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Let’s take a moment to appreciate American women in sports of the 21st century
I will say it loudly and frequently – celebrate women in sports. They belong in sports. They belong wherever the hell they want to belong. Gender has zero bearing on knowledge about a topic. It has always been a battle for equality, and it should not have to be. And it’s not just athletes. Before an...

Deadspin Wayback Machine: A look back at some of sports’ great relics
One of the great things about sports is the comfort that they provide. While the world is always changing, sometimes at a pace that’s hard to process, sports are largely static. If you watch a football game from 50 years ago, there certainly are differences in strategy and the size and speed of the ...

Tiger touched by Sunday Red tribute
Yesterday, the golf world turned red in a show of love and support for Tiger Woods. The golfer took notice, and thanked his colleagues for their “touching” tribute via social media:...

Golf world turns red in show of love for Tiger
Everyone’s wearing their Sunday Red....

The Jazz are legit contenders, and it’s not just about their ridiculous three-point records
The Utah Jazz could win an NBA title this season....

Support from the golf world pours in for Tiger Woods, including a massive piece of sand art in St. Andrews
Early this morning, sand artist and aerial photographer Robert Lloyd Ogle III posted a picture of a piece he created for Tiger Woods. The art was made on the shores of St. Andrews in Scotland and it’s as stunning as it sounds....

Stop ignoring fighters in your 'greatest athlete ever' conversations
Somehow, someone decided that that speculation of Tom Brady’s standing amongst all athletes following Sunday’s Super Bowl was a spectacular idea. And days later, here we are, still extrapolating over it....

Tampa Bay could be the next Titletown. What other cities have won multiple championships in a matter of months?
Tampa Bay, Titletown USA? It could happen as soon as Sunday night....

Another armada of soccer-playing Yanks is heading to Europe
The January transfer window closed yesterday — sometimes it closes in February, sometimes it snows in April — and a plethora of American players left their MLS digs behind for European riches. Some will be back, some are real longshots, some have very bright futures. The fact that this has become so...

Conor McGregor being sued by woman who accused him of sexual assault is latest in string of lowlights
He’s commanding in the octagon, but polarizing in real life. He’s also breakable and heavily flawed. And now, Conor McGregor is being sued by the woman who accused him of sexual assault back in 2018....

It's been a while since we've talked about Buffalo in the context of a Super Bowl run
In one week, the Bills will be in the AFC title game for the first time in 27 years, when, perhaps in a bit of foreshadowing — depending on the outcome of Sunday’s divisional playoff — Buffalo hammered Kansas City, 30-13, to advance to Super Bowl XXVIII....

Alabama provides yet another COVID-era chalk title
With the added obstacle of a pandemic, you’d think we would be ripe for surprises. The greater protocols, disrupted or interrupted preparation schedules, the increased pressure based on not really being able to do anything else (not to mention the mental strain), the shortened seasons increasing the...

The World Junior Hockey Championships manage to make us feel bad for Germany
Germany is not exactly a power in world hockey, silver medal at the weird 2018 Olympics aside. At the World Junior Championships, the Germans have never medaled, nor even managed better than a fifth-place finish — as West Germany, and as host of the tournament — in 1981. Germany hasn’t been better t...

Saturday Sermon: Ohio State rushes to Big Ten title
Trey Sermon rushed for 344 yards for Ohio State this season, with 18 percent of that coming on one run against Michigan State on Dec. 5. So, of course, Sermon became the star of the show in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday against Northwestern....

Coastal Carolina is your national champion, don’t care what anyone says
If you look at Coastal Carolina’s season, it’s almost hard to believe that it was 2020. The Chanticleers’ run was remarkable, starting with a 15-point win on the road against a Big 12 school (Kansas, but still), and then a rampage through the Sun Belt Conference, with only one postponement — and you...

English soccer player honks opponent’s penis twice, giggles as refs do nothing
You wouldn’t think that anyone would want to join Brad Marchand on the list of athletes who commit in-game sexual assault, but nothing is out of reach by the world these days. Preston North End’s Darnell Fisher has seen Marchand’s mere foreplay of licking people and raised to this direct action on S...

That Cajun accent and ‘loveable charm’ won’t save Ed Orgeron from what’s happening at LSU
When USA Today drops an exclusive report on you, then you know it’s real. Just ask USA Gymnastics, Michigan State, and Larry Nassar....

In preview of what could lie ahead for MLS and the NFL, USL cancels championship as squad faces COVID outbreak
The USL, the country’s second-division soccer league, canceled its championship game yesterday between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Phoenix Rising, due to multiple players and staff on Tampa Bay testing positive for COVID-19. The decision was made because of the amount of time and the amount of players...

The PGA Championship: Why it Matters and What to Watch For
Of the four majors of professional golf, the PGA Championship is too often the least anticipated major for most golf fans. Traditionally it was held in August, the final major of the season after the Masters, the U.S. Open and the British Open- tough acts to follow. Last year the tournament was move...
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Division III Had No Problem Shutting Down Championships. What’s the Hold-Up for D1? [Updated]
The NCAA Division III Presidents Council’s decision, Wednesday, to cancel all fall sports championships for the 2020-21 school year in what could foreshadow the fate of larger divisions....