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Capitals Choke Yet Again
Through the first six games of their series with the Penguins, the Capitals were the superior team. They outshot the Pens by 11 shots per game through Game 6, and entered Game 7 on a high, winning the previous two games and scoring nine goals in the process....
Scott Wilson And Brooks Orpik Throw Hands In First Game 7 Fight In 24 Years
The Penguins kept a lid on the Capitals tonight, scoring two goals on Caps mistakes to win. Brooks Orpik tried to light a fire under his soggy team by tossing mitts with Scott Wilson late in the third period. As hockey fights go it was fine, but as the NBC broadcast noted, it was the first fight tha...
Deadspin Up All Night: Real Calm
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Old Man Manu Ginobili Saved The Spurs
Kawhi Leonard didn’t take the court for the Spurs’ final play of regulation. After Patty Mills inexplicably head faked James Harden with 0.4 seconds left and nailed a shot well after the buzzer, Leonard still didn’t see the court in overtime. The beating heart of the Spurs missed most of the game’s ...
Manu Ginobili Dunks On Father Time
The Spurs and Rockets are locked in the best game of the playoffs right now, and Manu Ginobili provided its best moment. The 39-year-old Argentinian sliced through the lane late in the second quarter and banged one in with his off-hand. The bench’s reaction says it all....
Maybe The Raptors Should Just Be Happy With What They've Got<em></em>
In a press conference today, Raptors president Masai Ujiri said, “I feel talking now is BS, why we need to do this today, might as well talk to me in a month,” but nevertheless offered some 6,303 words of speculation on his team’s future. Those words were interesting, if fogged in layers of nuance, ...
Colts Hire Ex-Military Guy To Do Advanced Grit Science, Or Something<em></em>
As reported by Seth Wickersham and his own website, former special-forces officer Brian Decker has been hired by the Indianapolis Colts to be a player personnel strategist....
Draymond Green Is Leaning Fully Into It
Draymond Green has been one of the NBA’s most vocal players since entering the league, even long before he had the talent to back his mouth up. He is an arrogant, disrespectful goon, who is also the heart of his team and the best defensive player in the league. While other Warriors have struggled wi...
The Capitals Are Finally Getting What They Deserve
Well, that was an ass-kicking. Two games ago the Capitals were all but dead and buried, their obituaries prepared (and sometimes even published). A lot can change in two games. After last night’s 5-2 road beatdown of the Penguins, they are one win away from making it further in the playoffs than the...
The Jazz Got Vaporized By Golden State, But They Still Had A Great Season
The Golden State Warriors wrapped up a nice tidy sweep of the Utah Jazz tonight, winning 121-95 in Salt Lake to ensure themselves a decent chunk of rest before they take on one of two Texas teams locked in an internecine Western Conference semifinal matchup. The Warriors look as terrifying as they e...
Dwight Howard Cited For Speeding And Driving Without Insurance The Morning Of Hawks' Game 6 Loss
Early in the morning before the Atlanta Hawks lost Game 6 of their first round series against the Washington Wizards and got bounced from the playoffs, Hawks center Dwight Howard was pulled over for driving 95 mph in a 65 mph zone at 2:06 a.m....
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Draymond Green Denounces Kelly Olynyk For Dirty Play, Somehow Does Not Choke On The Irony<em></em>
On the latest episode of his Dray Day podcast, Warriors forward Draymond Green addressed the recent scuffle between Kelly Olynyk and Kelly Oubre. He shared some strong opinions on Olynyk while also revealing quite a bit about himself....
Maria Sharapova Loses To Her Biggest Hater, Exchanges Awkward "Handshake"
Returning from a 15-month doping ban, Maria Sharapova faced some harsh critics, but none harsher than fellow WTA player Eugenie Bouchard, who suggested that she never should have been allowed back at all:...
The Penguins Still Have Some Tricks Up Their Sleeves
We’ve reached the chess match phase of this series, and it’s a testament the depths of both teams that they can trade bottom-six lineup changes involving some of the best forwards in hockey....
It's Probably Time To Stop Talking About "LeBron Stoppers"
The Toronto Raptors came into these playoffs with a well-known “LeBron Stopper” on the roster in DeMarre Carroll. The Hawks got swept by the Cavs when Carroll played the role for Atlanta in 2015, and James averaged 26.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 6.7 assists on 62.2 percent shooting when the Cavs bea...
What Happens To Kyle Lowry Now?
Kyle Lowry was on the bench with a sprained ankle yesterday while his team got punted out of the playoffs by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for a second consecutive season. Lowry knew the Raptors’ season was over after they lost Game 3 on Friday night, and he was feeling existential afterw...
John Wall Is Too Much
In his “Coach’s Corner” bit after the first quarter of last night’s Game 4 between the Celtics and the Wizards, Boston coach Brad Stevens explained to TNT’s David Aldridge how his team had shrugged off an early Washington run to end the period leading 24-20. “Even when it was 8-0 them,” he said, “we...
Deadspin Up All Night: A Reason To Stay
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The Cavaliers Killed The Raptors
For the second year in a row, the Cavaliers have handily disposed of the Raptors in the playoffs; this year, handily is an understatement there....