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Trash Talkin' Tuesday: The Jets Blew it Again
Today, I’m trashing the New York Jets....
WNBA Bubble Tip-Off: Stories to Watch This Season, on and off the Court
The WNBA season starts Saturday, with the Seattle Storm and New York Liberty squaring off to open a triple header that also includes the Los Angeles Sparks taking on the Phoenix Mercury and the defending champion Washington Mystics facing the Indiana Fever....
Oh Look, Another NFL Owner/Trump Buddy is Accused of Being Racist and Sexist
In the latest installment of ”Sports Owners and Billionaires Are Terrible People,” we have Woody Johnson....
America Might Finally All Rise for Aaron Judge in 2020
MLB needs Aaron Judge — even more than the New York Yankees do....
If Didi Can Hit a Home Run Off Max Scherzer With a Mask On, You Can Wear One, Too
The United States is currently the dumbest country in the world....
2020 NL East Preview
Atlanta won its second straight National League East title, but continued a run of playoff futility that dates back almost two decades. Since sweeping the Astros in the 2001 division series, Atlanta has been to that best-of-5 round eight times, and lost all eight times — plus a loss in the 2012 wild...
2020 AL East Preview
At least two teams from the American League East have made the playoffs in each of the past five seasons, and as strange as a shortened 2020 season figures to be, the division figures to continue that streak with two of the elite teams in the majors — the Yankees and Rays — heading up the division....
Odell Beckham Jr.: I'm Relaxed With the Idea I Might Not Be Playing
The NFL season is in serious jeopardy and a COVID-19 outbreak doesn’t have to be present within its personal circles for things to be doomed before they even get started....
Lou Holtz Stupidly Compares College Football Games to D-Day at Normandy
Former college football coach Lou Holtz has become the latest individual to make ridiculously stupid comments about the return of college football during the coronavirus pandemic....
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! The Mets are still paying $1.19M each year to a guy who retired decades ago
July 1 in baseball is Bobby Bonilla Day, when the Mets pay $1,193,248.20 to their former third baseman, who hasn’t set foot on a major league diamond since 2001, as part of a deferred payment plan. It’s a check the Mets have been cutting annually since 2011, and they will send a seven-figure sum to ...
Don’t Jump on the Patriots Bandwagon Now that We’ve Got Cam Newton - Hate Us Like You Always Have
(Disclaimer: This post reflects only the feelings of the author. The rest of the Deadspin staff wants to assure our readers we will definitely not be cheering for the Patriots under any circumstances whatsoever....
Vince Carter Will Be Remembered For More Than His Ridiculous, Insane, Outrageous, Thunderous, Posterizing, High-Flying Dunks
I was around 6 years old when my parents bought me my first basketball magazine....
On the Joys of Running and the Agonies of a Canceled New York City Marathon
On September 10, with both of my kids in school for the full day for the first time, I went to South Beach on Staten Island to run, really run, for the first time in years. I’d tried to take up running a few times before — in college, in my 20s, earlier in my 30s — but always gave up pretty quickly,...
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#MeToo Comes to Pro Wrestling [UPDATED]
Considering where professional wrestling has come from, what it used to be, and what it still is much of the time, it’s no surprise that there is a wave of accusations of sexual assault and domestic abuse levied at wrestlers at all levels. And yet the sheer scope of what took place this past weekend...
Gov. Cuomo: Mets and Yankees Will Be Back in New York IF Spring Training Resumes
Andrew Cuomo is one of those guys who calls it “the MLB.”...
An Oral History of the White Bronco Chase and Other Things
June 17, 1994 was one of the most eventful days in sports history. ...
Sports Quarantine Nintendo Club: Enjoy A Break From The World With Bad News Baseball
This was a week full of bad news. Police beat up peaceful protestors from coast to coast after the murder of George Floyd. A global pandemic continued to rage while sports somehow got closer to returning, even as athletes tested positive for coronavirus....
Drew Brees Hasn’t Seen The Light. He’s Just A Millionaire With A PR Crisis
Drew Brees’ grandfathers went out the window pretty quickly....
Drew Brees Can’t Be Part of the Solution Until He Realizes He’s Part of the Problem
The good thing about the conversations going on right now is that people are making it real clear where their priorities are. There are only two sides to rebellion against institutional racism, injustice and a totalitarian government: Stand with us or against us....
Poker Pro Reports Better Than The Mainstream Media: ‘The Aggression Started With The Police.’ Update: And He Got Arrested
Sparked by the death of George Floyd, Mark Newhouse joined protesters in San Jose on Saturday who were demanding an end to police brutality. They were met with the same response as other protests nationwide: More police brutality....