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Philip Rivers’ retirement forces Colts to hang ‘Help Wanted’ sign for new QB — so who is it?
Philip Rivers has officially announced his retirement, capping a long career and leaving a 2020 playoff team now without a starting quarterback. The Indianapolis Colts have a very strong roster and should be considered a contender entering next year, but it will largely hinge on who will be under ce...
Hockey media's shameful Mike Babcock rehab tour is underway
You can always count on the hockey press to give time to a former coach who gave them time back in the day. That train is never late. One of the more archaic things about hockey, and a way it still drags miles behind, is that the press will almost always side with a coach and GM in a dispute with a ...
A history of presidential pardons in sports, from George Steinbrenner to Brian Urlacher's shady brother
As former wrestler and renowned social scientist The Iron Sheik once noted: “THE POLITICS AND THE WRESTLING SAME THING.” This holds true even when we zoom out to the sports world at large, where the fates of athletic luminaries often intertwine with the whims of the federal government. These whims o...
Good Riddance Kelly Loeffler, the WNBA will be better without you
We all figured this day was coming....
Time to put Bonds and Clemens in the Hall of Fame, because my ballot is about numbers, not punishment
The Baseball Hall of Fame punishment should come to an end....
Deadspin’s prop bets you can bank on - Inauguration Day
We’ve got two and a half weeks till Super Bowl LV. Luckily, you don’t have to wait to place some prop bets....
NBA Daily Fantasy: Of all the great center options tonight, who will provide the best value?
The day is finally here. The day of change. The day of a new beginning. The day the franchise enters a new realm. The day we could finally experience new heights. A fresh start. A clean slate. A new vision. ...
Mesut Ozil and the death of the #10
If it feels like the Mesut Ozil and Arsenal soap opera has lasted longer than most actual soap operas, you’re not alone. It’s been over three seasons, spanned two managers (and an interim one), a couple different Arsenal regimes, and certainly countless social media posts and anonymous whispers from...
The Blue Jays finally find someone to take their money, join select club of teams trying
For most of the offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays have been desperately waving money and prospects at any passerby, hoping to attract just about any available player with a pulse to come try some Tim Horton’s and Molson Dry (mmmmm...Molson Dry…). They were in on D.J. Lemahieu, Francisco Lindor, Cory ...
Where in the world should Deshaun Watson go?
Deshaun Watson wants out of Houston....
Sarah Thomas provides a bright spot on a bad day for women in sports
On a day where it’s been made clear just how shitty of an arena sports can be for women, there’s also an example of the sliver of progress that has been made. Sarah Thomas will become the first woman to officiate the Super Bowl, as she was named the down judge for the NFL’s showpiece. She can look f...
Steph Curry randomly dumpsters Acie Law, who did nothing to deserve this
Stephen Curry is used to being flagrantly disrespectful on the court with his handle and ability to drain a shot from 40-plus feet. But the stray shot Acie Law caught from the two-time MVP after the Warriors’ MLK Day win against the Lakers might be Curry’s best work....
Surprise! Colin Cowherd has a bad idea, so let's play 'Hot Turd Time Machine'
I know you’re incredibly shocked by this, but Colin Cowherd said something stupid. Again. ...
Le Batard discusses new working relationship with John Skipper: ‘This is just the start’
If you’ve been paying attention, Dan Le Batard has been subtly leaking his and his radio show’s ambitions on his own pirate platform since exiting ESPN. The functionally dysfunctional show — driven by Le Batard and disrupted by Stugotz — vaguely discussed their pending array of moves on today’s prog...
Drew Brees smelled like garbage on way out the door
It’s Trashing talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing Saints QB Drew Brees....
Storylines abound in this week's Conference Championship matchups
There are four teams left in the quest for the Lombardi, all of whom are playing fantastic football. This weekend, we will have the NFC and AFC Championship games take place, and man are they ripe with storylines. Tom Brady vs. Aaron Rodgers, Rodgers’ first NFC Championship game at home in Lambeau (...
Novak Djokovic’s COVID inanity makes you wonder ... if only Nick Kyrgios was this sharp on the tennis court
For some, the sporting calendar is even more off this month than normal. That’s because the Australian Open would be entertaining insomniacs, alcoholics, angry loners, and the unemployable late at night under normal circumstances. The tournament has been pushed back three weeks to better fit in Aust...
The Cubs quietly tolerated Jared Porter’s sliminess for years
Jared Porter is out as general manager of the Mets, and that’s good. The new ownership in New York promised accountability, and after ESPN’s detailed report Monday night on Porter’s harassment of a reporter with dozens of text messages, including a dick pic, Porter was given the heave-ho on Tuesday ...
NBA Daily Fantasy: With tiny two-game slate, now is not the night to avoid Nikola Jokic
The amount of fingers Kendrick Lamar tells you to put in the air during HiiiPower is higher than the amount of NBA games scheduled for tonight. Fret not, misled degenerate, that makes the evening more enticing, not less. If you subscribe to the preference of being a big fish in a small pond, these t...
Dear Jackie MacMullan: Kyrie Irving and Black NBA players aren’t anybody’s ‘property’
Jackie MacMullan is one of the world’s best sportswriters and has covered a Black league in the NBA for decades. As a woman working in a male-dominated industry, you would think she would have a good grasp on the diminished role minorities have historically played in sports....