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Did you know the Bucs will not be the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home market?
Think the Buccaneers have a unique home-field advantage because they get to play the big game in Tampa Bay? Well, before you make a prediction, take a look at Super Bowl history first....
It has somehow been one year since Kobe & Gigi Bryant’s tragic deaths, and tributes pour in
On this day last year, 9 people were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gigi, were on board and among the victims. Kobe was 41. Gigi was 13....
We get Super Showdown of GOAT vs. GRN (Greatest Right Now)
In unsurprising yet still shockingly dominant fashion, the Kansas City Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl. They mollywhopped the Buffalo Bills 38-24, but it was not nearly as close as the score suggests....
Saturday NFL recap: Bills Mafia celebrates while Jared is #Gofful
The first half of the Divisional Round is done, and I am #shooketh. I thought the Rams might have the recipe to beat the Packers, and I definitely thought the Ravens would roll past the Bills....
Lo! The NFL divisional playoff round draws hither
This crazy, six-game slate on Wild Card Weekend lived up to the hype, delivering history and upsets and exciting games, wire to wire. We now have a Divisional Round in the NFL Playoffs that includes the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns. Crazy, right?...
Idiot of the Year #5: Justin Turner, compulsive exacerbator
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....
Blake Snell headed to team actively trying to win, for a change
Game 6 of the World Series saw a former Cy Young-winning pitcher get yanked after 5 ⅓ shutout innings, after logging nine strikeouts, and after giving up only two hits on only 73 pitches. That pitcher was Blake Snell, whose visible fury when getting pulled from the game was easily palpable. Two mont...
Seahawks defense makes Rams look futile, Dallas can steal booboo division, and Packers could dethrone Chiefs
The end of the NFL season is next week, which means that playoff spots are on the line....
2020 Idiot of the Year: The void beckons with Novak Djokovic, Ron DeSantis, and Jason Whitlock's stupid hat
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
Jets pick the absolute worst time to have pride
There aren’t many games where two teams both lose but that’s exactly what happened in Los Angeles on Sunday....
NHL runs up against the problem of a country armed with logic
We’re now less than a week away from the start of the NBA season, and yet their roommates/moochers in the NHL still can’t seem to find their way through the door, or even the door itself. It was only a couple days ago that Jan. 13 was looking like more than a theory of a starting date. Now it’s a pr...
Immediate history suggests Talen Horton-Tucker will be instantly impactful
October 18, 2019, dawned the final preseason game for the Miami Heat of last year. Kendrick Nunn earned the starting nod alongside Justise Winslow, Duncan Robinson, Bam Adebayo, and Meyers Leonard. The Heat did battle with the Houston Rockets, who played Russell Westbrook and James Harden a combined...
Chargers survive against Atlanta Parakeets as both teams try desperately to give away win
I’ve been looking forward to this game ever since I realized that the NFL’s kings of folding under pressure would face off against each other....
Week 13 Powerless Rankings: Wading through the NFL’s putrid muck
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....
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....
Week 12 Powerless Rankings: Jets remain terrible, as does NFC East
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....
NFL’s first all-Black ref crew is worth celebrating, but it should not have taken this long
Last night, history was made — the first all African American officiating crew took the field for an NFL game. This moment deserves to be recognized, but it is also infuriating that in the year 2020, barriers still need to be broken. I hate that we have to celebrate this moment....
As usual, Tom Brady becomes Tom Baby after he plays like crap
Tom Brady is a sore loser....
Sunday Scaries: The Week 11 bets to avoid
I regret to inform you that the Jacksonville Jaguars did not make the cut for this week’s Sunday Scaries. Of course they’re not winning games, but they’re covering. So they seem… reliable?...