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Bringing in rapper Big Sean shows Pistons looking to win headlines, not games
This has nothing to do with Detroit rapper Big Sean....
2020 Idiot of the Year: Deeper into the abyss with Dwayne Haskins, Lou Holtz, and Trevor Bauer
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
Remembering 'Bowl Durham' & Pearl Harbor: Last time Rose Bowl was held outside Pasadena
Back in March, the NCAA Tournament was just days away from tipping off when COVID-19 took hold in America and turned 2020 upside down, taking with it, among other things, college basketball’s championship....
Deadspin's 2020-21 NBA Preview — Northwest Division: About Dame time for these teams to blossom
The Northwest Division is an intriguing cluster of teams that are always the groomsmen and never the grooms. Or something. There’s a lot of talent, a few ascending rosters, and some teams looking to finally get over the hump and make a run at the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Denver and Portland have each m...
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Dwayne Haskins caught maskless with strippers, future deservedly in jeopardy [Updated]
So apparently, Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins likes strippers more than his career. After losing to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Haskins decided to party it up — maskless — with some ladies at a local jiggle joint....
2020 Idiot of the Year: Our descent continues with Jon Gruden, Dana White, and a cold look in the mirror
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
The NBA will definitely expansion its way out of this pandemic hole
It was the most interesting note out of Adam Silver’s preseason launch meeting with the press. While he addressed what it would take for the season to be halted again, as well as some other issues, he also let it out that the NBA was dusting off the box marked “expansion plans” for another look....
Deadspin's 2020-21 NBA Preview — Southwest Division: Youth gone wild, & the Harden wild card
One of my biggest pet peeves in sports is when divisions are broken down by geography but don’t follow geographic rules. Dallas in the NFC East? Minnesota Timberwolves in the Northwest? All the teams in the Southwest are in the American south. That’s a start. But why are teams on the Mississippi Riv...
Deadspin's 2020-21 NBA Preview — Southeast Division: The heat is on, but not for every team
The Southeast division of the NBA was like a really bad potluck. In most terrible potlucks there’s usually only one edible dish that’s holding it down for your meal and that’s the one you brought....
Deadspin's 2020-21 NBA Preview — Atlantic Division: All or nothin' for a bunch of win-now contenders
If all goes as expected, four out of five Atlantic Division teams will make the 2021 NBA Playoffs. But if all went as expected, maybe we’d be out of a pandemic by now....
Deadspin's 2020-21 NBA Preview — Central Division: Giannis & Bucks shall be first, but the rest ...?
The Indiana Pacers are a pretty good team. They’ve been to the playoffs nine of the past 10 seasons, and they played .616 ball last season — a 50-win pace over a full 82-game season. They still finished 11 games behind the Bucks in the Central Division....
2020 Idiot of the Year Awards: Counting down from 50-41 with Ronaldo, Bolt, Cespedes, and more
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
Jalen Hurts breaks out, Falcons fold like two-ply tissue, and Chiefs look like 8th graders playing peewee
The end of the NFL season is right around the corner, which means that things are starting to get tight and the fight for playoff spots is intensifying....
The WNBA’s activism and how it just might change the country in a matter of weeks
Early voting is underway in the Georgia senate race, and the Jan. 5 outcome will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the pivotal body. It’s hard to overstate the importance of the outcome to the first two years of the Biden administration....
Carson Wentz pouts as Jalen Hurts shines
If Carson Wentz remains the Eagles backup, he’ll want out of Philadelphia. That’s according to an ESPN report released today. ...
Chase Young makes boombox speaker look like walkie-talkie
Chase Young is built just a little bit different....
Bills looking kinda like team that won consecutive AFC titles 25 years ago
The Bills clinched their first AFC East title since 1995, moving to 11-3 on the season with a 48-19 rout of the Broncos....
The G League wants to play, and here’s why it matters
According to an ESPN report, the NBA G League is eyeing a condensed 2021 season amid COVID-19 concerns, primarily not to smother the inaugural G League Ignite Team from debuting in Year 1 of its experiment....
Everyone on Houston’s men’s team had COVID, 90% of Louisville’s had it, too
Texas is now at over 1.54 million COVID cases, with the pandemic affecting communities of color at an alarming rate. The state’s figures apparently include all 15 members of the Houston Cougars sixth-ranked men’s basketball team. According to head coach Kelvin Sampson in a media call on Thursday, ev...
Heart condition sidelines Henrik Lundqvist for season
It was always going to be very weird to see a Rangers team without Henrik Lundqvist and a Capitals team with him this upcoming season, assuming the NHL and players can ever figure out when and how that will happen. Frighteningly, we will not see the latter scenario, as Lundqvist has announced he wil...