Sometimes, even the NBA’s all-time leading scorer misses an easy one. Read more…
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IDIOT OF THE YEAR: 40 of the dullest tools from 2021’s shed
Happy holidays, you filthy animals, and welcome to Deadspin’s annual IDIOT OF THE YEAR extravaganza. Within these hallowed slides are 50 associated with the year’s least bearable dorks, whose transgressions range from “just kinda silly, ” to “dangerously stupid, ” to “Trevor Bauer. ” Read more…
IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2021: Party rolls on with Gerrit Cole, John Stockton, and Mark Davis
Happy holidays, you filthy animals, and welcome to Deadspin’s annual IDIOT OF THE YEAR extravaganza. Within these hallowed slides are 50 of the year’s least bearable dorks, whose transgressions range from “just kinda silly, ” to “dangerously stupid, ” to “Trevor Bauer. ” Read more…
The sports world has gone silent even as discrimination is apparent in Ahmaud Arbery and Kyle Rittenhouse cases
The kneeling has stopped. The particular messaging on the backs of jerseys has been replaced with last names. Black Lives Matter isn’t plastered on the court. And journalists have ceased asking “those questions” after games. But , the pain is still there – and the racism, too. Read more…
Seven things the Raiders could have done for Black people to atone for Gruden besides having Yolanda Adams & Grambling State’s band perform
The Raiders can’t do better because they don’t want to do much better. Read more…
‘We’ve moved past kneeling’ — now we’re on to rap music at the Super Bowl
Jay-Z delivered on his promise. Just not the important one. Read more…
The NFL’s statement on George Floyd proves the league will never care about Black people
In America, there are two types of racism. Type-A is often “tolerated.” It leads to microaggressions, redlining, gerrymandering, and voter suppression. These are the people that will donate money to just causes, but also get uncomfortable when their daughter brings a Black man home. Type-B, on the other hand, is in… Read more…
Teacher Under Fire For Controversial School Assignment Claiming George Floyd Died Of A Heart Attack
A teacher at an upstate New York high school is coming under fire this week after she told students that George Floyd died of a heart attack and a drug overdose. English teacher Hope Antonelli teaches at Saugerties Senior High School (pictured above) in the city of Saugerties, which is on the Hudson River about halfway between […]
Idiot of the Month: Aaron Rodgers leads pack with monumentally bad ‘IMDb for sports’
Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH, in which we make fun of famous (and non-famous!) people who have done stupid things over the past few weeks. As usual, our cup runneth over. Read more…
LeBron mocks outraged Ohio bar owner’s silly NBA boycott
A bar owner in Cincinnati, Ohio won’t play NBA games until LeBron is “expelled” from the League for his now-deleted Twitter post. Read more…