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A bunch of Deadspinners sit around Kraken wise

Chris Baud, Jon Hoefling and Jesse Spector got together to talk about the Seattle Kraken expansion draft, in which the team surprised many by not going for big-name players like Carey Price, Gabriel Landeskog, Vladimir Tarasenko or Jakub Voracek. What’s up with that?...

Really? The old 'fake news' gambit?

It would be nice if Liz Cambage didn’t try to refute reports that she broke COVID protocols with the term “fake news,” but the Australian star sure did defend herself after her withdrawal from the Olympic team during its Las Vegas training camp, for which she cited mental health....

Under-the-radar sports you should check out during the Tokyo Games

There are certain sports that are staples of the Olympics, the ones that get on in prime time and take hold of the sports world when they’re going for the gold. It used to be that those sports, like gymnastics, swimming, and track, would only really show up on your TV every so often. Maybe you’d cat...

A team and league full of cowards [Update]

Since the publication of this column, MLB has placed Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on administrative leave due to the allegations of sexual assault....

Tour de France drops lawsuit against sign-wielding spectator

Down 2-1, the Hawks are still capable… if Trae Young is active

John Collins has a point....

It doesn’t matter what we think if Ben Simmons’ teammates are done with him

I admit that I fell into the trap of using every NBA playoff game as a referendum on the legacy of every NBA star. Things are never that simple, and winning a championship is hard. Especially in the NBA, where it’s an actual referendum on how your team is built. It’s not hockey where the bounces jus...

Hockey isn’t any better at picking its defensive player of the year than basketball

Recently, the discussion in basketball has been Defensive Players Of The Year and just how exactly certain players ended up with that award. As we watched Rudy Gobert stare blankly from the lane at the Clippers as they constantly kicked the ball out to whomever he was supposed to be guarding outside...

What the hell?! Now CP3 tests positive for COVID, as walking-wounded playoffs roll on [Update]

Ughhhhh....

Euro 2021: Can Poland rise to meet Robert Lewandowski?

No. What’re you, new? No one rises to the level of Robert Lewandowski. It’s Robert Goddamn Lewandowski. Dude just scored 40 goals in one league season, which is utterly insane. That’s after he scored 34 last year. Seventy-four motherfucking goals in two seasons in just the Bundesliga. That’s four se...

I just want to keep hearing the raucous din of Islanders games

I don’t have a real affinity for the New York Islanders. Great jerseys, ones they should have never abandoned, but other than that, whatever. Barry Trotz is maybe the best at getting his players to buy into his system, which is why it works so well, but that doesn’t mean it’s all that entertaining t...

Meet MLB’s All-'Never-been an All-Star' Team

Nowadays, it seems like every baseball player under the sun has been an All-Star at some point in their careers. In 2019, there were four AL second basemen selected for the Midsummer Classic. FOUR! In total, there were 75 players awarded All-Star recognition in 2019. In 2018, 73 players were named A...

Why is 6-foot-3 Mac Jones suddenly being criticized for his lack of size?

We judge a lot of things based on size: Texas BBQ, television monitors, people’s homes, yadda yadda yadda. NFL quarterbacks are no exception. Everything about them gets judged based on their size. Not even Joe Burrow’s hands were exempt from the harsh eye of NFL media. As OTA’s have kicked off acros...

Dan Campbell wants a pet lion for the Lions

Dan Campbell’s wild and unscripted introductory press conference is starting to make some sense now....

Does the 'hot hand' really exist? Deadspin investigates, using Steph Curry's historic streak

On April 2, Golden State’s season reached its nadir with a 53-point loss to the Raptors in Tampa. Stephen Curry, who had recently returned from a five-game absence, sat out the second game of a back-to-back, Draymond Green was out with a finger injury, and it was the kind of night where the dynasty ...

The obvious case for Connor McDavid as unanimous MVP

The Stanley Cup playoffs started on Saturday, which is weird because the NHL regular season continued on Saturday, as the Canucks handed the Oilers a 4-1 loss that was notable only because Connor McDavid picked up his league-best 72nd assist, which also wrapped up the scoring title for the presumpti...

Udonis Haslem joins the greats

Udonis Haslem might have authored one of the best send-offs in team sports history last night....

The NCAA just NCAA’d a women’s golf regional for stupid, capricious reasons

An NCAA Women’s Division I golf regional in Louisiana was canceled yesterday before any college athlete could tee off. ...

Vladimir Putin ‘scores’ eight goals in Russian hockey game

If you think you’ve seen horrendous defense before, you clearly haven’t watched a bunch of guys skate against an authoritarian strongman....

Joe Girardi and his Little League gaffe

Joe Girardi will probably have to double, triple, maybe even quadruple check his lineup cards from here on out....