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Is Overtime Elite the amateur sports game changer we’ve been waiting for?
It’s probably too soon to tell, but the new paid basketball league for 16- to 18-year-olds is certainly intriguing....
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....
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....
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....
Expand the damn All-Star rosters so talent like this stops getting snubbed
Generally, in the NBA, you’re allowed to carry 15 players per team, 13 of whom are eligible to be active on game night, not including any two-way roster slots. This season, in preparation for unexpected absences (which have been primarily due to COVID-19 protocols), the active roster list has expand...
How to run a 'Super Bowl Squares/Boxes' office pool without an, umm, office
Whether you call it “squares” or a “box pool,” the betting game that takes place every year is a staple of offices and local bars for Super Bowl weekend. COVID, that dastardly villain, has attempted to lay waste to many traditions in the sports world, but I will not let it take my squares. Like ever...
What are the best performances by Black quarterbacks in the Super Bowl? We rank them
There have only been seven Black quarterbacks to play in a Super Bowl. That stat could be surprising to some considering the NFL has been majority Black for decades....
Which Clipper will step up fantasy production without Leonard, George, or Beverley?
Three games tonight, and the best one features the New York Knicks. God bless if tonight’s a big gambling night for you because this is one of the season’s worst evenings on paper so far. No, it’s not because of the Knicks: Their match-up with the Utah Jazz saves this from being downright abysmal. T...
Cory Booker tells Deadspin there is a 'real window of opportunity' for the College Athletes Bill of Rights to pass
Over the summer, Cory Booker told Deadspin that he “would not be here today if it were not for college sports” and the lessons he learned from playing college football. The former tight end was a high school All-American and received a scholarship to play Division I ball at Stanford. But his experie...
Booger McFarland was loud, and wrong, about young Black NFL players
Blaming the many for the mistakes of the few is never a good look....
3...2...1...Boom! A sports retrospective off absurd 50th anniversary of a whale explosion
The Oregon Highway Division had an extremely non-highway problem to deal with 50 years ago. When a dead sperm whale washed up on the beach near Florence, nobody quite knew what to do about it, but it was starting to stink. So, the Highway Division was called in, and on November 12, 1970, they put th...
We have a winner: Sports gambling
We don’t know the result of this year’s presidential election… yet. But it’s becoming increasingly clear that Americans are in favor of legalizing sports betting (and weed, but that’s for another time)....
Ex-Athlete U.S. Senators Tell Deadspin: College Bill of Rights Upends NCAA’s Imbalance of Power
When Senator Ron Wyden played basketball at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he got paid — just not on the court. ...
A Brief History of Athletes at the Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention starts tonight in a way reminiscent of televised live pro sports. There will be no crowd, cheers may be artificial, and personal bubbles — instead of congregating in Milwaukee — will be used to keep everyone safe....
It's Gone With the Wins for the Suns, Who are All of Us Right Now
There’s probably a harsh life lesson in going unbeaten in a rearranged season and becoming one of the biggest stories in the NBA and still not even making the play-in round. This is the Phoenix Suns’ lot in life at the moment. Sometimes you can do everything perfectly and it still won’t matter and o...
Four Squads, Two Spots: Today Will Be The Best Day Of The NBA Bubble To Date
By the end of the night, The Bubble is going to pop for two teams in Orlando....
Draymond Says What We All Feel: Get My Man Out of Phoenix
Draymond Green, in all sincerity, decided to do Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker a favor as a guest analyst Friday on TNT’s NBA broadcast....
Ain’t a Sheet of Ice North of Fargo I Ain’t Played: NHL’s Return Preview – Eastern Conference
The winter sports and their summer bubbles return to us this weekend, because we’re descending into the Upside-Down. The NHL has decamped to Toronto and Edmonton, with a modified playoff system kicking straight off on Saturday. It’s a bit run-before-you-can-walk, with each team only getting one pres...
Josh Gibson and the Long Gone Summers That Should Have Been
The following is adapted from the podcast script for Stick to Pods Episode 11, “Josh Gibson,” which originally aired on April 12, 2018...
The Odds of Sports Gambling Legalization in a Pandemic
2020 was supposed to be the year sports betting exploded. But a pandemic hit, the economy tanked, and major sporting events were canceled across the country....