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Last call for Cincy bar owner refusing to show NBA games because of LeBron's activism
It’s a Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the Cincinnati bar owner refusing to show NBA games because LeBron James won’t just shut up and dribble.Athletes have the same rights as all citizens to standup and speak out against the ills of this country....

LeBron mocks outraged Ohio bar owner’s silly NBA boycott
A bar owner in Cincinnati, Ohio won’t play NBA games until LeBron is “expelled” from the League for his now-deleted Twitter post....

College football makes change to OT, and it doesn't suck
The NCAA apparently doesn’t want college football games to potentially go to absurd quadruple overtimes anymore, so they made a slight change to the manner in which overtime will be played, starting this year....

Earth Day 2021: Athletes say climate change should be a hot topic in sports
The world of sports is not hermetically sealed. Societal issues, economic concerns, political disputes, and, yes, the climate, all permeate the games we watch and play....

The IOC is trying to ‘stick to sports’ by banning kneeling at the Tokyo Olympics – it won’t work
A day after it was proven that the sports world played a part in the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin, and just hours after police in Ohio murdered 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, the International Olympic Committee decided to keep the ban on athletes protesting racial and social issues at the Tokyo Game...

Anthony Davis is coming back, but the Lakers still have a tough road ahead
According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, Anthony Davis is expected to return tonight against the Dallas Mavericks, which will be his first NBA game since February 14, due to a calf strain and Achilles tendinosis. ...

Screw your narrative: Paul George deserves his flowers
Lost in the desire to disregard Paul George is the fact that he’s one of the better basketball players of his era. And right now, he’s on his best stretch of ball since joining the Los Angeles Clippers prior to last season....

Nikola Jokić is peeking back at other MVP candidates and smiling like Usain Bolt in Rio
With less than a month to go in the regular season, the NBA’s MVP race is taking up a lot of oxygen. There’s nothing unusual about that. What is strange is the divergence between the reality of the competition for MVP and the conversation around it....

Deadspin fixes NBA’s Out-of-Bounds Rule: Reward the defense
NBA basketball. It’s fantastic!...

Why the European Super League is terrible for soccer and bad for pro sports
I got a lot of texts and messages last night from my non-soccer initiated friends. It was surprising how big of a story the formation of “The Super League” became on every U.S. outlet. Obviously European soccer has become a big deal on these shores, but that it hit every major website near the top (...

Sports and <em>Jeopardy! </em>fans now share mutual disdain for Joe Buck
Most sports fans have an opinion about Joe Buck. Usually, it’s not a good one. ...

Why the hell is Grady Sizemore trending on Twitter in 2021, and what does it have to do with Bo Jackson?
People apparently enjoy painful memories, as the twitterverse is currently talking about a lot of “what could have beens.” Waking up this morning, not quite fully caffeinated, I saw that Grady Sizemore was trending, and immediately questioned the entirety of the space-time continuum. A tweet was pos...

Japanese citizens would like to massively limit fans at Olympics they still don’t want
We have exactly 100 days until the Olympic cauldron is lit in Tokyo, but the host nation isn’t doing much to fan the flames of enthusiasm....

Efe Ajagba puts opponent to sleep faster than an 84-year-old sipping NyQuil
Whenever you can hear a knockout before seeing the person hit the floor, you know something wild just happened....

Deadspin talks to two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson on how video games can help diversify golf
One thing COVID did offer is a glimpse into the immediate future, which accelerated into becoming the present....

This week in The Ladies' Room: Kate Scott
Welcome to the Ladies Room - A Deadspin Sports Podcast....

The U.S. should boycott the Beijing Olympics because it’s the Olympics
No one seriously expects the U.S., or any of its allies, to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing....

More evidence that umpire Angel Hernandez is the worst at his job in America
Hey, let’s watch Angel Hernandez suck at his job! Again. ...

Aaron Rodgers is absolutely nailing it as <em>Jeopardy! </em>guest host (yes, even with the FG zinger)
Aaron Rodgers recently said that hosting Jeopardy! full-time would be a “dream job,” and it’s one that now seems within reach....

Vaccine passports could be the ticket back to full stadiums
Ah, baseball’s opening weekend, fans in the stands and the Nationals sidelined by the coronavirus....