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Deadspin Fixes the Royals: Helping Kansas City help itself
Five years ago, the Kansas City Royals were world champions. It was not a fluke or an accident, but the payoff for implementing a strategy that allowed them to compete despite not having the resources of the Yankees and Red Sox of the world....
The time is right For Bonds and Clemens to enter Hall of Fame - together and forever linked
The timing is perfect....
A tradition unlike any other in a year unlike any other: The Masters, with no azaleas in bloom
Among the wackiest sports nuggets of 2020 will be the Masters, an April tradition being played in November. Add to the mix that Tiger Woods is the defending champion, and it’s downright surreal that it’s been 19 months since we last saw Magnolia Lane (not to mention Woods’ sushi/fajita Masters Club ...
You'll be shocked to learn that Kelly Loeffler remains terrible
In case you were wondering, Deadspin’s most hated sports owner, Kelly Loeffler, is indeed participating in Donald Trump’s attempted coup d’etat....
NFL prepares for less than 16 games, which probably means not all teams will get to 16 games
It’s pointless to bemoan the NFL not pausing or just outright stopping its season. There’s too much money, they’re too far into it, they’d never admit a mistake, we know all the reasons. It certainly seems like the NFL is admitting that it’s going to get worse before it gets better, as yesterday the...
Drunk Tony La Russa told cop: ‘I’m legit. I’m a hall of famer, brother’
Tony La Russa is a “Hall of Famer baseball person.”...
NFL Week 9 morsels: Tua outlasts Murray after baby-legged FG attempt, Giants win by default, Bills score at will against Seattle
Another NFL Sunday is in the books. The league continues to push through this season even though COVID cases continue to pop up all around the league....
Jeff Luhnow sues Astros, claiming they dumped cheating blame on him
In another continuing theme of the week, it’s raging assholes filing dumbass lawsuits! You thought you’d had your fill, but too bad, dingus. Because here comes former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow!...
LeBron James dunks on Drumpf again, as athletes celebrate Joe & Kamala’s win on social media
Joe Biden is the next President of the United States. Kamala Harris is the next Vice President of the United States. Donald Trump will no longer be President of the United States....
Soulless ESPN lays off Claire Smith, the first female baseball writer enshrined in Cooperstown, in latest round of cuts
When I opened Twitter this morning and started scrolling, I have to be honest; I was shocked....
<em>Big Noon Kickoff </em>sidelined with possible COVID exposure
Every week the college football stands seem to be fuller and fuller as fans enter the stadium with coverings over their faces, but by halftime, things look very different. No face masks, people screaming and saliva latching on to ride the breeze. Just an all-around dangerous environment when we’re i...
We’ve seen enough of the NFC East this season, NFL, please adopt WNBA playoff structure
We all know bad the NFC East is this season. They are the butt of all the jokes....
What the NFL's postseason expansion talks suggest
The NFL jumped into the flying-by-their-ass pool Monday by reportedly discussing expanding this year’s playoffs to 16 teams. This coming after they expanded it to 14 already, and they may just jump over that this January without ever trying it....
Tua's first win, Chargers throw up on themselves, and helmet-punching Bears are the worst 5-3 team ever
It’s hard to believe that we are already halfway through the 2020 NFL season....
Deadspin Argues About Stuff: Rating Tua's debut
Dustin Foote: Alright Donovan, Tua Tagovailoa just won his first start against the Rams in Miami. We argued about whether or not the Dolphins should start Tua when Miami made the announcement two weeks ago. I wanted him in, you wanted him out. With the win, did coach Brian Flores make the right call...
Cam Newton is just good enough to break your heart
After nearly two decades of not just expecting. but knowing, all the right plays at all the right times, it must be a crash equivalent to falling from orbit for Patriots fans to see the exact wrong thing happen at the exact wrong time....
Giants left with only four O-Linemen after Will Hernandez’s COVID diagnosis sends rest home
When you hear the phrase “history repeats itself,” you usually think of some time in the distant past being relived — not last week. ...
MLB billionaires have waited years to screw working-class staff at altar of profit, & here it is
It’s no accident that before the World Series came to its conclusion, MLB was getting it out there just how much of a financial disaster this season was for the owners. You’ve got to lay the groundwork, and MLB wants all its fans to know why its owners will be non-tendering some pretty big names to ...
Jeff Garcia’s white mediocrity on full display in dumb Cam Newton comments
Look good. Feel good. Play good....