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Bob Bradley Named Swansea City's New Manager
Bob Bradley has been appointed Swansea City’s manager, becoming the first American to helm a Premier League club. He replaces Francesco Guidolin....
LeBron James Endorses Hillary Clinton In Op-Ed
LeBron James is endorsing Hillary Clinton in an op-ed published today at Business Insider and appearing tomorrow in the Akron Beacon-Journal, saying that the Democratic candidate “will build on the legacy of my good friend, President Barack Obama.”...
Donald Trump Wants To Write Your Tweets<em></em>
Apparently, Donald Trump’s devout army of Russian Twitter trolls isn’t getting the job done. What with so many people checking “facts” and “thinking critically about the words coming out of Trump’s mouth,” it can be hard to stay ahead of the mainstream media’s filthy lies. But that, my friends, is w...
Arsenal Win With Offside Handball On Match's Final Play
An offside Laurent Koscielny knocked the ball into goal with his arms in the match’s final seconds to give Arsenal a 1-0 win at Burnley today in a heroic and successful attempt to keep the Gunners in third place in the Premiership. ...
The Already-Enormous Body Count: Today's Guide To Ignoring The NFL
Ah yes, Week 4—the first week of NFL byes and something like the quarter mark of the NFL regular season. Always a fine time to check in on player health around the league. After all, bye weeks are when teams get a week off to rest up and heal. How’s everyone doing?...
Ben Simmons Fractures A Bone In His Foot
Philadelphia 76ers number one overall draft pick Ben Simmons has fractured “the fifth metatarsal bone of his right foot,” the team announced. The injury was suffered when he rolled his ankle while scrimmaging earlier today, and the team didn’t announce a projected recovery timeline....
The Cardinals Got A Win They Didn't Deserve Because The Reds Couldn't Hear Their Dugout Phone
There’s a decent chance the NL Wild Card ultimately comes down to this:...
Liverpool Are Finally Back
Liverpool haven’t won the league title since before the Premier League even existed, and for the last seven years or so they’ve barely even competed for the top four. The club was one day away from bankruptcy before being saved, a Steven Gerrard slip from winning the title, had one of the five best ...
Nebraska Regent Calls For Kneeling Players To Be Kicked Off Team, Then Tries To Deny It
Nebraska player Michael Rose-Ivey held a press conference yesterday and discussed the litany of slurs, threats, and condemnations he and two of his teammates had heard from fans after they kneeled during the national anthem before the Huskers’ game this weekend. Unsurprisingly, there are higher-ups ...
Gregg Popovich Explains America
If Colin Kaepernick wanted to get people talking—or, rather, to amplify the conversation for the benefit of those who wish to avoid it—he succeeded. Just about every sports figure has been asked their takes on the national anthem protests, and on the issues at stake, and yesterday, at Spurs media da...
Nebraska's Michael Rose-Ivey Addresses Racist Responses To His Anthem Protest
On Saturday, Nebraska football players Michael Rose-Ivey, Mohamed Barry, and DaiShon Neal protested racial injustice in America by kneeling during the pregame performance of the national anthem. During a press conference yesterday, Rose-Ivey passionately defended his decision to kneel, and shared so...
Even Stormfront Thinks Hillary Clinton Won The Debate
Since being founded by a former Ku Klux Klan leader in 1996, Stormfront has been the internet’s premier destination for white nationalist and neo-Nazi keyboard warriors everywhere. And even they think Hillary Clinton won the debate tonight. ...
Howard Dean Thinks Donald Trump Might Be On Coke<em></em><em></em><em></em>
And he wouldn’t be the first....
Welcome To Hell: It’s Deadspin’s 2016 Presidential Debate Liveblog <em></em>
Tonight at 9 p.m., a former Secretary of State will take on a bloviating game-show racist for the chance to be our president. And we’ll be liveblogging every goddamn minute of it....
Arsenal Looked Like The Best Team In England This Weekend, But They'll Fuck It Up Somehow
Meet “Troopz,” aka The Arsenal Trooper, aka (as his Twitter bio puts it) “Mr Blud/Fam,” aka the loudest, demandingest, angriest, most exuberant, all-around best Arsenal fan. He is, for once, very happy with his station in life as a Gunner today. He has good reason to be....
What Will White People Say About How Trump Does In The Debate?
With hours to go before tonight’s presidential debate, one great defining question hangs over American politics: Will Donald Trump’s performance tonight allow white people to keep pretending he can possibly be president?...
Nerlens Noel Has No Idea How The 76ers Will Manage Their Logjam Either
Nerlens Noel is a center. Though he played some power forward last year in an attempt to accommodate Jahlil Okafor, center is the position he played his rookie year, and when Okafor was off the court, and it’s really the only position he fits because of his size and his lack of offensive game. ...
Don't Be A Mark: Your Guide To Ignoring The NFL Today
Man. Personal seat licenses are quite the racket....
Peaceful Student Protest Marches On Eastern Michigan Field As Game Ends
Eastern Michigan students protesting that university’s response to white supremacist graffiti that appeared on a campus dorm this week occupied an area behind an end zone during tonight’s game against Wyoming before marching onto the field upon the game’s completion in a display that, remarkably, CB...