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Best sports memes from the 2020 Election

The 2020 presidential election is arguably the most important election in the history of our country....

Tommy Tuberville proves we can do without the South

I know what happens every time you say something like that. I know there’s a lot of good people south of the Mason Dixon, or even south of I-80. At least that’s what they keep saying. And hey, a lot of dangerous jagoffs have been elected from the North. Except they come from places that want to be i...

Athletes arrive at the polls to volunteer, vote [UPDATED]

As you make your way to the polls, so do athletes....

LA sports championships and a racially divided presidential campaign – we’ve seen this before

A dominant Lakers team, led by a charismatic, 6-foot-9 generational talent and a uniquely gifted big man, captured the NBA title. The Dodgers win a World Series featuring one of the most amazing game-endings ever seen. It’s a presidential election year featuring a Republican candidate appealing to h...

Keith Olbermann’s explanation for his Kunta Kinte Tweet is as stupid as the original tweet

On a day in which a lot of white people are definitely going to do and say a lot of stupid, ignorant, racist, and unnecessary things, Keith Olbermann decided he wanted to get the party started early on Election Day....

'Doctrine of white supremacy:' Jackie Robinson saw the GOP for who they are back in 1964

On Sunday, for the first time in my life, I saw Americans gassed on their way to vote. ...

The biggest game of all that no one wins

The urge is to compare today to some ultimate or galactic Game 7. The gnawing pit in the stomach, the visions of doom in your head, because no sports fan ever allows themselves to think about victory, at least for any more than a fleeting second, in such a thing. You spend the whole day or days stee...

If you want championship teams to visit the White House again, vote For Biden/Harris

Steph Curry is generally liked by everybody. Well, unless you’re this guy......

Going to a sports arena or stadium to vote today? Read this first

For millions of Americans, the pandemic has changed when and where you cast your ballot....

Want to support your favorite team? Vote.

In 2016, seven NFL owners donated $1 million each to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, proving without a doubt that owners don’t feel the least bit inhibited when it comes to political speech. No, the neutrality directive has always been leveled at players, whose pockets may not be so deep yet ...

The Chargers have become artists

Dan Mullen is right back to being an unbearable jerk

The big takeaway from No. 10 Florida’s 41-17 rout of Missouri on Saturday night was that Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is a buffoon. ...

Lump Mike Piazza in with athletes for Trump after Pennsylvania rally appearance

Mamas, don’t let your sports heroes grow up to be Trumpers....

Deadspin Presents: Top 10 presidential endorsements from sports stars, Part II: Biden backers

It’s rare for athletes to openly advocate for a change in leadership in their day-to-day lives, because it usually means getting branded as a “coach killer,” or an excuse-maker. But when it comes to politics, it’s different. There’s the choice of either the person in charge, or the person running to...

Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe's engagement is just what we needed

This has been a long, exhausting, Zamboni fire of a year. And a month, for that matter. And a week....

Deadspin Presents: Top 10 presidential endorsements from sports stars, Part I: Trumpsters

There’s politics in everything, and sports is no different, so it’s not surprising that many figures in the sports world have decided to use their platform as public figures to make their feelings known about the upcoming presidential election....

For A.J. Hinch, looks like crime does pay as Tigers' gig looms

While White Sox fans, and the actual White Sox for a good portion of the time, have always considered the Cubs their main rival, the way baseball works is that your real enemy resides in the division. That’s who you compete with for playoff spots after all. So while the Sox were having their owner e...

Players can catch COVID safely? Tell that nonsense to Emmanuel Sanders

In case you have forgotten, this virus is no joke....

Atlanta Hawks pledge $40 million to fight the racial opportunity gap — where should it go?

The opportunity gap for Black people in this country is devastating....

Baseball’s winter of cost-savings discontent begins as cheapskate Cards cut Wong

It used to be the hot stove, and fans used to get excited about it right after the last out of the World Series. A ray of hope, provided by the wishful thinking that it could be your team ending the season on a podium with Rob Manfred as he gets booed next year. But in a preview of what’s to come ar...