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As the NWSL Tournament Nears, Utah COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise
Another bubble is about to burst in the sports world and no, this one’s not in Florida....
30 Reasons Why Baseball Isn’t Ready to Return
Here’s hoping that you enjoyed that 35 minutes of feeling good about baseball on Tuesday night....
Maria Konnikova on Poker, Luck, and Life
One of the classic lines from “Rounders,” the definitive poker movie, is “If you can’t spot the sucker at the table in the first half-hour, then you are the sucker.”...
FBI Says Noose Was There for Months, NASCAR Takes Premature Victory Lap
Good news everyone! The noose found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega Raceway had been there for months, not days!...
It’s Not a Real Season, So Don’t Lose Your Mud About Rule Changes
MLB and its players finally came to an agreement this afternoon, ending one of the more tedious and frustrating processes in modern sports history....
LeBron, Mahomes Make a Huge Power Move for the Culture
Two of the biggest names in sports are coming together to help fight one of this country’s biggest battles....
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WNBA’s McCoughtry Wants to Put Names of Police Brutality Victims on Jersey Backs [UPDATED]
The WNBA has put it out on Main Street: This is the time. Their words match their actions. Three of the WNBA’s biggest stars, Imani McGee-Stafford, Natasha Cloud and Renee Montgomery will not be competing in the WNBA’s 22-game hoop bubble season next month in Bradenton, Fla, citing this being the ti...
Goodbye to Lions Owner Martha Ford, who Offered Bribes for Team’s Protest Silence
The Detroit Lions and Roger Goodell have come down with the latest cases, as they’re celebrating Martha Ford, who is stepping down as the franchise’s principal owner, a position she’s held since 2014, while her daughter, Sheila Ford Hamp, will take over....
The Winner in Trevor Bauer-Aubrey Huff Twitter Fight? A Meteor, Hopefully
In Lucifer’s dream social media booking, last night saw a Twitter fight between Trevor Bauer — what would happen if that meme of a cartoon man staring at a butterfly came to life — and Aubrey Huff, a human tobacco spit cup. For most of the country it took place in the middle of the night, when sadly...
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NBA 'Bubble' Exodus Begins as Avery Bradley, Trevor Ariza, Davis Bertans Opt Out [UPDATED]
As American team sports look to come back, athletes are starting to resist calls to play amidst a global pandemic....
Wretched World Abuser Nestle Has Better Moral Compass Than Dan Snyder
Nestle has participated in modern slavery, deforestation, and animal abuse. The international food conglomerate is one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters, raids public water supplies, and works hand in glove with dictators....
If a Team Based in Orlando Thinks it’s too Dangerous to Leave, Why Would Other Teams Go There?
While baseball haggles over finances and hockey tries to figure out where to place its bubbles, the concept of sports returning gets shakier every day. With spikes in Texas, Florida, Arizona, and may other states, more and more reports of players losing their enthusiasm for a return have popped up. ...
NASCAR Stands with Bubba Wallace
Before the start of Monday’s rescheduled Geico 500 at Talladega, NASCAR athletes and personnel gathered to push Bubba Wallace’s race car to the front of pit row. The gesture was a show of solidarity after yesterday’s hate crime....
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Novak Djokovic’s Tournament Unsurprisingly Had Positive COVID-19 Tests, Including His Own [UPDATED]
A tour shutdown hasn’t kept Novak Djokovic from espousing his Tom Brady-brained thoughts on health and the coronavirus. This past weekend allowed him to pull off his pandemic coupe-de-grace, at least so far....
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#MeToo Comes to Pro Wrestling [UPDATED]
Considering where professional wrestling has come from, what it used to be, and what it still is much of the time, it’s no surprise that there is a wave of accusations of sexual assault and domestic abuse levied at wrestlers at all levels. And yet the sheer scope of what took place this past weekend...
Brett Favre’s Audacious Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick & Pat Tillman are Lazy and Prejudiced. Kap Is Already A Hero.
White America, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Black people don’t really rock with Pat Tillman like that....
We’ve Lived with 'The Masters' Name Long Enough
If you haven’t noticed, this country is changing by the day....
Arena Anthem Death Match: The Final Four
The Final Four in our Deadspin Arena Anthem Death Match will, indeed, be a battle of the titans. Every single one-seed advanced — not terribly surprising given how iconic and thumping each of these monsters of rock is in its own right. I threw the kitchen sink at them — contenders old and new; rock,...
Japanese Baseball Is Back and You Know a Bunch of These Guys
As Major League Baseball and its players continue to collectively unholster a giant middle finger at all of us, another country has uncorked action on the diamond....
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Noose Found in Bubba Wallace's Garage Stall Not a Hate Crime Say Feds [UPDATED]
A noose was found in the garage stall of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama, on Sunday, the racing giant announced....