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“There’s only one woman’s player whose name I know,” said the late night host. “That’s Lisa Lane, and the only thing I recall about her is that she’s dead.” Lisa Lane was not dead, and you should read Emma Baccellieri on gender inequality in chess....

Deadspin Up All Night: The Very Thought Of You

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Deadspin Up All Night: I Tee Off When The Spirit Hit Me

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Stephen Miller Now Has Exactly One Thing In Common With Carlos Boozer<em></em>

Judging by today’s appearance on Face the Nation, paranoid worm Stephen Miller took a break from frenetically researching obscure groups of people to deport and spray-painted his pate. Around these parts, that’s known as the Carlos Boozer Special. [Face the Nation]...

Deadspin Up All Night: Ladies And Gentlemen, We Got Him

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Here’s a heartwarming story from Only A Game by WBUR in Boston about the unlikely friendship between Charles Barkley and a cat litter scientist in Muscatine, Iowa. Make sure you have something to wipe away your tears handy....

Deadspin Up All Night: Shine On

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“I said, ‘Who am I kidding?’ This guy is a great player. He’s a great kid, has a great attitude, and I’m bringing him off the bench? I just said, ‘Screw this.’” Nick Kosmider of The Athletic has a fun feature on how Mike Malone and the Nuggets made the franchise-altering decision to start Nikola Jok...

They Said It Could Only Be Done On The Equinox

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This ref’s smile after LeBron bonked him with a basketball is disconcerting....

Deadspin Up All Night: They Want You

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“The Starbucks across the hall emptied out; Marlins Man scuffled around the edges of the crowd, attempting to get a photograph, positioning his phone vertically and then horizontally.” Emma Baccellieri on Scott Boras’s special brand of chaos at baseball’s winter meetings....

Deadspin Up All Night: Oooh Ahhh

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“Two days ago, the last word on Harold Baines would have been that he had no real shortcomings. Today, he’s been reduced to nothing but shortcomings. If the committee wanted to respect what he accomplished, it should have left him alone.” Tom Scocca on Baines deserving better than the Hall of Fame....

Deadspin Up All Night: It's Mad Drama

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“Club officials chuckle that the two agents, while selling the virtues of their own clients, are not above pointing out the deficiencies in the other—Harper’s defense, Machado’s conduct, etc.” Ken Rosenthal on how a rivalry between super agents will influence this winter’s biggest signings....

Deadspin Up! All Night: Put Your Money On Me

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Deadspin Up All Night: Dreaming Of The Last Time That You Said You Wanted To Dance<em></em>

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Deadspin Up All Night: Baby, We Were Born To Die<em></em>

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