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The Wednesday(?!?) Scaries: The bet you should avoid
Welcome to the first and hopefully last installment of the Wednesday Scaries. We’ll see how many more COVID bowls we get before the end of the season....
Wrestling world mourns loss of Pat Patterson, pioneer and first openly gay star
In 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Pat Patterson became the first Intercontinental Champion in WWE (then WWF) history by unifying the WWF North American Championship and a South American Championship. He is credited with the creation of the Royal Rumble, where the first-ever was held in 1988, a matc...
The USWNT is halfway there, but pay equity is the tricky bit
The U.S. Women’s national soccer team’s fight for equality got a boost yesterday when they and U.S. Soccer came to a settlement on all the issues that weren’t thrown out by the court back in the spring. ...
Which 2-0 NFL teams were frauds? An investigation revisited
Every year, we overreact to 2-0 teams. And every year, a hot team in September cools off by December....
The Niners are setting up shop in Arizona, but Stanford’s not so lucky
Stanford University is in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, which means that the various Cardinal teams cannot play or practice on campus for the next three weeks, in accordance with the COVID restrictions that have resulted in the 49ers making a temporary move to Arizona....
The Makur Maker experiment at Howard was never going to work and already off to a bad start
When Makur Maker, a five-star recruit and projected NBA Draft pick, announced that he was going to play college basketball this season at Howard University — an HBCU — people said a power shift was on the horizon, especially given the racial and social uprisings that have taken place in 2020....
Edinson Cavani doesn’t learn from history
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Uruguayan striker bursts onto the Premier League for a team in red that plays in the northwest of the country, gets in hot water for using the term “negrito,” claims it is a term of endearment where he’s from, and then might get suspended anyway while his clu...
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Message to the NFL: Do the right thing and call off Ravens-Steelers [UPDATED]
Update (5:04 PM): Out of sheer panic and ineptitude, the NFL has postponed Steelers-Ravens to Wednesday. ...
Comparing Mahomes and Brady has become disrespectful to the Chiefs QB, stop it
Don’t let the final score fool you. This game was never in doubt for Kansas City....
Titans give Colts the Jake Paul combo, Belichick treats Murray like he’s 5’2”, and Bears are NFL’s most depressing team
It’s been a crazy week in the NFL....
Jim Harbaugh and the Detroit Lions need each other
The timing might be a little off, but don’t let that stop you from recognizing that this is a match made in heaven....
Can someone, anyone, guard Tyreek Hill?
Tampa Bay is trying, they really are....
Internet comes alive to mock Nate Robinson’s knockout, celebrate Snoop’s commentary
It was a Top-5 night in Twitter history. And honestly, it was the comedy we needed after the nightmare that 2020 has been....
Sheila Ford Hamp finally takes out the trash in Detroit
The Detroit Lions’ savior has finally arrived....
Santa Clara shuts down sports ... again
After a lot of what’s felt like shouting into the void about how the pandemic is not only still here, but worse and more widespread than it was in March, and how stupid it is to keep doing sports in this environment, it’s good to see that somebody with the ability to do something about it … finally ...
Steelers' James Conner, high-risk as cancer survivor, tests positive for COVID-19
James Conner is alive today because he got hurt playing football....
25 things Deadspin is thankful for (yes, even in 2020), including doggos & Kelly Loeffler (no, really)
It’s been a crazy year at Deadspin and an awful one for almost everyone in the world who’s not Jeff Bezos. Today, as I spend Thanksgiving away from family and friends due to COVID-19, I thought it would be a good idea for us to all express the small things we should be thankful for in this hellscape...
What's it like to be at a Lions game on Thanksgiving? Let me tell ya: Camaraderie & turkey hats!
“Michigan seems like a dream to me now …”...
The Weight Of The World: Balancing fight camp during Thanksgiving week … and a pandemic
Bas Rutten was once invited to a Japanese dojo to eat with friends, all of whom were sumo wrestlers. One, in particular, was a huge fan (literally) of the combat sports legend, who fought in Japan for each of his first 30 mixed martial arts bouts from 1993-1998....
The Thanksgiving spreads: Deadspin’s Turkey Day picks ATS
Welcome to the first and last edition of the Thanksgiving spreads 2020....