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No drinking allowed at the Olympics no one wants
Earlier this week, organizers from the Tokyo Olympic committee were considering allowing alcohol sales at Olympic events. But, like many things the Olympic committee has done, they were met with immediate backlash from Japanese citizens....
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Both Team USA Basketball squads looking super stacked [Updated]
Yesterday, the Team USA women’s basketball squad announced its full 12 for next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the men’s roster, while yet to be finalized, is taking shape....

USC runner qualifies for Olympics, immediately has to work on 10-page essay due that night
Isaiah Jewett is tired....

The track athletes on this U.S. team are easy to root for
There’s something special about seeing other people’s dreams come true....

Coca-Cola lost 4 billion in market value after Ronaldo endorsed water
Yes, billion with a b....

Lochte Mess Monster, Part Deux
As Maggie Hendricks of Bally Sports reported that 90 percent of the United States swimming team is vaccinated for COVID-19, she noted that “Ryan Lochte preferred not to answer the question on if he was vaccinated.”...

CDC warns against travel to Japan, where COVID is surging and nobody wants the Olympics
The pandemic Olympics continue to be one smooth operation....

LeBron James drinking tequila with Drake shows NBA has moved past COVID
“It’s not a big deal.”...

LeBron cements the continued existence of a game he hates
Look, the Play-in Tournament is stupid. Everyone pretty much knows it. The players certainly hate it, and even the ones who get to participate in it probably don’t like it much more. It’s manufactured drama. We’ve had 72 games this year, and in normal times we’ll have 82, and if you’re not in playof...

The East Play-Ins sucked, but Warriors/Lakers was really all we cared about here, right?
Tonight is when we will see if the Play-Ins were worth it....

Ryan Lochte is on a redemption tour no one asked for, and Bob Baffert will assuredly be next
Just two months before the Tokyo Games are scheduled to begin, the White Privilege Olympics have already started, as the baton that Tim Tebow was carrying has now been passed to his caucasian brothers “in the struggle.”...

The WNBA was pretty damn awesome on Opening Night, as real ones already knew would be the case
Sabrina Ionescu stole the show, but she wasn’t alone in making a significant impact on night one of the WNBA season....

IOC president cancels Japan trip as COVID cases spike — remind me again how safe the games will be
Well this isn’t the best look....

SHOCKING: DK Metcalf, not a track athlete, loses track race
DK Metcalf was not supposed to earn himself a shot at Olympic glory by winning today’s 100-meter qualifier event....

Why I won’t watch the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Count me out on the Olympics....

Caitlyn Jenner is a hypocritical trans athlete who wants to ‘build a wall’ — and isn’t preaching what she’s practiced
It’s funny how “forgetful” people can get. But that’s what’s so great about the Internet — it always remembers....

This week in The Ladies Room: Soccer champion Julie Foudy
Welcome to the Ladies Room - A Deadspin Sports Podcast....

DK Metcalf to participate in USA track meet this weekend with eye on Tokyo Olympics
Just give Budda Baker a three second head start and DK will catch him and win the race — I guarantee it....

Carmelo Anthony deserves this moment in the sun as an all-time Top 10 NBA scorer
Let’s take some time to give a legend their flowers....

Last call for Cincy bar owner refusing to show NBA games because of LeBron's activism
It’s a Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the Cincinnati bar owner refusing to show NBA games because LeBron James won’t just shut up and dribble.Athletes have the same rights as all citizens to standup and speak out against the ills of this country....