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Remember normal? Look to Serena’s Australian Open tuneup Down Under if you can’t

We’re coming up on 11 months since the last time fans could pack a stadium in America to watch sports. Sometimes, it feels like the pandemic restrictions will last forever. But on Friday in Adelaide, Australia, there was a glimpse into the future, and the present that America could have had with competent leadership. Read […]

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Novak Djokovic’s COVID inanity makes you wonder … if only Nick Kyrgios was this sharp on the tennis court

For some, the sporting calendar is even more off this month than normal. That’s because the Australian Open would be entertaining insomniacs, alcoholics, angry loners, and the unemployable late at night under normal circumstances. The tournament has been pushed back three weeks to better fit in Australia’s strenuous… Read more…

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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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Rafael Nadal wins Rafael Nadal Open for 13th Period

There was a notion, possibly a hope, by a minority that only wished to find some sort, the different atmosphere and requirements to this year’s French Open could make things too tricky to Rafael Nadal. Or perhaps just harder. Or perhaps even slightly tricky. Read…