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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 NFL finished its season, which is not an accomplishment
When the Washington Football Team finally sacked or tackled or whatever it was they did to whatever it was that Doug Pederson had inserted at QB last night, the NFL could claim it had completed its season without a hitch. All games were played, every team got to 16 games. They will tell you this was...

Let Stefon Diggs remind you of your empty New Year’s resolution
It’s early January. If you’re like me, you’ve made an extremely vague New Year’s resolution you’ll forget you ever had within a matter of weeks. Of course you didn’t tell anyone of this resolution. You don’t want people actually holding you to your word. Mine was to floss more, yours was to go to th...

Ranking the NFL’s head coaches on the likelihood they’ll be immediately fired Monday
We’re a day away from Bloody Monday in the NFL. Which, side note, sounds a lot scarier than it is....

Sunday Scaries: The Week 17 bets to avoid
We made it. Week 17. It’s here despite, you know, everything going on....

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

Ranking where all 32 NFL teams stand with their QBs, from best to worst
As the NFL season draws to a close, the eyes of obsessive individuals like myself are already looking ahead to the NFL Draft. As we look over our favorite – and least favorite – teams, let’s rank the current quarterback situation for all 32 rosters. One key note: This is not ranking the current quar...

Terrell Owens brings Hall of Fame level of pettiness to beef with Donovan McNabb
If we live in a world where pettiness is truly an art form, Terrell Owens might be Picasso....

Join us as we bestow our FANTASY FOOTBALL SUPERLATIVES on 2020’s most surprising and disappointing players
Fantasy Football is done. It’s finished. The 16-week sprint to glory has concluded, and with it, I hope you were able to bring home some championships and bragging rights. After all, it just isn’t fantasy football if you can’t brag about it for the next eight months until we start again....

‘We’re gonna do 69,’ referee informs Cowboys-Eagles viewers
“We’re gonna do 69” was something I (or anyone) didn’t exactly expect to hear while watching the Cowboys-Eagles game....

Hark, fantasy football championship contender: Vanquish your final foe with these picks
Championship Week is finally here, bringing with it the bittersweet, melancholy knowledge that fantasy football is coming to a close. Kinda sucks, not going to lie. However, if you made your championship matchup, allow me to firstly give you a hearty “congratulations.” This year has been absolutely ...

Sunday Scaries: The Week 15 bets to avoid
Sometimes I wish I could avoid betting the bets to avoid....

Let's talk about the absurdity of the NFL's proposed 17th game
The NFL is apparently moving toward adding a 17th game to the season next year, though it put off officially doing so until sometime in the new year....

Texans gather at Deshaun Watson restaurant opening, because of course they do
It’s likely that it won’t become that much of a story, due to the fact that the Houston Texans suck, or that the NFL will almost certainly want it to go away, and that not much will come of it because of that. But the fact that multiple Texans attended a restaurant opening in Houston because Deshaun...

Who's the best WR in the NFL? We rank 'em!
In a seemingly never-ending debate, there appears to be a new king of the mountain each week for who the best wide receiver in the NFL is. Ask 10 people and you’ll get 10 different answers — some prefer size, some prefer route running, some prefer speed. It’s like asking me what my favorite kind of ...

The NFL wants to target kids with a Nickelodeon broadcast, but they’ll get nostalgic adults instead
It’s no secret that the NFL wants a piece of the younger demographic. But SpongeBob graphics and slime won’t cut it....

Ravens vs. Browns: And the bad beats go on
Just two weeks after the Philadelphia Eagles had a meaningless, miraculous cover against the Seattle Seahawks, Monday Night Football delivered an even more ridiculous bad beat....

Thank you, Lamar Jackson, for unleashing an unholy force of the worst jokes
Let’s get this done at the top. This is how you greet a player returning from the locker room after “cramps”:...

Chargers survive against Atlanta Parakeets as both teams try desperately to give away win
I’ve been looking forward to this game ever since I realized that the NFL’s kings of folding under pressure would face off against each other....
