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A week of simple joys continues
We’ve all gotten to breathe a bit this past weekend. It doesn’t mean the weight of the world isn’t still turning all of our postures into a question mark, but for a brief moment, it did feel like we were getting more oxygen into our lungs and standing up straight without shooting pain. It’ll be impo...
No one wants the football in the NFC East
We’re minutes into football Sunday and normalcy has returned to America. The NFC East is a complete joke, again....
Don’t get it twisted, Tom Brady isn’t in this for Antonio Brown, he’s in it for himself
Just pump the brakes on handing Tom Brady the Humanitarian of the Year award....
![Forget 28-3 and booing Santa, Philly & Atlanta give us the biggest OT win of all time [UPDATED]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/cdodkfckmm6iplpcl4va.jpg)
Forget 28-3 and booing Santa, Philly & Atlanta give us the biggest OT win of all time [UPDATED]
This is going to be hard to take for many, but we’re gonna have to give Atlanta and Philly folks a break....
Here’s how Charles Johnson’s GOP candidates of choice fared yesterday
In September, a Deadspin analysis of Charles Johnson’s political donations showed that the owner of the San Francisco Giants had given $1.7 million to Republican causes in 2020 alone, including donations to 46 individual candidates....
Week 8 Powerless Rankings: Poor Trevor Lawrence
Another Sunday of NFL football has concluded....
White Sox fill manager slot by exhuming corpse of Tony La Russa
It is impossible to accurately describe how confounding the White Sox hiring of Tony La Russa as manager is. That adjective is not even close to properly illustrating the shock, confusion, and anger of just about anyone around the club today. It’s like staring at a car crash, but both vehicles were ...
Atlanta Hawks pledge $40 million to fight the racial opportunity gap — where should it go?
The opportunity gap for Black people in this country is devastating....
Week 7 Powerless Rankings: Did your favorite NFL team make the bottom 5?
After another week of football in the National Football League, we have had the pleasure of seeing some outstanding teams battle....
The NFL rewards men who put their hands on women
That headline is a doozy, isn’t it?...
Antonio Brown (and Tom Brady's enabling) just latest in NFL full of problematic men — time for women to take a stand
There’s a thing men do that drives women crazy. It’s when, upon becoming fathers, they suddenly care about women, often beginning their soapbox sermons against sexism and misogyny with “as the father of a daughter . . .”...
Wilson spouting off on humanity of Antonio Brown is insulting and, yes, even DangerRuss
Further illustrating how the NFL has outlined our utter failure, if not caused it, was professional and self-appointed morality-sensor Russell Wilson clamoring for the Seahawks to sign Antonio Brown. I can’t really add any more to this than DeArbea already did, but Wilson needing to chime in is tr...
Daniel Jones brings us all together with less threatening incompetence than debate
There wasn’t much to choose from on Thursday night, that is if you didn’t opt to stream a show you hadn’t gotten to or finished yet to shut out reality. I hear the new season of Fargo is good. If you were looking for live entertainment, your choices boiled down to which version of two balloon-handed...
![NFL teams lusting after lowlife Antonio Brown is disgraceful [Updated]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/nzuk9ujodjjefmqlaewq.jpg)
NFL teams lusting after lowlife Antonio Brown is disgraceful [Updated]
Updated on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7:40 p.m.: According to ESPN, Antonio Brown reached an agreement with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Friday night. The troubled receiver reunites with Tom Brady, and is expected to make his 2020 debut in Week 9....
Don't ever call it Hot-lanta again... it's Choke-lanta
It’s a Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing Atlanta as a sports town. ...
Tanking for Trevor: This week's NFL Powerless Rankings
Deadspin is proud to introduce its weekly #TankforTrevor Powerless Rankings, where we examine the sorriest teams in the league who have the best chance of selecting Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the 2021 NFL draft....
Braves run and stumble their way out of the NLCS
Even a make-believe or mutated season can make for memories that will haunt for years. As the Braves and their fans stew over yet another playoff flameout (the Braves may have to join the A’s and Twins on the playoff-banned list), they’ll look back at the 2nd inning of Game 6 and the 4th inning of G...
Atlanta Cockatoos finally look like pro franchise against tax accountant disguised as Vikings QB
Some occurrences in life are so rare that we all need to take a timeout and acknowledge them, for no other reason than to just simply admire the event for happening. ...
FOX's camera crew didn’t think the Giants could make a play, either
Surprise! The Giants are… winning a football game?...