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Sports Stars Honor the Legendary John Lewis
The death of civil rights icon and longtime Georgia Congressman John Lewis has prompted many in the sports world to pay their respects to the legendary figure. ...

Dan Snyder Must Go, Says Women's Group, and Take Goodell With You
Enough is enough, Dan Snyder must go....

2020 AL East Preview
At least two teams from the American League East have made the playoffs in each of the past five seasons, and as strange as a shortened 2020 season figures to be, the division figures to continue that streak with two of the elite teams in the majors — the Yankees and Rays — heading up the division....

I Can Relate to DeSean Jackson’s Mistake. I Hope He Learns From It as I Did
The National Football League finds itself at the forefront of social engagement at a very delicate, complex pivot point in our nation’s history. The NFL’s focus ranges from acknowledging the relevance of the Black Lives Matter movement; to the omission of the inappropriate, now former, nickname of t...
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The Dan Snyder Report Dropped and It's Horrific [UPDATED]
This story has been updated with statements from Dan Snyder and the NFL....

NHL Announces Thoughtless Jerk Auston Matthews as Lady Byng Trophy Finalist
Hockey Guys gonna Hockey Guy....
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Trash Talkin' Tuesday: Sammy Watkins What Are You Thinking? [Video]
Today, I’m trashing Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins for trying to justify taking a pay cut to stay with the defending champions by asking “how much (money) is enough?”...

Odell Beckham Jr.: I'm Relaxed With the Idea I Might Not Be Playing
The NFL season is in serious jeopardy and a COVID-19 outbreak doesn’t have to be present within its personal circles for things to be doomed before they even get started....

Atlanta Braves To Look At Tomahawk Chop, But What Else Is There To See?
Now that we live in a post-racist Washington NFL nickname world, the scrutiny on other teams, from professional to high school, using Native American imagery and names will only grow. There has yet to be any word from the Cleveland Indians after they said they were “reviewing” their name (and what’s...

Tuskegee Airmen Would Be ‘Honored’ to Have Washington Team Adopt Red Tails as New Name
The National Office for Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated told Deadspin that the organization would be “honored” to work with the NFL franchise in Washington D.C. if it were to change the name of the organization to the Washington Red Tails....

The WNBA Has a Privileged White Woman Problem and Her Name Is Kelly Loeffler
If Kelly Loeffler were a white man, she would have already been banned from the WNBA....

Lou Holtz Stupidly Compares College Football Games to D-Day at Normandy
Former college football coach Lou Holtz has become the latest individual to make ridiculously stupid comments about the return of college football during the coronavirus pandemic....
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Adrian Wojnarowski Hurled Heaviest Bomb Yet at GOP Senator, Now ESPN Has Suspended Him [UPDATED]
Adrian Wojnarowski dropped another Woj Bomb....

Orange Cassidy Is the Wednesday Night Wars
It’s been a week where Triple H has admitted that the WWE is directly counter-programming AEW with their NXT shows, essentially an official acknowledgement of the “Wednesday Night Wars” between the companies. Last night seemed the most distinct illustration of the difference between the two. While b...

MLS’s ‘New Normal’ Is a Bleak, Barren Field With Ads Plastered Everywhere
As the first American men’s league and the first league to actually bring to life the dog-in-a-burning-room meme, MLS hit the field last night. We didn’t know what it was before, other than a vague, bad idea, and it doesn’t feel like we have much more of an idea now....

Everybody Hates Kelly Loeffler
In a different timeline, in a fairer world, Kelly Loeffler might be facing insider trading charges and a Senate Ethics Committee investigation for selling stocks after being briefed in January about the coronavirus, before the stock market tanked in late March amid concerns about the pandemic....

Baseball Neighborhoods are Now Ghost Towns
The line goes from the door onto Gerard Avenue, four people waiting outside the Yankee Tavern, one of the top spots for pregame food and drinks around Yankee Stadium, on a day, in a year, when no fans will be entering the home of the 27-time world champions....

Change the Name of Da ’Hawks to … Da Hawks (and Dump the Logo)
Chicago’s hockey team is going to keep its name. So too, it appears, will Atlanta’s baseball team. This does not come as too much of a surprise, given that it was pressure from sponsors that led to the start of name-change discussions for Washington’s football team, while corporate boosters have eit...

You're Out...of Your Mind! ‘Cowboy’ Joe West Doubts COVID-19 Deaths, Won’t Opt Out of MLB Season
To the shock of absolutely no one, Joe West made a bad call....
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Trump Lies About Bubba Wallace, NASCAR Has Yet to Denounce Tweet [UPDATED]
Trump loves to criticize Black athletes. Scratch that. He needs to criticize Black athletes....