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One of these contenders should trade for human secret ingredient LaMarcus Aldridge
$24 million due in the 2020-21 season, a 15 percent trade kicker, and one season removed from a stretch of seven All-Star appearances over eight seasons. LaMarcus Aldridge is the veteran, stretch-four ‘missing piece’ for at least one NBA team that isn’t the San Antonio Spurs, where he currently resi...

Arizona to host massive soccer tournament because stupidity
This story warrants direct honesty. Adults in this country are really stupid....
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Lamar Jackson tests positive for COVID-19, Ravens vs. Steelers moved again [Updated]
Last year’s NFL MVP, quarterback Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport....

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy gets America’s worst-coached team carved up like a turkey
In these dark times, it’s important to focus on the good things in life, no matter how small. We can be thankful now in 2020 that we have definitely learned what the worst fake punt call in history is....

25 things Deadspin is thankful for (yes, even in 2020), including doggos & Kelly Loeffler (no, really)
It’s been a crazy year at Deadspin and an awful one for almost everyone in the world who’s not Jeff Bezos. Today, as I spend Thanksgiving away from family and friends due to COVID-19, I thought it would be a good idea for us to all express the small things we should be thankful for in this hellscape...

What's it like to be at a Lions game on Thanksgiving? Let me tell ya: Camaraderie & turkey hats!
“Michigan seems like a dream to me now …”...

The Weight Of The World: Balancing fight camp during Thanksgiving week … and a pandemic
Bas Rutten was once invited to a Japanese dojo to eat with friends, all of whom were sumo wrestlers. One, in particular, was a huge fan (literally) of the combat sports legend, who fought in Japan for each of his first 30 mixed martial arts bouts from 1993-1998....

The Thanksgiving spreads: Deadspin’s Turkey Day picks ATS
Welcome to the first and last edition of the Thanksgiving spreads 2020....

College hoops returns during a pandemic so we can have an 81-point blowout nobody needed
A tweet on Wednesday afternoon that got 10,000 retweets and quote tweets, and nearly 40,000 likes in the first six hours it was up showed a score of No. 1 South Carolina 119, College of Charleston 7....
![Enjoy a Thanksgiving Daily Fantasy spread with all the trimmings [Updated]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/kkqpzq71ax1uawojhgtm.jpg)
Enjoy a Thanksgiving Daily Fantasy spread with all the trimmings [Updated]
It’s late on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving as I write this (but you probably won’t read this until Thursday morning, like a normal person). Maybe your turkey is brining, maybe it’s resting in your fridge, maybe it’s on the smoker, maybe you aren’t doing a turkey at all. Whatever Thanksgiving l...

The Lakers, Sixers & Hawks crushed free agency
As crazy as 2020 has been, it makes sense that the wildest part of the NBA’s season – free agency – had a milder tone this year....

NFL's greatest Thanksgiving Day disasterpieces
It’s that time of year again....

Daily News beat writer allegedly tailed Jets GM’s son, kept covering team after ban from facilities
There was never an official proclamation that the Jets banned New York Daily News reporter Manish Mehta from their facilities, just the word of ESPN Radio host Chris Carlin that it happened, with a follow-up two months later that, “There were clearly reasons not related to negative coverage.” A stor...

Ranking the NFL’s worst quarterback franchises
The Bears’ quarterback situation is dismal. You knew that. You’ve known that. You’ll continue to know that. It’s been the case for decades and it’s not getting any better. But how bad is it?...

Doug Pederson, you are the cause of your own misery. Just pull Carson Wentz
You can tell Doug Pederson is tired. But he is the cause of his own misery....

On Maradona, his life, and the most famous two goals in soccer history
This story was taken from an episode of Julie DiCaro’s now-defunct sports history podcast, Stick to Pods, and originally aired on July 13, 2018....

NFL postpones Ravens-Steelers Thanksgiving game, players pissed
The Steelers vs Ravens Thanksgiving day tilt has been postponed until Sunday. This comes a day before they were supposed to play, and Steelers players are not happy....

Maradona, the best human to ever do it
When you discuss the greatest to play any sport, there’s definitely a mythical edge to it. Jordan, LeBron, Gretzky, Lemieux, Mantle, Mays, Payton, Sanders, whatever your names are, it always feels like you’re talking about some sort of separate being. Something bestowed upon the Earth, unknowable in...
![Saturday Fight Night: Previewing Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr. (& Nate Robinson v. Jake Paul!) [UPDATED]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/egybo6uao0egshpjb03c.jpg)
Saturday Fight Night: Previewing Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr. (& Nate Robinson v. Jake Paul!) [UPDATED]
More than 15 years ago, Mike Tyson sat on his ass for 13 seconds at the end of round six against journeyman heavyweight Kevin McBride. Referee Joe Cortez told Tyson to “come on” or “get up” a total of 12 times — because he wasn’t even knocked down, he was pushed. Even after the bell rang, Tyson appe...

Stop me if you've heard this before, but Nick Saban has COVID-19
Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19 again. But this time it’s real. ...