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Deadspin Over/Under Bet of the Week: Pats Begin Life Without Brady
Over/Under: 41.5...
NFL's Cluelessness on BLM Exposes Fake Team Unity & Not Caring a Lick for Players' Communities
If the NFL owners and front office thought that adding Lift Every Voice and Sing to the pre-game program would mollify more players than it put off fans, they were likely wrong on both counts....
The Deadspin 2020 NFL Previews, AFC East: Tom’s Gone. Who’s Got Next?
For the past two decades, the safest bet in sports was for the to win their division. Not anymore....
Drilling Down on Thursday's NBA Draft Lottery
The moment seemed it would never come because of COVID-19, but the 2020 NBA Draft lottery is here. We’ll finally get this year’s draft order. ...
The Mourning After: Canes Eliminate Rangers, Plague-Ravaged Marlins Blank Orioles
We’ve had our first ejection out of the NHL bubble, as the New York Rangers never came close to beating the Carolina Hurricanes and have hence been punted out of Toronto. I hope they line them outside the hotel and loudly shut the gate behind them as all the players of the teams still competing watc...
2020 AL East Preview
At least two teams from the American League East have made the playoffs in each of the past five seasons, and as strange as a shortened 2020 season figures to be, the division figures to continue that streak with two of the elite teams in the majors — the Yankees and Rays — heading up the division....
Mike Trout, Baseball's Best Player, Might Sit Out Season to Be With Pregnant Wife
Major League Baseball’s plans to get the 2020 season started are going about as well as could be expected, which is to say, not very well at all....
Don’t Jump on the Patriots Bandwagon Now that We’ve Got Cam Newton - Hate Us Like You Always Have
(Disclaimer: This post reflects only the feelings of the author. The rest of the Deadspin staff wants to assure our readers we will definitely not be cheering for the Patriots under any circumstances whatsoever....
While Inquirer Journos Stage ‘Call In Sick And Tired’ Protest, Here’s A Reminder That No One In Philly Cared About Eagles Fans' Riots
Journalists of color and allies staged a one-day “call out sick and tired” at the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, protesting an abysmal, offensive headline that appeared in Wednesday’s print edition that said, “Buildings Matter, Too,” in reference to looting and damage done by rioting in the wake...
Kendrick Perkins Is Right: Harden Is Better Than Curry
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a live NBA game. But Monday NBA Twitter was acting like it caught amnesia when the topic on the table was determining who was better: Steph Curry or James Harden....
Ten Trash QBs Getting Paid While Kaepernick And Newton Wait
It’s crazy that the NFL keeps finding a way to leave worthy quarterbacks out of the mix....
Removing A Tattoo Won’t Get You Out Of White-Nationalist Purgatory
Whether or not you believe Patriots draft pick Justin Rohrwasser that he had no idea what his “Three Percenter” tattoo really meant until this weekend, and however the media has struggled to accurately describe the Three Percenters as the white nationalists that they are, it’s not really just one ta...
Patriots Draft Pick Justin Rohrwasser's Ignorance About 3 Percenters Isn't Believable
A photo of new Patriots kicker Justin Rohrwasser caused quite a stir Saturday when tattoos on his arms displayed a logo for a far-right group known as “The 3 Percenters” or “III%ers.” The logo is three roman numeral I’s surrounded by a ring of 13 stars, as the original U.S. flag. Rohrwasser, who kic...
Good Grief: Why Was UFC Fighter’s COVID Diagnosis Hidden For Three Weeks?
The UFC has finally been hit by the coronavirus — or, at least, we’ve finally found out....
Draymond Green Is Right About Kevin Durant. But He's Also Dead Wrong
Draymond Green is right....
The Chargers Move To L.A. Is Still Pathetic And Stupid, But At Least They’ll Look Good
You know when you have an exceptionally annoying fly or bee in your house/apartment, and it’s by the window but it just seems to bump into every spot of it but the opening? You’re just a mere moment from relief of being stung or just annoyed in your own house, if only this fucking creature could jus...
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Bill Belichick Has Been Boring The World For Years, Cam Newton's Arrival Could Change All That [Updated]
Cam Newton is unapologetically different....
Tom Brady Will Be 43 Next Season. History Tells Us That Doesn't Bode Well For Him
Opinion: Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. Fact: Tom Brady will be 43 years old when he begins his 21st season later this year as a new member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers....
Brady Going to Tampa? Hopkins Shipped For A Bag of Balls? NFL Players Losing Their Minds Over Flurry of Moves
NFL players have been shook by the start of this free agency period. ...
Don't Be That Guy, Tom. Don't Go to Tampa Bay. Hang 'Em Up
Tom Brady has the greatest resume of any quarterback in NFL history and is one of the most successful athletes to play any sport, which is why he has nothing left to gain by playing another snap in the NFL....