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I want Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce to get all they can out of their relationship. I hope Simone Biles and Green Bay Packers safety Jonathan Owens have a long and productive marriage. I wish we lived in a world in which the level of coverage around these two power couples wasn't dictated by...Read more...

Certainly the timing fits. The overall aim, right as the baseball offseason was about to be upon us, seemed pretty clear. It definitely feels like there's a reason the San Diego Padres taking out a $50 million loan during the 2023 season came to all of us at this point in time.Read more...

Last August, I said in the past that Tyreek Hill was a high tide who could lift Tua Tagovailoa's boat. I didn't expect Miami's subterranean offense to morph into a seaplane.Read more...

To be frank, AEW is the product of impulse. Tony Khan saw the momentum that the original All In had generated, the legions of fans loyal to the Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, and a host of other wrestlers in NJPW or on the indies on these shores, and Khan dove headfirst into forming a new, major wrestling...Read more...

The gluttony starts early this November with Saturday's all-you-can-gorge-yourself buffet of college football. We haven't had a season-defining slate of games yet, but that's only because it was all backlogged for Nov. 4. There are five top-25 matchups, and a litany of consequential games on top of that, so clear your...Read more...

Virginia McCaskey, the matriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Bears, is 100 years old. A common refrain from the family over the last decade has been that they want to win a Super Bowl again before Virginia goes on to the big owners' box in the sky. I have no doubt that's the case, but the team has been going...Read more...

Brooklyn Nets point guard Ben Simmons is in the early stages of reclaiming his career and getting it back on track permanently. The last couple of years have been nothing less than tumultuous and filled with drama. Most wondered (sometimes aloud) if Simmons even wanted to play basketball anymore and questioned whether...Read more...

Whether it matters that the World Series didn't resonate with audiences beyond casual baseball fans is its own discussion. The lust for ratings is something that TV networks care about because they're the ones paying for the broadcast rights. As long as the product is good, and the games and series are competitive,...Read more...

If you'd told me a sign-stealing controversy involving a man named Connor Stalions would be college football's juiciest scandal in 2023, I'd think it had something to do with a klepto College Gameday fan than clandestine operations, sideline intrigue, and infiltrated sidelines as part of football's secret intel wars....Read more...

Perhaps the challenge for Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, and Wrexham AFC is that they became such a story so quickly, that they all greatly outpaced the documentary about them. Even though the second season of the show hasn't concluded yet, we all know how it ends. Wrexham put up a record amount of points and gained...Read more...

Viewing Las Vegas Raiders interim head coach Antonio Pierce as a placeholder who checks off the diversity box isn't a slap in the face to his talent and intellect. It's a reminder of how NFL owners like Mark Davis do Black coaches by temporarily promoting" them so that they can attempt to clean up the mess the...Read more...

Remember when fans, long ago, and baseball pundits told everyone that you couldn't buy a World Series? It was more water-carrying for a majority of owners who didn't want to spend, but it was baseball truth that a team couldn't sign free agents all over the field and watch it all come together to win a championship.Read more...

Aaron Rodgers has accomplished many things during his NFL career. One of the more impressive feats that Rodgers has accomplished during his first year in New York is staying relevant. Since going down only a few plays into his first game with the Jets, Rodgers has remained in the spotlight thanks to networks like ESPN...Read more...

Several contenders were active around the 2023 NFL Trade Deadline. The Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, and Buffalo Bills all made moves to strengthen their rosters. - moves with the goal of dethroning the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs.Read more...

Ah, the New York Rangers. A favorite punching bag. A team that always generates so much noise and then their lack of royal clothing always gets exposed in the spring. Not after a bunch of articles claiming they've saved hockey or that they've brought New York together and simultaneously sacked Eric Adams as mayor...Read more...

It won't be hard to convince Philadelphia 76ers fans that this version of the James Harden trade was the best they were going to get. Between Daryl Morey's insistence that he get a star in return, Harden's insistence that he makes this as uncomfortable as possible, and the NBA's insistence that it understands none of...Read more...

Tuesday was a busy one in the NFL, with teams - contenders and pretenders - scrambling to make last-minute deals ahead of the 4 p.m. EST trade deadline. Meanwhile, Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys, who, unlike the Chicago Bears - who traded for Commanders DE Montez Sweat - actually have a shot at a postseason run,...Read more...

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Hello there, esteemed reader, and welcome to Deadspin's IDIOT OF THE MONTH, the world-renowned series in which we mostly just make fun of Aaron Rodgers every few weeks.Read more...

Victor Wembanyama must be getting tired of spearheading simultaneous counter-revolutions. One is France's Golden Generation fortifying itself just in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics. But within the confines of Gregg Popovich's San Antonio Spurs, Wembanyama's on pace to emerge as the league's preeminent defensive...Read more...

A few days ago, the LA Times published an interview with LA Dodgers' star Mookie Betts. The main thrust of the story was Betts reflecting on his season and LA's rapid exit from the playoffs. But the interview made news for another, more disturbing nugget that Betts dropped about former teammate Trevor Bauer, who is...Read more...

The Colorado Buffaloes took a couple of losses Saturday as the team was punished on the field by UCLA and pilfered off of it, with multiple CU players alleging jewelry was taken from their locker room during the game. Since then, coach Deion Sanders hasn't stopped whining about the transgression, and is now asking to...Read more...

They told one to shut up and dribble." They thought another was going to desecrate the Champions Dinner at The Masters. They speculated that one's affinity for gambling was the reason his father was killed. We all thought the last one was going to die 32 years ago. Black athletes aren't just resilient - they're...Read more...

Many of the league's best running backs keep being told they're replaceable during contract negotiations, being franchise-tagged and given one-year deals. But those teams keep using those backs like they're not.Read more...

Bruce Bochy is lucky, at least at this point, that his Rangers have given him enough runway that he could get as itchy and sweaty as he did in Game 4. The Rangers have a 3-1 series lead, they had a 10-run lead in Game 4 and they have their two best starters lined up the next two games (their only two starters, at this...Read more...

The Las Vegas Raiders are certainly on the ballot for most dysfunctional NFL franchise of the 21th century.Read more...

This offseason, James Harden perfected his signature move.Read more...

The San Francisco 49ers made another bold move and took advantage of the fire sale going on in Washington as they've acquired former No. 2 overall pick Chase Young. San Francisco traded for former Broncos and Cowboys defensive end Randy Gregory earlier this month and continues to add pass rushers to the roster.Read more...

The Minnesota Vikings acquired a starting quarterback from the Arizona Cardinals in a blockbuster trade hours before the deadline. Ok, blockbuster may be a stretch, but the Vikings did make a move to bring in Joshua Dobbs from the Cardinals. This probably isn't the Arizona QB you first thought of, but Minnesota needed...Read more...

The World Series also acts as a platform for Rob Manfred to have whatever drivel has used the inattentive guards as a means to escape his mind and leap for freedom out of his mouth, which usually borders on cringe. Rob Manfred in front of a microphone is generally in the same folder as toddler with a zippo," if that...Read more...

All of these people agonizing over sportswashing, myself included, need to drop it.Read more...

Finally, the Chicago Bears did something to bolster the weakest position on the team. The offensive line has struggled at times, but continuity has been their biggest problem. That group entered Week 1 down two starters and their starting left tackle has been on the IR since Week 3. The biggest problem for the Bears'...Read more...

The Memphis Grizzlies have entered the 2023-24 campaign riding the struggle bus, losing their first four games. With Ja Morant suspended for the first 25 games of the season, some losing was to be expected, but not right out of the gate like this. Last season, Memphis finished one game over .500 when Morant did not...Read more...

On Monday, a federal judge dismissed Brett Favre's defamation suit against ESPN's Shannon Sharpe. Favre sued Sharpe in Mississippi state court in February, following comments Sharpe made about Favre's entanglement in the Mississippi welfare fraud scandal on FOX Sports' Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. Previously, Favre...Read more...

Coming up on this week's Tiger Calls: Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney berates Tyler from Spartanburg, telling the caller he's part of the problem, while saying he (Dabo) takes 100 percent responsibility" for his team's 4-4 record. However, we're not here to nitpick the entire 5-minute rant, because accountability and...Read more...

What is indisputable is that Joe Thornton is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, whatever that means in the NHL, and had one of the best pairs of hands and some of the best vision in the game for about 15 years. One can't rack up 1109 career points without having unique gifts. Wherever anyone goes beyond that though has an...Read more...

Will Levis' first significant action this weekend ignited the dormant pilot light underneath the Tennessee Titans offense, throwing for 238 yards, four touchdowns, and just as importantly, no picks. Sure, his No. 1 receiver DeAndre Hopkins got away with an offensive pass interference on the opening score, but I'd be...Read more...

James Harden - one of the greatest shooting guards in the history of basketball - is on his fourth team since 2021.Read more...

There was some fear, I assume from people who sunburn easily, that MLB's pitch clock and speeding up would somehow ruin the postseason and especially the World Series. That it wouldn't be the same if Fox didn't have three minutes between each pitch to get in all their close-ups that show us the booger situation of...Read more...

Now for something you probably thought you'd ever witness in a million years. The Bucks and Hawks faced off in Milwaukee on Sunday and offered a treat for those in attendance. Co-founding member of legendary rap group Public Enemy and Reality TV star Flavor Flav gave a stunning" rendition of the national anthem...Read more...

Chris Paul's 18-year run as a starting point guard finally came to an end on Sunday. The 1,365 consecutive games Paul started to begin his career including the playoffs, are the most consecutive starts for a player prior to coming off the bench for the first time. After nearly two decades of being the main course, or...Read more...

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys are starting to feel good about themselves again after a decisive victory at home on Sunday over the LA Rams, 43-20. That's two consecutive wins since their embarrassing loss to San Francisco a few weeks back, 42-10. With division rival Philadelphia on deck, Prescott seems to have...Read more...

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For years, I've been threatening to write a treatise on all the things I don't like about Cris Collinsworth. The idea usually rears its head around 10:03 on Sunday nights, after I've spent yet another three hours of my life listening to Collinsworth wax rhapsodic about some franchise QB and how he could probably cure...Read more...

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After Zach Wilson's brief moment of lucidity against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday Night Football in early October, much of the football world abandoned all common sense, and suggested his 245-yard night in a loss was a turning point.Read more...

The MLS playoffs started this weekend. You might not have noticed thanks to the World Series also starting, as well as the NFL and college football, and even the NHL and NBA in full swing now. The league has never really been able to thread this needle, and to be fair, it's a tricky one to do.Read more...

New York Jets vs New York Giants was a horrifying watch, but besides that, the football played during NFL spooky season was the one least likely of all eight games to make viewers cover their eyes.Read more...

The Washington Commanders have been a thorn in the Philadelphia Eagles' side for three consecutive matchups. They won on Monday Night last November and have pushed the Eagles in two games this season. The Commanders even stuffed the Eagles' most consistent play, the dreaded Tush Push," that I will never call the...Read more...

Kirk Cousins' time with the Minnesota Vikings has largely been disappointing. They signed him after the 2017 season to help push a team that lost in the conference championship game to the Super Bowl. The 2023 season is Cousins' sixth with the Vikings. They have won only one playoff game in two appearances.