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Deadspin's Best Long Stories Of 2018
Perhaps you need something to read on the plane home, or something to distract you while you avoid your in-laws. Here are the most compelling long features and essays we published this year so you can catch up before we do it all again in 2019....
Everything That Should Die In 2018
It was a miserable year full of miserable things. Here is some stuff from 2017 that we hope stays in 2017....
What Our Parents Thought Of Deadspin In 2017
The writers at Deadspin asked their moms and dads what they thought of the site in 2017. Here are their unedited responses....
Deadspin's Best Long Stories Of 2017
Deadspin published a lot of long articles this year that might be toiling away in a bookmarks folder or neglected, tab-filled browser window. Now’s your chance to catch up, or at least use this as a one-stop guide when you do find the free time....
The 100 Most Popular Deadspin Posts Of 201<em></em>7
Time to take a look back at our most popular posts of 2017. We have our own thoughts about what our best posts were, but these are the ones that brought in the most readers....
These Were Your Favorite Videos On Deadspin In 2017
So far this year, we’ve posted 1,619 videos to our Facebook, our Twitter, and on Deadspin.com. (We’re on Instagram now too, go follow us!) Those videos racked up a total of 86,903,346 views and 41,503,500 minutes of viewing. (That’s 79 years’ worth.) As always, we thank you for your support; here ar...
The Best Things We Heard In 2017
When we weren’t busy watching sports contests, we listened to some stuff. Here are the best things we heard this year....
Deadspin's Favorite Sports Moments Of 2017
The Deadspin staff pick their favorite sports moments from 2017, and explain what made them so special. Here they are....
The Best Things We Watched In 2017
When we weren’t busy watching sports contests, we watched some things. Here are the best things we saw this year....
The Best Things We Read In 2017
When we weren’t busy watching sports contests, we did some reading. Here are the best things we read this year....
Your Favorite Videos Of 2016
In 2016, Deadspin readers racked up 149 million video views. Here were your ten favorites:...
The Best Things We Watched In 2016
When we weren’t busy watching sports contests, we watched some things. Here are the best things we saw this year....
Mell Lazarus And <i>Momma</i> Got The Last Laugh
For nearly 35 years, Mell Lazarus knew exactly how the end would go for Momma. In 1982, when the cartoonist began dating Sally Mitchell, who would become his second wife, he confided to her that he had already decided what the final installment of his comic strip would be, and he told her the idea....
The Best Things We Heard In 2016
When we weren’t busy watching sports contests, we listened to some stuff. Here are the best things we heard this year....
The Year In Wacky Sports Injuries
An unfortunate reality of being a sports fan is watching strangers in whom you have an emotional investment for some reason get pummeled, concussed, have their knees blown out, and have their appendages bend in ways that make you scream. Remember Teddy Bridgewater? He somehow shredded his knee so ba...
The Worst Takes Of 2017
We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. What does it have in store for us?...
Deadspin's Best Long Stories Of 2016
We wrote a lot of long stories this year that you probably didn’t have time to read. Now is your chance to get caught up....
The 100 Most Popular Deadspin Posts Of 201<em></em>6
Time to take a look back at our most popular posts of 2016. We have our own thoughts about what our best posts were, but these are the ones that brought in the most readers....
The Worst American Sportswriting Of 201<em></em>6
There are plenty of lists out there compiling the year’s best sportswriting—try this one if you’re looking for some good holiday-weekend reading—and that’s as it should be, because there is a lot of great sportswriting out there, possibly more than ever. You won’t find any of it here, though. Instea...
Deadspin's Favorite Sports Moments Of 2016
The Deadspin staff pick their favorite sports moments from 2016, and explain what made them so special. Here they are....