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ESPN made a bad deal at the wrong time.

Being a Webster’s-worthy definition of “hypocrisy” isn’t anything new for Senator Mitch McConnell. At this point it’s of the same regularity to him as breathing.

Whether it’s in Las Vegas or Orlando or somewhere else, the NBA eventually is going to get back to playing. It’s not something that should happen quickly, and a lot still has to be worked out, including how to protect high-risk individuals in the league, before there’s another game.

Last we saw Major League Baseball, Jake Arrieta picked up a victory, the Tigers blew another game in late innings, and a pair of second-generation studs with the familiar last names of Guerrero and Bichette went yard again for Toronto.Read more...

“The Mountain” can lay claim to being the strongest man in Westeros and on Earth.Read more...

Like a lot of millennial Americans, the first real exposure I had to soccer was the 1994 World Cup. But it wasn’t until four years later that I really got into the sport.Read more...

Don’t be fooled.

If there’s one sport that might benefit from everyone being trapped at home, it’s chess.Read more...

Donald Trump is basically advocating for white violence. His actions continue to prove it.Read more...

Miguel Marte was 30 years old when he died on Tuesday from COVID-19. He was a husband and a father of twins, according to the GoFundMe page arranged to support his widow and children.

If it feels difficult to figure out what’s going on in the fight against coronavirus right now, that’s because it is difficult. As May begins, an already chaotic and confusing time has ratcheted into something even more fiercely inscrutable.

You’ve heard of our deals of the day, but now, in rare form, we’re bringing back a classic (at least for today): our pick of the 10 BEST deals after sifting through ALL the options ourselves. Opinions may vary on what is and isn’t classified as a bargain, and that’s okay. At the end of the day, what matters it that…Read more...

One of the weirdest complaints about life under quarantine is not being able to cut your hair. This actually came up in a Deadspin staff meeting: If there was one business you could bring back safely, what would it be?Read more...

Discounted AirPods Pro, cheap and colorful Cuisinart kitchen knives, a two-for-one on Anker power banks, and more bedroom fun bundles at Ella Paradis start off Friday’s best deals.

Did you hear the one about the team walk-off involving Isiah Thomas? You know, the one in 2012?

If you’re going to have an all female sports podcast at least bring a chair up for a woman of color. And that’s at the bare minimum.

Adam Silver was about to finish his third month as NBA commissioner when Donald Sterling’s racist tirade leaked to TMZ.Read more...

A glass of wine no matter what your profession is a borderline necessity given the times that we are in. But what about if your body is your moneymaker.

The landscape of the world’s most popular game is about to change severely.

USA Gymnastics may be finally listening to its athletes.Read more...

Can Manny Ramirez really still play?

A Humble Bundle of The Walking Dead comics, a Neo Geo Mini International Edition all-time low discount, a $5 sale on Fenty highlighter, and a Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series highlight Thursday’s best deals.

It’s easy to make jokes at Jared Kushner’s expense, and he truly deserves every last bit of mockery he gets. You also don’t have to look far to find clever takedowns of a man who has spent his entire life failing upward, including multiple plum White House assignments owing to the fact that he’s married to the…Read more...

On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke to the New York Times about sports and the global pandemic.

The WNBA’s No. 1 pick from the most-watched league draft in a decade and a half. One of the most exciting prospects ever to go pro. Jersey sold out online within an hour. All in all, that makes for a pretty good day for Sabrina Ionescu. But as ESPN’s Sarah Spain pointed out, something is amiss.

Just walking to school each day was a nightmare for kids like Arshay Cooper, growing up in Chicago’s West Side in the 1990s.

In this time of big companies grabbing up small-business loans — or fucking over their employees to the point of death, news of the NCAA lurching toward the right thing, if belatedly and clumsily, is still something of a shock. It’s what happens when the bar is so low. “The NCAA: The butter is under our face.”Read more...

A Nintendo Switch Lite, an Anker PowerWave wireless charging duo, 400 Hershey’s Kisses, an official Xbox One stereo headset, and more highlight Wednesday’s best deals.

It’s no secret that black professional athletes have been represented by mostly white agents and white-owned sports agencies for decades.

In pretty much every negotiation between the NHLPA and the NHL owners over the past couple decades, the NHLPA rolls over and has its bellies tickled before getting punted out the window.

It’s one of the hardest questions to answer for a New York sports fan: Which son of privilege has done a worse job running a franchise and would be worse to work for — James Dolan or Jeff Wilpon?

Well, this is on-brand.

On Tuesday, French Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, said that all French professional sporting events will be banned until September.

When Niele Ivey was named the next head coach of Notre Dame’s women’s basketball program last Wednesday, many players she coached as an assistant under retiring Irish coach Muffet McGraw, such as WNBA All-Star Skylar Diggins-Smith — and even players she didn’t coach — put the world on notice that Notre Dame’s program…Read more...

Whether or not you believe Patriots draft pick Justin Rohrwasser that he had no idea what his “Three Percenter” tattoo really meant until this weekend, and however the media has struggled to accurately describe the Three Percenters as the white nationalists that they are, it’s not really just one tattoo that’s the…Read more...

Dollars and sense.

A 1-Year PlayStation Plus membership, a Macy’s fine jewelry sale, a Gooloo 4000A jump starter, a RAVPower 10W wireless charger kick off Tuesday’s best deals.

For three glorious days, the sports world was gleaming.

I don’t need to be a Chicagoan to hate Isiah Thomas, but it helps.Read more...

Kicker Justin Rohrwasser was selected by the Patriots in the fifth round of the NFL Draft. It was also discovered he had a “Three Percenter” tattoo on his arm, and sports media is having a really hard time framing this story, and what the “Three Percenter” tattoo represents.

A 4K LG TV, Nordstrom handbag sale, Fossil watches, a Too Faced duo deal, and an Anker PowerPort strip lead Monday’s best deals.

You got the wrong guy, tweeples.

Not one, not two, but three.

In February, Land O Lakes released a statement saying their packaging would change.

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...