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Jaguars fans brave COVID to root for Bears
It’s gotten so bad in Jacksonville, that it’s good....
Duke’s women’s team wasn’t the only basketball program to suspend its season last week
When you’re 0-9, people tend to ignore you even when your acts are newsworthy....
Deadspin NFL Over/Under Bet of the Week: Cold temperatures can halt Rivers
Over/Under: 44.5...
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...
Sunday Scaries: The Week 16 bets to avoid
This experiment has finally caught up....
Hey! Have you guys heard about this virus sweeping America?
Jarvis Landry is among the five players, including the bulk of the Browns’ receiving corps, who went on the COVID-19 list as close contacts of virus-positive linebacker B.J. Goodson and have to miss Sunday’s game against the Jets....
Brady puts up video game numbers with Lions set on rookie mode
Five previous times, someone posted a perfect passer rating of 158.3 for the Buccaneers, most recently Craig Erickson, who went 19-for-24 for 313 yards and three touchdowns against the Colts in 1994....
The Reds (remember them?) are going to blow up something they never even built
The commonly accepted method for building a contending MLB team these days is to one day decide the team you have is rotten and no longer competitive, flog everything off that isn’t nailed down for prospects and lottery tickets, suck pond scum for a few years to rack up high draft picks that result ...
Shooting death of Utah’s Ty Jordan shows that in year of abject horror, unforeseen tragedy can still break our hearts
Shooting death of Utah’s Ty Jordan shows that in year of abject horror, unforeseen tragedy can still break our hearts...
At Duke, it's women doing the right thing while Coach K mouths empty words
If the federal government isn’t going to do anything to stop sports from being played in the middle of a pandemic, it’s up to local officials to step in and take the steps necessary to prevent COVID-19 from spreading just so that games can be played....
SEE IT: Breaking down an incredible goal by Rangers prospect Vitali Kravtsov
Vitali Kravtsov, the No. 9 pick in the 2018 NHL draft, came to North America last year and spent most of the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack, scoring six goals in 39 games for the Rangers’ AHL affiliate....
Our favorite wrestling matches of 2020
It felt like wrestling was the only thing that didn’t stop in 2020. That’s because for the most part, it was. Whether it took bribing the Florida legislature, or recording multiple shows in a bunker in Georgia, or staging fanless shows, wrestling pressed on through the pandemic. It was definitely di...
Deadspin puts the biggest 'gift' deals in sports history under your tree (Aww, we shouldn't have!)
It’s the season of giving, and keeping with the holiday spirit, let’s look at the most generous teams in sports history. What teams gave up the biggest gifts? ...
Your degenerate Christmas Day NBA Daily Fantasy picks are in!
Merry Christmas, my fellow degenerates. ...
Why is Big Ten college basketball being played on Christmas?
Sports on Christmas has a long history. Today, five NBA games will be played, while the Vikings and Saints will meet on the football field. Paid professionals working on America’s most celebrated holiday isn’t anything out of the norm....
Idiot of the Year: 40 of the dumbest fish to swim through 2020's sea of stupidity
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
Time to get your titles with these fantasy WRs and TEs
Merry Christmas, my friends! As Pére Noël makes his rounds tonight, allow us to replace our dreams of sugar plums to those of fantasy football championships. Let’s look at some wide receivers and tight ends to help get your squad to the finish line....
2020 Idiot of the Year: The void beckons with Novak Djokovic, Ron DeSantis, and Jason Whitlock's stupid hat
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
PSG sacks Thomas Tuchel, could save us from Mauricio Pochettino doing actual work
If you lay out Thomas Tuchel’s accomplishments with PSG, but remove the team name, even the most casual soccer fan would think he was some sort of Belichickian legend. Two league titles in two seasons, last year’s domestic treble (league and both cup competitions), as well as a Champions League fina...
The NBA G.O.A.T.s of Christmas past
Christmas Day has been a centerpiece of the NBA regular season for generations, a showcase day when everyone can gather around the television and see the best in basketball. And the best in basketball have given fans as much as Santa Claus over the years, putting forth incredible performances year i...