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IDIOT OF THE YEAR: More dumbasses (Nos. 20-11)WHY? Why must professional athletics function as such a powerful magnet for stupid, impetuous people? Ugh....

Social media sports troll strikes again at DII hoop gameSome fans will do anything for attention, and then there are content creators for whom attention is the entire point. One example of the latter tried his luck on Saturday during the Lindenwood versus Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis college hoops game. With less than 90 seconds left...

Why Dave Portnoy is bad for businessThere is a part of me that feels sorry for Dave Portnoy. He left a good job with a sports outlet to establish — with some help from his parents — Barstool Sports, to a point that it was bought out by a major company. PENN Entertainment purchased a 36 percent stake in Barstool Sports in 2019, and pa...

Barfstool rips off Sidetalk and spreads extra mayonnaise on it

I have no stake in the Boston vs New York rivalry. I think both lobster and chopped cheese sandwiches are delicious. I listen to both the Notorious B.I.G. and New Edition. I also find both places to be unnecessarily loud and obnoxious but I get it, neither one has enough space. All of that being sai...

Who does Hunter Dickinson think he is — a football player?

Guys like Hunter Dickinson give do-good gaslighters, who love to rail against NIL deals and the transfer portal, more content to shove in our faces as evidence that unpaid athletes making money is fostering a Wild West culture in college athletics. That’s not exactly true. The underbelly is just exp...

IDIOT OF THE MONTH: April was bad

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH! We’re here to make you think about death and get sad and stuff....

In their infinite wisdom, the Cavinder Twins turn to… Jake Paul?

I don’t know what part of “Down with influencers” landed me on the Cavinder Twins beat, yet here I am, writing my third story on Haley and Hanna as if my only motivation in life is engaging with their content. I’d rather throw myself to the wolves or discover what “YouTubers” are than bring you up t...

Dave Portnoy, Keith Olbermann, and half of Twitter expose their whiteness after Angel Reese's taunt | Andy Reacts