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COVID could make next FIFA international window a bigger mess than usual
The club vs. country fight is a long and storied one in soccer, with clubs always more than a little peeved about releasing the players they’re paying millions to travel to different training schedules and medical staffs, for games they aren’t compensated for. Players getting hurt on national team d...
'Predator' Kellen Winslow II gets 14 years for insidious rapes, attacks targeting vulnerable victims
Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II was sentenced to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offenses against five women in Southern California, a homeless woman he attacked in 2018, according to ESPN. Winslow II is the son of Hall of Fame tight end Kellen Winslow, who is widely re...
GOP targeting of transgender athletes in H.S. is disingenuous, cruel, and on-brand
When they’re not busy trying to keep people from being able to vote, Republican state legislators these days are obsessed with the issue of transgender athletes in high school sports. Not just state legislators, in fact, but at the federal level, too, as Kentucky’s somehow second-worst senator, Rand...
Comeback not-kid Alex Smith reportedly will soon be out of Washington, so here are his best landing spots
The 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year will not be back in Washington. According to Ian Rapoport and Kim Jones, Alex Smith is expected to be released by the Washington Football Team anytime now. He could be a free agent as soon as [checks notes] today....
Carmelo Anthony squashes the “Melo” “debate” between him and LaMelo Ball
It’s been a point of contention for a little while now between the younger Gen Z kids and the older millennials about who should claim the name “Melo” in the NBA these days....
Sin City: Knights make awful bet with ‘tout’ site, get roasted, then end partnership quicker than a Vegas marriage
It was only a matter of time before the Vegas Golden Knights made some sort of shady deal, right? It is Vegas, after all....
J.J. Watt is signed with Arizona, so can the Texans please free Deshaun Watson now?
Welp, it looks like years of inexcusable dysfunction, a souring relationship with a franchise QB, and a week of cryptic tweets have led us here....
Renee Montgomery owning the Atlanta Dream is the latest example of Black women taking over Georgia
With Black History Month in our rearview mirrors, and as we enter a month dedicated to celebrating the history of women, it has become quite apparent that the months of February and March are being merged by the actions of Black women like Renee Montgomery, Stacey Abrams, and even Keisha Lance Botto...
Bradley Beal chose to stay in D.C., and he will regret it
Bradley Beal is putting together another monster season while his Wizards continue to do Wizard things....
Here are your Idiots for the month of February
It’s the return of Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH awards, as we continue to cull the newswires for idiots from all over the sports world. Fresh off the smash hit The Top 50 Idiots of 2020, and the idiots of January, we bring you February’s Idiot Kings....
Yankees first baseman Luke Voit continues MLB’s hot mic winning streak
It’s only day one of spring training games and the hot mics have yet to disappoint....
Idaho wins game with help from its farkakt stadium
You might think that three-time defending champion North Dakota State not only having its 39-game winning streak snapped, but getting blown out, at Southern Illinois, would be the craziest thing to happen on Saturday’s slate of FCS action, but that means you did not consider the Kibbie Dome, the uni...
U.S. Soccer nixes ban on anthem protests, and one guy's dissent exposes the hypocrisy of the right wing
U.S. Soccer has had a rule since 2017 that players must stand for the national anthem. As of Sunday, that rule is gone, allowing American players to do the most American of things: use their freedom of speech to express themselves by taking a knee if they so choose....
It's time to take the Deshaun Watson (to the Jets?) trade rumors seriously
John McClain has been covering the NFL in Houston since the Oilers were there, and isn’t someone who’s associated with throwing stuff out there to see if it sticks....
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Former NFLer, Notre Dame D-lineman Louis Nix III found dead at 29 — report [UPDATED]
Updated Feb. 27, 2021 at 9:30 p.m.: Louis Nix III, a former Notre Dame defensive lineman who was drafted by the Texans, and played four games for the New York Giants in 2015, was found dead on Saturday after having been missing since Tuesday, according to a report from Action News in Jacksonville....
Kelly Loeffler out as Renee Montgomery and investor group buy Atlanta Dream
Kelly Loeffler, Deadspin’s Idiot of the Year, is out of the WNBA....
Tennessee State Republicans want to treat student-athletes like employees, just not pay them like employees
For decades, the powers that rake in that sweet college sports cash have been claiming the unpaid labor force is made up of students who just happen to be athletes. Never mind that professional sports leagues use colleges to develop talent, and that those schools rely on the millions that come in fr...
The Seahawks still seem haunted by that one decision six years ago
Everyone in Seattle seems a little too intent on saying what the situation isn’t. Russell Wilson isn’t asking for a trade. The Seahawks aren’t looking to trade him. Everything is fine, don’t mind us. But if…...
John Geddert, the ex-USA gymnastics coach with ties to Larry Nassar, kills self after being charged with a litany of heinousness
John Geddert, the former USA gymnastics coach who employed monster Larry Nassar at his gym, has reportedly died by suicide. The report comes on the same day that he was charged with 24 counts of human trafficking, sexual assault, racketeering, and lying to police....