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Golf Channel Limits Coverage, Lowers Quality After Technicians Go On Strike
The Golf Channel’s technicians went on strike today after disagreements over their contracts remain unresolved after months of negotiations....

Goddamn, The Jacksonville Jaguars Are Going To The AFC Championship
Thanks to a 45-42 victory over the Steelers today, the Jaguars will face the Patriots in the AFC Championship next week. After jumping out to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter thanks to three rushing touchdowns, Jacksonville did enough to hold off a five-score, 469-yard game from Ben Roethlisb...
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Leonard Fournette Leaves Jaguars-Steelers Game With Ankle Injury [UPDATE: He's Back]
Leonard Fournette left today’s AFC Divisional playoff with an apparent ankle injury in the second quarter, with Jacksonville leading Pittsburgh, 21-7. He limped off the field and made his way to the locker room shortly thereafter:...

Man Arrested After Threatening Mass Shooting For Jaguars-Steelers Game
A man has been arrested after threatening a mass killing during today’s Jaguars-Steelers game....

The Gerrit Cole Deal Sure Looks Odd For Pittsburgh
The Pirates have been playing with the burners of the hot stove for weeks now over the possibility of a Gerrit Cole trade, and now that it’s finally happened, they have surprisingly little to show for it....

Kolten Wong Had An Especially Frightening Time During Saturday's Missile Scare
Saturday’s brief missile scare is destined to become an obscure bit of trivia, especially after our idiot president inevitably fires a nuclear missile at, like, Luxembourg, over construction delays in the building of another gaudy Trump property. It already seems surreal and dreamlike that just yest...

Deadspin Up All Night: Help Me Make It Through The Night
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. I am a year older today than I was yesterday....
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Hawaiians Watching Morning Sports Treated To Terrifying "THIS IS NOT A DRILL" Missile Threat Alert [UPDATES]
A false alarm missile threat emergency message went across the Hawaiian islands today, blowing up phones and triggering the Emergency Alert System, something most of us have only ever experienced in our lives as “this is only a test.” Hawaiians who got up early to watch soccer or basketball instead ...

Lance Stephenson Is A Marvelous Weirdo And LeBron Absolutely Hates Him
Because it’s hilarious and wonderful, here is bonafide NBA weirdo Lance Stephenson zipping a sweet pass inside and also seeming to get stung in the face by a bee, at the same time:...

Deadspin Up All Night: When I Was Waiting In The Bar Where Were You?
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Send your best to Marchman if you haven’t already....

Report: Paige Won't Wrestle Anymore For WWE After She Got Hurt From A Kick To The Back
Saraya-Jade Bevis, who performs under the name Paige, will no longer wrestle for WWE after she suffered an actual injury during a Dec. 28 show in New York, according to Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com....

Former Deadspin Boss Tim Marchman Makes Queso Fundido
The Gizmodo Media Special Projects Desk will be relying on new editor Tim Marchman to develop their promising young writers this year. Whether he can do anything like he did during his 2015-2018 stint as editor-in-chief of Deadspin, when he helped turn bloggers Kyle “Bad Wags” Wagner and Kevin “Piec...

Maybe This Local Lad Will Spice Up The Australian Open
Oh hell yes the Australian Open is set to begin this weekend. Time for two weeks of physically deleterious nocturnal sports enjoyment and photos of elite athletes cuddling marsupials. Time to brush up on how to watch the fuzzy ball game and survey the field to see what’s new, which is ... honestly n...

WWE's Impending Facebook Watch Debut Is Meaningful, Onscreen And Off
On Tuesday Jan. 16, at 10:00 p.m. ET, WWE will debut a new, limited run show on Facebook called Mixed Match Challenge. It’s a tournament of teams, each with one male and one female wrestler. It might be fun or it might not, but what’s more important is that the show is WWE’s first proper in-ring pro...

What's Up With Sloane Stephens?
Last summer Sloane Stephens won the U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title. Since then, she’s lost every single match she’s played....

Kyrie Irving's And J.J. Redick's Brains Are In The Fifth Dimension In The Palace Of Truth
Kyrie Irving went on J.J. Redick’s Ringer podcast today, and the two former Dookies spent a good 10 minutes Expanding Their Minds and swapping Deep Thoughts. Irving addressed his Flat Earth trutherism, and says came to his own conclusions after doing his own research, which he says came from Instagr...

How Old Is Edwin Jackson?
Driving to every major league ballpark that Edwin Jackson has called home, one by one, in order, would require driving for more than 16,000 miles to reach 11 stadiums. (Toronto not included on this hypothetical road trip; he was on the Blue Jays’ roster for a few hours between trades at the 2011 dea...

Hornets Coach Steve Clifford To Return To Team After Spending Month Away For Health
Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford will return to the team next week after spending more than a month away with a health issue....

Ex-Dolphins Coach Chris Foerster Opens Up About Cocaine Video: "It's What I Needed"
On Oct. 9, Dolpins offensive line coach Chris Foerster resigned after a video showing him snorting lines of cocaine was released by Las Vegas model Kijuana Nige. After releasing the video, Nige talked to the press, saying that “a point had to be proven” about white privilege. Since then, all has bee...
