OMG! Safe to say Simone Biles just had the best Valentine’s Day ever! The Olympic gold medalist and her beau Jonathan Owens are officially on their way to tie the knot after the football player popped the question on Monday night!! Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Simone couldn’t help but gush about the romantic evening […]
Just a few short years ago, there was a push for athletes to be nothing more than mute entertainers. Luckily enough, they refused to “shut up” or “stick to” whatever sport these people played. Read more…
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…
This is a big win for hundreds of Larry Nassar’s victims. The former Olympic doctor may be locked up now after committing heinous sexual assault crimes on young female athletes while he worked for Team USA and Michigan State University, but now his survivors are seeing more justice served. On Monday, after a five-year battle, […]
Mental health has been a hot-button issue in sports the past few years. Dating back to 2017, when Cleveland Cavaliers’ forward Kevin Love stepped away from his team after a panic attack suffered in the middle of a game, we’ve started seeing more athletes either take a stand in support of people with mental health… […]
If you woke up this morning and hopped on social media, you probably saw that Robin Williams was trending on at least one platform. As often happens on social media, there doesn’t seem to be any real reason for Robin Williams to be top-of-mind for people today. It’s not his birthday, nor the anniversary of […]
Squid Game, a Korean dystopian Netflix series, is the highest-rated show in the world right now. Read more…
This weekend will mark the first time that we’ll see Sha’Carri Richardson on a track since her Olympic dreams were put on hold. Read more…
Asking questions is an important part of this job. How you ask those questions are even more significant, as tone and context are essential. There’s a difference between asking a question to get an answer, and asking one to get a quote. Read more…
The Olympics have been lackluster. Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg have not. Read more…