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Bucs host world’s largest girls flag football tournament during a pandemic
I’m all for girls’ flag football tournaments, but hosting the “world’s largest” anything in a global pandemic may, I dunno, not be a great idea?...
U.S. Soccer nixes ban on anthem protests, and one guy's dissent exposes the hypocrisy of the right wing
U.S. Soccer has had a rule since 2017 that players must stand for the national anthem. As of Sunday, that rule is gone, allowing American players to do the most American of things: use their freedom of speech to express themselves by taking a knee if they so choose....
The Seahawks still seem haunted by that one decision six years ago
Everyone in Seattle seems a little too intent on saying what the situation isn’t. Russell Wilson isn’t asking for a trade. The Seahawks aren’t looking to trade him. Everything is fine, don’t mind us. But if…...
The Diversity Dozen: 12 Black NFL assistant coaches who deserve more attention
With the start of the 2021 NFL season seven months away, the conversation about the lack of Black head coaches tends to go dormant after the Super Bowl, as those potential candidates aren’t eligible to be hired for another 11 months....
Tiger Woods is 'awake' and 'responsive' after lengthy surgery to repair injuries from rollover crash
After a lengthy surgery Tuesday, Tiger Woods is “awake, responsive and recovering in his hospital room,” read a statement posted to the golfer’s official Twitter account....
Actress Shailene Woodley confirms engagement to <em>Jeopardy!</em> nerd Aaron Rodgers
It’s officially official. ...
Breaking News: Trevor Bauer is still an ass
Hey, remember when Trevor Bauer sat at his introductory presser with the Dodgers and said he’d learned from his social media fuck-ups and was doing his best to be better? Well, if you had “one week” in your “When Will That Be Proven As Utter Horseshit” pool, please collect your winnings at the windo...
Romelu Lukaku is the best striker in the world
Few fixtures suffer from the lack of fans more than the Milan derby, especially this latest iteration. A split stadium, 80,000 fans baying for blood and justice, tifos galore, all in service to a top of the table contest, it would have been an epic occasion. Inter Milan came into this leading Serie ...
Yeah, Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer will probably outlast this generation too
Every Grand Slam for the past...well, the years are getting innumerable now, and barely even fathomable, given the unseen greatness and longevity of Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic. Fans keep asking: “Will this be the time?” That is, the time someone else breaks through, someone else rises to the level...
It took all of a week for Trevor Bauer to get stupid on social media again as Noah Syndergaard lays the hammer down
We already know that Trevor Bauer is a huge jerk and that the Mets lucked out when he spurned them to take the Dodgers’ $102 million, but the reigning National League Cy Young winner went ahead on Friday and demonstrated once again that he’s a lot dumber than he thinks he is....
Tim Tebow went from All-American to America’s Biggest Bust — twice over
Tim Tebow’s career was a bust....
The Champions League returns this week... all over the place
One of the rites of...well, not spring exactly, but a rite of reminding you that spring might actually arrive at some point before the light within you has completely extinguished, is the knockout stage of the Champions League. It drops into the sporting scene at the end of February, right after you...
At Trevor Bauer’s Dodger intro, media hold his misogynist feet to ... a cozy, warm, crackling fire
I can’t sum this up any better than Craig Calcattera did, so let’s start there:...
New Jags coach Urban Meyer, a domestic abuser protector, hires guy fired for persistent racist behavior at Iowa
While problematic, Urban Meyer is always consistent....
Put a mask on, Tom Brady
Tom Brady has won so many Lombardi Trophies that he just doesn’t seem to care anymore. It must be like being so rich that you can have whatever and however many cars you want, and just hand the keys to your McLaren to your teenager. After all, if something happens to it, it’s not a big deal – you ha...
Who could grace the cover of Madden 2022?
With the Super Bowl over, it’s time to begin arguing about this year’s Madden cover....
Rings don’t make Tom Brady the NFL GOAT, just as they don’t make Bill Russell the NBA GOAT
Tom Brady’s minions are at it again....
The Super Bowl’s pregame ceremony was gaslighting of the highest order
If you were wondering, yes, the NFL thinks you’re stupid....
Revisiting the 15 bizarre Super Bowl prop bets from last week
Last week, Deadspin published it’s 15 bizarre Super Bowl Prop bets to bank on. Today we want to figure out how we did....
Racism is why your favorite team hired a sorry white guy instead of a really good Black Super Bowl coach
Stupid is as stupid does....