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Idiot of the Month: The worst of March
Huzzah! It is time to single people out and call them names. Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH. As always, we are proud to present the Trevor Bauer Trophy to an impressive March crop of dipshits and fuckgoofs....
Soccer legend Thierry Henry quits social media over racism, toxicity
Thierry Henry is leaving social media forever....
White America still doesn’t get why athletes stand up for Black people
Even after Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, national protests, Jacob Blake, and the storming of the Capitol by homegrown American terrorists, a new poll has discovered that America — “the land of the free and home of the brave” — still isn’t fond of athletes taking a stan...
On the anniversary of sports shutting down due to COVID-19, what have we learned about sports, the virus, and ourselves?
It’s been a year since NBA player Rudy Gobert smeared his hands on reporters’ microphones at a press conference and then tested positive for the coronavirus. A year of lockdowns and masking and handwashing and flouting mask-wearing protocols....
Here are your Idiots for the month of February
It’s the return of Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH awards, as we continue to cull the newswires for idiots from all over the sports world. Fresh off the smash hit The Top 50 Idiots of 2020, and the idiots of January, we bring you February’s Idiot Kings....
Jeremy Lin, who says he's been called 'coronavirus', wants you to just listen to what he has to say about the racism Asians experience
We don’t actually know the number of hate crimes that are taking place in America because the United States Government isn’t known for keeping an accurate tally. What we do know is that there are hate crimes in America, and in the age of coronavirus, an increasing amount of them have been toward Asi...
Tennessee State Republicans want to treat student-athletes like employees, just not pay them like employees
For decades, the powers that rake in that sweet college sports cash have been claiming the unpaid labor force is made up of students who just happen to be athletes. Never mind that professional sports leagues use colleges to develop talent, and that those schools rely on the millions that come in fr...
After all these years, Brady still passing... on responsibility for supporting Trump
A.J. Delgado, a former senior advisor to Donald Trump, and self-described “now proud critic,” made clear on Sunday just what kind of equivocating nonsense that is, and how far people will go to try to excuse having been in line with a would-be dictator....
From White House visits to NCAA reform, what should sports expect from a Joe Biden administration?
President Biden doesn’t seem to care about sports as much as his predecessor, and that’s probably a good thing....
A history of presidential pardons in sports, from George Steinbrenner to Brian Urlacher's shady brother
As former wrestler and renowned social scientist The Iron Sheik once noted: “THE POLITICS AND THE WRESTLING SAME THING.” This holds true even when we zoom out to the sports world at large, where the fates of athletic luminaries often intertwine with the whims of the federal government. These whims o...
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Trump angrier about losing Bedminster PGA Championship than looming impeachment [UPDATED]
Updated on Jan. 11 at 5 p.m. EST: Trump is facing a second impeachment, he just lost his beloved twitter account, he inspired his supporters to terrorize the Capitol, but he is reportedly “gutted” by the recent PGA decision. Yes, he’s whining about golf instead giving a single shit about our democra...
Now is the time to shut up and golf, Donald
You could be impeached again. Some Republicans want to invoke the 25th Amendment. You inspired a moronic mob to terrorize the Capitol (in a pandemic). Oh, and come Jan. 21, you’ll face a mountain of legal challenges and a criminal probe. You should resign, but you won’t....
Before Trump tried to tank democracy, he tanked the USFL
When it comes to Donald Trump and all the batshit-crazy, Jonestown-esque nonsense he’s pulled over the past four years, the word “unprecedented” is often attached....
Idiot of the Year #2: Donald Trump, brainless molder of old minds
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....
Idiot of the Year #3: Rudy Gobert, whose iconic display of hubris will live on forever
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....
Lou Holtz called Trump “the best President of my lifetime” because of course he did
Few in the sports world have been as outspokenly MAGA as Lou Holtz. The former college coach and broadcaster endorsed Trump in 2016 and has been a vocal supporter ever since. Today, Holtz was rewarded with a trinket before the Trump presidency officially comes to an end....
Betsy DeVos and the NCAA clearly do not care about campus sex assault
In America, it’s common for women not to receive protections if “it costs too much.”...
Trump has plenty of time to golf now
Sports fans know the joke about players needing to “get their golf clubs out” as they’re eliminated from the playoffs. So it’s fitting that Donald Trump was at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia when he got eliminated by Joe Biden on Saturday....
Many disgraceful moments
With no March Madness this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, there was no “One Shining Moment,” the annual montage of NCAA Tournament highlights on CBS....
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....