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Get A Load Of The Sports Dude's Extremely Poor World Series Take

Hey, look! It’s The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, definitely unknowingly walking smack-dab into what in no way looks like a prearranged and staged TMZ ambush today in Los Angeles, where reporters lurked to find out what famous Hollywood power-player Bill Simmons thinks will happen in Game 6 of the World Se...

On Eve Of 60 Minutes Sports Report, Baylor Starts Website Called "The Truth"

This afternoon, the URL www.baylor.edu/thetruth went live; no, the URL and website names are not the worst part....

Will You Remember Andre Johnson? 

Yesterday afternoon, Andre Johnson walked away from the NFL. It’s the second such abrupt retirement by a one-time star of the Houston Texans who was living out the twilight of his career with a downtrodden franchise, and like Arian Foster, Johnson was, at best, a bit player on his new team in Tennes...

Will We Ever Have A Robot President?<em></em>

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Ray Allen Paved The Way

Ray Allen hasn’t played in an NBA game since July 2014, but the 41-year-old shooting guard was not officially retired until this morning, when he announced his exit from the NBA in an essay published on The Players’ Tribune....

Thou Shalt Not Steal: Tim Tebow Injured Trying To Take Second

Tim Tebow performed a great feat today, reaching base twice against the Peoria Javelinas. He hit a single in his first at-bat, and he now somehow has a three-game hitting streak. Tebow reached on a fielder’s choice in the fourth, then tried to steal second. ...

Things Have Gotten Weird In The SEC East

With 10 weeks of college football in the books, now seems like a great time to check in on the SEC East and see who’s going to get stomped by Alabama in the conference title game....

The Thunder Are Locking Up What They Have

The Oklahoma City Thunder still have to figure out how to be a consistent playoff contender without Kevin Durant anchoring the roster, but they made two moves today that have given the future (the near future, at least) a more defined shape....

Trevor Bauer Had The Postseason's Best Baseball Butt

Trevor Bauer has been the Indians’ number two starter this postseason, and in that role he has been severely miscast. He didn’t exactly ask for such a responsibility—injuries to Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar necessitated it—but nonetheless Bauer has responded with a 5.54 ERA and 1.69 WHIP in 13 ...

Darrelle Revis Is Still Getting Roasted

The Jets won yesterday, beating the Browns, which, okay. That makes two in a row for New York, which has slightly eased the suffering caused by a particularly disastrous four-game losing streak that triggered the brief return of Geno Smith. Still, you wouldn’t exactly call the victory over the Brown...

Shaquem Griffin, UCF's One-Handed Linebacker, Is The Man<em></em> 

UCF may not be holding down their spot as the No. 1 team in the Deadspin 25 as they did in with their beautifully imperfect 2015 campaign, but Shaquem Griffin, the Knights’ Guy to Know, is having himself one hell of a year....

I Still Haven't Wrapped My Head Around This LeBron James Pass

I know you’ve seen this pass LeBron James made during Saturday’s game against the Magic:...

High School Apologizes For "Deplorable" Trail Of Tears Football Banner, Quietly Deletes Photo Gallery

McClain High School in Greenfield, Ohio issued an apology on its website over the weekend for the appearance of a “Trail of Tears” banner before the Tigers’ football game Friday against the Hillsboro Indians—but quietly deleted Spirit Week photos depicting students dressed as slaves, Chinese labore...

The Cubs Can't Touch Cleveland's Breaking Stuff

If there’s a single image that sums up the the first five games of the 2016 World Series, it’s one of the Cubs’ many supposedly mighty hitters feebly swinging at a breaking ball in the dirt. At this point, I think Javier Báez would swing at a ball that was rolled to the plate....

High School Team Beats Opponent In Victory Formation By Successfully Swiping The Snap

Friday night’s Goddard-Artesia high school game in New Mexico ended with a winning field goal after Goddard players successfully snatched the snap away from the center as Artesia attempted to kneel in victory formation:...

Jimbo Fisher Lays Into ACC Officials After Losing To Clemson [Update]

Third-ranked Clemson rallied late to edge No. 12 Florida State Saturday night, 37-34, and stay undefeated. FSU head football coach Jimbo Fisher wasn’t upset with the Tigers as much as he was at the penalties called by ACC officiating....

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You'd Think Scott Walker Could Get Better Seats [Update]

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Shitty ACC Coastal Teams Keep Giving Louisville The Business  

Lamar Jackson is still a deity when it comes to college football, but every god is eventually questioned....

Baylor freshman Grayland Arnold gives a thumb’s-up as he is carted off the field early in the Bears’ game against Texas in Austin....