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Is Brooklyn’s rout of Milwaukee meaningful?

The Bucks lost by 39 points in Brooklyn on Monday night, and it felt like something of a denouement for this current Milwaukee team, which has gone 162-65 over the past three seasons but disappointed in the playoffs. Read more…

Sport

Do those MVP trophies come with a receipt?

No individual award in American sports generates more debate than the NBA MVP. No one cares about hockey, and half the awards are given to players where the voters don’t really understand why they’re voting for them. Baseball awards are too mired in the debate between how we view the game today and how it […]

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With Harden knocked out early, Nets remind Bucks they’re still stacked

James Harden left Game 1 of the Nets-Bucks series in the first minute, after aggravating the hamstring injury that cost him 21 games during the regular season. Steve Nash doesn’t know whether Harden will be available for Game 2 — either way, the former MVP’s health coming into question reshapes everything about the… Read more…

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MLB doesn’t need a “face of baseball,” and the proof is in the playoffs

Mike Trout has as many MVP awards as career playoff games played, with three, and for as much talk as there might be in baseball — even from the commissioner — about MLB’s need for the best player of his generation to take on the mantle of the face of the game, no amount of […]

Entertainment

Boston NBA Fan Arrested & Banned After Throwing Water Bottle At Star Player’s Head! OMG!

What an ugly incident… and it’s been one of MANY this playoff season in the NBA, unfortunately! Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving was the target of an idiot fan on Sunday night. When the star was walking off the court in Boston after the Nets’ game against the Boston Celtics, a fan threw a water bottle down from […]

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Deadspin’s Jesse Spector goes full Abe Simpson

Having turned 40, I’m aware that I have lots of OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD potential, but the NBA really needs to cool it with the constant uniform switching. Most of the time, whatever, we’ve all accepted that an NBA player’s job expectations in 2021 include modeling various styles of Nike activewear. It’s fine. Read […]