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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. ...
Olympic Gold Medalist Jordyn Wieber Tells Deadspin Why She Won't Attend USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Induction
As Jordyn Wieber walked off the mat after her floor routine at the 2012 Olympics, she was giddy, and a big smile danced across her face as she walked down the performance steps....
Rays Manager Reminds Yankees He has Guys Who Throw Hard, Too
A shortened baseball season isn’t weird enough to keep some traditions from continuing. The Pirates suck, the Dodgers are Skynet, and Aroldis Chapman is a cowardly asshat. Tonight he thought it’d be fun to fire a 101 MPH fastball directly at Michael Brosseau’s head, which came a millimeter or two fr...
Russell Westbrook Finally Gives Thunder Fans A Moment To Remember
The Bubble Domes continued at pace last night, and perhaps the story was OKC forcing a Game 7 against the Rockets in their first-round series. Or rather, the story within the story. ...
LSU’s Ja’Marr Chase Doing a Better Job of Educating Athletes on COVID-19 Than Most Colleges
Ja’Marr Chase is a smart man....
J-Lo, A-Rod Whining Over Withdrawing Bid to Buy Mets is Peak #RichPeopleProblems
Everyone’s hopes and dreams have validity, and who among us has not dreamed of buying a baseball team?...
RIP Uncle Cliffy, NBA Star and Cannabis Pioneer
Cliff Robinson, an NBA player who by many accounts was a time machine into the future in a number of aspects of his life, including being a fierce proponent of marjiuana legalization, died Saturday at 53....
Terrible Flyers Reporter: Can We Just Get Back to Hockey?
That’s some Broad Street Bullshit....
No, Your iPhone Won't Autocorrect to a Racial Slur
In the past two weeks, there’s been a rash of white men blaming the slurs they let slip onto social media on typos and, by implication, autocorrect....
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Nine NFL Teams, Eight MLB Teams Join NBA, WNBA in Racial Justice Walkout [UPDATED]
As the NBA continued its postponement Thursday after players protested police violence on Black lives, some NFL teams staged a smaller scale work strike of canceling practices....
What’s Next? Athletes Are Faced With That Critical Question After Unprecedented Day in Sports
After a critical mass of protests across the professional sports world in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the most pressing and powerful question that remains is represented in only two words....
Rest Assured, These Guys Are Still Complete & Utter Jerks
Oh, hey, just in case you were wondering…...
New Report: Nude Cheerleader Video and Dan Snyder’s Direct Involvement in Alleged Sexual Harassment. UPDATE: Snyder Blasts WaPo, Blames Victim
More allegations about the toxic, sexist culture around Dan Snyder’s Washington Football Team have emerged, this time pointing to specific incidents involving Snyder and his treatment of women (including implied solicitation of sexual favors for a friend) and the production of X-rated cheerleader vi...
No Fans to Celebrate Giolito No-No is SO On-Brand for 2020
What happens if there’s a no-hitter and nobody’s there to cheer it?...
Messi Wants Out Of Barcelona Disaster
Last month, we wondered if Barcelona had finally broken Lionel Messi. Turns out, the superstar wants out of the famed Spanish club....
Welcoming You To WWE’s Thunderdome: A KKK Rally, Chris Benoit, and a Beheading
This spring, WWE pulled up stakes and moved its weekly shows to the state with the second-most COVID-19 cases in America — Florida. After doing shows from its Performance Center, Vince McMahon and company have now settled into the Amway Center, which normally hosts the Orlando Magic....
Herschel Shills for Charlatan; The OSU Unranked! Mamba Remembered
The Atlanta Hawks’ website has a video titled “ELDRIDGE RECASNER HIGHLIGHTS,” whose description is: “Watch some of Eldridge Recasner’s best moments with the Atlanta Hawks.”...
This Year's Indy 500 Could Have Been Great
The Indianapolis 500 was Sunday, something that would have gone completely without notice if not for the fact that digital channel guides exist, such is the state of IndyCar in general these days, and such is the state of the world because the pandemic knocked the race out of its traditional spot on...
Marc-Andre Fleury's Agent Tweeted this Picture
As an athlete, you always want to know that your agent has your back, but this is certainly a strange spin on that concept....
Playoff Krejci, Golden Knights Rule and Our NHL Conference Semifinals Predictions
We’re on to the NHL’s conference semifinals, which will actually bring us into something resembling hockey season, as players usually start arriving for informal pre-camp skates at the end of August and beginning of September....