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Lightning Break Tradition and Touch Prince of Wales Trophy

The Lightning won the Prince of Wales trophy as Eastern Conference champions, and dared to touch it — they kept the superstition five years ago, and lost the Stanley Cup Final to Chicago — after beating the Islanders, 2-1, on Anthony Cirelli’s overtime goal that bounced off the post, then Semyon Var...

Let's Enjoy the Celtics' Implosion. Plus, the Yankees Continue Hitting Homers Like Crazy

The Celtics’ season is going down the toilet....

In First Ad, LeBron’s ‘More Than A Vote’ Asks Young People To Step Up, Become Poll Workers

LeBron James’ group, More Than A Vote, released its first ad today. The thirty second spot aims to recruit young poll workers for the upcoming election....

Random Dude Smacks Three Home Runs for Bombers — it's the Yankee Way

The Yankees have hit a lot of home runs....

As First K.C. Fan Tests Positive, We're Faced with Growing Power of the Surveillance State

Super Bowl champion Kansas City was one of two NFL teams, along with Jacksonville, to allow fans to attend their Week 1 game. The official attendance was 15,895 to see Patrick Mahomes and Co. dismantle the Houston Texans last Thursday night....

It’s Hard to Socially Distance When You’re an Offensive Lineman – College Football Cancellations Begin

Welcome to this circus, Big Ten....

It Took Until 2020 Before the NCAA Gave Athletes Election Day Off. This Is What Voter Suppression Looks Like

Deadspin Presents 'Heartbreak City,' to Make Fans Across North America Relive Their Worst Moments — Part 2: Two- & Three-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....

Thanks to Big Ten's Reversal, Another Year of Disappointment Awaits Wolverines Fans

Big Ten football is coming back in October, much to the delight of Donald Trump and the universities that will get to resume cashing in on unpaid labor....

For Trump, Big Ten Football Was About One Thing: November [UPDATED]

What brought back Big Ten football from the brink? Was it pressure from state legislators? Democrats overplaying a hand? Money?...

We Run Down the COVID-19 Situation on Big Ten Campuses. It's Not Pretty

The Big Ten is back from the dead....

Hey Big Ten, How About Daily COVID Testing for My Kid?

Well, the Big Ten finally cracked....

The Big Ten is Back, But Not Because of Trump. It's About Money [UPDATED]

In five weeks, the most historic conference in college football history will return. The Big Ten is back....

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....

Expanded Playoffs Suck, But Here’s a Way to Fix It

Rob Manfred says this season’s expanded baseball playoffs are likely to remain in place for 2021 and beyond, and everybody hates it....

All Maya Moore Did was Walk Away From Her WNBA Career to Free an Innocent Man From Prison (Then Marry Him!)

Maya Moore helped free an innocent man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years – and got a husband in the process....

Magic Johnson Owns Clippers, too, With Lethal Twitter Takedown

There will be no greater takedown of the Los Angeles Clippers, who blew a 3-1 series lead in which they held leads of 16 and 19 points in Games 5 and 6, than the one delivered by Magic Johnson, the only completely sincere and benign person on Twitter....

Mike Ditka Still Crazy After All These Years

Mike Ditka did a phone interview with Newsmax, the halfway house for wayward Fox News personalities and dollar store version of Mike Gundy’s favorite ultra-Trumpy “news network” OAN, and told kneeling NFL players to “get the hell out” of America. ...

Well-Fed Nitwits Stroke Egos, Accomplish Nothing in NCAA Sham Senate Hearing

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions convened today for a hearing on college athlete compensation. Among the many babbling voices in the room, player advocacy was scarce....

Six Months After Rudy Gobert, 2020 is an Ever-Worsening Hellscape

The six-month mark came and went with hardly any notice, but it did come and go. It’s now been more than half a year since Rudy Gobert, days after jokingly touching all the microphones at a press conference, tested positive for COVID-19 and effectively shut down the sports world....