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Deadspin Presents: Top 10 presidential endorsements from sports stars, Part II: Biden backers
It’s rare for athletes to openly advocate for a change in leadership in their day-to-day lives, because it usually means getting branded as a “coach killer,” or an excuse-maker. But when it comes to politics, it’s different. There’s the choice of either the person in charge, or the person running to...
Ryquell Armstead, 23-year-old running back, sidelined for season with COVID complications
After spending a rookie season behind Leonard Fournette in 2019, Ryquell Armstead was supposed to contend for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ starting job. Yesterday, ESPN reported that the second-year back will miss the remainder of the season due to COVID....
Week 7 Powerless Rankings: Did your favorite NFL team make the bottom 5?
After another week of football in the National Football League, we have had the pleasure of seeing some outstanding teams battle....
An early check-in on the quarterback class of 2018
Since 1983, only three NFL drafts have produced five or more quarterbacks in the first round....
Tanking for Trevor: This week's NFL Powerless Rankings
Deadspin is proud to introduce its weekly #TankforTrevor Powerless Rankings, where we examine the sorriest teams in the league who have the best chance of selecting Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the 2021 NFL draft....
Kelly Loeffler’s endorsement from QAnon supporter shows how far America has fallen
In a different America, Kelly Loeffler and her financial transactions — that sure as hell look like she was trading on privileged information — would be the political scandal of the year, if not the decade....
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Daniel Chiang placed his first sports bet a few years ago....
Actually, it's LeBron who's the G.O.A.T.
I want to state right at the top I utterly abhor this debate. ...
Mark Jackson is the reason why Mark Jackson isn’t an NBA head coach
The key to life is being a palm tree instead of an oak....
LeBron’s Ugly Truth: He cheated us and the game
Deep down, LeBron James knows what’s gnawing at him....
Sorry LeBron James fans, Michael Jordan is still the G.O.A.T.
It’s a Trash Talking Tuesday and today, I’m trashing all those LeBron James fans who are being prisoners of the moment....
Defense and the play of a former Celtic gave Lakers their 17th NBA championship
Defense wins…. well, you know the rest....
Sunday Scaries: The Week 5 bets you should avoid
Welcome to another installment of the Sunday Scaries where NFL Sundays are becoming, fittingly, scarier....
Rangers win race against no one to sign the worst player available in NHL free agency
Henrik Lundqvist, bought out last week by the New York Rangers, found a new home as soon as NHL free agency opened up on Friday, joining the Washington Capitals on a one-year deal to try to chase the Stanley Cup that eluded the 38-year-old for his whole career on Broadway....
Butler does it again — but like, at a whole ’nother level — to extend NBA Finals
If you watched Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Friday night, you know that just watching it was incredible and that not a whole lot needs to be said. The Heat extended everyone’s stay in The Bubble with a 111-108 win, with Jimmy Butler getting the best of LeBron James in a back-and-forth battle for the ...
NHL perfectly happy to continue tickle-fighting racism as diversity group slams inaction, severs ties
In the age of Black Lives Matter, no league faced a bigger challenge in coming to terms with its identity than the NHL. In fact, you’d be well within your rights to label its soul-searching “hopeless,” given the amount of ground it would need to cover to reconcile with its past and current behavior....
Finals TV Ratings prove LeBron isn’t must-see TV
This was supposed to be appointment television....
Kyrie Irving shades LeBron, praises Durant in clutch as first teammate who can 'make that shot too'
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving spoke about his new teammate Kevin Durant, while appearing to cast some shade at his former teammate LeBron James in the process. ...
How a first quarter timeout helped LeBron James win Game 1 of The Finals for only the second time in his career
Whoever came up with the idea that a single play can’t determine the outcome of a game is a damn liar....