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Caster Semenya Loses Her Appeal, But Nobody Wins
The continuing case of South African runner Caster Semenya and her fight against the IAAF’s restrictions on her, and others’, bodies reached its likely conclusion Tuesday. ...
The Stadium Betting Experience Is Here, Now It Just Needs People
It’s taken two-and-a-half years for sports gambling to clear the Supreme Court hurdle to actually arriving in arenas and stadiums where the games people play are housed. But we’re there. ...
No, Your iPhone Won't Autocorrect to a Racial Slur
In the past two weeks, there’s been a rash of white men blaming the slurs they let slip onto social media on typos and, by implication, autocorrect....
The NHL Stays On-Brand, Ignores Racial Justice Movement
As the sports world ground to a halt yesterday amid a growing movement to protest racial injustice, the NHL did the most NHL thing ever and offered a tepid, half-ass response before the Bruins-Lightning game in Toronto on Wednesday night. ...
‘NBA Players Can’t Read,’ Idiot Proclaims on Radio
Fuck you, Tony Bruno....
We Rank the Worst No. 1 Picks in NBA Lottery History
Since the NBA’s first draft lottery in 1985, there have been 11 first-overall picks who did not make an All-NBA team or appear in an All-Star Game. That number is a little inflated because Zion Williamson and DeAndre Ayton are just getting started, so when you’re trying to figure out which is the wo...
![Fox Sports Fires Thom Brennaman Day After Homophobic Slur, He Wants Us to Believe He Didn't Know its History [UPDATED]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/uaqhsykm54cacliwjady.jpg)
Fox Sports Fires Thom Brennaman Day After Homophobic Slur, He Wants Us to Believe He Didn't Know its History [UPDATED]
Wednesday night, after a hot mic caught him using a homophobic slur, Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman didn’t know if he’d ever be putting on headphones for Fox Sports again....
Of Course Two White Guys Got the Job
What must it feel like to be a woman covering football at ESPN to see this latest news from Bristol....
Why Are Conferences Straight-Up Ignoring the NCAA's Chief Doctor?
The Big 12, ACC, and SEC remain adamant on playing sports this fall, despite the NCAA’s own top doctor suggesting otherwise....
The Problem With Mark Grace and Sports Media
Mark Grace has never come across like the brightest bulb on the tree....
It's Gone With the Wins for the Suns, Who are All of Us Right Now
There’s probably a harsh life lesson in going unbeaten in a rearranged season and becoming one of the biggest stories in the NBA and still not even making the play-in round. This is the Phoenix Suns’ lot in life at the moment. Sometimes you can do everything perfectly and it still won’t matter and o...
Four Squads, Two Spots: Today Will Be The Best Day Of The NBA Bubble To Date
By the end of the night, The Bubble is going to pop for two teams in Orlando....
No One Is Cheering Against Sports, Idiots
With alarming spikes in COVID-19 erupting all across America, I had hoped that the “sportswriters are cheering against sports!” mouth-breathers on social media had slunk back from whence they came. Alas, yesterday sports talk radio host Danny Kannell, in the tradition of great minds like Clay Travis...
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NCAA athletes can keep scholarships with opt-out [UPDATED]
The NCAA will allow students to opt-out of the season due to concerns over COVID-19 and still honor athletic scholarships, it was reported Wednesday....
At the Intersection of Sports and COVID, Ballplayer-Turned-Doctor Mark Hamilton Has a Perspective All His Own
Dr. Mark Hamilton has a unique vantage point on the return of sports during COVID-19. Hamilton is a medical doctor finishing up his residency at Northwell Health in New York, but less than 10 years ago he was in the majors getting a cup of coffee on a St. Louis Cardinals team that won the World Seri...
Jeremy Roenick Sues NBC, Claims He's the Real Victim Here
When will a straight white hockey player ever get a fair shake in this world, man!...
NBA Bubble Wrap: The Snitching Begins, and How Damian Lillard Celebrated His Birthday
As with every waking day this pandemic continues, so does the physical aging of our bodies....
A History of Athletes Turned Politicians
Sports and politics are two worlds that have always been intertwined. Moses Fleetwood Walker’s first game with the Toledo Blue Stockings pushed him to become the first Black player in Major League baseball — 63 years before Jackie Robinson — but that didn’t come without a hard-fought battle and push...
ESPN Creep Used 'The Jump' Video Feed To Secretly Record Rachel Nichols in Her Hotel Room — Video Got Sent to Us
Late Tuesday night, an anonymous party sent a Deadspin reporter four videos, which appeared to be a cell phone recording of a video feed, that shows ESPN’s Rachel Nichols, host of the afternoon NBA show The Jump, in a phone conversation with an unidentified man about personnel matters at the network...
MLB Gambling Guide/Futures Bets To Make For Wild 2020 Season
Baseball season is finally just about here. Well, on American soil that is, as this has already been the case in other parts of the world for weeks and months now....