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The 10 most proficient cheaters in the history of sportsThere are many forms of cheaters in sports, and often the dumbest of them get the press because they’re as close to dumb criminals as one gets — and everybody loves a dumb criminal. The 2000 Spanish Paralympic basketball team that won gold despite only two of the 12 players actually having a mental ...

Gotta love the fashion at the NFL DraftThe NFL Draft, one of only two days on the NFL calendar that provides good endorphins for every single NFL fan. The other is when Scott Hanson returns to NFL Red Zone Week 1 to say for the first time nine months, “seven hours of uninterrupted football.” At both moments, there is no concrete knowledg...

Because Tokyo 2021 is weird and shouldn’t be happening, Deadspinners recall their favorite past Olympic momentsConflicted about tuning in tonight for the Opening Ceremonies of an Olympics that most of the host nation don’t even want in the middle of a pandemic where athletes are essentially being greeted with positive COVID-19 tests at the airport and rumors abound of possible cancellation even as it kicks o...

Justin Gaethje Is The UFC's New Crown Prince Of Violence

LAS VEGAS—The thing nobody tells you about watching fights live is how quiet the arena can get....

UFC Fighter To Opponent: "Did Your Mom Have Sex With Her Brother To Have You?"

Michael Johnson and Justin Gaethje will fight in Las Vegas in a week to close up this season of The Ultimate Fighter. The two exchanged barbs at the UFC’s summer press conference, and Gaethje revealed himself to be perhaps not the best shit-talker. Thursday, Johnson went at Gaethje and called him th...

Wayde Van Niekerk Smashes Michael Johnson's 17-Year-Old 400m Record<em></em>

South African Wayde van Niekerk chopped 15 hundredths of a second off Michael Johnson’s 400m record, set in 1999, en route to a dominating gold medal performance in Rio....

Michael Johnson Fell Off A Boat During An America's Cup Series Race

So we've written before about how the powers organizing the America's Cup have turned it into NASCAR at sea. (Our old pal Katie Baker wrote more about this on Friday.)...

Michael Johnson Was "The Fastest Human Ever," According To Michael Johnson

A new BBC documentary about Usain Bolt—hosted by fellow sprinter Michael Johnson—adoringly mentions the man Bolt beat to claim the "fastest man alive" crown....Michael Johnson! Not mentioned: The one guy who was actually faster than Johnson....