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After report on Mickey Callaway, it's clear sports world needs a sex harassment colonic [Updated]
While it’s far from the most important aspect of yet another abhorrent story about the hellscape sports can be for female journalists, there is only one organization that can completely smother the acquisition of perhaps the most joyous player in the league in Francisco Lindor. And that would be the...
Even against Giannis and the Bucks, Enes Kanter is tonight’s best daily fantasy value play
Last week was rough in terms of daily fantasy, but we begin with a 10-game Monday slate on Day 1 of Black History Month, and it’s a snow day on the Northeast. Things are already looking up. We begin with the Greek Freak/Nigerian Nightmare up in Wisconsin....
Rams fans, meet Stat Padford! It’s not a typo, that’s who he really is
Pump the brakes in La-La Land....
Breaking: Lions deal Stafford to Rams for Goff, a slew of picks with a maniacal laugh (most likely)
Les Snead, the general manager for the Los Angeles Rams, apparently doesn’t like first round picks. He also apparently doesn’t like Jared Goff. He also also apparently — really, deeply, and profoundly — likes Matthew Stafford....
Did you know the Bucs will not be the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home market?
Think the Buccaneers have a unique home-field advantage because they get to play the big game in Tampa Bay? Well, before you make a prediction, take a look at Super Bowl history first....
It has somehow been one year since Kobe & Gigi Bryant’s tragic deaths, and tributes pour in
On this day last year, 9 people were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gigi, were on board and among the victims. Kobe was 41. Gigi was 13....
Cory Booker tells Deadspin there is a 'real window of opportunity' for the College Athletes Bill of Rights to pass
Over the summer, Cory Booker told Deadspin that he “would not be here today if it were not for college sports” and the lessons he learned from playing college football. The former tight end was a high school All-American and received a scholarship to play Division I ball at Stanford. But his experie...
We get Super Showdown of GOAT vs. GRN (Greatest Right Now)
In unsurprising yet still shockingly dominant fashion, the Kansas City Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl. They mollywhopped the Buffalo Bills 38-24, but it was not nearly as close as the score suggests....
NBC-ya Sports Network — Peacock pulls plug, moves NHL, NASCAR to USA Network
Pour one out for the former Outdoor Life Network....
Mets fire creep Jared Porter hours after report of his sex harassment
It had been one of the few Mets offseasons with a glow. A new owner who, at least at the moment, wants to run the team like it should be run. The acquisition of possibly the most fun player in the league in Francisco Lindor. But this is the Mets, and stepping on a rake is never more than two strides...
Saturday NFL recap: Bills Mafia celebrates while Jared is #Gofful
The first half of the Divisional Round is done, and I am #shooketh. I thought the Rams might have the recipe to beat the Packers, and I definitely thought the Ravens would roll past the Bills....
San Francisco Giants owner called out for financing seditionists & traitors feigns outrage
Renel Brooks-Moon is the public address announcer for the San Francisco Giants. She was only the second woman to get that job in Major League Baseball when she took over for the first, Sherry Davis, in 2000. She’s also one of the few Black public address announcers in MLB....
Lo! The NFL divisional playoff round draws hither
This crazy, six-game slate on Wild Card Weekend lived up to the hype, delivering history and upsets and exciting games, wire to wire. We now have a Divisional Round in the NFL Playoffs that includes the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns. Crazy, right?...
Florida government declares college football more important than COVID vaccine
It’s pretty easy to feel hopeless after the past week. There have been far more dangerous, frightening, and completely deflating examples of how our priorities and perceptions have been borked beyond repair. So to find comedy in the state of Florida putting a halt to COVID testing and vaccinations a...
Deadspin’s 2021 NFL Wild Card picks you can bank on: Day 1
Are you ready for some self-imposed quarantine football? You have two straight days of NFL triple headers. Stop pretending you’ll leave the couch....
Derrick Rose (’memba him?) has quietly been a reliable fantasy guard option
I don’t even know where to begin. There are 11 games to choose from, and we’re gonna throw out some names to consider in your fantasy ventures. Yesterday wasn’t terrible. Kyrie Irving smacked the Jazz as called, Keldon Johnson came through, Enes Kanter bombed with two points despite 10 rebounds, and...
The sports figures we've lost in 2021
Here’s a look at the athletes and sports figures we’ve lost in 2021....
Idiot of the Year #3: Rudy Gobert, whose iconic display of hubris will live on forever
Welcome to Deadspin’s farewell-to-2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! If you have made it this far, then congratulations, brave traveler....
Becky Hammon, long overdue for a head coaching job, makes history as Popovich gets tossed from game
In last night’s game, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected. Following his ejection, history was made — Becky Hammon became the first woman to head coach not only an NBA team, but any of the four major U.S. sports leagues (MLB, NHL, NFL, & NBA)....
The NBA was drunk during Week One
The setup was perfect and there were storylines galore. But somehow, that excitement quickly turned to madness, as Week One of the 2020-2021 NBA season was insane....