Today Steph Curry is competing at the Ellie Mae Classic on the Web.com Tour, and, my friends, I have some dispiriting news: Steph appears to be balling.Read more...

Some people are fans of the New York Jets. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Jets. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here.

Here is one mighty golf dinger, from Dustin Johnson at the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational:Read more...

Some would say that a horse is not fit for a bike race. Some would note that a horse is too big and has too many hooves for a two-pedal bicycle. However, few have gazed upon this pony when considering their ultimately flawed positions.

When you hear the phrase “indie wrestling,” what exactly does it make you think of? You may be picturing a show in a high school gym, rec center, Knights of Columbus Hall, or something like that. Some promotions might be lucky enough to make a deal with the local minor-league baseball park and pack in a few thousand…Read more...

This year’s theme for The International is all about the ocean: there are aquatic cosmetics and a campaign about a sea-dwelling monster called Siltbreaker. But this year’s special map, Reef’s Edge, caused a stir in the Dota 2 community during TI7's kickoff.Read more...

Ava Wallace of the Washington Post has a fun story about Tennys Sandgren, ranked No. 102 in men’s tennis, who advanced in the Citi Open Wednesday afternoon after his opponent, 20th-ranked Nick Kyrgios, retired in the second set. Our man Tennys is a tennis pro, and his name is Tennys, which rhymes with “tennis.”Read more...

When Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson faced off in the 100-meter finals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the race to determine the world’s fastest human was the marquee event of the Games. It was America vs. Canada; the lithe Lewis against the hulking Johnson; the reigning Olympic champ against the reigning world champ; Lewis’s…Read more...

So, Conor McGregor’s idea of a suitable sparring partner in preparation for his upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. is Paulie Malignaggi, a kazoo with a thick Brooklyn accent and boxing gloves. Malignaggi and McGregor have been battling in Las Vegas since mid-July, sparring on July 20 and again on Tuesday.

In February the USC Trojans suspended placekicker Matt Boermeester indefinitely for what was called a “code of conduct issue.” The player’s status with the program was vague as the year went on, until last week, when the school finally confirmed Boermeester was off the roster. The reason Boermeester had been…Read more...

Welcome to NeyWatch, a series in which we catch up with the daily, often contradictory updates on the hottest story of the summer.Read more...

Meme face and one-time basketball man Michael Jordan addressed youngsters at his 2017 Flight School basketball camp, offering the obviously wrong and bad opinion that Kobe Bryant ranks ahead of LeBron James as an all-timer:Read more...

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The quest to uncover what exactly the “moral turpitude” of former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze consisted of continues, and that means the university is responding to a lot of public-records requests, including some from Deadspin. This started two weeks ago, when university leaders said that a review of Freeze’s phone…Read more...

The slow-simmering beef between Rays starter Chris Archer and Astros mascot Orbit has spilled over into outright violence. If you are sensitive or a child or a sensitive child, please don’t watch this.

Golf Magazine published a story yesterday titled “First Golfer: Donald Trump’s relationship with golf has never been more complicated,” detailing the president’s connection to the sport. It included this tidbit on the subject of how much time he’s been spending at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club:Read more...

In tonight’s loss to the Tigers, Dellin Betances threw an immaculate inning; such a feat is, depending on how wide your lens, either quite rare or not so much. His is only the 87th immaculate inning in more than a century of baseball. It’s also the sixth this season and the 16th since 2014.

Tonight’s most compelling American soccer match was a little tricky to find, but it was well worth your investment. In the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup—which pits teams at all levels of American soccer against each other in a single-elimination format—FC Cincinnati beat the Miami 1-0 off a Baye Djiby Fall goal…Read more...

After two weeks of looking slightly more human than usual, Andrew Miller has been sent to the 10-day disabled list with tendinitis in his right knee.Read more...

Possible future of NYC basketball and good workout-doer Kristaps Porzingis called New York “home” in an interview with nba.com today. That’s great news for Knicks fans, who earlier this summer had to deal with rumors that the now-ousted Phil Jackson was trying to trade the 22-year-old supernova of potential. From the…Read more...

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Look, the White Sox already played today, so there are no sports worth paying attention to tonight. Mean Girls just started on ABC Family, so let’s follow along with that instead.Read more...

ESPN’s Sam Borden caught up with infamous draft bust Darko Miličić, who’s very chill, reflective, and passionate about apples. [ESPN]Read more...

It’s August, which means that helmets are ready to clash, brains are ready to slush, and Hugh Freeze is (allegedly) ready to bone. It also means it’s time for the motherfucking Deadspin 25.Read more...

Sam Miller, a junior forward for the Dayton Flyers, was allegedly involved a cascading series of incidents this weekend, first at a local bar, then outside of said bar, and finally in a county jailhouse. As the Dayton Daily News first reported, Miller’s troubles started early Sunday morning at Caddy’s Taphouse in…Read more...

The Department of Justice, which is led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was confirmed to the position by a group of his friends in the Senate, a legislative body that has never in its history been less than 90 percent white, is opening an investigation into college admission practices that it views as unfairly…Read more...

The Diamondbacks are bringing Major League Baseball into their ongoing attempt to fleece taxpayers out of more money to get a new ballpark. An attorney for the D-backs is claiming that MLB has claimed that if they don’t get a new ballpark or major upgrades to their current park, the league “might” force the team to…Read more...

Some people are fans of the Los Angeles Rams. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Los Angeles Rams. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here.Read more...

The Phillies announced in April that Pete Rose would be this year’s inductee into the Wall of Fame. Rose, who played five seasons with the Phillies and is best known in Philly baseball lore for his catch of a dropped Bob Boone pop-up in the World Series, would be honored at the team’s annual Alumni Weekend the second…Read more...

Who would have thought that a casual basketball league marketed with the draw of seeing an entertaining but notoriously mercurial and old player would fall apart because said old player stopped giving a shit about casual basketball?Read more...

The first reaction a lot of people had to the news that Shinsuke Nakamura would face John Cena in a number one contenders match on WWE SmackDown was anger. “Why are they fighting on free TV?” people asked.

No offense to Curtis Granderson and his Mets teammates, who created an Instagram account that skillfully chronicled the exploits of Lucas Duda and who were devastated when the first baseman was traded to Tampa, but Rays reliever Sergio Romo is already doing a hell of a job with @wefollowlucasduda.

On April 22, 1981, an Ohio teenager named Randy Kobman skipped school to go to Riverfront Stadium to see the Cincinnati Reds play the Atlanta Braves. In the bottom of the 8th inning, Reds slugger George Foster fouled a pitch from Gaylord Perry into the grandstands behind home plate. The ball caromed off the the press…Read more...

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Welcome to NeyWatch, a series in which we catch up with the daily, often contradictory updates on the hottest story of the summer.Read more...

We’ve got a pitcher-mascot beef brewing between the Rays’ Chris Archer and the Astros’ Orbit. [Houston Chronicle]Read more...

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MLS apparel, a notebook that you can erase in the microwave, and a 30% discount on Soylent lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

In last night’s 6-4 Tampa win in Houston, Evan Longoria hit for the second cycle in the Rays’ history (following B.J. Upton’s in 2009). Had Longoria gone for his in those olden days, it wouldn’t have counted, as he’d have been called out going for the ninth-inning, two-out double that he needed to complete it. But we…Read more...

Yes, MLS isn’t top-tier European soccer football, but it’s still fun as hell to watch. If you support a team on North American soil, this one-day Amazon sale will help you get kitted out before the next match. Choose your favorite team and you’ll be able to find jerseys (including numbered ones), scarves, hats, and…Read more...

If you thought you knew everything there was to know about paper notebooks, you haven’t seen the Rocketbook Wave.Read more...

When we last checked in on tonight’s Indians-Red Sox matchup, Austin Jackson was making an unforgettable catch for one of the year’s best highlights. The rest of the night lived up to that play.Read more...

Daniel Sturridge is generally very good when he’s healthy, but unfortunately, he’s almost never healthy. The annual Sturridge injury came again Tuesday during a friendly, right when the English striker should have been celebrating.Read more...

Kids stumbling onto the center-field grass to grab a home run ball is a familiar sight in Arlington, but tonight, Joey Gallo denied any fan a potential souvenir. The tall, young slugger destroyed an Erasmo Ramírez pitch and banished the baseball to well beyond Greene’s Hill, all the way out to the office buildings.Read more...

The Indians and the Red Sox are in the middle of a thrilling shootout at Fenway, but Cleveland center fielder Austin Jackson was at least able to prevent one additional run from getting on the board. With Cleveland leading 7-5 in the bottom of the fifth, Jackson went over the bullpen wall to rob Hanley Ramírez of a…Read more...

In his sixth year as a pro ballplayer, Nicky Delmonico made his major-league debut with the Chicago White Sox tonight, striking out before a sparse crowd.Read more...