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White QB starts for Saints over more qualified Black QB, because 'glimpses'
If we’re being honest, this is some bullshit. ...
NFL sees uptick in positive COVID-19 cases, forcing teams to reconsider having fans
Are you really surprised?...
Can the NBA Draft show us that Fleets are better than knockoff Dollar Tree Brand IG stories?
So Twitter has basically copied and pasted Instagram and Snapchat’s story function to their platform. ...
Pick up these players now or perish in the fantasy football crucible: Week 11
The fantasy playoffs are a few weeks away, which, quite frankly, is weird as hell. But, here we are. If you’re still in contention for a playoff spot, congratulations! You’ve managed to survive the weirdest, most tumultuous season in fantasy football history. Through game cancellations and last-...
We don’t want you to have to watch the Bears either
Whenever the NFL schedule is released, we Bears fans cringe whenever there’s a national game listed. Not because the Bears’ record over history on Sunday or Monday night is pretty porous, though that’s part of it. And it’s not the slagging we’ll be in for by national analysts. We’re numb to that by ...
That Cajun accent and ‘loveable charm’ won’t save Ed Orgeron from what’s happening at LSU
When USA Today drops an exclusive report on you, then you know it’s real. Just ask USA Gymnastics, Michigan State, and Larry Nassar....
Sunday Night Football: Naked in the rain
The optics of this NFL season have already been weird and an indictment of the decision to have a season at all. Whether it’s empty stands or, even worse, quarter-filled ones, something has been off about watching football all season. It’s a constant reminder just of where everything is, and how it ...
Everything is going badly for Tom Brady
Tom Brady is having some kind of a rough couple of weeks....
Sunday Scaries: The Week 10 bets to avoid
This week on the Sunday Scaries, we’ve got the greatest hits featuring: the NFC East, the Jacksonville Jaguars and a deceptively good Chargers team? We’ll also cover an old NFL rivalry that is now dead....
Two feel-good MVP stories mask modern technology baffling backwater St. Louis again
While the NL Cy Young conjured thoughts about some of the things that are wrong with baseball (the warping of the game played by galactic assholes), there’s no reason to not feel good about both MVPs named yesterday....
Meet the NFL's 10 poorest owners
There are ballers and then there are the big ballers....
Joe Burrow tells how fear of Lord Voldemort turned him into a Disney Channel kid
Bengals’ quarterback Joe Burrow admitted publicly that he is not the one to play with when it comes to being scared....
Houston Texans baffle NFL again with firing of PR star Amy Palcic
The Houston Texans have been a mess the past few years, but recently the bandages have been ripped off: There is no hiding the ugliness anymore....
Only players, not league rules, can stop NFL owners from racist practices
The “F” in NFL stands for fraud....
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...
The Luis Ortiz-Alexander Flores fight was the most ridiculous boxing match you’ll ever see
While most Americans on Saturday night were watching Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, or Dave Chappelle, the sport of boxing was busy hitting a new low....
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....
Easily, Lamar Jackson’s feat is better than Patrick Mahomes’
Two of the best and brightest quarterbacks in the NFL made news on Sunday....