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The NBA, for some dumb reason, still thinks having an All-Star Game makes sense
The NBA is still trying to conjure the All-Star game for March, and likely in Atlanta, according to ESPN, which seems patently ridiculous. We don’t know how things will look with the coronavirus next week, so we definitely have no clue what they’ll look like in March. But we can guess that it probab...

Good Riddance Kelly Loeffler, the WNBA will be better without you
We all figured this day was coming....

Why Martin Luther King Jr. would be happy to know that sports are still saving America
If Martin Luther King Jr. hadn’t been assassinated by the predecessors of the political party that will misuse his quotes today, he’d have been 92, and I imagine rather pleased with the role that sports have played in society....

Pam Oliver is an OG and the slander must stop
Pam Oliver is a legend who doesn’t need anyone to defend her. She’s been producing stellar on-air work since before many of the people trolling her were even alive. But after a report during the divisional matchup between the Rams and the Packers on Saturday, many people decided to come for the broa...

UFC eyes psychedelics as therapy for fighters’ brain injuries
Last month, Ian McCall told HBO’s Real Sports that his 17 years in mixed martial arts led him to a painkiller addiction. “I was medicated and so numbed out from such a young age, I turned into a monster,” he told correspondent David Scott....

Virginia cancels women’s basketball season, because sports in a pandemic is a bad idea
This season was not going well for the Virginia women’s basketball team....

Frosh phenom Paige Bueckers is living up to the hype at UConn, but no one is paying attention
No matter the circumstances, women always get ignored....

Men’s March Madness tournament to be played exclusively in an Indiana sorta bubble
March Madness was always going to happen. Now we know where....

Deadspin discusses the NFL’s cheerleader problem with filmmaker Yu Gu
Yu Gu has been directing films for over a decade. Her latest documentary, A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem, follows two women in their fight for fair pay from the NFL — a multibillion dollar industry....

The sports figures we've lost in 2021
Here’s a look at the athletes and sports figures we’ve lost in 2021....

‘Mask Madness’ is NCAA’s latest reminder of just how greedy and awful it is
In case you forgot. In the event you needed a reminder. The NCAA will stop at nothing to capitalize on the sacred American dollar during a worldwide pandemic that is even tearing through its own organization....

More great news coming out of the incredibly well run Washington Football Team
Dan Snyder believes he’s being extorted by Dwight Schar, one of the team’s minority owners....

See it: Fran Belibi keeps dunking all over women’s basketball
White men may not be able to jump, but Black girls can....

Sarah Fuller kicks her way into history with extra point for Vandy
Sarah Fuller became the first woman to score in a Power 5 football game on Saturday, kicking an extra point as Vanderbilt took a first quarter lead against Tennessee....

Claressa Shields has an unrelenting desire to prove all of you wrong
Claressa Shields was getting her hair done when we spoke. Not because she was celebrating the holidays. She was preparing for war....

Is silence golden? Kyrie Irving about to find out after letting statement do the talking for him
Some of the most memorable press conference moments in sports have been when players had to speak, even though they didn’t really want to....

Tony Romo tosses credibility out the window for allegiance to Tom Brady
Tony Romo is a sellout....

Sarah Fuller kicks historic first as a woman playing in a Power 5 football game
Sarah Fuller made history as the first woman to play football for a Power 5 school. But because she did it for Vanderbilt, she had to wait a while to do it....

Notre Dame coach Mike Brey furiously swiping right to find new opponent to put at risk
You have to assume that Mike Brey at least made a few phone calls, sent a few texts, something, anything, before he decided to tweet in desperate search for someone to play basketball against Notre Dame next weekend....

Vanderbilt soccer star Sarah Fuller looks to be first woman to play in Power 5 football game
As college football teams continue to gingerly crawl their way through an unprecedented 2020, Vanderbilt has decided to distinguish itself ahead of tomorrow’s scheduled encounter against the University of Missouri. The Commodores football team has turned to starting women’s soccer goalie Sarah Fulle...