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Celtics try to fix gaping wounds with a Band-Aid in Evan Fournier deal
The Celtics have been arguably the most disappointing team in the NBA this season. And now they are trying to fix their troubles by putting a Band-Aid on a serious wound....
JaVale McGee is reuniting with Denver, and all is right with the world
Do you remember when LeBron James returned to Cleveland? ...
This week in The Ladies Room: The iconic Claire Smith
Welcome to the Ladies Room - A Deadspin Sports Podcast....
The USWNT’s fight for equal pay is still kind of nebulous
Yesterday, Megan Rapinoe and Margaret Purce met with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Afterward, both Rapinoe and Purce met with the press. As always, Rapinoe was forthright, cutting, insightful, and funny. None of what comes next is to argue against Rapinoe being anything less than a ...
Firing Mark Emmert would be a great first step toward NCAA reform
If you’re reading this, then it means that you have some kind of understanding of the hell-storm that the NCAA has been dealing with over the past week. Not that it should be confused with the hell-storms that the “non-profit organization” seems to always be entangled with. However, I’m guessing tha...
Candace Parker keeps cooking Shaq like BBQ chicken
Candace Parker making Shaquille O’Neal look like an idiot on national television is now a regular occurrence. It’s becoming a must-see event on Tuesday nights....
Who do we actually think is going to be moved in by the NBA trade deadline?
There are more NBA trade deadline rumors than there are R.A. The Rugged Man syllables on Uncommon Valor. ...
High Schooler goes one-on-one with Brian Scalabrine, does not go well for kid
For the millionth time, you’re delusional if you think you can beat a former NBA player in a game of one on one....
Mark Emmert will meet with student leaders of #NotNCAAProperty juuuust as soon as you forget about them
This isn’t a tough case to crack....
Draymond Green and Tony Allen argue over title of NBA's best defender
Draymond Green is the greatest NBA defensive player ever, according to Draymond Green. ...
Warning: Lakers’ repeat chances will explode in 3...2...1...
The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t repeating as NBA champs....
We welcome back Bill Walton’s ‘Conference… of Champions,’ the Pac-12, as a hoops behemoth (4 out of the Sweet 16!)
The Pac-12 is playing like the best conference in basketball so far in this year’s tourney, and I for one could not be happier about it. Maybe it’s just the native Oregonian in me that hates the lack of respect that this conference gets in the sports world due to the problem that the Pac-12 “After D...
Stop harassing Black college basketball players, you jerks
The mistreatment of the Black athlete is one of the most unique forms of harassment in society....
Spurs shout out NCAA women’s basketball legends with jersey ‘fashion show’ in San Antonio
Before last night’s game against Charlotte, Spurs stars came into the arena paying tribute to some former college hoopers....
Las Vegas finally gets this right
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the Las Vegas oddsmakers for finally making the Brooklyn Nets the favorite to win the NBA title....
LaMelo Ball is the Rookie of the Year no matter what happens
LaMelo Ball is the best rookie in the league this year, injured or not....
White America still doesn’t get why athletes stand up for Black people
Even after Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, national protests, Jacob Blake, and the storming of the Capitol by homegrown American terrorists, a new poll has discovered that America — “the land of the free and home of the brave” — still isn’t fond of athletes taking a stan...
E.J. Liddell saw the worst of humanity after Ohio State’s loss
If you’re looking for actual madness, consider the case of E.J. Liddell. ...
Bam Adebayo crumbles Domantas Sabonis on nasty dunk
Miami Heat star big man Bam Adebayo just made a seven-foot human being fall over himself like a baby learning how to walk....
Celtic, Rangers are unlikely duo to show that kneeling has outlived usefulness in Euro soccer
The debate over players kneeling right before kickoff in soccer games across Europe started almost before they started doing it last summer. On one side were those who said it was worth the symbolism and regular reminders that the fight is A) everyone’s, and B) ongoing, even if these kinds of thing...