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Fans at Arrowhead Can Go Kick Rocks
I don’t know what we expected....
Die In A Fire, Skip Bayless
The thing is, I know I’m giving Skip Bayless exactly what he wants by writing this. By even considering writing it. Bayless doesn’t exist to be right or wrong. He’s just there to emit. He’s a smokestack. That’s all. Bayless has made his career by making everything an argument. It doesn’t matter if i...
Mike Tirico and Roger Goodell Are Starting the Season With a Useless Conversation About Race
Here comes the bullsh*t....
Renee Montgomery Opted Out to Focus on Activism. Two Months Later, She Has No Regrets
If you were to tell Renee Montgomery in January that this year she would start racial justice initiatives, join a voting rights group, co-host a TMZ show, appear in countless media outlets, all while not playing basketball, she would call you a “troll.” At least, that’s what she called me when I ask...
I Got Some Trash For all You Giannis Haters
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday (The Thursday Edition)....
The Deadspin 2020 NFL Previews, NFC West: American Football’s Equivalent of the Group of Death
The NFC West may be one of the most exciting divisions in the league this season....
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....
Islanders Learning There Just Might Not Be Anything They Can Do
Buzzer-beaters are supposed to be the territory of the NBA’s Orlando bubble, but the Tampa Bay Lightning moved the phenomenon 2800 miles to the Northwest on Wednesday night. Nikita Kucherov capped off the Bolts’ best offensive foray of the night by scoring off Ryan McDonagh’s cross-ice pass with jus...
Orange Skies in Bay Area Just the Latest Sign That End Times Are Here
The skies in northern California right now can best be described as burnt sienna, or something that you’d expect to find swirled in the whipped cream of your pumpkin spice latte....
Caster Semenya Loses Her Appeal, But Nobody Wins
The continuing case of South African runner Caster Semenya and her fight against the IAAF’s restrictions on her, and others’, bodies reached its likely conclusion Tuesday. ...
NBA Strike Will be Meaningless if Players Don’t Start Voting
What’s next?...
Stop Asking Athletes to Risk Death to Stave Off Your Own Boredom
Our worst fear is now our reality....
Breaking News … Jerry Jones is a Total Fraud
Jerry Jones is a fraud....
The Deadspin 2020 NFL Previews, NFC South: All Eyes on Tompa Bay & Brees’ Last Stand
Outside of Tom Brady stunning the sports world by joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the NFC South will be a key watch for plenty of other reasons....
The Deadspin 2020 NFL Previews, AFC South: Who Will Emerge as This Year’s January Darlings?
The AFC South likely will not be a division at the top of most people’s radars to start the year....
Your Contractually Obligated 'Bucks Stop Here' Joke
Without Giannis, the Milwaukee Bucks always faced a mountain to keep their series going against the Miami Heat last night. So it proved, as they simply ran out of gas, weapons, and ideas and exited stage left out of the bubble in five games. It’s the second year in a row having the league’s best rec...
Pat O’Connor, President of MiLB, Retires After Getting Screwed by MLB
If you took MLB’s heavy desire to contract minor league baseball by a fourth from last fall, and combine it with the pandemic that saw this minor league season never start, you probably figured that MiLB’s fight against contraction was utterly doomed. With the announcement today that Minor League Ba...
Republicans Are Using Big Ten Athletes as Pawns in a Sick Game
Legislators in battleground states are once again pushing for the Big Ten to resume college football this fall....
Vince McMahon Demonstrates Why Pro Wrestlers Need to Unionize
When Andrew Yang gets on your case, you know something’s off. ...