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If It’s Normalcy You Seek, Then a Jackass in Fenway Is What You Need

If you had to wager which stadium would see a fan quite possibly risk his life, merely for the opportunity to yell at everyone around and act like a yahoo to an audience of no one, Fenway Park most definitely would have been the chalk....

Everyone Is Getting Hurt (Including Saquon Barkley, With Torn ACL) [Updated Some More]

Update (4:00 PM Eastern) - CBS has confirmed Saquon Barkley’s injury as an ACL tear. The team says he will be further evaluated tomorrow in New York, but this is very, very bad for the Giants....

Deadspin O/U Bet of the Week: Jackson, Watson Should Be Historic Shootout

Over/Under: 50...

The Celtics Just Needed a Good Scream

Sometimes, it’s good to just scream your problems away?...

Workhorse Verlander (aka Mr. Upton) to Undergo Tommy John Surgery; Astros Career May Be Over

Reigning Cy Young winner and future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander will need Tommy John surgery, ending his 2020 season and most likely his 2021 season as well....

We Rank the Best No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Quarterbacks of All Time

Quarterbacks have had a pretty significant impact on the history of the NFL. They are often the most important players on the field on any given Sunday....

Lightning Break Tradition and Touch Prince of Wales Trophy

The Lightning won the Prince of Wales trophy as Eastern Conference champions, and dared to touch it — they kept the superstition five years ago, and lost the Stanley Cup Final to Chicago — after beating the Islanders, 2-1, on Anthony Cirelli’s overtime goal that bounced off the post, then Semyon Var...

It Took Until 2020 Before the NCAA Gave Athletes Election Day Off. This Is What Voter Suppression Looks Like

Deadspin Presents 'Heartbreak City,' to Make Fans Across North America Relive Their Worst Moments — Part 1: One-Team Towns

Every year, 31 teams don’t win the Super Bowl, 30 teams don’t win the Stanley Cup, 29 teams don’t win the World Series, and 29 teams don’t win the NBA championship. There can only be one champion, after all....

All Maya Moore Did was Walk Away From Her WNBA Career to Free an Innocent Man From Prison (Then Marry Him!)

Maya Moore helped free an innocent man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years – and got a husband in the process....

It Isn’t LeBron’s Job to Help L.A. Police Find a Criminal

It seems wild that a department benefiting from nearly $3 billion in funding is asking civilians for financial help to do its job. ...

I Worked With the Guy Who Was Just Fired For Gross Maria Taylor Tweet [Updated]

[Update: 2:22 pm ET] Dan McNeil has been fired from WSCR 670 The Score. The station sent the following statement to its employees this afternoon:...

If NHL Wants to Fight Racism, It Can Start With How It Treats Ryan Reaves

The Vegas Golden Knights were eliminated in overtime by the Dallas Stars on Monday night, 3-2, and an ugly racial incident on the ice appears to have gone mostly unnoticed and unreported....

Are You Ready for No Hank Williams? Your Monday Night Football Preview

There are two games left in Week 1 of the NFL....

Why It Doesn't Matter if Baker Mayfield Kneels

Let’s get a few things straight off the jump. ...

Fans Being Racist Is Nothing New

For as long as we can remember, sports fans have been on the wrong side of history....

Ten Black Starting QBs Make History on Opening Weekend

Ten Black quarterbacks will start on the opening weekend of the 2020 season, the most Black QBs to start in an opening week in NFL history. ...

Everyone Forgot That Daryl Morey Still Hasn't Discussed His Hong Kong Tweet

What if I told you that we knew that this was going to be an unusual NBA season before a single game was played....

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....

LeBron, Athletes Wielding Peashooters in Gunfight — Need Help to Fix Rigged Game

It’s hard to win a game when the rules were made for you to lose. ...