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James Harden Says Kevin McHale Is A Clown For Questioning His Leadership
This one started with Kevin McHale, who coached James Harden for three-plus seasons in Houston, lightly but directly criticizing Harden’s capacity as a team leader, during an NBA TV panel discussion this week:...
NYPD Cop Who Wrongfully Arrested James Blake Is Now Suing James Blake For Talking About It
New York City police officer James Frascatore, who wrongfully tackled and arrested former star tennis player James Blake after mistaking him for a suspect in 2015, got off relatively easy: He wasn’t fired, despite a ruling that he used excessive force and having a history of excessive force complain...
<i>Washington Post</i> Op-Ed: Black Athletes Hurt Their Sports By Having Liberal Ideas
In its continuing quest to greatly injure public discourse by gifting legitimacy to arguments from all sides, the Washington Post op-ed page published a hilariously dumb and wrong-headed column Friday by rural Ohio newspaper editor Gary Abernathy, mourning the loss of American professional sports’ a...
Report: Dwyane Wade Signs One-Year Deal With The Cavs
Fresh off his buyout from Chicago, Dwyane Wade is headed to Cleveland, signing a one-year, $2.3 million deal with the Cavs, according to The Vertical’s Shams Charania....
Jessie James Decker Claims Husband Eric Decker Was Tricked Into Staying In Locker Room For National Anthem
The Titans and Seahawks decided to stay in their respective locker rooms during the national anthem before yesterday’s game, with Tennessee declaring the gesture a display of unity. But according to Jessie James Decker, wife of Titans wide receiver Eric Decker, that unity wasn’t absolute: She claims...
LeBron James Has Fun Calling Donald Trump A "Bum" Again
Players and coaches around the NBA have taken shots at President Donald Trump and defended Americans’ right to peacefully protest, with LeBron James naturally receiving the most attention for calling Trump a “bum.” When asked about his remark today, James had some fun goading one reporter into repe...
LeBron James Says Donald Trump Is Using Sports "To Try To Divide Us Even More"
Following up on his savage “u bum” tweet aimed at Donald Trump earlier today, LeBron James took to UNINTERRUPTED this afternoon to offer more expansive thoughts on our President’s deranged behavior:...
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The Sports World Is Dragging Donald Trump [Updates]
Consecutive temper tantrums had President Donald Trump calling for “son of a bitch” NFL players to be fired for protesting during the national anthem, and then trying to rescind a non-existent invitation to the White House from Golden State Warriors players who’d already said they’d decline any suc...
Bill James's Twitter Polls Are Melting My Brain
Sabermetrics godfather and occasional Joe Paterno apologist Bill James has spent the past many years as something of a paradox. You can be confident that he’s smart at something, but a great deal of what he says and does flies in the face of that knowledge....
Mike Francesa Goes Nuts Over James Franklin Icing The Kicker In A Blowout
In the last few seconds of Penn State’s 56-0 demolition of Georgia State on Saturday, the Panthers lined up to kick a field goal and at least get some points on the board. The 31-yard attempt went through the uprights, but Penn State coach James Franklin had called a timeout just before the ball was...
Kyrie Irving Brings Out The Return Of Passive-Aggressive LeBron
This morning, Kyrie Irving went on First Take and was impressively evasive as Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman peppered him questions about his rift with LeBron James. A sampling:...
Charles Oakley Sues James Dolan, Doesn't Hold Back
Knicks legend Charles Oakley filed a suit in federal court Tuesday regarding a Feb. 8 incident where he was handcuffed, arrested, and hauled screaming out of Madison Square Garden during the first quarter of a game against the Clippers. The Knicks later released a statement accusing Oakley of “highl...
Well, Shit, Penn State Is Going To Rule
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
The Blockbuster Kyrie Irving Trade May Not Be Complete After All
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN broke the news last night that the Cavaliers are “considering possible ramifications” after putting Isaiah Thomas through a physical after he was acquired from the Celtics in the Kyrie Irving trade....
Here's Something Cute
It’s going to be one of those days (it’s only ever those days these days), so here’s something unexpected. You know how when a player leaves a team, either via free agency or by forcing a trade, fans flock to Twitter to film themselves burning said player’s jersey? Here’s one Cavs fan’s reaction to ...
That Story About James Harrison Threatening Any Teammate Who Sits For The Anthem Is Bogus
Former NHL player Jeremy Roenick showed his ass by tweeting this on Monday:...
LeBron James Labels Donald Trump "So-Called President" In Comments On Charlottesville
LeBron James used some of his time on stage tonight at an event for his charitable foundation to speak about the weekend’s events in Charlottesville, Va., where a white nationalist rally became a domestic terrorist attack. James noted the need for a greater sense of love and community, emphasizing t...
Brave Lakers Rookie Lonzo Ball Offers Strong LeBron-Versus-Kobe Take
Here’s Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball offering a good and correct take on the great LeBron vs. Kobe debate of our time:...
Charles Oakley Can’t Visit MSG For A Year As Part Of His Dismissal Deal
Charles Oakley won’t be able to go see Phish this weekend....
Michael Jordan Has Bad Kobe-Versus-LeBron Take
Meme face and one-time basketball man Michael Jordan addressed youngsters at his 2017 Flight School basketball camp, offering the obviously wrong and bad opinion that Kobe Bryant ranks ahead of LeBron James as an all-timer:...