For five years, we’ve watched Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman sit at opposite ends of a studio desk and debate hot topics in the world of sports. Smith argues his points with a fiery ferocity that exemplifies: “Being loud helps get the point across. ” Meanwhile Kellerman always argued his factors with the idea: […]
Whether we like to admit it or not, or agree with their tactics (and around here we will never let readers not remember that they’re “ horrendous human beings ”), the Paul brothers are injecting some much-needed life back into the world of boxing . Read more…
Things got a little heated on Undisputed earlier today. Read more…
Welcome to Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH ! The year is 2021. The whole world has gone stupid. Behold. Read more…
In case you forgot, Thom Brennaman had a very bad day on August 19 of last year. On the air while calling a Cincinnati Reds game, he apparently was unaware of a hot mic and was heard using a homophobic slur. Like, a really, really bad one, with a really, really bad tone. It’s unclear […]
Stephen A. Smith is in a HUGE quagmire this week after saying MLB baseball star Shohei Ohtani — who is Japanese — is “harming” the marketing of professional baseball in America because he “doesn’t speak English.” Smith made the comments on ESPN‘s popular Monday daytime sports debate show First Take, where he and co-host Max Kellerman were discussing the MLB […]
Nigeria, currently No . 22 in the world , is the third-lowest ranked men’s basketball club to have qualified for the Olympics, which will begin on July 23. Read more…
DENVER — Not many can get bounced in the first round of an event many thought they would win easily, yet still live up to the hype. Read more…
When Stephen The. Smith opens his mouth, it’s typically bullshit. Generally speaking, when it comes to an opinion of his having anything to do with sports or adjacent to sports, I completely ignore him and accept him for what he is — someone who delivers hot takes and yells loudly because it gets views, and […]
Just over a quarter of the way into the MLB season, it’s pretty safe to say that Shohei Ohtani has been insane. Ohtani currently leads Major League Baseball in home runs. He’s 3rd in slugging percentage, 15th in OPS, 18th in wOBA, and a partridge in a pear tree. Oh, he’s also been pretty damn […]