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Rick Pitino Is Back In College Basketball. A Black Coach Would Never Be Able To Pull This Off.
Rick Pitino is human Teflon....

It Feels Like NFLPA Railroaded Members Into Voting For Deal That Puts Them Directly On The Tracks
If you read most of the headlines Sunday evening surrounding the NFL players’ vote to approve the controversial collective bargaining agreement, you’d think all was blissful on the league’s labor front....

Shocking But True: Aubrey Huff Is Still The Worst
Aubrey Huff is an asshole. He says so himself in his Twitter profile. Maybe not with that exact word, but when you declare yourself “Politically incorrect … & support toxic masculinity!” it’s a clear message that a good copy editor could get that down to seven letters....

Baseball's Unwritten Rules Are A National Plague Unto Themselves
Since retaliation has always been allowed whenever one of baseball’s unwritten rules are broken, the Houston Astros should be bracing themselves for whatever punishment opposing teams decide to hand out this season....

Eric Reid Says NFL Is Trying to Screw Disabled Former Players In New Collective Bargaining Agreement
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, presidential elections, the suspensions of the NBA and MLB seasons, and NBA players such as Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell contracting the virus, the NFL has likely never been farther from American minds. And rightfully so....

Is There Any Big Ten Program That <i>Doesn't</i> Have a Hideous Sex Abuse Scandal Lurking In Its Past?
Once is a mistake, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern....

The World Series Of Poker Is A Petri Dish For Disease. Why The Hell Hasn't It Been Cancelled Yet?
(UPDATE: They finally cancelled the thing.)...

Hate In The Time Of Coronavirus: A Guide to Despising Duke — Even When All The Games Have Been Cancelled.
The world is burning. The coronavirus has shut down everything from office buildings to conferences about the coronavirus. Meanwhile, there’s not a package of toilet paper to be found on shelves in 34 states....
What’s The Matter With Tampa Bay?
What’s The Matter With Tampa Bay?...

World Champion Washington Nationals Catcher Kurt Suzuki Feels His President's Love
Just plain awkward....

Transactions, Nov. 1
This the final Deadspin transaction before relegation. As the last editor left with access to our work systems, I’m promoting Dave McKenna to editor-in-chief of Deadspin. This should come as no surprise given his career stats: multiple dirty politicians brought down, evil sports owners exposed, and ...

Highly Desired Talent Squandered In Crucial Moment, Wastes No Time Thinking About Future
The Washington Nationals won the World Series, which feels like an insane thing to write. (Be happy for them at your own discretion.) But let’s talk about Gerrit Cole. The Astros pitcher, one of the best in baseball, was nowhere to be found as Houston lost Game 7, 6-2. Manager A.J. Hinch revealed th...

My Life As A Minor League Baseball Clown
Social media has Hoovered the best years out of my life. The last thing I remember, I was a college freshman whose cosplay enthusiast girlfriend signed us both up for a website called “The Face Book.” Now, I’m middle-aged and drive an electric car. As if this wasn’t already evident, at no point betw...

Can I Fuck To My Friend's Band?
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re talking about mercy rules, Jason Statham, baseball, cereal, bad roommates, and more....

It's Absolutely Fine That Donald Trump Got Booed At The World Series
Every now and then, Boris Johnson stumbles stammering down a street in England looking like a toilet brush that has somehow been granted admission to a fancy private school. Cameras are trained on him because he’s the prime minister of the United Kingdom, but they were on him before. He has been, ...

There Are Only Two Acceptable Wedding Dress Codes
Yesterday, I was having a nice coffee outside with a friend who was telling me about an upcoming trip. He and his girlfriend were going to a wedding in Austin. I, a famous lover a good wedding, wanted details. There’s a moment when you ask people who wear dresses about weddings that never comes up w...

Check Out The Wheels On This Pumpkin Thief
Yesterday, D.C. writer Topher Mathews posted about the pumpkin on his doorstep. Specifically, he posted about how someone had stolen his pumpkin. It happens all the time! However, I have to say that I am pretty sure most pumpkin thefts are not this funny....

Nationals Fans Didn’t Stick To Sports
Well, that went well, didn’t it? Donald Trump went to a baseball game, he got booed, the home team got hammered again, and the ratings are still, well, the ratings. ...

Ja Morant Scores 30, Stuffs Kyrie Irving, Will Be A Lot Of Fun On The Grizzlies
Big fat dunks, pinpoint dimes, and the gumption to go at Kyrie Irving in a scoring duel and win? Ja Morant delivered on all those fronts Sunday as the Memphis Grizzlies took out the Brooklyn Nets, 134-133. Based on Morant’s 30-point, nine-assist romp, the No. 2 pick out of Murray State intends to re...

Even When Aaron Rodgers Slips Up, He's Spectacular
Even with Patrick Mahomes stuck on the sideline, Sunday night’s game between the Chiefs and the Packers played out as an entertaining battle of offenses that kept matching each other blow for blow. But in a fight between the recently un-retired Matt Moore and the god Aaron Rodgers, it was only a mat...