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Herschel Walker is the ultimate dumb jock

As the University of Georgia celebrates its national championship, the program’s greatest player is in the news for being a dumbass. It’s been a helluva week for the Bulldogs. Read more…

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IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2021: Tony La Russa, Tommy Tuberville, every NFL referee, and other esteemed dummies

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…

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The griping of one Black small biz owner is not a legit beef against MLB All-Star Game move

There may be a good-faith argument to be had about the efficacy of MLB moving the All-Star Game out of Georgia. While moving the Super Bowl helped press Arizona to recognize Martin Luther King Day as a holiday, and the NBA’s retraction of its All-Star Game from Charlotte played a role in getting parts of […]

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Idiot of the Month: Kelly Loeffler eclipsed by even bigger moron

Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH awards, a brand-new segment in which we list a series of stupid people and say caustic things about them. Hot off the heels of a fun, popular, and spirited 2020 IDIOT OF THE YEAR series, we have decided to give the people what they want. Read more…

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Endorsing LeBron’s ‘Dream’ to rid Atlanta WNBA team of Kelly Loeffler (plus suggested partners!)

You’ve probably heard by now that a seismic shift has occurred politically, socially, and otherwise, thanks largely to the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream. They began pushing to rid Kelly Loeffler from the United States Senate, ending with Reverend Raphael Warnock defeating her and actually doing what she never did: Win an… Read more…

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WNBA players risked it all to bring down one of their owners; it’s time we all supported them

Angel McCoughtry, who was drafted by the Dream in 2009 and still lives in Atlanta, spent the last few months supporting Rev. Raphael Warnock’s candidacy for Georgia Senate over the woman who essentially signed her checks for years. Read more…