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The Deadspin Awards Are Happening Again
Last year, we held the first annual Deadspin Awards, a bad awards show celebrating the worst (and a few of the best) things in sports. The show featured us packing far too many people into a small and poorly air-conditioned venue, and exactly one celebrity cameo. This year, we are happy to announce ...
Conor McGregor Invades Cage After Fight, Argues With Ref, Swats At Official
Moments after Charlie Ward defeated John Redmond at today’s Bellator 187 in Dublin, an overstimulated Conor McGregor hopped into the ring, hug-tackled the victor, and argued with referee Marc Goddard....
Dancing Steve Kerr Is Your Morning Whimsy
It’s better than working....
Steve Kerr On Government's Unwillingness To Address Gun Violence: "It's Disgusting And It's A Shame"
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr offered his thoughts tonight on the Sutherland Springs, Texas, mass shooting that left 26 First Baptist Church worshippers dead—saying that the government’s inaction on gun violence is a failure to prioritize basic public safety over the money of the firea...
The NFL's Stupid Pizza Wars Were Always Coming
Before he was installed by the electoral college as Supreme Grand Primate Of THE GREAT UNRAVELING, Donald Trump was just one of the more poignant accounts on Twitter. There was nothing sympathetic about him, really, because there has never been anything sympathetic about him. He has been the same wa...
Howard Eskin Is Very Upset That New Phillies Manager Gabe Kapler Masturbates
The Phillies held a press conference today to introduce Gabe Kapler as the team’s new manager. It was Kapler’s first time speaking to the assembled Philadelphia media, and he got a good introduction into a major part of his new job....
Breanna Stewart Writes That She Was Sexually Abused As A Child
Seattle Storm forward and three-time national college player of the year Breanna Stewart said today on the Players’ Tribune that she was molested regularly by an older man when she was 9 years old....
Bradley Beal And Draymond Green Avoid Suspensions For Their Firm Embrace
The NBA today announced that Bradley Beal has been fined $50,000 for his intense hugging of Draymond Green, while Green has been fined $25,000 for hugging back. Kelly Oubre was also fined, for actions related to socking his teammate right in the back of the damn head:...
Please Do Not Punch John Wall's Brain Stem Again, Kelly Oubre
The fight last night between Draymond Green and Bradley Beal was mostly two guys hugging each other very hard, first in a standing position, and later while laying on the ground. But that doesn’t mean there were no punches landed! No, indeed, here is a very strong overhand left from young Kelly Oubr...
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Draymond Green, Bradley Beal Brawl [Update]
Tonight’s much-ballyhooed Wizards-Warriors matchup got pugilistic late in the first half as Draymond Green and Bradley Beal got into a mega-fight that resulted in Green walking off the court with a torn jersey and an ejection due to a second technical foul. Beal was ejected as well....
Jordan Bell Tosses Alley-Oop To Himself Off The Backboard
True independence: It’s not moving out of your parents’ house or living off your own farm-grown sustenance or declaring that you, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our inten...
Dolphins Cornerback Makes Big Play, Is Rewarded With Teammate's Vigorous Ass Slap
Dolphins cornerback Bobby McCain helped Miami snatch a win from the Jets when he picked off Josh McCown in the final minute of Sunday’s 31-28 victory. McCain’s prize for his efforts was a fierce butt smack, courtesy of fellow Dolphin Xavien Howard....
A Warriors Consultant Explains How High Fives Help Win Basketball Games
In an age of unprecedented analytics across sports, it’s getting increasingly difficult for teams to hone in on untapped avenues for optimization. It’s possible, then, that the Golden State Warriors have reached final frontier of quantification by bringing in renowned UC-Berkeley Social Psychologis...
Marc Gasol Gave The Business To The Warriors Last Night
Overshadowed, somewhat, by the ejections of Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, and the general improbability of the Warriors ever losing—let alone losing to a team starting both Andrew Harrison and Jarell Martin—was another instant classic performance by Marc Gasol, who is wonderful....
Report: California Class Action Lawsuit Against Pop Warner Football Will Proceed
A U.S. District Court Judge in California has allowed a class-action lawsuit against Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. to proceed after agreeing that the league increased the danger to youth football participants by failing to institute league-wide safety protocols and guidelines, according to Law360...
Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant Ejected In Warriors Loss To Memphis
Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant finished the game in the locker room as the Warriors took their second loss of the season in a 111-101 loss to the Grizzlies. Curry was ejected for throwing his mouthpiece; it’s unclear what earned Durant the heave-ho, though both ejections came in the final minute of ...
Gordon Hayward Will Likely Miss The Entire Season
Given the graphic and shocking visual of the injury, it’s not actually so absurd to refer to the aftermath of Gordon Hayward’s injury as the “best-case scenario,” as Hayward’s agent called it. But that’s the truth: It could have been much worse. Instead, it’s a broken tibia and a dislocated ankle, s...
Are The Celtics Still Good?
An item of conventional basketball wisdom is this: Generally speaking, if you can get a certain useful skillset in one player, that is better than getting it divided among, say, two or three players. That is why, when blockbuster trades go down, the default analysis favors the team that shipped out ...
At Least Jaylen Brown Is Up To The Task
The Celtics’ season was proceeding as planned for a total of six minute before Gordon Hayward obliterated his ankle Tuesday night, forcing the team to reorient itself without a player who figured to have an enormous role in the team’s offense. With Hayward’s ankle now shredded like carnitas, Boston’...