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Years of incidents both on and off the basketball court have finally caught up with Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green. It was announced Tuesday that Green would not be part of Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Green's suspension history played a role in the decision according to men's national...Read more...

Los Angeles' most faceless and fanless team has landed a superstar. The NFL is a failsafe league. All of its television rights are national - as well as massive - and the roster construction is limited by a hard salary cap. The Los Angeles Chargers may not be hurting financially, but they are a third-rate NFL...Read more...

I wish that we all would just let Brock Purdy be. Of course, that is boring, and without constantly questioning his impact on the San Francisco 49ers' success, shows like Get Up and First Take would not exist. However, no amount of screaming into a microphone attached to a sports jacket lapel will change the fact that...Read more...

Most of my life, I have found tennis very easy and yet very hard to watch. It's easy in that it's a beautiful sport to gaze upon, the players' ballet-like movements and the steady rhythm of the sound of the ball hitting the racket and then the court over and over can lull one into a lovely state of zen. And it's easy...Read more...

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Either Deandre Ayton fell and bumped his head somewhere in Portland, or he's the most ridiculous guy in the city. Apparently, after five and a half years in the NBA, Ayton feels he no longer needs to prove himself. Ayton let this slip while speaking with Mark Medina of Basketball Intelligence. It had to be a slip of...Read more...

These are dark days for journalism, once considered the Fourth Estate" of American democracy, so named because of journalism's role in advocating for citizens, framing political and social issues, and holding the government to account on behalf of its people. These days, it seems there are two kinds of journalists,...Read more...

The 2024 Hall of Fame inductions added two names to a very exclusive list. With Joe Mauer and Todd Helton's nomination to Cooperstown, the two join 53 other players as the only in MLB history to make the Hall of Fame after spending their entire careers on one team. Listed by team, here are the realest ride-or-dies in...Read more...

The hammer may be coming down on members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior team faster than we thought. Over the past couple of days, two players - Carter Hart of the Flyers and Dillon Dube of the Flames - had taken indefinite leaves of absence from their teams.

The Milwaukee Bucks filled their head coach vacancy with one of the NBA's most familiar faces. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Doc Rivers will replace Adrian Griffin. The move was first announced by CNN Sports Tuesday night, leading to mass confusion around the Internet.Read more...

Don't get mad, get even. Or in the case of Ohio State, get everybody you can.Read more...

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill denied that he filed for divorce 76 days after getting married - but easily searchable court records prove otherwise.

A lot went right for the Kansas City Chiefs during their Divisional Round victory against the Buffalo Bills. They rushed for 146 yards on 6.1 yards per carry. As a unit, their pass catchers averaged 12.6 yards per reception. Per Next Gen Stats, Patrick Mahomes completed three deep passes in a game for the first time...Read more...

Wading into Baseball Hall of Fame debates is like diving into a pool full of eels, if the eels were up their own ass (personally, not physically, which eels might be able to do). Everyone's got their own benchmarks, everyone hates your benchmarks, and never the twain shall meet. At the end of the day, all of us...Read more...

Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer are headed to Cooperstown.Read more...

Adrian Griffin was set up to fail from the start. The moment he was appointed head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, this felt like the making of a tempestuous union. Watching Griffin ink a deal to assume one of the most pressure-filled, win-now jobs in the NBA, then hire former Bucks coach Terry Stotts as an assistant,...Read more...

One of the greatest charge-drawers the world has ever seen is no longer with the Miami Heat. Kyle Lowry will be creating turnovers by hitting the deck somewhere else for the rest of the season. The Heat have traded him to the Charlotte Hornets, along with a 2027 protected first-round pick, and received Terry Rozier in...Read more...

It has to be hard enough to work through the mental gymnastics it takes to take the court against Novak Djokovic, convinced you can win. That's what professional athletes do, of course, it's part of the job. But they're also still human, and it gets hard to shut out the list that makes Djokovic the most accomplished...Read more...

The Milwaukee Bucks have fired head coach Adrian Griffin after just 43 games, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The firing makes Griffith tied for the third-shortest head coaching tenure in NBA history.Read more...

Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson was hit with a 25-game PED suspension, according to reports.

The Edmonton Oilers have been the NHL's hottest team for a good long while now. They've won 13 in a row, and since that woeful 2-9-1 start, they've gone 24-6-0, which over a full season would be a 131-point pace. They've vaulted themselves out of the Motel For Men where the Sharks live, that they spent October...Read more...

That sound you heard last night was Karl-Anthony Towns reminding us that he'll always be in the shadows of his peers. On Monday night in Philadelphia, Joel Embiid painted his magnum opus en route to a 70-point, 18-rebound exhibition of scoring prowess. Embiid's 70 also came on the 18th anniversary of Philly's own Kobe...Read more...

Reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid ran amuck on the San Antonio Spurs Monday night in Philly, dropping 70 on Victor Wembanyama and crew. Even Kevin Durant was thoroughly impressed when learning of Embiid's feat during his postgame presser after the Suns' win over the Bulls. In doing this, Embiid set a new career high for...Read more...

The stage is set. Four teams remain. Aside from some gut-wrenching, soul-crushing losses by the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys, these are pretty much the teams we expected to make it this far.Read more...

Are you helping yourself or are you helping them? That's what every Black man in the NFL must ask themselves before accepting an interview for a head coaching position. The answer to the question is a personal one that affects many - just look at David Shaw.Read more...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have dominated the MLB's offseason, loading up on talent and spending over $1 billion in free agency. They've made the biggest splash signings both domestically and internationally, and locked in one of the biggest trades to boot. They're not done, either. The Dodgers just agreed to a one-year...Read more...

Coco Gauff was brought to tears at the 2023 Australian Open following a fourth-round loss to Jeena Ostapenko. A year later she was in danger of another early exit in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Unforced errors were piling up and Gauff was forced to rally to pull out a win by tiebreaker in the first...Read more...

World Wrestling Entertainment is moving its flagship show Monday Night Raw to Netflix starting in 2025.Read more...

The San Francisco 49ers' quarterback room could have looked a lot different this season.Read more...

Hockey can be infuriating. In no other sport can you do mostly everything right, but a little chinks in the armor can have an outsized effect if they're spaced out correctly. Go 0-fer on the power play, or don't get a save at the right time, or give up the wrong odd-man rush in the gimmick of overtime, face too many...Read more...

Joel Embiid and Karl-Anthony Towns both made history last night. The reigning MVP and KAT set the record for most points scored in a single game for the Philadelphia 76ers and Minnesota Timberwolves, respectively.Read more...

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones decided last week to bring Mike McCarthy back for another go after that embarrassing first-round loss at home to Green Bay. Now word comes that while they are sticking with McCarthy, he won't be getting a contract extension. So, essentially Jones has given his head coach the secondary...Read more...

At least the Buffalo Bills put up a fight this season. Their Divisional-Round loss to the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2022 season was weak. The Bengals pushed the Bills all over the field in a three-score victory. That did not happen on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Bills made sure to initiate the...Read more...

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The silver lining, we suppose, is that at least the Islanders are noticeable for a few minutes. The other one, possibly if you're really stretching for them, is that if the Isles are going to have a dinosaur GM that the game has passed by, they might as well have (another) coach who is also a dinosaur that the game...Read more...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' surprising season is finally over, but now they've got some huge decisions to make. Primarily about the futures of Baker Mayfield and Mike Evans in Tampa. Both would like to stay, and with Evans being homegrown, he'll likely have some influence on the team when it comes to Mayfield receiving...Read more...

The Premier League finished up their split round, in what constitutes their winter break. So let's run through every game that went down Saturday and Sunday, which doesn't even allow us to get to our usual five bullet points! It's our break, too, we guess. And sorry to any Brighton or Wolves supporters, you'll be out...Read more...

When you're truly remorseful, your apology tends to be louder than your initial disrespect. It's why Lamar Jackson's and Patrick Mahomes' haters have been so silent lately.Read more...

There is no greater conduit for NBA hyperbole than the conversation around superstars." To have a rational, substantive debate, there must first be basic groundwork for what constitutes superstar status. First, the bad news: former Finals MVPs Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard have finally...Read more...

See how Patrick Mahomes, Justin Jefferson, and other top NFL players performed this season - check out more Deadspin NFL Stats below:Read more...

See how Patrick Mahomes, Justin Jefferson, and other top NFL players performed this season - check out more Deadspin NFL Stats below:Read more...

See how Patrick Mahomes, Justin Jefferson, and other top NFL players performed this season - check out more Deadspin NFL Stats below:Read more...

See how Patrick Mahomes, Justin Jefferson, and other top NFL players performed this season - check out more Deadspin NFL Stats below:Read more...

Buffalo had Kansas City right where they wanted them with two minutes left at home in the main event of the Divisional Round. It looked like Josh Allen and the Bills might finally vanquish their nemesis from the Midwest, and send them home with a loss in Patrick Mahomes' first road playoff game. However, it just wasn't...Read more...

Another dome team led by an acolyte of Sean Payton with a young, innovative play caller helming an explosive offense, a rehabilitated quarterback making the most of his second chance and a highly drafted rookie tailback are coalescing to alter the trajectory of a bottom-feeding franchise.Read more...

There were some tense moments for most of the favorites in the Divisional Round. The current NFL darling Detroit Lions almost let the game slip away on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The San Francisco 49ers are fortunate that Jordan Love forgot how to throw a football in the fourth quarter, or they would...Read more...

Every great dynasty has its one foe that is there simply to be toppled and make that conquering force look all the more mighty. Jordan had the Knicks. Brady had Manning. The Yankees had the Red Sox. And then the Red Sox had the Yankees. The Romans kicked around the Gauls for a while there. And the Chiefs have the...Read more...

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