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Q&A: NFLPA President Eric Winston On Work Stoppages, Colin Kaepernick, And "The NFL Police"
The current collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players’ union runs through the 2020 season. But even with training camps in full swing and the focus turning to FOOTBAW, there are still a number of labor-management issues percolating behind the scenes. Deadspin recently spoke to ...
Billy Hamilton Is Damn Near Superhuman
Billy Hamilton’s speed is, in and of itself, pretty damn fun; Billy Hamilton’s speed put on display in a play that ends with him leaping into the outfield wall to make an over-the-shoulder catch is even more so....
Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Cincinnati Bengals<em></em>
Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....
Record-Setting Minor League Hit Streak Broken Up With Benches-Clearing Walk
Jose Siri is an outfielder in the Reds system, currently playing with the Class A Dayton Dragons of the Midwest League. Baseball Prospectus pegged him as Cincinnati’s 10th-best prospect on July 19—on that date Siri was already nearly a month into a hitting streak that would eventually stretch to and...
FC Cincinnati Continue Their Thrilling, Surprising U.S. Open Cup Run
Tonight’s most compelling American soccer match was a little tricky to find, but it was well worth your investment. In the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup—which pits teams at all levels of American soccer against each other in a single-elimination format—FC Cincinnati beat the Miami 1-0 off a Bay...
The Kid Who Didn't Die At Riverfront Stadium
On April 22, 1981, an Ohio teenager named Randy Kobman skipped school to go to Riverfront Stadium to see the Cincinnati Reds play the Atlanta Braves. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Reds slugger George Foster fouled a pitch from Gaylord Perry into the grandstands behind home plate. The ball caromed...
The Brewers Went Dinger-Crazy On Homer Bailey And The Reds
Homer Bailey made his first major-league start of the year last week. He lasted less than two innings and allowed eight runs. He made his second major-league start of the year tonight, and it was... better! Definitely better. It sucked, but it was better. (Bailey, as a reminder, is making $19 millio...
Miami, Cincinnati Each Upset MLS Teams In U.S. Open Cup Thrillers
In U.S. Open Cup action, second-tier clubs Miami FC and FC Cincinnati each played one of the biggest games of their existence. Miami took on newly formed MLS side Atlanta United, while Cincy battled the second-place MLS Chicago Fire—and both came up winners....
Scott Schebler Climbs A Wall To Demoralize Stephen Vogt
Stephen Vogt has found a new home in Milwaukee since Oakland let him go, and he would have had a fantastic first start as a Brewer if it weren’t for a Spider-Man impression by Reds right fielder Scott Schebler, who climbed the fence to make a catch so unlikely it even psyched out the announcer:...
Cincinnati, Home Of Terrible Stadium Deals, Is Being Extorted For A New MLS Stadium
Just over 30,000 people filled Nippert Stadium last week to watch FC Cincinnati upset the Columbus Crew 1-0. It was a huge victory for the nascent USL squad as they eye an expansion bid to join Columbus in MLS. But a move to America’s top tier comes at a cost: A new stadium....
Hark! Cast Your Gaze Upon This Valiant Effort To Catch A Foul Ball
Come now, and behold the most majestic moment of this afternoon’s Reds-Padres game. Regard this fan. See how he has flung himself into motion, offered his body up for sacrifice; see the raw emotion on his face. What can Cincinnati catcher Tucker Barnhart do to catch this foul ball? Tucker Barnhart c...
Scooter Gennett Is The Least Likely Player Ever To Hit Four Home Runs In A Game
You’re here for the taters, right? Here are the taters, four of them on consecutive at-bats for Scooter Gennett in Cincinnati’s 13-1 win over St. Louis.....
Scooter Gennett Blasts Four Homers As Reds Bury Cardinals 13-1
The Cincinnati Reds’ Scooter Gennett had himself a night....
Brandon Phillips Is Not Happy That The Reds Let Someone Else Wear No. 4
Brandon Phillips spent a decade wearing No. 4 for the Reds before the team dealt him away this winter in a transaction that was years in the making. While Cincinnati had been trying to move Phillips since 2013—very logically, as they have no shortage of middle infield prospects and he’s in his mid-t...
Billy Hamilton Ran The Reds To A Comeback
On consecutive basepath sprints, Billy Hamilton kept the Reds alive and then scored the winning run in a Reds 4-3 victory over Cleveland, and they were both dashes that no other major leaguer besides Hamilton could’ve accomplished. Speed is indeed a weapon, and it’s pretty fun to watch....
Joey Votto Heckles Heckler
Reds first baseman Joey Votto, who every now and then participates in the clowning of a lunkhead, engaged in repartee with an Indians fan at Monday’s game in Cincinnati....
This Is The Saddest Attempted Stadium Grift I've Ever Seen<em></em><em></em>
Earlier this week, the NCAA announced that the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be returning in 2022 to Cincinnati, Ohio, for the first time in over 30 years. The bid to bring back first- and second-round games was won by the owners of the former Riverfront Coliseum, the largest indoor ...
Reds Prospect Posts Video Of Himself Snorting What Appears To Be Cocaine
Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect Ian Kahaloa was drafted in the fifth round of the 2015 amateur draft, and has been playing rookie ball ever since. He won’t be playing much this year, though, as he’s currently serving a 50-game drug suspension that was handed down on Tuesday. Last month, a Twitter ...