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Chris Christie Tries Sports Bloviating, Is Bad At That, Too
Chris Christie, a man who lacks charm, wit, or the support of either major political party, went on SNY TV last night to stan for Mets by taking weak-ass shots at the Phillies....

I'm So Mad That This Sentence Exists
Brands are bad, marketing is bad, entertainment is bad, corporations are bad, the media is bad, flacks are bad, press releases are bad, the state of sports business reporting is very very bad, Hollywood is bad, soda is bad, tie-ins are bad, synergy is bad, Darren Rovell is post-human, commercials ar...

Colorado State Recommended Firing Larry Eustachy Three Years Ago After Investigation
A university investigation conducted three years ago found evidence that Colorado State men’s basketball coach Larry Eustachy verbally and emotionally abused his players, and created a culture of fear and intimidation. The investigators recommended that Eustachy should be fired, a move the school pr...

Deadspin Up All Night: This Feeling That Remains
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Michigan State Band Director Was Suspended One Week For Sexually Harassing Student<em></em>
Thanks to some hard-nosed student journalists, a recent sexual harassment case involving the Michigan State marching band director has come to light 10 months after the school attempted to address the matter internally....

No One Knows What The Sixers Are Doing With Jahlil Okafor
As hot as the 76ers were in January, this is not the season for them to be good. It’s the season to develop their good young players (Joel Embiid, maybe Ben Simmons) and to see about trading those who are expendable for their future (uh, just about everyone else). Well, Embiid and Simmons are hurt—w...

Peter King Profiles Tom Brady, Who Drinks Salt And Smiles And Therefore Is A Genius
Of all the clichés of the hack celebrity profile, perhaps the most overdone is the one where the writer opens with an observation of the famous person’s eating or drinking behavior from across a table. You’ve encountered this countless times, I’m sure: the bombshell sex-symbol tearing lustily into a...

Is Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal's Longtime Coach, Really Cool With Stepping Down?<em></em>
Rafael Nadal will split ways with his longtime coach, Uncle Toni, at the end of the 2017 season, according to an interview Toni Nadal gave to the website Il Tennis Italiano over the weekend. Instead of traveling with his nephew, Toni Nadal said he will spend next season overseeing the Nadals’ tenni...

Deadspin Up All Night: Tell The Truth
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What In The Damn Heck, Canadiens Fire Michel Therrien And Hire Claude Julien
On the one hand this was so painfully obvious, and on the other hand, holy shit. The first-place Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Michel Therrien amid a skid, and hired former Bruins coach Claude Julien, who was out of work for seven days, which was seven days too long....

Tom Brady Is A Cockroach
Zoo Atlanta and Rhode Island’s Roger Williams Park Zoo made a cheesy Super Bowl bet, in which the losing zoo would have to name a baby animal after the winning team’s quarterback. Since the Patriots won, meet Tom Brady, a baby Madagascar hissing cockroach:...

ESPN Sued By Tennis Broadcaster Fired Over Venus Williams Remark
Tennis broadcaster Doug Adler, who didn’t return to ESPN’s Australian Open broadcast after commenting on Venus Williams’s “gorilla” or “guerrilla” style of play—that’s the big question here—has sued ESPN and two ESPN executives in charge of tennis broadcasts in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging w...

Report: Magic Trade Serge Ibaka To Raptors, Continue To Play Themselves
The NBA hot stove has been burning early and often this year, and according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the next player on the move is Magic big man Serge Ibaka....

It Is Time For All NBA D-Leaguers To Be Paid A Living Wage
The NBA announced an extensive multiyear partnership agreement between the D-League and a popular sports drink company this morning, which will see the popular sports drink company’s logo on all basketballs, jerseys, and court side signage, as well as the league being renamed for the 2017-18 season ...

Trump's National Security Czar Resigns Over "Compromising Position" With Russia<em></em>
Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Michael Flynn, resigned tonight after just 24 days on the job after revelations that he’d “misled” the administration about a phone call with the Russian ambassador, had likely committed a crime, and was potentially vulnerable to blackmail....

Adam Silver And Michael Jordan Met With James Dolan And Couldn't Get Him To Back Down<em></em>
This afternoon, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Michael Jordan met with James Dolan and Charles Oakley to try and mediate a peaceful end to their very public dispute. (Frank Isola first reported the news, and the NBA confirmed it shortly after.)...

Deadspin Up All Night: Stay Free
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Sadio Mané Steamrolled Tottenham All By Himself
Lately, the soccer-watching world has been in the midst of a (quite understandable) inquest into the mysterious affliction affecting Liverpool in 2017. It seemed like once the calendar switched, the club that had most convincingly staked its claim as the Premier League’s second-best team this season...

The Shady 76ers Are Mad At Joel Embiid For Dancing
Philadelphia 76ers fans haven’t seen much of historically great rookie Joel Embiid lately, as he’s missed 12 of the team’s last 13 games with with a knee injury. They did, however, get to see him in action at a Meek Mill concert this weekend:...

Adele Falls Apart During George Michael Tribute, Curses, Makes Everyone Start Over Again
Adele, who opened tonight’s Grammy Awards, reappeared later to perform a memorial tribute to George Michael with a rendition of his “Fastlove.” It didn’t go so well, and we all learned the realities of live television. She was sorry, though!...