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What the hell! Michigan needs to dump Jim Harbaugh not extend him
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the people at Michigan who run the football program....

Behold! Your NFL playoff matchups are nigh
We get a real treat on Wild-Card Weekend this year. With the expanded playoff structure that was introduced prior to the 2020 season, an additional Wild-Card team is in play. In the past, the top two seeds from each conference received a bye – now, only the one seed moves on, giving us six teams fro...

The Browns haven’t won a playoff game since DJ Jazzy Jeff was on TV, that could change Sunday
Well, well, well... look what we have here. ...

Cardinals fumble playoff berth, NFC East ends season just like it started, and Titans almost cough up AFC South like a cigar smoker
The end of the NFL season is finally here. By Hell or high water, the NFL made it through this season, some will rejoice in that fact, but many will say that this season should have never been played....

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

Idiot of the Year: All the worst from a 2020 to forget
Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Our expert team has worked tirelessly to bring you this annual list of the sports and sports-adjacent figures who most intensely made us wish we had been shaken as infants....

Idiot of the Year #1: Kelly Loeffler, somehow worse than Trump
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year Honorable Mentions: Because there were way more than 50 idiots in 2020
Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Here we round up a small selection of idiots who didn’t quite make the cut in our top 50, as well as those who snuck their idiocy through late in the year....

Idiot of the Year #2: Donald Trump, brainless molder of old minds
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year #4: Curt Schilling, utterly incapable of rational thought
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year #5: Justin Turner, compulsive exacerbator
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year #6: Dabo Swinney, brainless molder of young minds
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year #7: Roger Goodell, perpetrator of a dumb, greedy farce
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year #8: Rob Manfred, the man who sold the world
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year #9: Rudolph Giuliani, irascible bug-man
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year #10: Zach Plesac, the stupidest canary in baseball’s coal mine
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....

Idiot of the Year: 40 of the dumbest fish to swim through 2020's sea of stupidity
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....

2020 Idiot of the Year: The void beckons with Novak Djokovic, Ron DeSantis, and Jason Whitlock's stupid hat
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....

2020 Idiot of the Year: Deeper into the abyss with Dwayne Haskins, Lou Holtz, and Trevor Bauer
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....

2020 Idiot of the Year: Our descent continues with Jon Gruden, Dana White, and a cold look in the mirror
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....