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Former NFL cornerback Shareece Wright has publicly identified himself as one of the 12 people coming forward accusing a high school trainer who sexually assaulted them as minors at a Southern California high school.Read more...

The Minnesota Timberwolves' bounce back from their 2023 nadir has been the NBA's most remarkable redemption story. The Association may have discontinued its Comeback Player of the Year award, but the Twin Cities' finest would deserve consideration if that were not the case. Before October, the outlook for the upcoming...Read more...

It felt like the NBA used to be a lot more consistent. The teams that were good in the regular season also were good in the postseason, for the most part, and if you looked and/or played like a scrub, you were usually dismissed like one. During this era, it's almost as if you should wait to lay future money until the...Read more...

Updated Feb. 23: A Georgia judge denied former NBA center Dwight Howard's attempt to dismiss a sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed against him, according to a filing obtained by ESPN.Read more...

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Kirk Cousins has carved out a nice career for himself since entering the NFL in 2012. The former fourth-round pick was drafted to the same team as one of the biggest prospects of his class, Robert Griffin III. After Griffin's hype fizzled out, Cousins took over and even became a Pro Bowl selection for Washington in...Read more...

Reigning Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs are signing punter Matt Araiza, according to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter.Read more...

Prestige and journalism shouldn't go hand-in-hand together. Sure, there are outlets with enough history and money to have ethics departments, fact-checkers, and paying subscribers, but the omnipresent tier - the ones controlling the rights to the big sports - are cost-cutting corporate slugs like the rest of the...Read more...

Johnny Manziel's rise and fall from stardom continues to add new wrinkles.Read more...

The past few years have been less than ideal in the football life of Russell Wilson. After a Hall of Fame career in Seattle, Wilson finished out his time there with a whimper. He wasn't horrible but some could see the decline coming and this included then-head coach Pete Carroll. The Seahawks shipped Wilson to Denver...Read more...

By now, you've probably seen the pics of MLB players posing in jerseys and pants that look like little more than toilet paper draped to fit a human form. The uniforms are designed by Nike and manufactured by Fanatics, who appear to be doing a really great job of cornering the market on sports merchandising, quality...Read more...

Ric Flair will be the subject of a new biopic developed by Dwayne The Rock" Johnson's new studio. According to a report from TheWrap, Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia will produce the film alongside Fighting with My Family producer Kevin Misher.Read more...

Amazon is going to pay $150 million for the exclusive right to broadcast an NFL playoff game next season.Read more...

I'm old enough to remember when behind-the-scenes'' actually meant what it claims, as the access that was being granted was a novelty. But, in the case of the NFL, all-access" too often feels like limited entry.Read more...

College football players will be paid to appear in EA Sports' College Football 25, but will likely receive less than the student-athletes who initially sued to get the game shut down.Read more...

Former Barcelona and PSG defender Dani Alves was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman outside of a Barcelona nightclub in December of 2022. Additionally, he must pay the victim 150,000.Read more...

One NFL reporter chalked up the Philadelphia Eagles' end-of-season collapse to the loss of a big sideline presence.Read more...

Since entering the league, Jayson Tatum has been the leading active stakeholder in carrying Kobe Bryant's influence into a new decade. In nature, the Green Mamba is a less aggressive, nontoxic breed, compared to the eponymous viper Kobe built his persona around, which is an apt description for the difference between...Read more...

Hours after it was announced that the College Football Playoff would adopt a 5+7 format, the conference commissioners leaked that 14- and 16-team formats have been discussed. Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner and captain of a drowning vessel, said At the end of the day, it's about the right model." That model, of...Read more...

Accountability is a word we hear often in sports. Whether someone owns up to their mistakes or passes the buck, accountability is the word we hear thrown about in the wake of whatever action was taken. Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers has been at the center of an accountability conversation since taking over for...Read more...

Marshawn Lynch will avoid jail time for his DUI charge after taking a plea deal, according to reports.

There's a lot of nerves surrounding the release of College Football 25. What's it going to play like? Is it just going to be Madden but with NCAA schools? In that case, kill me now. But also, what's Dynasty mode going to feature? Will there be a transfer portal? NIL contracts? Will realignment be an option? (If so,...Read more...

The NFL has officially reached the point where it is about to jump the shark on quarterback contracts setting - and re-setting - the market.Read more...

Justin Fields' days as a Chicago Bear might be coming to an end. With rumors circulating about if the team will draft a new QB - undoubtedly former Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams - with that No. 1 pick, keep Fields, or trade him, here are six teams who have either emerged as front runners for a trade, or...Read more...

Another day, another billionaire casually asking the taxpayers of his city for a billion dollars so he can get even more money than he already has.Read more...

Former NFL defensive back and three-time Super Bowl champion Tim McKyer was arrested in Florida for a hit-and-run.Read more...

WWE wrestler Randy Orton is reportedly torn" on Vince McMahon and has no idea what to think" after the WWE founder was sued for sexual assault and sex trafficking.Read more...

There's a difference between how things are supposed to work, and how they actually work. And very rarely do the ones in charge publicly address the things that are silently understood, but never spoken about. It's why what Charlie Baker said this week was so out of the norm.Read more...

AEW star Cash Wheeler will go to trial in Florida on May 20 for his aggravated assault with a firearm charge.

Updated Feb. 21, 2024: Chris Caray, the great-grandson of Harry Caray, will call A's games for NBC Sports California.

The NBA wanting a buy-in from its stars is an understandable expectation. However, coaches are rarely a part of the All-Star festivities aside from the Eastern and Western Conference coaches. Everyone except for gym rat Tom Thibodeau is on vacation unwinding from the daily rigors of an 82-game grind. All-Stars would...Read more...

The New England Patriots dynasty ended when Tom Brady left for Tampa Bay, but now it's officially over as the Pats' run is getting The Last Dance treatment. Yes, only a season past Bill Belichick's departure, Apple+ has a nine-parter called The Dynasty coming out whenever. What they won't tell you in that documentary...Read more...

Hunter Greene may have to pay for the damages to the rear driver's side window of his Maybach SUV - not the guy who caused it.

Updated Feb. 20: Missouri prosecutors have officially filed murder charges against two adults after last week's shooting that killed one and injured 22 during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade.Read more...

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Former NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick is tired of Doc Rivers' excuses. The First Take host went off on his former coach Tuesday morning, saying how he's seen the trend for years.Read more...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and wide receiver Mike Evans were unable to come to an agreement on a contract extension, meaning that the five-time Pro Bowler is set to hit free agency. Evans is a model of consistency, having never finished a season with fewer than 1,000 receiving yards. His 10 consecutive years of...Read more...

We are in the age of the easiest, most direct access we've ever seen. That goes triple for sports which can be a good thing. But we've gotten to the point where we have so much access that it's begun to have the opposite effect and become negative in many situations. With all the information thrown at us each day,...Read more...

With the NFL season in the rearview mirror, baseball is back. Spring Training is underway, and baseball reporters everywhere are desperate for something to write about.Read more...

As the NBA has observed its golden era of efficiency proliferate from more streamlined offenses to load management run amok, elements of the league have fallen by the wayside. Marquee hoopers play fewer minutes, fewer games and now they barely expend energy or cross halfcourt during All-Star Weekend's showcase game....Read more...

The College Football Playoff is officially expanded.Read more...

Welcome to Deadspin's The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught, and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent universe.Read more...

You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. But the only way to improve your jump shot is through shot correction. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is realizing that a shot his league took a few years ago - that many thought looked good when it came off their hands - was always going to be an airball.Read more...

Michael Bisping was caught uttering a homophobic remark on a hot mic during the UFC 298 broadcast on Saturday.Read more...

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma passed Mike Krzyzewski for second place on the all-time wins list. While he surpassed the former Duke coach, Auriemma still trails Stanford's Tara VanDerveer. In addition to those three legendary coaches, here are the all-time NCAA Division I basketball coaching leaders from both the...Read more...

A Get Up segment by former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum just created a hypothetical NFL locker room so chaotic it hurts to think about.Read more...

Washington Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner said on Monday that the team is no longer for sale.Read more...

A former women's basketball player at the University of Nebraska is suing the program for not stepping in and taking appropriate action when her relationship with an assistant coach became public.Read more...

Let's take a look at a few of the comments after Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu squared off in a 3-point shooting contest on Saturday night, Curry topping the Liberty star by just 3 points, 29-26, both shooting from the NBA arc.

There was no shortage of allegedly heinous behavior to start the new year, with Chicago Bulls fans booing a widow, Vince McMahon resigning in disgrace (again) and various big-name athletes unaware of the age of consent.Read more...