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Deadspin fixes NBA free agency Part III: Small Forwards

Again, if you see a dude here that a person label a shooting guard, then whatever. Think of this more as “ Swingmen II . ” If your favorite swingman wasn’t mentioned on either, then perhaps they’ll make the sleepers for Saturday, Saturday Sleepers, whatever the editors call ‘em. If he is a part of […]

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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Apologizes After Saying Japanese MLB Star Is Bad For Baseball Because He ‘Doesn’t Speak English’ — WTF?!

Stephen A. Smith is in a HUGE quagmire this week after saying MLB baseball star Shohei Ohtani — who is Japanese — is “harming” the marketing of professional baseball in America because he “doesn’t speak English.” Smith made the comments on ESPN‘s popular Monday daytime sports debate show First Take, where he and co-host Max Kellerman were discussing the MLB […]

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Rachel Nichols’ comments about Maria Taylor are latest example of how ESPN screws over its Black employees

What you’re about to read will give you context and details about the story of the day, and one of the biggest stories of the past year in sports media. It will also shed light on a lot of the variables that have made this thing go viral. Because while you think you know what’s […]

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ESPN Anchor Rachel Nichols SLAMMED Over Comments Made About Black Colleague On Secret Recording!

Rachel Nichols, ESPN‘s star anchor who does all things basketball and the NBA as of late, is under fire this weekend after a secret recording was made public. In the recording, first published as part of a bombshell report by the New York Times on Sunday, Nichols (pictured in the inset, above) can be heard talking to a […]

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Mentioning Ronaldo’s past won’t cost you the coverage

It’s easier for me to lower my standards. I’m a cisgender male, and never been sexually assaulted. I shouldn’t, and it’s just the path of lesser resistance, but it happens. So when it comes to coverage from networks or major websites or newspapers of athletes whose involvement in sexual assault is known, I can live… […]