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Dolphins Owner Says All His Players Will Stand For The Anthem In 2018, Regrets It By The Next Day

Stephen Ross, the rich guy who owns the Dolphins, told the New York Daily News last night that “all of our players will be standing” for the national anthem next season. Various Dolphins players including Arian Foster, Kenny Stills, and Michael Thomas have kneeled to protest police brutality during ...

How Egypt's Strongman Is Turning Sports Into Propaganda

Imagine, if you can, the USSF and new president Carlos Cordeiro, backed by a slew of MLS owners, calling a press conference and announcing their undying loyalty to Donald Trump, and urging all American soccer fans to vote Republican in the upcoming midterm elections. While the idea may seem fantasti...

Texans Deny Report That They Won't Sign Free Agents Who Protested During National Anthem

The Texans are refuting a Houston Chronicle report from this weekend that said the team wasn’t interested in signing free agents who’d protested during the national anthem: ...

Andy Reid Knows His Cheeses

Aldon Smith Accused Of Biting Woman In Domestic-Violence Incident [Update] <em></em>

Former 49ers and current (suspended) Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith is wanted in connection with a domestic violence incident on Saturday night in San Francisco, according to a report from the Mercury News....

Okay, Now Shaquem Griffin Is Running Like A Wide Receiver

Yesterday one-handed UCF linebacker Shaquem Griffin was conquering the bench press. Today he ran the 40-yard-dash in a blistering 4.38 seconds, the fastest time for a linebacker at the combine in 15 years:...

One-Handed Linebacker Shaquem Griffin Has No Problem With The Bench Press<em></em>

Here’s Central Florida linebacker Shaquem Griffin powering through 20 reps on the bench press at the NFL Scouting Combine, one-handed. Griffin was born with a congenital condition that prevented his left hand from fully developing, but which obviously has not kept him from being a goddamn beast:...

NFL Teams Are Still Asking Draft Prospects Powerfully Stupid Questions

Let me tell you, as someone who did miserable corporate human resources for a period of years and is still involved in hiring and firing at a small business: interviewing candidates sucks. You are there to find out whether this person will be able to do a good job for your company, and they are ther...

NFL Makes Combine Pressers A Less Crappy Experience<em></em>

INDIANAPOLIS — Having Podium 1 framed by indicators for the shitter seemed appropriate and on brand. The NFL has since had a change of heart, however. Deadspin will continue to update this developing story as circumstances are warranted....

Boxing Is Going To Get Deontay Wilder-Anthony Joshua If It Has To Fix The Entire Heavyweight Division

On Saturday, March 3, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Deontay Wilder, one of the worst heavyweight champions in boxing history, will successfully defend his WBC title by first-, second-, or third-round knockout of Cuba’s Luis Ortiz, the best and most dangerous heavyweight fighter today. Th...

Report: NFL Teams Ask Heisman-Winning Quarterback To Give Wide Receiver A Try

The NFL combine has begun, which means it’s time for NFL coaches, GMs, scouts, writers, and draft prognosticators to make all sorts of ironclad evaluations about various incoming rookies that will eventually prove embarrassingly inaccurate. We’re off to a good start so far, according to this report ...

Which Was Longer: James Harden's Staredown Or Tom Brady's Kiss With His Son?

Everyone had a hearty chuckle (or gasped in horror) as James Harden extracted Wesley Johnson’s soul with a crossover last night, but The Outline’s Jeremy Gordon had an offhand joke that made us think. He said Harden’s staredown of Johnson was longer than Tom Brady’s definitely normal lips-on-lips ki...

For Reporters, The NFL Combine Can Be One Awkward Feeding Frenzy

INDIANAPOLIS — “This is already a degrading experience.”...

Roger Goodell And Jerry Jones Must Fight To The Death For The Good Of America

By now you know that NFL Commissioner and comic book henchman Roger Goodell is planning to fine Jerry Jones $2 million for DISGRACING THE SHIELD, and that Jones plans on appealing this fine to Goodell personally. If this goes the way of every other NFL billionaire quarrel, both men will leak harsh w...

Johnny Gaudreau Got High-Sticked And Then Ejected For Complaining About It

The Calgary Flames had a crummy night Wednesday as they lost 5-2 to the Colorado Avalanche, but winger Johnny Gaudreau might have had the crummiest night of all. After getting high-sticked by Blake Comeau in the third period, Johnny Hockey—do people still call him that?—inexplicably received a match...

Joshua Simmons's Long Journey From NBA Draft Punchline To College Hoops Nomad Is Almost Over

You’ve likely never heard of Joshua Simmons. You certainly hadn’t heard of him when he entered his name in the NBA draft. Five years ago, at 20 years old, Simmons was on the NBA’s official early entry list, despite having played just a handful of games at a junior college 30 minutes east of Greenvil...

This High School Basketball Player Is A Flopping Artist

Here we have Demetrius Craft of Laurel High (Md.) catching what appears to be a sudden gust of wind, being tackled by a monster from the spirit realm, or pulling off the greatest flop of the year....

Robert Kraft's Special Pal Had A Baby

A thing I’d like to impress upon you is how difficult it can be to get the Patriots to comment on a story. Let alone on a story that could be characterized as gossip. Let alone on the record. Trust me, I know. That said, here’s a statement from the Patriots, via the Boston Globe:...

NFL Sets Up Combine Pressers In The Most Appropriate Spot

INDIANAPOLIS — Greetings from the bowels of the Indiana Convention Center, where the media sausage is churning its way through the 2018 NFL scouting combine. If you just got here and can’t find the shitter, make your way toward Podium 1, where Colts general manager Chris Ballard (pictured) has wrapp...

Ryan Shazier Won't Play In 2018, But He Still Wants To Play

Steelers GM Kevin Colbert said today that injured linebacker Ryan Shazier won’t play in 2018. “He knows that, and we know that, and we’re gonna continue to support him in his recovery,” Colbert said, adding that they will keep him on the roster next year. “We know that’s a challenge, ‘cause we’ll be...