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IDIOT OF THE MONTH: Defending Trevor Bauer is never a good look

Hello there, esteemed reader, and welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH, the world-renowned series in which we mostly just make fun of Aaron Rodgers every few weeks. (Hi, Tom Laforgia!)...

by Anthony Locicero|

|Mon Dec 18 2023

We've seen Klay Thompson overcome the whispers that he's washed

The Golden State Warriors should be reeling after squandering a 24-point lead against the Sacramento Kings in their NBA In-Season Tournament’s group stage exit. Yet, they’re oddly sanguine about backsliding below .500 since they launched out of the regular season gates to a 6-2 start. Klay Thompson ...

by DJ Dunson|

|Thu Nov 30 2023

The contrived vilification of Malika Andrews has reached a tipping point

There’s no such thing as a good echo chamber. Eventually, bad narratives begin bouncing around, spreading and taking root at a cellular level. ...

by DJ Dunson|

|Tue Nov 28 2023

The new Barry Sanders documentary has brought out the love. And some hate

Barry Sanders is one of the greatest players to ever step onto a football field, so when he abruptly retired following the 1998, season it left everyone stunned. One individual who calls Sanders the GOAT RB is Grammy award-winning rapper Eminem. Growing up around Detroit during the Sanders era of do...

by Criss Partee|

|Tue Nov 28 2023

Today’s NFL is mediocre, Tom Brady? How about the AFC East throughout your career?

Finally, someone out there has the guts to stand up to Tom Brady. Yes he has six championship rings and is the only player in NFL history to reach 600 career touchdown passes. However, that doesn’t make him infallible. After all, his 2007 New England Patriots did pull a 2015-16 Golden State Warriors...

by Stephen Knox|

|Mon Nov 27 2023

These are the all-time NBA starting fives

While debating politics over Thanksgiving can cause irreplaceable family fissures, debating the all-time starting fives for each NBA team holds way fewer stakes. There are many different ways to build an all-time starting five, all of which illicit strong reactions. Some people prefer to choose the ...

by Anthony Locicero|

|Fri Nov 24 2023

Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers are putting on a show

It’s the season of giving and the Indiana Pacers have one man to be thankful for their early season prosperity. Tyrese Haliburton has given the league whiplash leading Indiana’s turnaround in the second year of his stint in Indiana. No offense is more captivating to watch or more dynamic than Indian...

by DJ Dunson|

|Wed Nov 22 2023

Aaron Rodgers can't stop being a total idiot

It’s been nearly two weeks since America last rolled their eyes at Aaron Rodgers, thus giving him the attention he so desperately craves, so you knew he was going to say something galaxy-brained and bone-headed before the week was up. Luckily, we have Pat McAfee paying him for that, so we were not d...

by Julie DiCaro|

|Wed Nov 22 2023

Howie Roseman sure knows how to assemble a stacked roster

Obviously, the Kansas City Chiefs could have played better. Maybe the offense misses the big plays that JuJu Smith-Schuster made to help lift them past the Philadelphia Eagles in last season’s Super Bowl. The referees could have also been better at their jobs....

by Stephen Knox|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

Joe Namath looks really bad in this youth football camp sex abuse suit

A man who first sued Joe Namath in 2019 under the name “John Doe” spoke to the New York Post Sunday evening, telling the outlet he was routinely sexually abused at Namath’s youth football camp back in 1972, when he was just 12. ...

by Julie DiCaro|

|Mon Nov 20 2023