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Eastern Conference COVID Bingo shows what a fantastic idea bubble-less NBA season turned out to be
Tyrese Maxey has had a pretty impressive start to his NBA career. The No. 21 pick in the draft out of Kentucky, Maxey has been getting regular minutes in the 76ers’ backcourt, and had his best game yet on Thursday, scoring 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting against the Nets....

Tom Brady has never been a road warrior
Even the infallible Tom Brady isn’t perfect. ...

The NBA made it just two weeks as Seth Curry tests positive for COVID-19
If you had 15 days in the pool of when the NBA season would become a mess, please collect your winnings at the window. ...

O.J. Simpson wonders: ‘Will it be justice for all?’
Usually, it’s best to ignore the Twitter feed of a double murderer — sorry, alleged and acquitted double murderer — so a lot of what O.J. Simpson puts online doesn’t catch the eye. “Will it be justice for all?” Simpson asked in the text of a tweet on Thursday, above a two-minute video. Very well, O....

Frank Gore will likely retire with an extremely clean 16,000 rushing yards over 16 seasons
Frank Gore is a damn legend and you will never convince me otherwise....

Scotland's top pol rips Trump’s reported golf trip as nonessential travel because, 'Duh!'
He won’t say it publicly, but Donald Trump is planning his escape from the White House. And it could come before inauguration day....

The NFL’s silence around Georgia’s Senate runoff election is deafening
Roger Goodell, Drew Brees, and the NFL think Black Americans are stupid. They actually believe the acts they put on in 2020 worked....

Thank you, Dan Le Batard: A symbol for the good of sports media, and a torchbearer for the Latin-American community
With the name Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk written across his right palm, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner marched up and down the line wrapped around the corner of Gramercy Theatre. He offered exorbitant amounts of money for tickets and hugs, ranging anywhere from $200-$10,000 to see a show. Stugotz — master bullshit...

Still undefeated, Father Time makes Eli Manning feel old
Eli Manning celebrates his 40th birthday on Sunday, but he was ahead of the game on Saturday while watching the Outback Bowl between Indiana and his alma mater, Ole Miss....

Ranking where all 32 NFL teams stand with their QBs, from best to worst
As the NFL season draws to a close, the eyes of obsessive individuals like myself are already looking ahead to the NFL Draft. As we look over our favorite – and least favorite – teams, let’s rank the current quarterback situation for all 32 rosters. One key note: This is not ranking the current quar...

Idiot of the Year #3: Rudy Gobert, whose iconic display of hubris will live on forever
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

If ‘small-market’ teams like the Cubs can't make it, what hope is there?
If this is the reality of baseball, then something about the system needs to change. Trades of top talent for prospects are nothing new in the game, of course, but you don’t expect to see the teams giving up on frontline starting pitchers to be making those trades when they’re in the middle of a win...

Idiot of the Year #7: Roger Goodell, perpetrator of a dumb, greedy farce
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Blake Snell headed to team actively trying to win, for a change
Game 6 of the World Series saw a former Cy Young-winning pitcher get yanked after 5 ⅓ shutout innings, after logging nine strikeouts, and after giving up only two hits on only 73 pitches. That pitcher was Blake Snell, whose visible fury when getting pulled from the game was easily palpable. Two mont...

This season, we'll find out just how good Steph Curry really is
For the majority of Steph Curry’s NBA career, he’s been treated unfairly....

Jaguars fans brave COVID to root for Bears
It’s gotten so bad in Jacksonville, that it’s good....

Duke’s women’s team wasn’t the only basketball program to suspend its season last week
When you’re 0-9, people tend to ignore you even when your acts are newsworthy....

SEE IT: Breaking down an incredible goal by Rangers prospect Vitali Kravtsov
Vitali Kravtsov, the No. 9 pick in the 2018 NHL draft, came to North America last year and spent most of the season with the Hartford Wolf Pack, scoring six goals in 39 games for the Rangers’ AHL affiliate....

KD & Kyrie make statement in season opener
It’s hard not to get caught up in the hype when the hype surpasses…the hype....

Remembering 'Bowl Durham' & Pearl Harbor: Last time Rose Bowl was held outside Pasadena
Back in March, the NCAA Tournament was just days away from tipping off when COVID-19 took hold in America and turned 2020 upside down, taking with it, among other things, college basketball’s championship....