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Kyrie Irving's And J.J. Redick's Brains Are In The Fifth Dimension In The Palace Of Truth
Kyrie Irving went on J.J. Redick’s Ringer podcast today, and the two former Dookies spent a good 10 minutes Expanding Their Minds and swapping Deep Thoughts. Irving addressed his Flat Earth trutherism, and says came to his own conclusions after doing his own research, which he says came from Instagr...
Ex-Dolphins Coach Chris Foerster Opens Up About Cocaine Video: "It's What I Needed"
On Oct. 9, Dolpins offensive line coach Chris Foerster resigned after a video showing him snorting lines of cocaine was released by Las Vegas model Kijuana Nige. After releasing the video, Nige talked to the press, saying that “a point had to be proven” about white privilege. Since then, all has bee...
Deadspin Interview: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book We Were Eight Years In Power is eight previously published Atlantic essays each preceded by a new piece of writing that describes Coates’s intellectual, financial, and emotional state at the time of the piece, and musings on the Obama years. The eight new essays trace his...
Athletes Want To Be Disruptors Now And It’s The Fucking Worst
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here. ...
The Fellas Are Talkin' Football
The big game is coming up this weekend. Vikings vs. Bad Guys. It’s all on the line. Who’s ready?...
Advocacy Group Asks NFL To Investigate Raiders For Potential Rooney Rule Violation
The Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group devoted to promoting diversity in NFL front offices and coaching staffs, has asked the league to investigate the Raiders for potentially violating the Rooney Rule when they hired Jon Gruden as head coach last week....
Floyd Mayweather Offers The Most Predictable Take On "Me Too" Movement<em></em>
Floyd Mayweather, a moron and serial domestic abuser, is hanging around the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas hawking some sort of virtual reality boxing setup, which he says—oh God, who cares. Men’s Health interviewed the semi-retired boxer and he somehow stayed on topic for most of it, dodging a ...
Report: Panthers Could Put That New Stadium On Some Guy's Farm, Sure, Why Not
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who was recently accused of sexual harassment and getting racist with team employees, will soon sell his stake in the team. It’s not clear who will buy the team yet, though the end of the Panthers’ season on Sunday means that the process is now underway. Did...
Meet The Crazy New Yorkers Who Completed Five Triathlons In Five Days
Why? That’s the first question people always ask. Why would you want to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112, and then run a marathon? Why would you do it five days in a row? Why would you plan the whole thing yourself? In the five boroughs? In the middle of June?...
Report: Seahawks Fire The Guy Who Didn't Hand The Ball To Marshawn Lynch
Maybe you think this headline is unfair, given that Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell has been with the team since 2011 and helped them win a Super Bowl in 2013. Maybe you’re right! But when you’re responsible for one of the most disastrous play calls in football history, that fact is go...
Bills GM Says Richie Incognito's Alleged Racist Slurs Were "A Misunderstanding"
Bills offensive guard Richie Incognito was accused by Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue of using racist slurs during Jacksonville’s playoff defeat of Buffalo on Sunday. But Bills GM Brandon Beane didn’t seem to think much of any potential in-game exchange between the two....
The Falcons' Defense Is Finding Itself At Just The Right Time
For much of this season, it’s been difficult to take the Atlanta Falcons seriously. After a 3-0 start, they lost back-to-back home games to the Bills and Dolphins before getting thumped by the Patriots, by which time the hangover from 28-3 had reached the coffee-and-aspirin phase. Their offense, eve...
Help Us Figure Out What Donald Trump And Arthur Blank Are Talking About
If you happened to choose the ESPN “Cool Room” feed of last night’s national championship game—among your 19 other choices—you may have noticed the hosts dancing around discussing a conversation taking place between Donald Trump and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. That video wasn’t aired on the ...
Tom Brady Allowed Deepak Chopra's Son To Follow Him Around For A Documentary Series
What would it be like to sniff a fart’s fart? The answer to that question might be the result of Deepak Chopra’s son filming a documentary on Tom Brady, for which he received access to Brady’s personal life....
I Am Now A Flu Shot Truther And I Hate Myself For It<em></em>
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Liverpool Mayor Writes Nutty Letter To The FA Calling For Investigation Of Ross Barkley Transfer
Joe Anderson is the mayor of Liverpool. He is also a diehard and delusional Everton fan. It is presumably this mix of a mayor’s political sway and a fan’s righteous indignation that inspired him to call the cops and ask them to investigate a transfer he didn’t like....
Does The Panthers' Excuse For Cam Newton's Very Brief Concussion Exam Pass Muster?
The NFL and NFLPA are reportedly investigating the circumstances surrounding that massive hit to the brain Cam Newton took in the fourth quarter of yesterday’s loss to New Orleans. Newton was slow to get up after it happened. He fell to the ground as he left the field. He was tested for a concussion...
Cameron Jordan Ends Panthers' Season, Rubs It In By Sending Wine To Cam Newton<em></em>
Saints defensive lineman Cameron Jordan wrapped up a 31-26 win over the Panthers Sunday, dooming a last-gasp Carolina drive by rushing through two blockers and forcing Cam Newton to take a crucial intentional grounding penalty. Jordan kicked ass and talked a lot shit about the man who was supposed t...
The National Park Service Will Be Run By The Guy Who Helped Dan Snyder Cut Down Public Trees To Improve His River View<em></em>
As fits a government that could already boast a head of the Department of Energy who wants to do away with the Department of Energy and a secretary of education who favors homeschooling over public schools, a guy renowned for desecrating park lands will now be running the National Park Service. P. D...
Jags Fans Can Willfully Disregard Fire Safety, Too<em></em>
Bills fans celebrated their team’s (short-lived) playoff run by traveling to Jacksonville in droves, laying waste to any table-like structure in their path, reportedly starting a garbage fire, drinking local bars dry, and generally behaving as expected. Jaguars fans also got to toast to their first ...