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Deadspin presents: Madden old GOAT/young GOAT combos
On Monday, the NFL posted a video teasing a forthcoming announcement in regards to their Madden 22 cover. The social media post suggests that the announcement will be shared at 10 a.m. Thursday. ...

Can a pork burrito cause a positive steroid test?
American track star Shelby Houlihan, a 2016 Olympian and the U.S. record holder in the 1,500m and 5,000m, took to Instagram Monday to argue that her positive test for the steroid nandrolone came from eating… wait for it… a pork burrito....

Lochte Mess Monster, Part Deux
As Maggie Hendricks of Bally Sports reported that 90 percent of the United States swimming team is vaccinated for COVID-19, she noted that “Ryan Lochte preferred not to answer the question on if he was vaccinated.”...

There will never be another game like MJ's ‘Flu Game,’ and that’s a good thing
Twenty-four years ago today, Michael Jordan played in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz while being — as the band Disturbed would say — down with the sickness after getting food poisoning from a pizza delivered to his hotel room the night before by five randos. ...

Do those MVP trophies come with a receipt?
No individual award in American sports generates more debate than the NBA MVP. No one cares about hockey, and half the awards are given to players where the voters don’t really understand why they’re voting for them. Baseball awards are too mired in the debate between how we view the game today and ...

Players should be allowed to knock sense into idiot fans
In episode eight of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, Cersei Lannister gave pop culture one of its most popular phrases. Turned into a prisoner in her own home, the most powerful woman in Westeros was done playing politics as she felt diplomacy was no longer an option. She went with the nuclear o...

Hey, Knicks fans: At least you’re not the Maple Leafs
How bad was the Toronto Maple Leafs’ collapse? It’s better to be a Knicks fan right now....

SEE IT! First streaker of the season (could be solution to boring baseball)
Are we sure we want fans back?...

At this point, the Olympic flame might as well be a dumpster fire
Welcome to the latest installment of “things are totally fine in Japan ahead of the Olympics.” Not....

CDC warns against travel to Japan, where COVID is surging and nobody wants the Olympics
The pandemic Olympics continue to be one smooth operation....

Who are the oldest champions in sports?
Sports aren’t always a young person’s game....

LeBron James drinking tequila with Drake shows NBA has moved past COVID
“It’s not a big deal.”...

LeBron cements the continued existence of a game he hates
Look, the Play-in Tournament is stupid. Everyone pretty much knows it. The players certainly hate it, and even the ones who get to participate in it probably don’t like it much more. It’s manufactured drama. We’ve had 72 games this year, and in normal times we’ll have 82, and if you’re not in playof...

The East Play-Ins sucked, but Warriors/Lakers was really all we cared about here, right?
Tonight is when we will see if the Play-Ins were worth it....

Ryan Lochte is on a redemption tour no one asked for, and Bob Baffert will assuredly be next
Just two months before the Tokyo Games are scheduled to begin, the White Privilege Olympics have already started, as the baton that Tim Tebow was carrying has now been passed to his caucasian brothers “in the struggle.”...

Tony Snell takes huge step forward from only running during NBA games
Has Tony Snell actually been hooping?...

The WNBA was pretty damn awesome on Opening Night, as real ones already knew would be the case
Sabrina Ionescu stole the show, but she wasn’t alone in making a significant impact on night one of the WNBA season....

Tim Tebow is REALLY competitive, y'all... So what?
Urban Meyer says Tim Tebow is “the most competitive maniac you’re ever going to talk to.”...

If the Jacksonville Jaguars aren’t on Hard Knocks, HBO should just cancel the series
In 2019, the NFL and Home Box Office – I bet the kids had no idea that’s what HBO stands for – fumbled on the 1-yard line as the ball rolled out the back of the end zone....

WNBA has an opportunity to take its league to the next level
The 2021 season will be pivotal for the WNBA....