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Former NBA Player Royce White To Lead Another Peaceful Demonstration For George Floyd
On Thursday, Royce White sent a text message to a few athletes and friends from Minneapolis to gather folks for a peaceful demonstration against the killing of George Floyd. The next day, a few friends turned into a few thousand people in the streets, with White leading demonstrators from downtown M...
“Save the Bullshit”: Roger Goodell and Jed York Insult Kaepernick with Fake Concern for George Floyd
After Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills read NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s statement yesterday on the death of George Floyd, he could only muster up three words: ...
Coaches And Leagues Expose Themselves With Hollow Words
People are so predictable. Especially the fake ones....
NES Quarantine Pulls No Punches With Blades Of Steel
The Deadspin Sports Quarantine Nintendo Club took a break last week because the laptop that was being used to play old Nintendo games suffered a catastrophic injury that rendered its screen completely useless....
Colin Kaepernick Tried To Save George Floyd. They Called Him 'Son Of A Bitch' And Took His Career
Colin Kaepernick was right....
Brutality at the Barclays Center — The Heart Of Brooklyn
I grew up in Brooklyn, two-to-four stops away from where Barclays Center is now, depending which train you take. One of my first media experiences was as an intern at Brooklyn Community Access Television, whose offices were four blocks away from the eventual site of the arena. One of my favorite eve...
When Police Wield Twitter As A Weapon
In the past 48 hours, America has been forced to examine itself, the 400-year legacy of slavery, and the way systemic racism is woven into the fabric of our country and our communities. It’s obvious that something is very, very wrong when watching a police officer kneel on a man’s neck until he dies...
Laid-Off Minor Leaguer Takes Shots At Tebow, ‘Toxic’ Mets System
On Thursday night, after being released by the New York Mets along with many other minor leaguers, pitcher Andrew Church took to social media, ripping the team for treatment he described as “toxic” and hurling shots over the team’s handling of Tim Tebow....
Stephen Jackson Tells The World: Get All These Mother **ckers In Jail
Former NBA player Stephen Jackson called for the arrests and convictions of all four officers involved in the murder of George Floyd....
Carson Wentz Speaking Out Against Institutionalized Racism Is What We Need From White People
White athletes — both collegiate and professional — have finally used their voice to speak out against racism the past few days in light of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police....
Policies Of Miami Cop Who First Said Trump's 'When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts' Gave Rise To Muhammad Ali
Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian outburst was a Friday morning tweet that Twitter flagged as violating the platform’s rules “about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”...
Thirty-Two Tracks Remain: Steel Yourself For Round 2 Of Deadspin's Arena Anthem Death Match
Welcome to the Second Round of the Deadspin Arena Anthem Death Match! Plenty of upsets, plenty of non-surprises and plenty of hurt feelings in Round One, to be sure. What will get now with our 32 combatants, all of whom have already proven their mettle in vanquishing a worthy opponent. The races sho...
Morning Drinkers Rejoice: Premier League And Serie A Announce Return Dates
In give-it-a-name fashion, both the Premier League In England and Italy’s Serie A announced today the dates they will resume. The Premier League will restart on June 17, behind closed doors (no fans), with two matches and then a full-slate the following weekend. Serie A will return on June 20....
NHL's Statement On 'Today' About Akim Aliu Isn't Good Enough
It took nine days, but the NHL finally responded to Akim Aliu’s devastating story in the Players’ Tribune on May 19, detailing the racist attacks he had suffered at the hands of teammates and coaches in his climb from prospect to pro....
White Billionaire Owner Has Thoughts on Protesting
The devastating video of the death of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officers has left many in the sports community outraged. ...
Meet The Swamp Ghouls Manufacturing A Trans-Athlete Panic Out Of Thin Air
One would think that in the same week the county that houses Chattanooga, Tennessee was named as one of the five-fastest-growing hot spots for coronavirus in the nation, Tennessee’s state Legislature might have more important things to do than weigh transphobic legislation....
64 Hours of Jeter is 62 Hours Too Long
We get it, sports channels have to fill airtime. Networks are replaying old games, rereleasing old productions, and giving us the latest updates on the sports world in a pandemic....
American Greed: The Tug of War Between Owners and the MLBPA
This country has a problem....
With COVID-19 Cases Climbing In South America, Venezuelan Ballplayers Are Stranded In Dominican Academies
The coronavirus pandemic is a global event, and that extends to islands. In the Dominican Republic, there have been 15,723 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, a rate of 1,518 per million people, well under the United States’ total rate of 5,267 per million, but higher than several states and...
Distraught Stephen Jackson’s Pain About George Floyd is Real: White People Need To Listen
The world has seen the gut-wrenching killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin as his colleagues refused to stop a murder in progress....