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Haven't we, as a society, moved past the need for Antonio Brown?
There’s that one team every season....
San Francisco Giants’ billionaire owner has thrown cash at a whopping 46 Republicans
Johnny Cueto, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Evan Longoria, Kevin Gausman… Donald Trump?...
How much can $750 buy you in the sports world? Not much
Yesterday the New York Times published a damning report about Donald Trump’s tax record....
Sunday Scaries: After going 4-0 last week, here are my Week 3 bets you should avoid
These Sundays are not scaring me yet....
Ryan Reynolds' chimichangas are coming to Wales
Celebrities investing in soccer teams isn’t a new development. LeBron James is a minority owner of Liverpool. Drew Carey is part-owner of the Seattle Sounders The expansion NWSL team in LA’s ownership group, as well as LAFC is strewn with glitterati like Natalie Portman and Jessica Chastain, just to...
Are the White Sox actually good?
Of course they are, what a stupid question, right? What would cause a seemingly rational (or close to it) person to ask such a question that would indeed put his personal safety in danger just from the people in his inner circle of friends? ...
This is the future baseball wants for you; and eat, drink and be Murray
MLB will have you believe that this was a dramatic night in the last week of its season. And on the surface, it does look like that. Teams got more bunched, there were walk-offs and extra innings and standings swings and such. However, flip up the hood and you’ll see the engine is just a hamster tak...
When Jason Whitlock opens his gaping maw, the abyss stares back at you
Much like Skip Bayless, the person he used to sit next to before that became yet another gig in the litany he’s fucked up and lost, Jason Whitlock’s purpose in media and in life is merely to billow pollution. It doesn’t really matter what it’s about or how marooned it is from logical or defendable, ...
Robert Kraft’s charmed existence continues as sex massage video tossed, case likely closed
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is likely off the hook for allegedly paying for sex in a Florida massage parlor in February of 2019....
If It’s Normalcy You Seek, Then a Jackass in Fenway Is What You Need
If you had to wager which stadium would see a fan quite possibly risk his life, merely for the opportunity to yell at everyone around and act like a yahoo to an audience of no one, Fenway Park most definitely would have been the chalk....
Project ShaqBox: The Other Torre from the Famous High School Class of James Madison, Brooklyn, 1950
Welcome back to Project ShaqBox, where you can get 10 baseball cards in the mail, free, just by letting us know where to send them, and can get 10 cards from the team of your choice by making a donation to charity....
Lightning Break Tradition and Touch Prince of Wales Trophy
The Lightning won the Prince of Wales trophy as Eastern Conference champions, and dared to touch it — they kept the superstition five years ago, and lost the Stanley Cup Final to Chicago — after beating the Islanders, 2-1, on Anthony Cirelli’s overtime goal that bounced off the post, then Semyon Var...
Expanded Playoffs Suck, But Here’s a Way to Fix It
Rob Manfred says this season’s expanded baseball playoffs are likely to remain in place for 2021 and beyond, and everybody hates it....
Mike Ditka Still Crazy After All These Years
Mike Ditka did a phone interview with Newsmax, the halfway house for wayward Fox News personalities and dollar store version of Mike Gundy’s favorite ultra-Trumpy “news network” OAN, and told kneeling NFL players to “get the hell out” of America. ...
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I Worked With the Guy Who Was Just Fired For Gross Maria Taylor Tweet [Updated]
[Update: 2:22 pm ET] Dan McNeil has been fired from WSCR 670 The Score. The station sent the following statement to its employees this afternoon:...
We Refuse to Ignore Conor McGregor’s Sex Assault Allegations
We need to talk about Conor McGregor....
Fans Being Racist Is Nothing New
For as long as we can remember, sports fans have been on the wrong side of history....
The Deadspin 2020 NFL Previews, AFC South: Who Will Emerge as This Year’s January Darlings?
The AFC South likely will not be a division at the top of most people’s radars to start the year....
Project ShaqBox Remembers Tom Seaver
I don’t know if I ever saw Tom Seaver pitch live. His last season was when I was 5, so it’s possible that at some point my parents did take me to a game where Seaver was on the mound, but if that happened, I don’t remember it....