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Daily Fantasy: Richaun Holmes has been reliable … even if he can’t stop fouling
Four of the top-10 players tonight are game-time decisions. You cautiously stay away after making your lineups too early, and then player X goes off. You forgot to check back before 7:30 p.m. to switch him in, and it was discovered that he’s actually playing. And your significant other wonders why y...
NFL players to watch: Divisional Round
The Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs starts tomorrow, and man are there some amazing matchups all weekend long. I love this slate. In each game, there are game-breaking players capable of monster performances. The playoffs are where great players become legends, and I’m hoping for some truly leg...
Houston Rockets win in James Harden divorce
Houston, you don’t have a problem anymore. The trade happened; it finally happened....
James Harden to Nets in 63-team deal involving 28 years of draft picks
The NBA landscape just changed wildly in the span of a few minutes, with a barrage of trades taking place that saw some players change multiple teams all at once. The key piece to note — James Harden, after requesting a trade and throwing a fit for several weeks, finally gets his wish. Harden has be...
Raiders social media team mixes up new DC Gus Bradley with Ken Whisenhunt
Whoever is running the Las Vegas Raiders’ social media department probably needs to spend a little more time on quality control, because the Raiders Twitter account welcomed new Defensive Coordinator Gus Bradley with a Photoshopped picture of … Ken Whisenhunt. ...
COVID-19 will define Adam Silver’s legacy
At its core, leadership is unfair. When things go well, leaders get all the praise. But, when things don’t, the burden is theirs alone to carry....
Shouldn’t all publicly-funded stadiums become mass vaccination sites?
The vaccine rollout hasn’t exactly happened at warp speed. So far, nearly 9 million Americans have received a first dose of the COVID shot. If we want to move faster, we may need super-centers and round-the-clock immunizations to accommodate the hundreds of millions of Americans still waiting to be ...
Sheldon Adelson, enemy of the free press — and online poker — dies at 87
Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands casino group, and the largest individual donor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns, died on Monday night, according to a statement released by Las Vegas Sands....
Nick Saban and Alabama’s medical staff should have never let Jaylen Waddle touch the field last night
There was nothing to be proud of when watching Alabama receiver Jaylen Waddle limp around the field last night in the National Championship game....
Florida government declares college football more important than COVID vaccine
It’s pretty easy to feel hopeless after the past week. There have been far more dangerous, frightening, and completely deflating examples of how our priorities and perceptions have been borked beyond repair. So to find comedy in the state of Florida putting a halt to COVID testing and vaccinations a...
Taylor Heinicke was a revelation, but we’re not rooting for him again
Taylor Heinicke started at quarterback for the Washington Football Team when Alex Smith was unable to go, and the 27-year-old from Old Dominion, who less than a year ago was the backup for the St. Louis Battlehawks of the XFL was incredible. Too good to be true, really....
Eastern Conference COVID Bingo shows what a fantastic idea bubble-less NBA season turned out to be
Tyrese Maxey has had a pretty impressive start to his NBA career. The No. 21 pick in the draft out of Kentucky, Maxey has been getting regular minutes in the 76ers’ backcourt, and had his best game yet on Thursday, scoring 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting against the Nets....
Fans rip Phillies over trade for Black Lives Matter hater/batting practice pitcher Sam Coonrod
The Philadelphia Phillies were one of seven MLB teams that decided not to play in the wake of Kenosha, Wisconsin, police shooting of Jacob Blake. ...
N.Y. Ranger idiot who enjoys a good racial slur rage-quits Twitter to protest his dear leader Trump's ban
After Twitter (finally) laid the ban hammer on Donald Trump for inciting white nationalist terrorists to violence, Rangers defenseman Tony DeAngelo rage-quit the platform himself. And it was just as hilarious as you’d think it was....
Tom Brady has never been a road warrior
Even the infallible Tom Brady isn’t perfect. ...
The NBA made it just two weeks as Seth Curry tests positive for COVID-19
If you had 15 days in the pool of when the NBA season would become a mess, please collect your winnings at the window. ...
Lindor trade means Cleveland moves closer to owner's dream of a free roster
Here’s a little something for you: Cleveland’s MLB team’s payroll for 2021 is currently set at $35 million. Only three teams had a lower one...in 2001. One of them was the Expos, who no longer exist. One was the Twins, whom the league tried to contract because they wouldn’t spend anything, while cla...
Endorsing LeBron's 'Dream' to rid Atlanta WNBA team of Kelly Loeffler (plus suggested partners!)
You’ve probably heard by now that a seismic shift has occurred politically, socially, and otherwise, thanks largely to the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. They began pushing to rid Kelly Loeffler from the United States Senate, ending with Reverend Raphael Warnock defeating her and actually doing what she neve...
WNBA players risked it all to bring down one of their owners; it’s time we all supported them
Angel McCoughtry, who was drafted by the Dream in 2009 and still lives in Atlanta, spent the last few months supporting Rev. Raphael Warnock’s candidacy for Georgia Senate over the woman who essentially signed her checks for years....
![Never-elected, all-world idiot Kelly Loeffler warms hearts of millions by proving she's a loser [UPDATED]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/quzqgdtxgtj5qsdxydni.jpg)
Never-elected, all-world idiot Kelly Loeffler warms hearts of millions by proving she's a loser [UPDATED]
Ding dong, the witch is dead....