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Shouldn’t we be hearing more about Jim Jordan and the Ohio State wrestling team sex-abuse scandal ?Jim Jordan wants to be Speaker of the House. ...

Idiot of the Month: Independence Day editionWelcome to Deadspin’s All-American tradition, IDIOT OF THE MONTH! As usual we have curated for you this guide to the various dumb things that happened the month before, a process which for us pulls double duty as both editorial commentary and therapy session. So put down your weiners for a moment an...

Why does it always come down to the victims having to do the work?Why the fuck do these American gymnasts have to keep taking a microphone to detail and relive the horrific abuse they suffered from bogus USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar?...

Bill Belichick has some integrity, turns down Trump’s Medal of Freedom [Updated]

Updated on Jan. 11, 2021 at 7:45 p.m. EST: Several hours after posting this column, Bill Belichick released a statement saying he will not accept the Medal of Freedom offered by Donald Trump. You can read Belichick’s statement in the tweet below from ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Beneath that is our origina...

What Will It Take To Get Jim Jordan Out Of Congress?

LIMA, Ohio — Within five minutes of meeting Janet Garrett’s campaign team for the first time, I’m asked to help with their speaker set-up. The laptop audio playing the Spotify playlist is coming out of the projector, and they don’t know how to hook it up to the main speaker, where it would be louder...

Two Ex-Ohio State Wrestlers Say Coach Asked Them To Backtrack On Jim Jordan Accusations

NBC News reported tonight that former Ohio State wrestling coach Russ Hellickson sent text messages to two former wrestlers—who both have said they believe Rep. Jim Jordan knew about the sexual abuse done to them by their team doctor—asking the men to take back their stories and start defending Jord...

These Freaks Can Just Say Whatever They Want

Congressman Jim Jordan and his pals are in the midst of deploying various defensive maneuvers meant to discredit a number of former Ohio State wrestlers who say Jordan knew about sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of a team doctor while Jordan was an assistant coach at the program....

Congressional Mutant Louie Gohmert Sticks Up For Jim Jordan: "These Former Wrestlers Were Adults"

Over the course of the past week, multiple former Ohio State wrestlers have come forward to say they were sexually abused by former team doctor Richard Strauss during his tenure at the university, which ran from 1978 to 1998. Many of the wrestlers have also said that Republican Congressman Jim Jorda...