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Dennis Smith Jr. is quietly reviving his career in Detroit
Let’s first acknowledge that Dennis Smith Jr. is not all the way back yet. He’s not even shooting 40 percent from the field this season. But even if he’s not back to where he was as a top-10 prospect coming from the 2017 NBA Draft Class, he’s far above where he stood toward the latter half of his Ne...
NBA referees calling games softer than two-ply toilet tissue on a cotton pillow
NBA referees haven’t had the best week in the association....
Ravens’ 'spot and choose' overtime idea could revolutionize football
The Ravens are reportedly making a proposal to the NFL to change the overtime rules to a “spot and choose” system under which the winner of the coin toss would get to pick where the ball goes on the field and the other team would decide whether it wants to play offense or defense....
We don’t need conference tournaments this year
What exactly are we doing here?...
38 years ago today, Terry Bradshaw used an alias…it was Tom Brady
Terry Bradshaw once apparently wished he was Tom Brady before Tom Brady even became Tom Brady....
It looks like a bunch of confused former college athletes signed an NCAA brief supporting the opposite of their beliefs on paying current college athletes
Hilariously, some former college athletes decided to chime in to say that current college athletes shouldn’t get paid, but also apparently didn’t really know what they were signing. In a “friend-of-the-court” brief filed last month to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the ongoing saga of NCAA amateur...
'Predator' Kellen Winslow II gets 14 years for insidious rapes, attacks targeting vulnerable victims
Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II was sentenced to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offenses against five women in Southern California, a homeless woman he attacked in 2018, according to ESPN. Winslow II is the son of Hall of Fame tight end Kellen Winslow, who is widely re...
Yankee skipper Aaron Boone takes immediate medical leave to receive pacemaker
Manager Aaron Boone is taking an immediate medical leave of absence to receive a pacemaker, the Yankees announced today. The manager is expected to receive surgery this afternoon at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa....
Reports of Kemba Walker’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
Depending on who you ask, Kemba Walker might be anywhere from overly washed to overly joyous....
Popovich rightly calls Texas’ ‘100 percent’ opening and mask-mandate removal ‘mystifying’ ‘ignorant’ and ‘ridiculous’
Texas is open. All of it. 100 percent. The whole shebang. In true Texas fashion. And in a global pandemic that’s still going on, by the way. Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott made that announcement, and removed the state’s mask mandate....
Twitter beef allows us to welcome back Soulja Boy & Randy Orton as headline names
I would have never thought that I would look at my timeline and see an active Twitter Beef between WWE legend Randy Orton and Soulja Boy, but it’s 2021 and anything is possible. ...
Ariel Young, injured in crash by former Chiefs Coach Britt Reid, likely has permanent brain damage
Tom Porto, the family attorney for Ariel Young, the 5-year-old girl that was injured last month in a car accident with Britt Reid, has spoken out for the first time. In an interview with Good Morning America, he provided an update on her condition....
Comeback not-kid Alex Smith reportedly will soon be out of Washington, so here are his best landing spots
The 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year will not be back in Washington. According to Ian Rapoport and Kim Jones, Alex Smith is expected to be released by the Washington Football Team anytime now. He could be a free agent as soon as [checks notes] today....
Sin City: Knights make awful bet with ‘tout’ site, get roasted, then end partnership quicker than a Vegas marriage
It was only a matter of time before the Vegas Golden Knights made some sort of shady deal, right? It is Vegas, after all....
Rick Pitino’s ‘Larry Bird is not walking through that door’ speech is now old enough to drink
On this day, 21 year ago, one of the greatest quotes in sports history happened....
Renee Montgomery owning the Atlanta Dream is the latest example of Black women taking over Georgia
With Black History Month in our rearview mirrors, and as we enter a month dedicated to celebrating the history of women, it has become quite apparent that the months of February and March are being merged by the actions of Black women like Renee Montgomery, Stacey Abrams, and even Keisha Lance Botto...
Bucs host world’s largest girls flag football tournament during a pandemic
I’m all for girls’ flag football tournaments, but hosting the “world’s largest” anything in a global pandemic may, I dunno, not be a great idea?...
Here are your Idiots for the month of February
It’s the return of Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH awards, as we continue to cull the newswires for idiots from all over the sports world. Fresh off the smash hit The Top 50 Idiots of 2020, and the idiots of January, we bring you February’s Idiot Kings....