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Deadspin Dead Ringers: Professional athletes and their celebrity doppelgängers

We’ve all heard of doppelgängers — people who aren’t related but look like one another. There’s a whole subreddit dedicated to finding lookalikes. There was a Saturday Night Live short on the subject. But have you ever looked at one of your favorite athletes, or a player on your favorite team and no...

by Anthony Locicero|

|Fri Nov 24 2023

These are the all-time NBA starting fives

While debating politics over Thanksgiving can cause irreplaceable family fissures, debating the all-time starting fives for each NBA team holds way fewer stakes. There are many different ways to build an all-time starting five, all of which illicit strong reactions. Some people prefer to choose the ...

by Anthony Locicero|

|Fri Nov 24 2023

The best fan-hosted NBA podcasts

With trust in the mainstream media dwindling daily, it’s no wonder corporate sports journalism is also losing ground. Partisanship and traffic-driven agendas have diluted the public’s trust in NBA talking heads. As anyone with a microphone and laptop can start a podcast, a DIY community of fan-drive...

by Anthony Locicero|

|Thu Nov 23 2023

These were the best NBA games ever played on Thanksgiving or Christmas

It’s been more than two decades since we’ve seen an NBA game on Thanksgiving. And for the sake of communion and fellowship, we’re better for it. It’s not like the TV won’t be on anyway. With Fox News and CNN rotting our brains and the NFL providing an annual doubleheader, there’s plenty to go numb f...

by Staff Report|

|Thu Nov 23 2023

Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers are putting on a show

It’s the season of giving and the Indiana Pacers have one man to be thankful for their early season prosperity. Tyrese Haliburton has given the league whiplash leading Indiana’s turnaround in the second year of his stint in Indiana. No offense is more captivating to watch or more dynamic than Indian...

by DJ Dunson|

|Wed Nov 22 2023

It's mini-March Madness, only in November

Gather round. It’s Feast Week: When college basketball and holiday branding collide in a breathtaking fireworks show of national championship contenders facing off in gyms barely fit for a church league game....

by Staff Report|

|Wed Nov 22 2023

Miles Bridges takes the joy out of watching the Hornets

I don’t have a favorite NBA team. There is no fingernail biting or throwing of remote controls in my home when viewing the league. What I do have is players whom I most enjoy watching. Two of them used to be LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges. I used to always look forward to the Charlotte Hornets’ 4 p.m...

by Stephen Knox|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

The NBA's In-Season Tournament is broken. Here's how it can be fixed

Nobody expected the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament to have it all figured out right away. However, there are some drastic changes that need to be made. Friday night marks the final portion of the NBA In-Season Tournament’s Group Stage. After this week, the tournament whittles down to eight tea...

by DJ Dunson|

|Tue Nov 21 2023