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Stephen A. Smith got Ballsacked by a meme that was two months old
Ballsack Sports emerged in late 2021 as a purveyor of satirical headlines and semi-professional graphics that were fleshed out by unsourced quotes....
Dawn Staley is the most important Black coach in college basketball history
You know those shirts that say, âI am my ancestorsâ wildest dreamâ? Thatâs what Dawn Staley is....
Caleb Love was the villain Coach K and Duke deserved
A scythe has stalked Coach Kâs career since he announced his plan to retire last July. On Saturday night, Dukeâs final Final Four of the Mike Krzyzewski era came to a grisly end. UNCâs 81-77 victory over their arch-rival also featured a familiar slayer in Caleb Love....
Winning Time: âPiece of a Manâ explores Kareem Abdul-Jabbarâs relationship with Islam
What makes Winning Timeâs tapestry of stories enthralling is how it reflects the chaotic jazz of our lives. Every character is at odds against the world and themselves. Magic, Jerry Buss, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, each man is fighting a private war. For many of them, itâs a war of the spirit against the ...
Duke-UNC played out like a WrestleMania main event
It wasnât until the 3 that I knew. That was the moment, when I caught myself pumping my fist, and mouthing âyes!â that I realized I worked myself into a shoot....
The entire LSU basketball team is gone
Sanctions are coming, Will Wade is gone, and the Tigers arenât sticking around to find out what it looks like. LSU basketball might not be receiving the death penalty from the NCAA for their former coachâs infractions, but the team itself has sent the program into a virtual death spiral....
UConn has 1 focus at Final Four
It wasnât the all-out classic that Monday in Bridgeport was, but UConn took down another No. 1 seed on Friday night, dethroning defending national champion Stanford, 63-58....
April Jules!
 The sports world wasted no time getting to pranking on this first day of April. From the moment many Americans woke up they were bombarded with tweet after tweet from well-respected sports pages claiming that their team had traded for/away a great player....
Doc Rivers needs more than motivational tactics to get through to James Harden
It only took 15 games of watching James Harden for Doc Rivers to get annoyed. After a loss against the Detroit Pistons last night â the teamâs third straight â where the 76ers got all of eight points from the bench, the coach didnât put the lack of production on them....
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan letting Black News Channel shut down was peak Shad Khan behavior
Shad Khan, the lone majority owner of color in the NFL, became the majority shareholder of the startup âBlack News Channelâ in 2019 when he invested $50 million. Last week, he let the network die....
Fictional Hooper Bracket: The Final Four
We got an all-blueblood Final Four. I know we enjoyed Saint Peterâs, but as happy as I am for Shaheen Hollowayâs new contract â of course this is yet another example of a college coach capitalizing off of his hard-playing talent for a much better job, but the Peacocks pull their home bleachers out o...
IDIOT OF THE MONTH: Cleveland Browns stand out among crowded March pack
Welcome to Deadspinâs IDIOT OF THE MONTH, where we laugh at people and organizations around the sports world because otherwise we would cry. An honorable mention for March goes out to none other than You, the reader! Thatâs right â You, most dearest sports media consumer, honestly believed your Marc...
Michigan names Colin Kaepernick as honorary captain
Jim Harbaugh has named former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick as honorary captain of Michiganâs spring game this upcoming weekend, making waves across the national CFB fandom by taking what appears to be a pretty solid pro-Kap stance in a decidedly anti-Kap sport....
đ”Now, this is a story all about how the life of Seattle Kraken DJ... is awesomeđ”
The in-stadium experience is what makes going to sporting events fun. The energy that radiates from other fans of your favorite team, the mascotâs antics, and fan interaction through graphics on the jumbotron and the in-stadium camera crew make attending a live sporting event an unforgettable experi...
ESPNâs NBA âretro-castâ sounds like a pretty cool idea
ESPNâs is set to test a new idea on ESPN 2 with an NBA âretro-castâ that will roll out on April 6 during the New York Knicks vs. Brooklyn Nets game at Madison Square Garden....
Shaheen Holloway is the 2022 March Madness Champ
If Duke, UNC, Kansas or Villanova are going to win another national title, we have to celebrate something besides another blueblood champion. Watching another blueblood Final Four is nauseating and almost seems antithetical to the glorified ideal of March Madness....
Big Shot Bob saves the day after another disappointing Lakers loss and Russell Westbrook
However you feel about that era of Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs, the world is a better place because Robert Horry played for them in the 2000s. His performance in Game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons gave us something to remember from that dry white toast of a seven-...
Senate looks to stop NCAA from punishing old infractions
Marsha Blackburn and Cory Booker â now thereâs two names you donât expect to see co-authoring a Senate bill. But I guess if thereâs one thing that can bridge the ever-widening political chasm in the United States, itâs the universal experience of being fed up with the NCAA....
Duke-North Carolina at the Final Four is already one for the ages
Itâs already an instant classic and the ball wonât be tipped for four more days. The greatest rivalry in college basketball, one of the fiercest in all of sports, heads to the Final Four. Duke squaring off with North Carolina is a momentous, must-watch occasion when it takes place under routine circ...
Five trade destinations for DK Metcalf should the Seahawks decide to move on
Itâs been a whirlwind offseason for the Seattle Seahawks and their fanbase, with the potential to get even worse. The team started down the path of rebuilding by trading away Russell Wilson earlier this month. Soon after, rumors began circulating around 24-year-old wide receiver DK Metcalf potential...