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Your Favorite Sport’s Rushed Return Will End in Tragedy
A resurgence of COVID-19 could burst the “bubble” for pro sports....

Brett Favre Took a Million Dollar Payout for a PSA and We Want to Know Why
Last month, Brett Favre found himself tied to a scandal in which $1.1 million meant for needy families in Mississippi instead wound up in the bank account of the Hall of Fame quarterback in exchange for one public service announcement and three speeches he never made....

Deadspin's Arena Anthem Death Match: Heading Into the Elite 8 With Some Scrappy Cinderellas Still Alive
We have arrived at the Elite 8 of our little funfest here and it’s a mixed bag of, “Well, DUH, of course THEY are there,” and “Huh, how about that?” In only one region did the top two seeds emerge. And we have TWO six-seeds vying for the Final Four. In the end though, all of our upstarts have monste...

Breonna Taylor’s Incident Report Is Why America Shouldn’t Be Celebrating ‘Acts of Good Faith’ From NASCAR and the Red Sox
The banning of a racist flag that represents a former wannabe nation that got its ass whooped in the Civil War, and a baseball team finally acknowledging that its city has historically been one of the most racist places on Earth, has millions of Americans acting as if racism has been magically defea...

Teaching Killer Cops Brazilian Jiu Jitsu May Be the Dumbest Idea of Them All
You know who doesn’t need any more lethal weaponry at their disposal? America’s killer cops, that’s who. And I’m not just talking about guns....

Black Quarterbacks Begin To Speak Out
Black quarterbacks in the NFL have been vocal this week on the recent injustices that have sparked protests across the country....

Drew Brees Hasn’t Seen The Light. He’s Just A Millionaire With A PR Crisis
Drew Brees’ grandfathers went out the window pretty quickly....

Police Brutality Now Reigns Underneath A Brooklyn Plaque Honoring Jackie Robinson
Caddycorner from Brooklyn Borough Hall is an unremarkable white stone building, 215 Montague Street. It has had various incarnations as a bank over the last few decades: CrossLand Savings, then EAB, now TD Bank. But from 1938 until 1957, it was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers’ business offices....

Drew Brees Can’t Be Part of the Solution Until He Realizes He’s Part of the Problem
The good thing about the conversations going on right now is that people are making it real clear where their priorities are. There are only two sides to rebellion against institutional racism, injustice and a totalitarian government: Stand with us or against us....

Kendall Coyne Schofield: I Was Wrong About Colin Kaepernick
While those who came out against Colin Kaepernick’s protest four years ago were showing their ass at the time, the past few days have certainly illustrated just how wrong they were. Still, part of moving forward is not just ignoring the past, but admitting failures and using that to be better in the...

Take a Hike, Morons: West Brom Tells Ignorant Slob To Bugger Off
West Bromwich Albion was in fourth place in the Championship, the second tier of English soccer, and with the season there set to resume later this month, they’ll be doing all they can down the stretch to earn promotion back to the Premier League, where they were relegated from last year....

Poker Pro Reports Better Than The Mainstream Media: ‘The Aggression Started With The Police.’ Update: And He Got Arrested
Sparked by the death of George Floyd, Mark Newhouse joined protesters in San Jose on Saturday who were demanding an end to police brutality. They were met with the same response as other protests nationwide: More police brutality....

Colin Kaepernick Tried To Save George Floyd. They Called Him 'Son Of A Bitch' And Took His Career
Colin Kaepernick was right....

Brutality at the Barclays Center — The Heart Of Brooklyn
I grew up in Brooklyn, two-to-four stops away from where Barclays Center is now, depending which train you take. One of my first media experiences was as an intern at Brooklyn Community Access Television, whose offices were four blocks away from the eventual site of the arena. One of my favorite eve...

Stephen Jackson Tells The World: Get All These Mother **ckers In Jail
Former NBA player Stephen Jackson called for the arrests and convictions of all four officers involved in the murder of George Floyd....

Thirty-Two Tracks Remain: Steel Yourself For Round 2 Of Deadspin's Arena Anthem Death Match
Welcome to the Second Round of the Deadspin Arena Anthem Death Match! Plenty of upsets, plenty of non-surprises and plenty of hurt feelings in Round One, to be sure. What will get now with our 32 combatants, all of whom have already proven their mettle in vanquishing a worthy opponent. The races sho...

Coco Gauff And The Inevitable Lost Innocence Of Black Youth
It was only a matter of time....

No One Has More To Lose On An NBA Reboot Than LeBron James
If — or when — the 2019-2020 NBA season gets back under way, there can be only one loser at season’s end....

Watching Tom Brady Shank His Way Around A Golf Course Is the Charity Event We're Here For
It’s a weird Sunday when Tom Brady loses. And that happened today at The Match II....

Five Reasons To Watch — And Not Watch — 'The Match 2'
Live sports are coming back....