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Efe Ajagba puts opponent to sleep faster than an 84-year-old sipping NyQuil
Whenever you can hear a knockout before seeing the person hit the floor, you know something wild just happened....
Kyle Pitts might be this draft’s best wide receiver, and he’s a tight end
Travis Kelce, George Kittle, and Darren Waller have ushered in a new age of receiving-threat TEs, following in the footsteps of Rob Gronkowski (who’s still around) and Jimmy Graham (who mostly isn’t). Next in line could very well be a prospect out of Florida that will go very high in this year’s NFL...
The ABL is alive and well: Anybody But LeBron
The NBA is officially now the ABL....
Daniel Bryan is going out the only way he can
If you’re a wrestling fan, it may feel like 2014 again. Generally, rerunning something from recent history shows a lack of creativity and ambition, and both of those things have afflicted WWE something fierce for a while now. But when it comes to Daniel Bryan, there isn’t anything he can’t turn to g...
LaMarcus Aldridge joins loaded Nets, but we found the team they should STILL fear the most
Just because LaMarcus Aldridge has his lowest scoring average since he was a rookie, his lowest true shooting in five years, and his lowest rebounding average ever this season doesn’t mean he’s cooked at 35....
NFL Draft season is officially bonkers with ’Fins flipping picks with 49ers, then Eagles
Oh, hell yes. NFL draft madness is now officially underway. The Miami Dolphins this afternoon traded their No. 3 overall pick to the San Francisco 49ers for the No. 12 pick, a compensatory 2021 3rd round pick, and first-round picks in 2022 and 2023. This trade news broke roughly one hour before BYU ...
The best NCAA Tournament performances ever
The NCAA tournament is one of the most captivating sporting events of the year. For an entire month, the world of college basketball takes center stage and the world is introduced to young, new stars trying to make a name for themselves. Many players have had great NCAA tournament performances over ...
Deadspin investigates: Tiger Woods crash site a haven for driver error — 13 accidents in 2020
On the day that Tiger Woods crashed his car in Los Angeles, winding up with a rod in his leg and several broken bones, sheriff’s deputy Carlos Gonzalez told reporters at a news conference that he regularly writes tickets to drivers on that stretch of road for going 80 miles per hour when the speed l...
Houston plans to retire James Harden’s number? Aw, Hell no!
The Houston Rockets have lost their damn minds....
Rush Limbaugh, dead at 70, spewed racist filth from every pulpit including ESPN’s
Rush Limbaugh, who died on Wednesday at the age of 70, was a terrible human being whose hate the world is better off not having in it. That includes the sports world, which at least did its best to expel Limbaugh years before the physical world finally did....
At Trevor Bauer’s Dodger intro, media hold his misogynist feet to ... a cozy, warm, crackling fire
I can’t sum this up any better than Craig Calcattera did, so let’s start there:...
WWE nailed the Damian Priest & Bad Bunny pairing, which is off to a great start
Maybe it was luck, perhaps it was smart booking, or just recognizing how important it is to effectively develop NXT call-ups instead of letting them linger on Raw or Smackdown without a purpose. ...
Deadspin’s surprises, wishlist & predictions for a WWE Royal Rumble rife with possibilities
Wrestlemania season kicks off for real this Sunday, in the strangest Royal Rumble WWE has ever had. At least it will be, with only manufactured crowd noise, no live audience, and the possibility of any kind of theatrical goofiness they can think of possible. The rumors of a prerecorded finish or fin...
Scotty Miller is extremely wrong in thinking he can outrun Tyreek Hill
Buccaneers wide receiver Scotty Miller just lied to himself, the rest of the NFL, and the entire American public. This man suggested that he would beat Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill in a race, and in fact thinks of himself as the fastest guy in the NFL....
Why the hell did Matt LaFleur elect to kick a field goal?
With a Super Bowl berth hanging in the balance, down eight points to the greatest quarterback of all time, this year’s presumptive MVP under center, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur opted to kick a field goal with 2:09 left in the game. It was fourth-and-goal from the eight yard line. ...
Robert Saleh should be a head coach in the NFL tomorrow
The Rams folded a game against the 49ers at home that could have given them a significant lead in the NFC West. Jared Goff played like a Best Buy store clerk once again, throwing for just 198 yards and two interceptions. So nothing really out of the ordinary here....
The Top 10 NBA Draft classes of All Time
In honor of the 2020 NBA Draft on Wednesday, Deadspin is taking the time to rank the top ten drafts in NBA history....
It had to be the Raiders, didn’t it?
For as much as the Pats get shit for it, mostly because they were the most successful, every football team loves to find ways to flout the rules. It’s what they do. If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’ as the saying goes. You have to be willing to do what the other guy won’t. That’s the defining ...
The NFL is plowing ahead, despite all logic
We knew when the NFL decided to go ahead with the season as scheduled, it had very little flexibility. This isn’t baseball that can pile on double-headers or fill up off-days. The NFL only has teams’ bye weeks to bounce around and that’s what they’ve done, on a limited basis. Which is why there’s no...
Cowboys defense nonexistent like Trump’s COVID protocols, Ramsey and Tate try to 2-piece each other, and the NFC East is a joke
COVID-19 was the story for the league this week as multiple positive tests forced teams to shut down facilities and games to be postponed. ...