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Dave Roberts still thinks he’s playing Strat-O-Matic
I have to credit Joe Sheehan, who has been using that metaphor for a long while now. Anyway, one of the problems with Dave Roberts as manager, at least in the playoffs, is he just assumes he’ll get production from the back of the baseball card simply because. Mostly, if not solely, this has been the...
Trevor Lawrence should pull an Eli Manning because the Jets are the Jets (all the way!)
Trevor Lawrence should avoid the New York Jets at all costs. ...
How much should Cubs fans care about their team's horrendous owners?
Todd Ricketts is a petulant child, and he’s mad because his awful brother, Tom, gets all the attention as chairman of the Chicago Cubs. Todd and his sister, Laura, also run the franchise, but Todd doesn’t care about Laura. He just wants you to know that he’s one of the people who owns the team....
Maybe the Rays needed to use the itchier trigger finger in Game 1
The Tampa Bay Rays don’t wait around. They are even less likely to wait around when their bullpen has had two full days off and all their starters will be on regular rest. For a few years they’ve had an organizational plan, which means they go to the pen when they want, which is usually quickly. And...
John Wall was way too busy playing spades to pay attention during an ESPN interview
Some things in life cannot wait. ...
Ex-Astros GM Jeff Luhnow assures you: I did all the good stuff, but none of the cheating
Jeff Luhnow, the disgraced, suspended, and fired general manager of the Astros, has finally spoken publicly, giving a 37-minute interview to Houston NBC affiliate KPRC. And the man who ran the team responsible for baseball’s biggest scandal in a century would like the world to know that it wasn’t hi...
Choker or Champion? Why the 2020 World Series will define Clayton Kershaw
For sure, a legacy hangs in the balance of this World Series....
Cowboys are so dreadful maybe Dak Prescott shouldn't want to come back
We had thought that Dak Prescott’s ankle crumbled under his weight and that of his tackler last Sunday. What we found out last night was it actually collapsed under the weight of carrying this wagon train of manure that’s known as the Dallas Cowboys....
Dodgers and Rays are like mirror images of each other ... sorta
It’s tired as shit, and if you’ve spent more than six consecutive minutes on Twitter you’ve already seen the two Spider-men pointing at each other at least 14 times. And yet, these types of things tend to be borne out of truth before they approach and then surpass the saturation point....
If America’s racial reckoning were real, violent lunatic Gregg Marshall would already be fired
A few months ago, white athletes and coaches were marching and standing alongside their Black teammates and players in unity. They had supposedly seen the light. It was finally time for change....
Tanking for Trevor: This week's NFL Powerless Rankings
Deadspin is proud to introduce its weekly #TankforTrevor Powerless Rankings, where we examine the sorriest teams in the league who have the best chance of selecting Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence in the 2021 NFL draft....
Cleveland gets the Browns beat out of ’em, Packers get smacked with their cheeseheads, and is Adam Gase calling in plays from a bar?
NFL football is still underway, despite multiple COVID-19 scares that have endangered the season over the past few weeks. ...
Braves run and stumble their way out of the NLCS
Even a make-believe or mutated season can make for memories that will haunt for years. As the Braves and their fans stew over yet another playoff flameout (the Braves may have to join the A’s and Twins on the playoff-banned list), they’ll look back at the 2nd inning of Game 6 and the 4th inning of G...
Deadspin NFL Over/Under Bet of the Week: Bearing down on this under
Over/Under: 45...
Yale hockey follows strict protocols, still sees 18/19 players test positive for COVID-19
A COVID-19 outbreak at Yale University began early in the week, as six men’s hockey players tested positive for the virus, spurring the school to revert from Phase II of its virus protocol back to Phase 0....
Hands off, Sergio Aguero — at a minimum, touch of lineswoman should have been carded
If you know nothing else about soccer, you probably still know that it’s the game where you can’t use your hands....
SEE IT! Taiwanese baseball player robs homer, but plays possum & lets batter circle bases before revealing prize
A bit of advice for the next time you find yourself in Taiwan: Don’t play poker with Fubon Guardians center fielder Lin Che-Hsuan. You won’t find a better bluffer....
White Sox should pass on early-bird special Tony La Russa in hiring a new manager
Were Connie Mack and Casey Stengel not available?...
Deadspin Presents the most overpaid and underpaid coaches in college football: Vol. 1, The Fat Cats
Earlier this week USA Today released its comprehensive list of college football coaches’ salaries for this season. ...
Kelly Loeffler’s endorsement from QAnon supporter shows how far America has fallen
In a different America, Kelly Loeffler and her financial transactions — that sure as hell look like she was trading on privileged information — would be the political scandal of the year, if not the decade....