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If Didi Can Hit a Home Run Off Max Scherzer With a Mask On, You Can Wear One, Too
The United States is currently the dumbest country in the world....
2020 NL East Preview
Atlanta won its second straight National League East title, but continued a run of playoff futility that dates back almost two decades. Since sweeping the Astros in the 2001 division series, Atlanta has been to that best-of-5 round eight times, and lost all eight times — plus a loss in the 2012 wild...
Woah, Canada! Trudeau Bans Blue Jays
“AMERICA FIRST” is a thing Donald Trump likes to say....
Meet Joe Black’s Legendary ‘All-Time All-Star Black Team,’ Packed With Hall of Famers and Guys who Should Be There
In 1973, the Chicago Defender, a groundbreaking Black newspaper, ran a baseball item based on an interview with a white man, former major league umpire Jocko Conlan....
Sports Stars Honor the Legendary John Lewis
The death of civil rights icon and longtime Georgia Congressman John Lewis has prompted many in the sports world to pay their respects to the legendary figure. ...
Dan Snyder Must Go, Says Women's Group, and Take Goodell With You
Enough is enough, Dan Snyder must go....
NBA Bubble Wrap: The Snitching Begins, and How Damian Lillard Celebrated His Birthday
As with every waking day this pandemic continues, so does the physical aging of our bodies....
Harden Shouldn’t Be Vilified For His Mask — but Ignorance Can Be Dangerous
James Harden doesn’t deserve to be condemned for unknowingly wearing a mask associated with “Blue Lives Matter,” but he does deserve to be educated on why his actions have offended many of his fans....
2020 AL East Preview
At least two teams from the American League East have made the playoffs in each of the past five seasons, and as strange as a shortened 2020 season figures to be, the division figures to continue that streak with two of the elite teams in the majors — the Yankees and Rays — heading up the division....
I Can Relate to DeSean Jackson’s Mistake. I Hope He Learns From It as I Did
The National Football League finds itself at the forefront of social engagement at a very delicate, complex pivot point in our nation’s history. The NFL’s focus ranges from acknowledging the relevance of the Black Lives Matter movement; to the omission of the inappropriate, now former, nickname of t...
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The Dan Snyder Report Dropped and It's Horrific [UPDATED]
This story has been updated with statements from Dan Snyder and the NFL....
NHL Announces Thoughtless Jerk Auston Matthews as Lady Byng Trophy Finalist
Hockey Guys gonna Hockey Guy....
A History of Athletes Turned Politicians
Sports and politics are two worlds that have always been intertwined. Moses Fleetwood Walker’s first game with the Toledo Blue Stockings pushed him to become the first Black player in Major League baseball — 63 years before Jackie Robinson — but that didn’t come without a hard-fought battle and push...
Jrue and Lauren Holiday Pledge $5.3M to Help Black Communities
Pelicans star guard Jrue Holiday and his wife, former U.S. women’s soccer standout Lauren Holiday, announced on Wednesday that they will be donating the remainder of his NBA salary for the season to multiple charities and Black-owned businesses across the country....
Even Though It’s Broken, 'MLS Is Back' Can Still Teach Us About Life
The “MLS Is Back” tournament certainly has already taught us much about the world — or this country specifically. How greed and corporations can run roughshod over personal concerns, how clear logic will never apply in that process, and how the working stiffs don’t get much of a say. Also that Disne...
ESPN Creep Used 'The Jump' Video Feed To Secretly Record Rachel Nichols in Her Hotel Room — Video Got Sent to Us
Late Tuesday night, an anonymous party sent a Deadspin reporter four videos, which appeared to be a cell phone recording of a video feed, that shows ESPN’s Rachel Nichols, host of the afternoon NBA show The Jump, in a phone conversation with an unidentified man about personnel matters at the network...
Tuberville Victory Proves Sports is Politics
If it hasn’t been any clearer before, the past few months have shown us that sports, politics, race and gender identity will always be intertwined, no matter how much we want to separate them....
NBA’s Got 99 Problems, Will a Snitch Be One?
Snitches get stitches, and nobody likes a rat....
NBA, Disney Squander Testing Kits as Florida Residents Die in Record Numbers
Here’s where we left off in Florida, which is an awful place governed by morons:...
Odds Are, Mahomes and Chiefs Won't Win Another Super Bowl
After Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones signed a huge, new contract on Tuesday, he went to social media with a message....