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Week 11 NFL Powerless Rankings
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....
Wentz makes watching the Eagles worse than having a Vegan Thanksgiving, it’s time for Jalen Hurts
It might be time for Eagles fans to get out their brown paper bags. Watching this team has become more insufferable than sitting through an HR presentation. ...
Jim Nantz wants CBS to pay him like someone with a personality
In some ways you can’t begrudge Jim Nantz for asking for the bag. He probably looks to his right most Sundays, sees the Jerry Lewis soundboard that is Tony Romo, and figures A) Just by having to sit next to that overrated, handsome gas bag for four hours a week is worth $17 million a year. And B) If...
Sunday Scaries: The Week 11 bets to avoid
I regret to inform you that the Jacksonville Jaguars did not make the cut for this week’s Sunday Scaries. Of course they’re not winning games, but they’re covering. So they seem… reliable?...
What has this Big Ten season been for, anyway?
Northwestern is the 19th-ranked team in the country and on the way up after taking control of the Big Ten West with a 17-7 win over No. 10 Wisconsin on Saturday. The Wildcats’ remaining games are at Michigan State and Minnesota, and home against Illinois — three teams that have combined to win as ma...
'Woj Bombs' vs. 'Shams Wows': Who won opening night of the NBA free agency salvo?
NBA free agency opened on Friday, and with the usual whirlwind of signings in the first few hours after the 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time start of activity, it’s not easy to say what team really did the best....
Lou Holtz, who likened football to storming Normandy, has COVID-19
Lou Holtz has compared playing college football through coronavirus to the invasion of Normandy:...
Where should the top NBA free agents go?
DISCLAIMER: We’ve seen time and again in the NBA that if teams zero in on someone, they’ll find creative ways to make the transaction work, whether it’s a sign-and-trade, a straight-up signing, or sudden cap-clearing moves. So, yes, we may throw some numbers around estimating who might get what base...
This college basketball tournament in South Dakota doesn’t sound like a great idea anymore
When organizers cancelled the Battle 4 Atlantis in September they picked an interesting replacement: Sioux Falls, South Dakota....
Rudy Giuliani loves Philadelphia Eagles hoops
Perhaps the most delicious part of the attempted coup by the Trump administration is that Rudy Giuliani has evolved into a laughingstock....
ESPN needs to keep this crew for future NBA Drafts
On a night in which Woj stripped ESPN’s telecast of the 2020 NBA Draft of any suspense due to tweeting the picks early, the worldwide leader deserves some credit for putting together a crew that, for once, knew what the hell it was talking about....
Everyone feel really bad for Kelly Stafford living under a 'dictatorship' in COVID-ridden Michigan
Last week, much of America learned how truly violent and depraved the plot was to kidnap and — let’s be real, murder — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. If you didn’t catch the highlights, here are some of the allegations from Michigan’s criminal complaint against the white men involved:...
The NBA Draft was a welcome touch of comfort amid chaos
Traditions have been tested in this year of social distancing. There is absolutely no denying it — our society looks different today than we could have imagined a year ago. Remember groups? Remember parties? Remember crowds of crazed fans expressing their simultaneous hope and disgust at the way the...
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....
Timberwolves take Anthony Edwards, and it’s fine if it’s just his job
Rarely are No. 1 picks a total surprise, though there was some conjecture about what exactly the T-Wolves would do with the top selection in last night’s draft. Anthony Edwards was the consensus, but everyone’s got their own ideas, and then there was the little hubbub about Edwards essentially sayin...
Twitter was the place to be for the NBA's first virtual draft as Woj crushed it
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that Wi-Fi is a necessity....
Cats, Dogs, Balls and Pizza: Deadspin's NBA Draft Betting Preview
Ah, yet another strange oddity in the sports calendar during pandemic life....
The other 29 teams in the NBA should be doing everything they can to stop the Warriors from drafting James Wiseman
During the final scenes of the 1985 cult classic “The Last Dragon,” Bruce Leroy finally reaches his full potential in a battle against his nemesis, Sho’Nuff. By achieving “The Glow,” Leroy became unstoppable. ...
Shouldn’t the Nets include Kyrie in that Harden deal?
No, this isn’t going to happen. But can we argue that it should? ...
Deadspin Fixes the Royals: Helping Kansas City help itself
Five years ago, the Kansas City Royals were world champions. It was not a fluke or an accident, but the payoff for implementing a strategy that allowed them to compete despite not having the resources of the Yankees and Red Sox of the world....