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Herschel Walker thinks we should give his former boss Trump a mulligan
Herschel Walker, the 1980 Heisman Trophy winner and reason for the 1990s Cowboys dynasty after Dallas traded him to Minnesota for a massive haul, has an idea. It’s not a good idea, or a remotely plausible idea, but it’s an idea....

Deadspin Argues About Stuff: Rating Tua's debut
Dustin Foote: Alright Donovan, Tua Tagovailoa just won his first start against the Rams in Miami. We argued about whether or not the Dolphins should start Tua when Miami made the announcement two weeks ago. I wanted him in, you wanted him out. With the win, did coach Brian Flores make the right call...

DeAndre Hopkins 'swerves' through MAGA caravan in Ferrari, middle fingers up
Part of the reason we love sports is watching girls and guys live out dreams that we’re not capable of. And sometimes they do it in more of a baller fashion than we’ve ever conceived. Most of it takes place on the field — a great play with a dash of swag that only comes from the confidence of being ...

Let's all say a prayer for Derek Carr as he stares at a possible all-backup O-line Sunday
Here is where the NFL is now with COVID-19. This Sunday, the Raiders’ franchise quarterback very well could be counting on an entire offensive line made up of backups....

Les Miles contracts COVID, could coach next week. What?
College athletes are safer in the hands of their coaches, right?...

Bob Gibson owned whatever he wanted of the plate and quite literally changed baseball forever
In a year that just keeps handing us terrible, unbearable losses, baseball lost one of its most iconic figures, as Bob Gibson died last night at age 84, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It is reported that he had a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer....

Ryan Reynolds' chimichangas are coming to Wales
Celebrities investing in soccer teams isn’t a new development. LeBron James is a minority owner of Liverpool. Drew Carey is part-owner of the Seattle Sounders The expansion NWSL team in LA’s ownership group, as well as LAFC is strewn with glitterati like Natalie Portman and Jessica Chastain, just to...

'Notorious,' Admired, Respected and Beloved: Athletes Pay Tribute to Iconic Force of Nature Known Simply as RBG
The nation went to bed Friday and woke up Saturday mourning the loss of not only a brilliant legal mind, but an absolute icon of feminism — and badassery....

Who is the Wrestler Trump & Dana White are Trying to Save from Execution in Iran?
Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari was given two death sentences by the Iranian government after participating in a protest over economic and political struggles in the nation back in 2018....

Hearts Shatter Across Baseball Over Loss of Tom Terrific — Mine Included
The darkest day of my youth was the day the Mets traded Tom Seaver....

Football is the Perfect Reflection of America — That’s Not a Good Thing
They told us that sports were a reward for a functioning society. ...

While the Rest Of MLB Only Sees What Isn’t, A.J. Preller Sees What Could Be
As I wrote in the Mourning After, it seems strange that any MLB team would view this season with anything other than suspicion or derision. It’s hard to have any feel for what your team is after just 30 games, if your team has even gotten to 30 games. The expanded playoffs mean that just about anyon...

Some Baseball Teams are Trying To Act Like it’s a Real Season
It’s kind of perfect that on the weekend when so many teams had doubleheaders due to canceled games on account of a killer pandemic, the league is trying to trudge through while pretending “just going to their happy place” is an actual medical prescription, and when the A’s became the latest team to...

We Rank the Worst No. 1 Picks in NBA Lottery History
Since the NBA’s first draft lottery in 1985, there have been 11 first-overall picks who did not make an All-NBA team or appear in an All-Star Game. That number is a little inflated because Zion Williamson and DeAndre Ayton are just getting started, so when you’re trying to figure out which is the wo...

RIP Dale Hawerchuk, a Really Good Player on a Team That Didn't Do Anything
Dale Hawerchuk was a man in the right time, but the wrong place....

Why Are Conferences Straight-Up Ignoring the NCAA's Chief Doctor?
The Big 12, ACC, and SEC remain adamant on playing sports this fall, despite the NCAA’s own top doctor suggesting otherwise....

NFL Agents: Fall Back From Spring NCAA Football Season Plan
If you’re a college football player either opting out of the fall season of your own accord or part of the BIG-10 or PAC-12 or other conference/school-mandated cancellations, the message from a number of NFL agents is clear:...

Why Should College Sports Shut Down? Ex-NFL-Almost-Rookie Kemah Siverand, That’s Why
Kemah Siverand went undrafted out of Oklahoma State, but the cornerback signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks. On Tuesday, Siverand was cut, a move that ordinarily would draw little notice....

Bubble Dumb: College Football Coaches Are The Last People Who Should Be In Charge
It’s long been a truth to college football coaches that any problem can be solved by making sure players study their playbooks more. Creating a “bubble,” as they see it in their mind, is actually utopia to pretty much every college football coach. An environment where all a player can do is stay in ...

Spring Won’t Save College Football, But A Vaccine Could
A number of college conferences will punt their football season to the spring. But the push to play in 2021 may not give conference commissioners and administrators enough time to plan a “normal” season, or keep a crumbling system in place....