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Hm, This Markelle Fultz Shooting Drill Seems Weird And Bad

The vaguely and increasingly sad saga of Markelle Fultz’s lost shooting stroke has become one of the defining stories of this NBA season. And yet, for all the reporting and blogging around it, all the proffered diagnoses from coaches and GMs and anonymous sources close to Fultz or the Sixers, all th...

Sorry, But Russia Is Awesome: An Olympic Men's Hockey Preview

The Olympics are when the greatest athletes from all over the world gather to compete in their respective sports. Except for men’s hockey this year....

That Time Adam Rippon Sang A Rihanna Song And Then Skated To It

Yesterday—or possibly today, I seriously don’t understand how these time zones work—Adam Rippon became the most popular figure skater in the U.S. by absolutely crushing his long program during the team competition and becoming a key contributor to Team USA’s bronze medal win....

Philly Cops Briefly Thought Corey Clement Was A Barricade-Jumper At The Super Bowl Parade

The problem with being a pro football player is that people might not know what you look like. You wear a helmet while you play. Sure, casual fans know what the star athletes like the quarterback look like—but maybe not anyone else. (For more private individuals, this may be a feature.)...

Welcome To The Adam Rippon Show

American figure skater Adam Rippon, whose butt is real and whose whole vibe is spectacular, made his Olympic debut at age 28 last night. He’s a star now....

Deadspin Up All Night: I Must Make You Understand

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Adam Rippon rules....

Reports: Colts Hire Eagles Offensive Coordinator Frank Reich As Next Head Coach

Fresh off of being brutally rejected by Josh McDaniels, the Colts have pivoted to Super Bowl-winning Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich as their next head coach, replacing Chuck Pagano. Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, Reich will sign a five-year deal in Indianapolis....

Deadspin Up All Night: What Is There To Say?

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Answer For Your Awful Basketbloggers, Warriors Fans

What the hell am I even reading right now?...

WEEI Suspends Christian Fauria Five Days For Racist Don Yee Impression

There is, apparently, a line that can be crossed at oft-offensive Boston sports radio shithole WEEI, as the station suspended host Christian Fauria five days for his racist impression of NFL agent Don Yee on Friday’s show....

Deadspin Up All Night: Do It Do It Do It Do It Do It Do It Do It Now

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Boston Radio Host Christian Fauria Does Insanely Racist Impression Of NFL Agent Don Yee [Update]

On today’s edition of WEEI’s Ordway, Merloni & Fauria, the fellas discussed how Boston Herald columnist Ron Borges was pranked by a guy pretending to be NFL agent Don Yee, who represents quarterbacks Tom Brady and Jimmy Garoppolo. The prankster fooled Borges into writing an inaccurate story through ...

Michael Porter Jr. Still Wants To Play Again For Mizzou

Last November, Michael Porter Jr., Mizzou freshman and one-time favorite to become the top pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, was forced to undergo surgery on his back. He played just two minutes of college ball, and at the time, it seemed that he would miss the rest of the season recovering from the injur...

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The Eagles Beat The Patriots With A Heaping Dose Of Their Own Medicine

The Philly Special will rightly be the play that forever defines the Eagles’ victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl 52. But such ballsy trickery wasn’t some one-off bit of well-executed brilliance: The Eagles rolled up 538 yards and scored 41 points on the Pats, and they did it by doing a lot of th...

Louisiana Tech Player Ejected For Being Too Rad

Unless you live in Ruston, La., chances are the name Jacobi Boykins won’t ring a bell. That’s a shame, because the senior Louisiana Tech guard is and has been a great watch during his four years with the Bulldogs, albeit one sequestered to Conference USA games. He’s the best three-point shooter on a...

Dead Letters: "Go Back To School And Become A Christian"

Subject: You are terrible...

Here Are Some Unbelievable Feats Of Walking By The One And Only Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi is so incomprehensibly great because he has an almost unlimited arsenal of match-deciding, soul-snatching, title-winning skills and attributes—so many, in fact, that some of them threaten to go under-appreciated. Perfect example: some of his deceptively simple but actually staggeringly ...

Gabriel Landeskog Beat The Shirt Off Brayden Schenn<em></em>

Just three seconds into last night’s Avs-Blues contest, Colorado’s Gabriel Landeskog and St. Louis’s Brayden Schenn decided to randomly drop the gloves and have a brawl in open ice. The initial violence in itself was 20 seconds of intensity, but the fight really heated up and came to a climax when L...

Markelle Fultz Update: Uhhhh

Sixers GM Bryan Colangelo held a brief scrum with reporters today to update everyone on the status of No. 1 overall draft pick Markelle Fultz, who has not seen the court much this year after injuring his shoulder and then developing what appears to be a pretty serious case of the yips. So how is Fu...