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Idiot of the Year #8: Rob Manfred, the man who sold the world

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR top 10! Our expert team has worked tirelessly to bring you this annual list of the sports and sports-adjacent figures who most intensely made us wish we had been shaken as infants. Here are our first 40 picks: Read more…

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Idiot of the Year #10: Zach Plesac, the stupidest canary in baseball’s coal mine

It’s no surprise that baseball players can have their head in the sand a lot of the time. The baseball season itself is so disorienting that by July, most of them don’t know what day it is, or what city they’re in, and can only focus on playing that day’s game, and then the next […]

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2020 Idiot of the Year: The void beckons with Novak Djokovic, Ron DeSantis, and Jason Whitlock’s stupid hat

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Our expert team has worked tirelessly to bring you this annual list of the sports and sports-adjacent figures who most intensely made us wish we had been shaken as infants. Read more…

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2020 Idiot of the Year: Our Warrior Proceeds with Jon Gruden, Dana White, along with a Chilly look at the mirror

Welcome into Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards! Our expert staff has worked tirelessly to provide this yearly collection of the sport and sports-adjacent characters who most profoundly left us wish we {} staged as babies. Read…