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The Only Island Where Dana White's Insane Mortal Kombat-Style Event Makes Sense is Fantasy Island
Welcome to Dana White’s Private Cage Fighting Island: Yes, the UFC is Bringing the Octagon to an Unidentified International Location....

The NBA Gets Vegas, The NHL Gets ... North Dakota
If you wanted a clearer statement about the difference between the NBA and the NHL, you can’t do much better than comparing the leagues’ contingency plans for finishing their seasons over the summer: The NBA has floated stationing everyone in Las Vegas, while the NHL mulls shipping its entire operat...

'If I go back to work full time, I come home to a dead husband.' Wives Of Former NFL Players Blast New NFL CBA
On Sunday, NFL free agent Eric Reid and his lawyer Ben Meiselas hosted a town hall with six wives of disabled former players to discuss how their lives have been affected by the new NFL collective bargaining agreement....

MLB Following South Korea Back to the Diamond Won't Make President Trump Look Like Less of an Ass
There’s going to be professional baseball soon, which is great news for sports fans everywhere....

RIP Al Kaline. You Were The Greatest Player Time Forgot
When news broke that Al Kaline died Monday at 85, reaction among the Deadspin staff was split between two wildly different reactions....

FSU's Leonard Hamilton Is A Good Man Whose Possible Last Chance For a National Title Has Been Ripped Away
Tonight could have been life-changing for Leonard Hamilton, as his team had a real shot at being the last one shown during “One Shining Moment.”...

Major Golf Events Are Being Cancelled Everywhere, But States As Hard Hit As N.Y. Still Think It's Safe For Courses To Remain Open
Like every other sport realizing its proper place in a society in crisis, the PGA and professional golf around the globe is undergoing major shifts in its schedule. Today, the British Open was canceled for the first time since 1945, while tournaments over on this side of the pond have been shifted t...

We Have Your Final 4! ... Of Sports logos That Is
After ranking the primary logos of all 123 teams in the four major sports leagues in North America (1-40, 41-80, 81-123), it only made sense to put them all into a bracket and have a tournament. So, that’s just what we did....

Dabo Swinney's Take On The Pandemic Is What 'Merica Wants To Hear. And That Means We Are All Doomed
In case you missed it, Dabo Swinney, the noted pandemic expert and Clemson football coach, suggested Friday that the coronavirus can be beaten into submission simply through the sheer force of America’s greatness. ...

Jaguars Edge Rusher Yannick Ngakoue Giving A MasterClass On Social Media Exit Strategy
Yannick Ngakoue is getting out of Jacksonville by any means necessary....

Who Knew That Distance Runners Would Be Bad At Social Distancing?
Marathon runners are some of the only athletes who can go about their business right now with minimal interruption. While marathons have been canceled or postponed all over the world as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it remains possible to train, as even Dr. Anthony Fauci continues to get som...

LaMelo Ball Has Become The NCAA's Worst Nightmare
LaMelo Ball is destroying NCAA basketball, one power move at a time....

These Guys Were Great, They Just Never Got Enough Credit: The 10 Most Underrated NBA Players Since 1990
In today’s edition of “Let’s talk about sports to distract ourselves from apocalyptic horrors,” we follow up our list of most overrated NBA players with their diametric opposites: the most underrated....

Amid Accusations Of Tampering, The NFL's CBA Mess Only Promises To Get Uglier
Eric Reid and his lawyers are mad. ...

The New NFL Playoff System Looks More Fair, But Is It?
As under the radar as the NFL can be (so not much at all), the owners voted to approve an expansion of the playoffs yesterday from 12 to 14 teams. The reasons for this are obvious to everyone. Two more additional playoff games are two more programming slots TV networks get to bid over, and there’s a...

De'Aaron Fox Not Playing In NBA 2K Tournament Makes This Thing Trash
De’Aaron Fox is the NBA’s premier gamer. ...

The World Really Is Coming To An End: Adam Schefter Criticized The NFL
ESPN’s Adam Schefter is widely known as an NFL shill. He rarely, if ever, criticizes the league and has even fed from the same trough as the entity he supposedly covers objectively....

It's On To The Elite 8 As Our Sports Logo Challenge Marches On
After ranking the primary logos of all 123 teams in the four major sports leagues in North America (1-40, 41-80, 81-123), it only made sense to put them all into a bracket and have a tournament. So, that’s just what we did....

Maybe Star Pitchers Having Elective Tommy John Surgery Isn't The Best Thing To Do During A Pandemic
On one hand, if ever there was a time for pitchers to undergo Tommy John surgery, this is it. Because the abbreviation of this season due to the coronavirus pandemic means there is less baseball to be missed while recovering from the operation, which typically takes about 15 months....

Tennis Has A Coronavirus Problem And You Can Be Certain The Solution Will Make Everyone Miserable
While tennis will always be regarded as an upper-echelon pursuit, full of soft applause and a pastoral attitude as the fans stroke their beards, cluck their tongues, and wonder what’s to be done with the rabble outside the walls, in reality, it’s always a gentle breeze away some kind of disagreement...