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Washington Football Team is the lack of a choice, but maybe that’s a good thing
I don’t think for a second that a majority of Washington fans have told the Football Team that keeping “Washington Football Team” is their preferred choice. That’s what the team’s president was trying to sell yesterday as the campaign/process of finding a new name continues. Fans are allowed to subm...
NHL ref caught saying exactly what we’ve always suspected
Update (9:40 AM EDT): Just minutes after this story’s publication, the league announced that Tim Peel “no longer will be working NHL games now or in the future.” Womp womp....
Mark Emmert will meet with student leaders of #NotNCAAProperty juuuust as soon as you forget about them
This isn’t a tough case to crack....
Draymond Green and Tony Allen argue over title of NBA's best defender
Draymond Green is the greatest NBA defensive player ever, according to Draymond Green. ...
Stop slandering Lonzo Ball, he could be an integral championship piece
Lonzo Ball is one of the most sought-after players in the NBA as we reach this season’s trade deadline. ...
Deadspin reseeds this senseless men’s Sweet 16
A week into the NCAA Tournament, and madness is the perfect word to describe what has taken place so far in March. The only logical explanation for how things have gone is based on just how nuts this season has been from the jump — given all the pauses and disruptions that have occurred due to COVID...
Warning: Lakers’ repeat chances will explode in 3...2...1...
The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t repeating as NBA champs....
We welcome back Bill Walton’s ‘Conference… of Champions,’ the Pac-12, as a hoops behemoth (4 out of the Sweet 16!)
The Pac-12 is playing like the best conference in basketball so far in this year’s tourney, and I for one could not be happier about it. Maybe it’s just the native Oregonian in me that hates the lack of respect that this conference gets in the sports world due to the problem that the Pac-12 “After D...
More NBA players are beginning to get vaccinated, which is what Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wanted weeks ago
We often discuss progress, but we’re seeing some in the NBA as it relates to vaccinations....
Stop harassing Black college basketball players, you jerks
The mistreatment of the Black athlete is one of the most unique forms of harassment in society....
Spurs shout out NCAA women’s basketball legends with jersey ‘fashion show’ in San Antonio
Before last night’s game against Charlotte, Spurs stars came into the arena paying tribute to some former college hoopers....
Las Vegas finally gets this right
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the Las Vegas oddsmakers for finally making the Brooklyn Nets the favorite to win the NBA title....
Georgia Tech coach Nell Fortner thanks the NCAA for telling on themselves
Nell Fortner is not here for the NCAA’s half-assed attempt to make it look like the weight room fiasco at the women’s basketball tournament was about difficulty with logistics or anything other than what it was: complete disregard for women, thinking they could get away with it without anyone notici...
The Big Ten is a joke, as Michigan is the conference’s lone hope left in the NCAA Tournament
Not only do numbers not lie, they’re also great assets when you need to prove a point....
Dodgers fans buy billboard outside Fenway to taunt... someone
I wouldn’t sit here and try to argue that Red Sox Nation is undeserving of being kicked while they’re down. They’ve had it their way for a very long time, though they would say they didn’t have it their way for a much longer period of time. And obviously, there isn’t anyone they didn’t annoy even ju...
LaMelo Ball is the Rookie of the Year no matter what happens
LaMelo Ball is the best rookie in the league this year, injured or not....
The NFL is hell-bent on returning to normal, starting with a live draft in scenic Cleveland
We’re kinda sorta trending towards normalcy, and the NFL Draft on April 29 in Cleveland will lean into that, consequences be damned. The NFL announced today in a press release that the draft will be live, in person, with actual live people, including commissioner Roger Goodell, prospects, and fans. ...
College football’s lunge for March Madness-level money is sure to fail
Why can’t we just enjoy the moment anymore?...
E.J. Liddell saw the worst of humanity after Ohio State’s loss
If you’re looking for actual madness, consider the case of E.J. Liddell. ...
With LeBron and LaMelo out, it was a bad weekend for stars in the NBA
If the NBA is purely for TV ratings these days, and it kind of has to be thanks to very limited or no crowds, then Adam Silver probably poured himself a stiff drink on Sunday night....