Walla Sport, in which players from around the Israeli league were asked how they would feel about having a gay teammate....
You Can't Balance Out Racism
Some things don’t dissolve in a cup of platitudes....
The Bee Plays Soccer
Scientists, in their never-ending quest to replace all fields of human achievement with our new insect overlords, have studied the best way to teach a bee to play soccer....
What Would The Warriors Do Without Kevin Durant?
I’m not an internet doctor; I can’t tell you if the Warriors should panic. But I’ll tell you when they’ll know if they should. Later today, Golden State will publicly announce the results of the MRI Kevin Durant underwent last night on his injured knee....
May Russell Westbrook's Will Be Done
Watching Russell Westbrook stomp down the basketball court and score through sheer force of will is always a treat, and tonight he dropped us a particularly delectable morsel late in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma City’s 109-106 win over the Utah Jazz. ...
Markieff Morris's Wife Apparently Talks About His Nuts "All The Time"
After Steph Curry missed a go-ahead three-pointer in the final seconds of Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Wizards, Markeiff Morris hit two big free throws to put the game out of reach, 112-108. ...
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Kevin Durant Hobbles Into Locker Room With Knee Injury [Update]
The Golden State Warriors are rolling right now and playing about as well as they ever have over the past three years (Steph Curry’s o-for-11 night from three in Philly notwithstanding). All that could undo them would be an inju—OH GOD:...
Report: Five Richmond Baseball Players Suspended For Heinous Crime Of Playing Fantasy Football
The NCAA is known to hand out seemingly arbitrary suspensions for specious transgressions such as byzantine misappropriation of school book funds and drug violations that are actually not drug violations. Here’s a new one: Five Richmond baseball players were reportedly suspended from the team for pl...
Deadspin Up All Night: Mad At Truth
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. The internet was cranky today, but we’ll have more stuff for you tomorrow....
What Kobe Bryant Was Capable Of
The story originally appeared in The Los Angeles Times Magazine on Oct. 31, 2004 and can be found in Kaye’s ebook anthology, Men: What They Do, How They Think, And Why. It is republished here with the author’s permission....
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Education Secretary DeVos: [Sound Of Me Spitting Out Coffee, Falling Out Of Chair]
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are “real pioneers when it comes to school choice,” according to a statement by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Also, I’m going to pull my head off and punt it into a bog....
As Expected, The New Vikings Stadium Is Killing A Record Number Of Birds
No one can say they didn’t see this coming. Well, the birds can....
The Only Time I Ever Tried To Dunk Went Like This, Too
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Taylor Fritz Struggles To Get Moth Off Court; Ball Girl Finds The Solution On The Bottom Of Her Foot
Taylor Fritz’s match against Adrian Mannarino tonight in Acapulco suffered a brief delay as the 112th-ranked American tried to humanely shoo a bothersome moth from the court during a second-set tiebreaker. A nearby ball girl took matters into her own hands...er, feet. Er, foot....