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There’s getting what you want, even when it’s pretty sordid, and then there’s shoveling what you don’t want out the window before anyone can notice.

A photo of new Patriots kicker Justin Rohrwasser caused quite a stir Saturday when tattoos on his arms displayed a logo for a far-right group known as “The 3 Percenters” or “III%ers.” The logo is three roman numeral I’s surrounded by a ring of 13 stars, as the original U.S. flag. Rohrwasser, who kicked for Marshall…Read more...

It had been inevitable, since the announcement of the broadcast format for this year’s NFL Draft, that dogs, the plodding, attention-starved beasts they are, would be front and center in a sizable chunk of live-streamed homes.Read more...

So far, the Deadspin Sports Quarantine Nintendo Club has been about seeing what Nintendo games hold up after all these years, while playing them on a Web-based emulator. This time, it’s a little different.

Remember back at the beginning of March, when officials in California said sporting events and other large gatherings should be called off, but the San Jose Sharks went ahead and played three home games anyway?

Steve Dalkowski, a towering figure in minor-league lore whose legendary arm strength was matched only by his lack of command, died earlier this week, his family announced. He was 80.Read more...

Jalen Hurts becoming a Philadelphia Eagle might be the best match for a player and team in the entire 2020 NFL Draft.

Maybe.

New York Rangers defenseman Tony DeAngelo has had just about enough of Donald Trump being criticized… for saying things that he totally and completely did say.Read more...

The virtual WNBA and NFL drafts went pretty well. That’s a sentence I did not think I would write a week ago. But here we are. Crazier things have happened (and are happening).Read more...

There is no secret there is misogyny in sports.

How do you recruit during a global pandemic?

The Red Sox got away with cheating their way to a World Series victory in 2018, as Major League Baseball announced this week that Boston’s only sanctions for illegal sign-stealing methods would be a two-year suspension for a video replay system operator and the loss of a second-round draft pick.Read more...

A Google Nest Mini, a pair of Status Audio Bluetooth headphones, Oral-B toothbrushes, an Eufy Robovac, and an Overwatch Switch controller lead Friday’s best deals.

It’s crazy that a virtual draft relying almost solely on the strength of WiFi routers would turn out almost perfect.

Time for our routine check-in of the batshit ideas leagues are kicking around to finish their seasons and playoffs. They vary as to level of batshittiness (battyshit?), and the NHL is apparently lessening the level of theirs at the moment. Only barely, though.Read more...

There’s at least one every year.

With the NFL’s once-in-a-lifetime virtual draft approaching, the most interesting parts are sure to be those when everything goes terribly wrong, thanks to hiccups involving faulty equipment, technological incompetence, or candid faux pas. So what better way to celebrate the occasion than a game of Quarantine Draft…Read more...

Tom Brady is already lost in Tampa.

Like the rest of us, Roger Federer is stuck at home during the coronavirus shutdown. He’s also got the added bonus of recovering from knee surgery. At first, this just allowed him time to advise fans and punters alike on how to do a drill he suggested during stay-at-home orders. Of course, it’s not nearly as easy as…Read more...

As small groups of protesters violated stay-at-home and social distancing policies amidst the COVID-19 quarantine, Trump lauded the lawbreakers as freedom fighters.

A sale on Nioh 2: Special Edition, a Vava 9-in-1 USB-C hub, a Rosetta Stone lifetime subscription, and an Ella Paradis vibrator bundle pave the way for Thursday’s best deals.Read more...

The Australian Open was hot this year. Unusually hot. Temperatures reached 111 degrees fahrenheit. Play was postponed, the roof on Rod Laver Arena closed, and one athlete forfeited her match due to smoke caused by the nearby wildfires. The extreme weather was not confined within the gates of the grand slam. Australia…Read more...

Major League Baseball finally concluded its investigation into the 2018 Boston Red Sox sign-stealing their way to a world championship, and Rob Manfred brought down the hammer on one of baseball’s marquee franchises.

The 2020 NFL Draft starts a new decade for prospects looking to make their childhood dreams come true.Read more...

In some perverse way, Carolyn Goodman is going to end up saving lives by being the stark-raving mad face of “Reopen the Economy.”Read more...

Blah blah coronavirus blah blah unprecedented carnage blah blah blah economic ruin, two new whoppers have emerged out of Germany.

Perhaps no country could use a smile more than Italy considering how it’s been ravaged by the coronavirus. We could probably all use a smile, to be honest. So let’s thank a 6-year-old and Serie B club Pescara Calcio 1936 for this.

Covering the New York Rangers during the 2010-11 season meant covering the best season that Brandon Prust had in the NHL.Read more...

A Google Nest thermostat, RAVPower USB-C charger, a pair of JBL wireless headphones, and a handy popcorn machine lead Wednesday’s best deals.

I’ve seen this movie before, and you have, too.

Two years ago, I was one of 53,000 spectators packed inside Folsom Field at the University of Colorado for a pregame activity. We weren’t there to see a special rendition of the national anthem. It was not senior day or homecoming.

Recently, a story that made more headlines than normal in the horse racing world was a bettor cashing a 50-cent pick-5 ticket for the cool winnings of $524,966 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida. And your reaction was probably no different than most. And it probably was something along the lines of, “Wait,…Read more...

The UFC has finally been hit by the coronavirus — or, at least, we’ve finally found out.Read more...

Draymond Green is right.

You know when you have an exceptionally annoying fly or bee in your house/apartment, and it’s by the window but it just seems to bump into every spot of it but the opening? You’re just a mere moment from relief of being stung or just annoyed in your own house, if only this fucking creature could just find the gateway…Read more...

In the midst of a global pandemic that’s left people craving for anything to fill voids of loneliness and boredom, Sunday night’s premiere of ESPN’s The Last Dance documentary about the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls set records as the most-watched documentary in the network’s history.

A little more than a month into life in the vortex of coronavirus, we all have some new routines. For some of us, it’s putting on a mask to go to the store. For others, it’s an extra dog walk, just to get a few more minutes of fresh air in the day.

A Cyberpunk 2077 pre-order discount on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, a price slash on Vizio P-Series 65" and 75" TVs, a Forever 21 flash sale, and an Aukey dual dash cam round out Tuesday’s best deals.

Despite ample time on my hands, I’m not sure I’ll be able to get through The Last Dance.

For all their bravado and noise about being the center of the Earth, what New Yorkers really enjoy most, and are best at, is complaining. And whining. And really that applies to most of the East coast, at least from D.C. on north.

The next time you see maskless droves of people swarming to recently opened beaches in Florida in the name of “essential activities” such as walking, biking, hiking, fishing, running, swimming and surfing...

A Private Internet Access deal, an Amazon TV Recast, Apple Airpods, a pair of Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones, a Cuisinart Griddle, and an Elgato Stream Deck lead Monday’s best deals.Read more...

One of the most eye-popping moments of Episode 1 of ESPN’s 10-part series on the Chicago Bulls’ last championship season called The Last Dance was the mention of cocaine and the huge belly laugh it elicited from Michael Jordan.

Sunday was a lovely day in New York, and I went with my family to Concrete Plant Park, a narrow little strip of reclaimed industrial land squeezed between the Bronx River and some railroad tracks.

Nothing lasts forever, but it doesn’t mean that you have to voluntarily screw it up.Read more...

Logic would dictate that in a world crisis like the one we’re currently in, major business decisions in any industry would be put on hold. But of course, that’s ignoring the cloak of darkness that something like this can provide the powerful and rich only looking to become more so. So it went this week with the owners…Read more...

How About A World Baseball Classic-Style Sim?Read more...

When the Deadspin Sports Quarantine Nintendo Club launched, we thought it would be a brief distraction, a chance to revisit a few different games before real sports got back to action.Read more...

With gaming and tourism in Las Vegas ventilated for a month and pressure mounting for the Strip to inch back toward life, the logistics seem imposing.Read more...