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#SayHerName: The Kentucky Derby Is Going To Stand For More Than It Wants To This Year
It’s not the Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs would have imagined. It’s on Labor Day weekend instead of the first Saturday in May. It will take place without fans in the stands. It’ll be the second race of the Triple Crown instead of the first, as the Belmont has already been run. And whereas, for som...
Russell Westbrook Finally Gives Thunder Fans A Moment To Remember
The Bubble Domes continued at pace last night, and perhaps the story was OKC forcing a Game 7 against the Rockets in their first-round series. Or rather, the story within the story. ...
What if Players Showed up at Voter Registration Centers, and at the Polls on Election Day, to Help Boost Turnout?
After an historic few days of player protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisc., by a white officer, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association announced a three-step plan in response to the concerns of players in their fight against racial inequal...
Security Calls Cops on Brandon Marshall for the Crime of Being Black in a Rich Neighborhood – His Own
When Black professional athletes say police brutality and being treated like a criminal is important to them, they truly mean it because it’s personal. ...
Spoiled Rich Kid Jared Kushner Needs to Keep His Silver-Spooned Yap Shut
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand...
What’s Next? Athletes Are Faced With That Critical Question After Unprecedented Day in Sports
After a critical mass of protests across the professional sports world in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the most pressing and powerful question that remains is represented in only two words....
LeBron Voting to Walk Away from This Season Should Tell You All You Need to Know About the Importance of This Moment
If you weren’t sure how serious and life-changing the historic NBA walkout is, the players’ vote late Wednesday night after the postseason was halted should clue you in....
Rest Assured, These Guys Are Still Complete & Utter Jerks
Oh, hey, just in case you were wondering…...
We Rank the NBA's Coaching Carousel Openings
We have arrived at “that” point in the NBA season. ...
‘NBA Players Can’t Read,’ Idiot Proclaims on Radio
Fuck you, Tony Bruno....
LeBron Speaks for All of Us: We Are Terrified
LeBron James articulated the fears of an entire community last night and sadly the trauma that coincides with it....
Maybe Fair-Weather Fans Are Actually Good for Sports
Last year, just after the Washington Nationals improbably clinched the NLCS to earn a berth in the World Series, a local news reporter outside of National Park waded into the celebration....
Sports World Points to a More Important Conversation: Jacob Blake’s Shooting
Before the tipoff between the Bucks and Magic, as reporters asked him questions about playoff basketball — which seemed meaningless at the time — Milwaukee head coach Mike Budenholzer asked if he could say something....
It’s Time to Distrust the Process and Break Up These Loser Sixers
Another year in the playoffs, another year sent home early....
Brett Brown Has Entered Doug Collins and Mark Jackson Territory
It’s pretty safe to say there will be some significant shakeups coming soon to the Philadelphia Sixers if their season ends tomorrow night. There might still be changes even if they surprisingly extend their first-round series against the Boston Celtics for more than five games....
We Rank the Worst No. 1 Picks in NBA Lottery History
Since the NBA’s first draft lottery in 1985, there have been 11 first-overall picks who did not make an All-NBA team or appear in an All-Star Game. That number is a little inflated because Zion Williamson and DeAndre Ayton are just getting started, so when you’re trying to figure out which is the wo...
One Night of Showtime for L.A. Glosses Over Lakers' Glass Jaw vs. Dame & Blazers
Don’t let one blowout victory fool you, The Los Angeles Lakers are still in massive trouble against the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the NBA playoffs. ...
![Fox Sports Fires Thom Brennaman Day After Homophobic Slur, He Wants Us to Believe He Didn't Know its History [UPDATED]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/uaqhsykm54cacliwjady.jpg)
Fox Sports Fires Thom Brennaman Day After Homophobic Slur, He Wants Us to Believe He Didn't Know its History [UPDATED]
Wednesday night, after a hot mic caught him using a homophobic slur, Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman didn’t know if he’d ever be putting on headphones for Fox Sports again....
There's Still No Justice for Breonna Taylor, but a Hat Vendor is Making Money Off Her Name
As NBA players sport their personal fashion entering the ESPN athletic complex in Orlando, Fla., the outfits and style reflect evergreen messages most of our country should agree with by now: “Vote,” “Black Lives Matter,” “8:46,” and the latest, “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.” ...
![Notre Dame and Brian Kelly Perfectly Happy to Put Kids in Harm's Way [UPDATED]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/a4ioridyqnhblcikrjfv.jpg)
Notre Dame and Brian Kelly Perfectly Happy to Put Kids in Harm's Way [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Notre Dame announced it will switch to online classes for the next two weeks....