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Sergio Aguero putting arm around female ref is wrong and Premier League needs to step in
On Saturday, Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero plunged the sports-world into a debate it has proven repeatedly it’s not ready to handle. The incident took place in the first half of City’s game with Arsenal, as Aguero argued a throw-in awarded to Arsenal with lineswoman Sian Massey-Ellis....

After escaping from the Jets, who can blame Le’Veon Bell for wanting to win?
It’s not even fair at this point....

Week 5 takeaways: Another coach is gone, the Niners got smacked like they ate an edible, and the Boys’ D is as bad as Trump’s COVID team
After a crazy week in the NFL that saw more players testing positive for COVID-19, a mass reshuffling of games, and coaches getting the boot, here we are again with our weekly NFL takeaways. ...

Deadspin Over/Under Bet of the Week: Hail to this Chiefs total
Over/Under: 54.5...

Sunday Scaries: The Week 5 bets you should avoid
Welcome to another installment of the Sunday Scaries where NFL Sundays are becoming, fittingly, scarier....

The NFL must start handing out forfeits
It’s clear by now that the league is winging it....

It’s all going wrong and the NFL’s malice could cost lives
The recklessness from the NFL is mind-boggling. ...

The Texans need to hire a Black head coach, and his name is Eric Bieniemy
The first points of the 2020 NFL season were scored by the Houston Texans when David Johnson scored a 19-yard touchdown on the ground....

Lamar Jackson is not on Patrick Mahomes' level, because nobody is
Lamar Jackson and the Ravens just aren’t good enough....

Which undefeated NFL teams are gigantic frauds? Let’s investigate
It’s never too early to overreact to NFL win totals....

Chiefs Deploy 'New Technology' for Andy Reid's Foggy Face Shield
Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid will be rocking his famous COVID-19 protective face shield again in week 2 against the Chargers. ...

Deadspin Presents 'Heartbreak City,' to Make Fans Across North America Relive Their Worst Moments — Part 1: One-Team Towns
Every year, 31 teams don’t win the Super Bowl, 30 teams don’t win the Stanley Cup, 29 teams don’t win the World Series, and 29 teams don’t win the NBA championship. There can only be one champion, after all....

Fans Being Racist Is Nothing New
For as long as we can remember, sports fans have been on the wrong side of history....

Fans at Arrowhead Can Go Kick Rocks
I don’t know what we expected....

The Deadspin 2020 NFL Previews, AFC West: The Home of the Champs and a New Football Town in Vegas
For many football fans, the AFC West standings are already a foregone conclusion....

Pep Guardiola Overthought It Again and City Are Out on Their Ass
We’ve all had to deal with a lot of our rites of spring being moved to another location on the calendar or lost to the pandemic altogether. Opening Day, Memorial Day blockbuster movies, Derby parties, all of these and more were lost or moved to an unfamiliar spot in life’s routine. Oh, and Pep Guard...

It’s Inevitable That the Sports World Will Eventually Stop Caring About Black Lives Mattering
At this moment, the sports world is experiencing a sentiment that African-Americans have always known....

Patrick Mahomes, Son of Veteran MLB Pitcher, Becomes Part Owner of Royals
Patrick Mahomes, the starting quarterback for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, has become the youngest owner in MLB history, joining a new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals....

Leicester Pull Another Brendan Rodgers, And Villa Hero’s Final Act Saves Them In Premier League’s Last Day
There was a lot to be decided on the Premier League’s long-awaited final day this morning. Two relegation spots, and two spots in the Champions League, were still up for grabs when things kicked off. It didn’t lack for drama....

2020 AL Central Preview
“Flyover Country” in the American League contains history’s greatest home-run squad (Minnesota, somehow), perhaps the league’s most exciting team….and then three teams not even trying. This is pretty much the norm in baseball these days, a division that has one or two teams fighting over actual priz...