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Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Chicago Bears<em></em>

Some people are fans of the Chicago Bears. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Chicago Bears. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here....

Jets Fans Cheer Rookie Who Says He'd Prefer To Die On The Field

The Jets held a forum at training camp today in which a group of about 150 fans got to ask questions of players. Things got a little uneasy when the topic turned to head trauma, and safety Jamal Adams, the Jets’ first-round pick this year, said if he had to pick a place to die it would be on a footb...

Branden Albert Retires Before Ever Playing A Down With The Jaguars

In March, the Jaguars sent a 2018 seventh-round pick to the Dolphins for Pro-Bowl left tackle Branden Albert. The 32-year-old Albert played in the 2013 and 2015 Pro Bowls with Miami, and he mostly remained productive in 2016, starting 12 games and picking up just three penalties while dealing with a...

Here's The Special "Information Sharing" Agreement Between The NFL And A Prosecutors' Group

In a memorandum of understanding dated 2016, the NFL and the National District Attorneys Association—a professional group that represents and lobbies on behalf of the nation’s 2,500 or so district attorneys—outlined an “information sharing partnership” covering investigations into “alleged criminal ...

NFL Network Spends Entire Segment Predicting The Wrong Seattle Seahawks Schedule [Update]

Professional moron Heath Evans joined Elliot Harrison yesterday during live training camp coverage on NFL Network to discuss and predict this year’s Seattle Seahawks schedule—but at no point did either of them realize that the results they were predicting already happened....

Report: Two NFL Linemen Sued Over Unpaid $10,000 Nightclub Bill

Two NFL players are involved in a lawsuit stemming from a March incident involving declined credit cards and a $10,000 bill racked up in a single evening at a Hollywood nightclub, according to a TMZ report....

Tickets And Hotel Rooms Are Still Available For Mayweather-McGregor

If you’re the sort of maniac who’s into spending thousands and thousands of dollars to attend a boxing match between an undefeated, retired boxer and a man who has never before competed in a professional boxing match, good news! There are still hundreds and hundreds of tickets available for the upco...

Where Is Roger Goodell On Ezekiel Elliott? [Update]

Roger Goodell’s tenure as commissioner of the NFL has been marked by his eagerness to remind everyone he’s in charge when it comes to player discipline. From Bountygate to Ray Rice to Adrian Peterson to Ballghazi, Goodell has been there to announce to the rest of the world that he’s got this....

Report: NFL To Walk Away From Deal To Fund Concussion Research With $16 Million Unpaid

The NFL has given the National Institutes of Health less than half of the $30 million they promised for concussion research five years ago, and after repeatedly trying to influence how their “unrestricted gift” was used, the league is letting their agreement expire with no plans to finish paying up....

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs. Conor McGregor Is The Second-Biggest Possible Fuck-You

I’ve never seen Conor McGregor fight. I don’t watch or care about MMA. That’s not a statement about, or condemnation of, McGregor or MMA; it speaks only to my own preferences and biases....

Which Baseball Legends Had Two Separate Hall-Of-Fame Careers?

When discussing Rickey Henderson’s Hall-of-Fame prospects, Bill James once wrote that “if you could split him in two, you’d have two Hall of Famers.” It’s a seemingly hyperbolic quip from one of sports’ most precise thinkers. So it’s probably worth a closer look....

Report: Cardale Jones Cried Tears Of Joy After Being Traded From Buffalo To The Opposite Of Buffalo

After a frustrating rookie season in which he appeared in just one game for Buffalo, Cardale Jones has been traded to the Los Angeles Chargers in exchange for a draft pick. As ESPN’s Adam Schefter told Mike and Mike this morning, the quarterback wasn’t exactly sad to hear the news:...

How To Mangle A Survey, By Darren Rovell<em></em>

If you merely scanned today’s Darren Rovell ESPN article on a new survey of NFL fans, you might be forgiven for coming away believing that fans are leaving in droves, turned off by the national anthem protests inspired by Colin Kaepernick. If you bothered to actually read the damn thing, you know t...

Why Your Team Sucks 2017: Cleveland Browns<em></em>

Some people are fans of the Cleveland Browns. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cleveland Browns. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group....

Smart Man John Urschel Smartly Quits Football

Baltimore Ravens lineman and math genius John Urschel is walking away from football at age 26. ...

Here’s a good Twitter thread....

Congress Calls Out NFL For Still Owing $18 Million To NIH For Concussion Research<em></em><em></em>

With little more than a month remaining in a five-year agreement to pay for concussion research, the NFL still owes the National Institutes of Health $18 million—more than half of the $30 million that the league agreed to provide for the study back in 2012. Today, a group of Democratic members of th...

<i>Sports Illustrated</i> Nakedly Shills For Tom Brady's Dangerous Quack Guru

On Monday, Sports Illustrated’s Greg Bishop published a story about Tom Brady’s longevity that greatly credited the quarterback’s fitness guru, Alex Guerrero, while failing to properly address the fact that Guerrero has been sued multiple times for fraud and has run afoul of the FTC for hawking prod...

This Is What Happens When A College Football Fixer Goes Rogue

If you had asked me when I was a student at the University of Florida who is Huntley Johnson, my answer would have been this: The guy who represents all the football players. Football players exist in the bizarre NCAA unreality where those in power refuse to pay their most necessary workers a living...

Julio Jones Hires Dive Team To Recover $100K Earring He Lost While Jet Skiing

Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones had a pretty chill offseason, resting for most of it to heal up from foot surgery in March. However, Jones was recently jet skiing on Lake Lanier, a large reservoir north of Atlanta, when he hit a boat wake and flopped into the water....