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Deadspin’s 2021 NFL Divisional Round picks you can bank on - Day 2
Hindsight is 20/20. But in 2021 you should’ve known to take underdogs on Wild Card Weekend and favorites in Saturday’s Divisional round....

Pam Oliver is an OG and the slander must stop
Pam Oliver is a legend who doesn’t need anyone to defend her. She’s been producing stellar on-air work since before many of the people trolling her were even alive. But after a report during the divisional matchup between the Rams and the Packers on Saturday, many people decided to come for the broa...

It's been a while since we've talked about Buffalo in the context of a Super Bowl run
In one week, the Bills will be in the AFC title game for the first time in 27 years, when, perhaps in a bit of foreshadowing — depending on the outcome of Sunday’s divisional playoff — Buffalo hammered Kansas City, 30-13, to advance to Super Bowl XXVIII....

Before Trump tried to tank democracy, he tanked the USFL
When it comes to Donald Trump and all the batshit-crazy, Jonestown-esque nonsense he’s pulled over the past four years, the word “unprecedented” is often attached....

The sports figures we've lost in 2021
Here’s a look at the athletes and sports figures we’ve lost in 2021....

This season, we'll find out just how good Steph Curry really is
For the majority of Steph Curry’s NBA career, he’s been treated unfairly....

Duke’s women’s team wasn’t the only basketball program to suspend its season last week
When you’re 0-9, people tend to ignore you even when your acts are newsworthy....

KD & Kyrie make statement in season opener
It’s hard not to get caught up in the hype when the hype surpasses…the hype....

Remembering 'Bowl Durham' & Pearl Harbor: Last time Rose Bowl was held outside Pasadena
Back in March, the NCAA Tournament was just days away from tipping off when COVID-19 took hold in America and turned 2020 upside down, taking with it, among other things, college basketball’s championship....

Bills looking kinda like team that won consecutive AFC titles 25 years ago
The Bills clinched their first AFC East title since 1995, moving to 11-3 on the season with a 48-19 rout of the Broncos....

Saturday Sermon: Ohio State rushes to Big Ten title
Trey Sermon rushed for 344 yards for Ohio State this season, with 18 percent of that coming on one run against Michigan State on Dec. 5. So, of course, Sermon became the star of the show in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday against Northwestern....

Welcome to The Ladies Room, a new Deadspin Sports podcast ... this week, Real Sports' Mary Carillo wonders if there will be an Olympics in 2021?
Welcome to the Ladies Room - A Deadspin Sports Podcast....

Keyontae Johnson remains in critical condition after on-court collapse
Florida basketball standout and NBA prospect Keyontae Johnson remains in critical but stable condition on Sunday, one day after he collapsed in the middle of a game and was rushed to the hospital....

Utah State boycotts game to protest religious discrimination
Utah State football players are using their power to take a stand against what they perceived as religious discrimination by their university president. ...

If we must have sports right now, weird is definitely the way to go
This college football season is an exercise in madness, but it’s continuing to be weirdly historic....

The Champions Classic proved that this college basketball season will be a quiet one
College basketball is going to be weird....

Ryan Day and Ohio State dared COVID, then they got it
In James 4:2 it says, “You have not, because you ask not.” That verse has come to pass in Columbus, Ohio....

Florida State postponed for second straight week on morning of kickoff ... & they're not alone
For the second straight week, Florida State is off and running … away, that is, from playing their ACC opponent. ...

Stadium voting will return to Atlanta for the Senate runoffs
Last week, Deadspin wondered whether or not Fulton county would offer stadium voting for the runoff election. A week later, we have an answer....

Dabo Swinney either doesn't get that COVID is killing people or doesn't care
This week, as the CDC advises against Thanksgiving travel in a week when the coronavirus rate has soared to a peak of 200,000 cases and 2,000 deaths a day, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is mad as hell....