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You know that whole “turn to the left and to the right of you” thing some colleges and universities do during freshman orientation?

With commencement ceremonies taking place in some form all over the country this weekend, we decided to look at some notable college campuses that had quite the array of athletes and personalities inside their athletic departments at the same time. From the hardwood to various playing fields, these universities served…Read more...

Pro cornerbacks Quinton Dunbar and DeAndre Baker, wanted on felony charges in the wake of an alleged armed robbery Wednesday night, surrendered to police on Saturday, their lawyers confirmed.Read more...

On February 18, 1979, many Americans were confined to their homes and glued to their TVs. On that day, a snowstorm covered the east coast and kept many indoors. Confined and bored, millions tuned into the main sports program for the day: The Daytona 500

While there are certainly many miles of financial sparring between MLB owners and players to get through before the league can return to play, issues rooted in the players’ concerns over safety. While a good portion, if not all, being the players’ anger over the owners reneging on a deal they made in March to pay…Read more...

There still are plenty of great games that I played as a kid that would be great candidates for the Deadspin Sports Quarantine Nintendo Club, but I keep looking for ones that I’ve never played before.Read more...

Oh, brother. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but having group sex while inviting your male sibling along isn’t unusual. So says Dr. Robert Weiss, PhD, licensed social worker, sexologist and chief clinical officer for Seeking Integrity Treatment Centers.Read more...

Major League Baseball has a plan for how to return to play, and it started coming to light on Saturday as Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic and Jeff Passan of ESPN reported on a 67-page draft document outlining the health-and-safety protocols being considered.

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is using the free time of quarantine to brainstorm ideas, and his latest is a doozy.

The already cloudy picture of an alleged armed robbery Wednesday night involving NFL corners Quinton Dunbar and DeAndre Baker has taken an even murkier turn.Read more...

Update: Since the publication of this story, Dunbar’s attorney has spoken to Deadspin. More recent information on this case can be found here.

On the blacktop courts surrounded by wide grass fields as city parks sat in their rear is how many Prince George’s County hoopers got their start.

The one refuge for Donald Trump over the course of his disastrous presidency has been the golf course, and he’s taken to it often. But he now finds himself down a playing partner, as Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 golfer in the world, wants nothing to do with Trump anymore.Read more...

It’s no secret that the NFL has been struggling to find solutions to players’ safety.

Following in Korean baseball’s footsteps, at least in our eyes, another sports league on foreign shores is set to return this weekend. That’s the German Bundesliga, which will attempt to finish out its season, behind closed doors, in the coming weeks. “Attempt” is important here, as much like the KBO, everything is on…Read more...

Ahmaud Arbery was a special player.

A Fenty Beauty sitewide sale, a SanDisk 2TB portable hard drive, a Conair grooming set, and a pair of Anker projectors lead Friday’s best deals.

Sorry to break this to you, but cheating is as much a part of baseball as Babe Ruth, hot dogs, and obnoxious drunk guys in Philly.Read more...

Art Howe, who managed the Moneyball-era Oakland A’s in addition to stints as a skipper with the Houston Astros and New York Mets, has been hospitalized with COVID-19 and was in intensive care as of Thursday night, as reported by Houston NBC affiliate KPRC.Read more...

Longtime manager and player Art Howe is battling coronavirus in ICU, according to Houston TV station KPRC 2.

Police in Florida have issued arrest warrants for NFL cornerbacks DeAndre Baker, of the Giants, and Quinton Dunbar, of the Seahawks, after the pair allegedly stole thousands of dollars in cash and valuables at gunpoint from guests attending a Miami-area house party late Wednesday night.Read more...

Blake Snell won’t play for less pay. The Tampa Bay ace said in an interview on his Twitch channel that it’s not worth it for him to play this season at reduced salary due to the health risk of coronavirus.

The NCAA has become the latest example of the phrase, “it be your own people.”

Why would a celebrity athlete want to do a documentary? What’s in it for them? What do they have to prove? And why now?

A Samsung 65" QLED TV, a steep discount on a six pack of bralettes, a sale on Xbox Game Pass AND PlayStation Plus, 2019 MacBook Pros, Bose SoundSport wireless earbuds, a 1500A jump starter, and a series of VPN deals lead Thursday’s best deals.

Patrick Douthit, otherwise known as 9th Wonder, is a Grammy-winning producer and a hip-hop veteran. Formerly of North Carolina rap standouts Little Brother, 9th Wonder soon found success cooking up tunes for TV, and in academia, where he serves as a professor of his craft — all while still contributing to blockbuster…Read more...

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who gained fame as “The Mountain” on “Game of Thrones,” broke Eddie Hall’s deadlift world record earlier this month, with a 1,104-pound rep. Now, he intends to break Hall in half.

Is the world ready for Tyson versus Tyson?

The NBA is losing a staple of its game.

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida today emerged from his crypt/coffin/hole dug by Saruman to invite all professional sports teams to Florida. Certainly he’s got his timing down, as all of MLB, the NBA, and MLS are discussing either completely housing their entire leagues there to finish out seasons (NBA and MLS) or as…Read more...

James Andres, who had just started working at the Kroger supermarket in Westland, Mich., in March, contracted coronavirus in April and died last weekend. The manager of a Kroger in Murfreesboro, Tenn., died after testing positive for COVID-19. Kroger announced that its $2-an-hour “hero pay” bonus for employees will…Read more...

In true L.A. fashion (I guess), the Rams were the last to reveal their new look for the upcoming season. They had a pretty low bar to clear after their logo unveiling, and yet still somehow tripped over it. To wit:

It’s almost taken for granted nowadays that to be in the NBA, you also have to be a style icon. Russell Westbrook in his Tom Ford goodness makes best-dressed lists everywhere, and pregame television coverage now includes obligatory shots of players arriving for games, walking through dank, underground parking garages…Read more...

A Nintendo Switch Lite restocking, a Eufy P1 smart scale, and an Everlane overstock sale, and a Cuisinart dutch oven and fryer Gold Box round out Wednesday’s best deals.

Ahmaud Arbery’s mother wants the ultimate punishment for her son’s killers.

There’s a small engraving on the Stanley Cup which reads, “1919 - Montreal Canadians - Seattle Metropolitans - Series Not Completed.”

Mark Teixeira, who made $213 million in his career as a baseball player, would like to see today’s baseball players take less money to return to the field and endanger people’s lives in the process.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, gave the sports world a sobering realization in a Senate hearing on Tuesday.Read more...

Last night on “Monday Night Raw,” Becky Lynch announced she is pregnant and would be taking a prolonged leave from WWE. The company and fans will be without perhaps its most galvanizing star for a while as she cedes her title to Asuka. But what she also takes with her is being a symbol of what WWE stars can become if…Read more...

Danny Rose is not down with Boris Johnson’s shenanigans.Read more...

The idea that Sean Doolittle wouldn’t want to play baseball is one of the most ridiculous notions that anyone could come up with, and completely ignorant of the path the Washington Nationals reliever took in his career.Read more...

A subscription to NordVPN, an Oreck air purifier, a pair of TaoTronics ANC headphones, a couple of Cuisinart pans, and a HyperX mechanical keyboard lead Tuesday’s best deals.

You’re probably feeling a little pent up these days. And maybe running isn’t for you. Which is fine, because running sucks. It’s boring, it ruins your knees, and it’s hard, and you don’t even get to score a goal or slide into second at the end of it. And then you say that to someone who runs and they have to tell you…Read more...

As The Last Dance rolls on in this barren landscape, it becomes more and more apparent that it’s a Michael Jordan vehicle to tell Michael Jordan’s story. Sure, not everything is about blowing cigar smoke up his own ass, but it kinda is. Gambling is mentioned so he can deny it was ever a problem. His sociopathic ways…Read more...

Minor League Hockey is not an essential business.

Here’s the rub: I live in a house of seven. One of them is four-years-old, and he wreaks absolute havoc on my ears from sun up to well past sundown. Add in the fact that four of us are all working from home with apparent decibel quotas to reach, and it’s apparent I need a good pair of Bluetooth cans with active…Read more...

While MLB certainly has a lot of obstacles to jump over, under, and through to start the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, it would certainly be on brand for them to not even get there because the owners felt like picking another fight with the players. They seem intent, but the brewing anger from the…Read more...

I don’t know about y’all, but one thing I’ve noticed after the world basically ended was that my anxiety had spiked almost 1,000 percent higher. And because of the collective trauma, we’re all going through a LOT right now. It’s ok to feel overwhelmed, angry, and absolutely lost.

You’ll never believe this, but there’s classism present in professional tennis. Who could have ever guessed? It appears some players look longingly at Major League Baseball, and aim to bus-toss those players outside the very highest echelon of the sport for their own good. And as it always seems to be, those at the…Read more...

If you want to understand how truly great of a basketball player Scottie Pippen was, all you have to do is focus your attention on one person.