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Revisiting the 15 bizarre Super Bowl prop bets from last week
Last week, Deadspin published it’s 15 bizarre Super Bowl Prop bets to bank on. Today we want to figure out how we did....

Racism is why your favorite team hired a sorry white guy instead of a really good Black Super Bowl coach
Stupid is as stupid does....

This was pretty close to being the least-entertaining Super Bowl ever
Alright, so the Super Bowl is done. For all the hype surrounding it, billed as a Titanic clash between Brady and Mahomes, it was a total stinker from a football fan’s standpoint. With no real rooting interest in the game, and as someone that was looking forward to potentially an all-time great battl...

What a shock! The moronic maskless gather in large numbers to celebrate a championship in a pandemic...again
This is becoming as common as another Tom Brady Super Bowl win....

Don’t be stupid, Patrick Mahomes is still coming for GOAT status
Please, please, please before you bring out these “Patrick Mahomes will never be the GOAT Takes” I beg of you to really dissect the game you just watched....

You can get bent, Bruce Springsteen
Whenever the actual Super Bowl turns out to be a dud, and this one assuredly was, no matter how much emotion you were able to waste on it and the winning QB, the focus turns to everything around the game. Maybe it’s the halftime show (which was fine to good), or the coverage/broadcast (awful), or th...

President Biden plans to accept Roger Goodell's offer to use NFL stadiums for mass vaccination sites
Starting tomorrow, all NFL stadiums will sit empty through the winter, spring, and summer. Why not use these large, mostly outdoor, venues for the public good? ...

What flavor wings should you eat for the Super Bowl? And why is it honey BBQ?
I already know some of you guys’ taste buds are suspect so if you don’t agree with my rankings blame yourself not me....

Deadspin Over/Under Bet of the Week: Dreamy Super Bowl takes center stage
Over/Under: 56 | Kickoff: 6:30 p.m ET | TV: CBS...

The Super spread: Deadspin’s Super Bowl pick ATS
Tampa Bay isn’t a home team because they get to play in their home stadium. The league alternates home and away teams by conference every year. Honestly, Tampa just got lucky. Speaking of coincidences, the Bucs will not be the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home market. And with only a thi...

A Super NFL recap of who won what and who’s headed for Canton
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, the culmination of a lot of work put in by… us, the Deadspin staff. Seriously, go read up, my teammates here did a hell of a job the past couple of weeks. The game tonight is the biggest thing in the sports world, but Saturday was really busy, with the NFL awards and Pro Foot...

Tampa Bay could be the next Titletown. What other cities have won multiple championships in a matter of months?
Tampa Bay, Titletown USA? It could happen as soon as Sunday night....

How to run a 'Super Bowl Squares/Boxes' office pool without an, umm, office
Whether you call it “squares” or a “box pool,” the betting game that takes place every year is a staple of offices and local bars for Super Bowl weekend. COVID, that dastardly villain, has attempted to lay waste to many traditions in the sports world, but I will not let it take my squares. Like ever...

Deadspin’s Super Bowl trivia extravaganza will test your NFL fan cred & get you pumped for gametime
Before we all settle into our La-Z-Boys with a tall boy and too many wings for Super Bowl LV on Sunday, we need to do some exercise. But fear not, we just mean brain exercise — as in Super Bowl trivia! We’ll ask you about players, teams, venues and esoterica. When you think you know the answer to th...

Who are the oldest and youngest players to win a Super Bowl MVP?
You thought you were getting another Patrick Mahomes/Tom Brady age piece, didn’t you? Well, you did. Kind of....

The first player to say “I’m going to Disney World” after winning the Super Bowl wasn’t the only one paid to do so that day
When you wish upon a star, sometimes it makes a difference who you are. ...

Which teams went 0-4 in the Super Bowl?
The Minnesota Vikings are the super failures you never hear about (thanks a lot, Buffalo). Like the Bills, the Vikings also lost four Super Bowls — but over the course of eight years, not four....

Nothing compares to Prince (and the Purple Rain) at Super Bowl XLI
Few performances during the intermission of a sporting event have come close to feeling like a truly artistic display, but one stands out above them all. Fourteen years ago today, Prince delivered the most iconic Super Bowl halftime show we have ever seen. On Feb. 4, 2007, at Hard Rock Stadium in Mi...