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Hot Dog Eating, Slam Dunk Contests Are Some Virtual Sports Activities We'd Love To SeeThe virtual WNBA and NFL drafts went pretty well. That’s a sentence I did not think I would write a week ago. But here we are. Crazier things have happened (and are happening)....

You're Not Going To Believe This, But Ernie Grunfeld Said Something Very Dumb To Defend His Very Dumb DecisionsThe Wizards, in their ongoing quest to be the most irrelevant American professional sports team, have now traded away every one of their own second-round draft picks between now and 2024. They’ve dealt three second-round picks in salary dump moves just this season; yesterday they dealt a future seco...

Report: MLB Wants To Screw Over International Amateur Free AgentsAccording to ESPN’s Buster Olney, MLB wants to make life even harder on international amateur free agents by implementing an international draft in the new CBA....

Maybe our favorite thing NFL.com has ever done: A 2013 supplemental mock draft. [NFL.com]...

Why On Earth Do The Harlem Globetrotters Have A Draft?

Here's the press release from the Globetrotters:...

Getting To Know Your Draft Clichés

The Kurtenblog finds meaning in the meaningless announcer drivel that populates the NHL Draft. Yes, they have one, too! But it works for pretty much any sporting event where analysts have no idea what they're talking about. [Orland Kurtenblog]...

Imaginary League Holds Fantasy Draft

The UFL Draft is tonight. No one knows the rules and the results won't be announced, but that's okay because no one knows when the season starts or where the teams are even located. Catch the fever! [PFT; StockLemon; Yahoo]...