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U.S. Soccer Could Learn Something from England and [Checks Notes] Brazil (!) on Equal Pay

You REALLY Don’t Want Vin Scully On Twitter

It’s rare that Twitter lights up in positivity, aside from baseball writers getting wind of a new Springsteen album. It’s a hellscape for the damned, and we’ve known that forever. But there is no dark space filled with the most vile evil that light cannot penetrate. U2 has a good song and a half som...

Kirk Cousins Breaks the Universe With His Stupidity

In a podcast appearance, Kirk Cousins questioned the efficiency of masks and said he was “at peace” with getting COVID, even if he died from it....

Olympic Gold Medalist Jordyn Wieber Tells Deadspin Why She Won't Attend USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Induction

As Jordyn Wieber walked off the mat after her floor routine at the 2012 Olympics, she was giddy, and a big smile danced across her face as she walked down the performance steps....

#SayHerName: The Kentucky Derby Is Going To Stand For More Than It Wants To This Year

It’s not the Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs would have imagined. It’s on Labor Day weekend instead of the first Saturday in May. It will take place without fans in the stands. It’ll be the second race of the Triple Crown instead of the first, as the Belmont has already been run. And whereas, for som...

While the Rest Of MLB Only Sees What Isn’t, A.J. Preller Sees What Could Be

As I wrote in the Mourning After, it seems strange that any MLB team would view this season with anything other than suspicion or derision. It’s hard to have any feel for what your team is after just 30 games, if your team has even gotten to 30 games. The expanded playoffs mean that just about anyon...

Some Baseball Teams are Trying To Act Like it’s a Real Season

It’s kind of perfect that on the weekend when so many teams had doubleheaders due to canceled games on account of a killer pandemic, the league is trying to trudge through while pretending “just going to their happy place” is an actual medical prescription, and when the A’s became the latest team to...

Add the A’s to MLB’s List of Teams Infected by COVID-19

Halfway through the season sprint, another MLB team has recorded another positive COVID test, bringing the contamination total to five teams....

RIP Uncle Cliffy, NBA Star and Cannabis Pioneer

Cliff Robinson, an NBA player who by many accounts was a time machine into the future in a number of aspects of his life, including being a fierce proponent of marjiuana legalization, died Saturday at 53....

Chadwick Boseman, Actor Who Played Jackie Robinson in '42,' Dies at 43

Even after all that 2020 has taken from us, the loss of Chadwick Boseman seems unbearable....

America is Finally Getting It: Poll Shows Majority Supports NBA Protests

A stunning new poll shows that Americans have had a drastic change of heart when it comes to professional athletes protesting against racial inequality. ...

Mets’ Poignant Moment on Field was Pure Mets Off it

The Mets and Marlins did not play on Thursday night, instead taking the field, removing their hats, having a collective moment of silence — 42 seconds to honor Jackie Robinson — and leaving a Black Lives Matter shirt on home plate as they headed back to their clubhouses in Queens....

Rest Assured, These Guys Are Still Complete & Utter Jerks

Oh, hey, just in case you were wondering…...

Kyrie Irving Tried to Save the NBA From This Moment, but Nobody Wanted to Listen

Some people want to be right, while others need to be heard....

New Report: Nude Cheerleader Video and Dan Snyder’s Direct Involvement in Alleged Sexual Harassment. UPDATE: Snyder Blasts WaPo, Blames Victim

More allegations about the toxic, sexist culture around Dan Snyder’s Washington Football Team have emerged, this time pointing to specific incidents involving Snyder and his treatment of women (including implied solicitation of sexual favors for a friend) and the production of X-rated cheerleader vi...

We Rank the NBA's Coaching Carousel Openings

We have arrived at “that” point in the NBA season. ...

No Fans to Celebrate Giolito No-No is SO On-Brand for 2020

What happens if there’s a no-hitter and nobody’s there to cheer it?...

'Football is Not Important Today': Lions Take a Stand, & the Mic, on Shooting of Jacob Blake

The Detroit Lions canceled practice today and instead held a media session completely dedicated to discussing Sunday’s shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin....

If Triston McKenzie Weren’t Black, He’d Be The Talk of Baseball

What if I told you that over the weekend, Cleveland’s baseball team defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1 off the strength of its rookie pitcher that only allowed two hits and struck out 10 batters in six innings of work....

Usain Bolt Attends Maskless Surprise Birthday Party, Unsurprisingly Gets COVID

Surprise! Usain Bolt has coronavirus....