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Antonio Pierce, Champ Kelly are the faces of the Las Vegas Raiders’ turnaround
HENDERSON, Nev. – The gabfest occurred serendipitously at a Las Vegas Raiders team dinner back in August after Antonio Pierce sought a place to sit and Champ Kelly offered him an open chair. As coaches and players dined on caviar, tuna tartare and Wagyu beef at a swanky seaside Malibu, California, restaurant, Raiders linebackers coach...
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Let’s hand out some NHL awards. It’s Christmas after all!
Generally, this comes up at the quarter-mark or halfway through the season. But hey, it’s Christmas, so let’s hand out some Christmastime NHL awards just to get into the spirit of the thing! Who is leading in the various categories that the league likes to hand out some weird looking silverware for at a very...
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NBA Betting: Daily Odds & Predictions for Dec. 20
Written and edited by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram There are several games on the NBA slate tonight, starting at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET. Will the Celtics bounce back against the Kings after their loss against the Warriors? Can the Indiana Pacers break their four game losing skid? In this article, I am...
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IDIOT OF THE YEAR: The countdown begins as we look back on 2023 (Nos. 50-41)
Dearest reader! We meet again. It is that time of the year again… uh, namely, the end of the year, when we at Deadspin are proud to present our globally acclaimed celebration of stupidity, IDIOT OF THE YEAR! We’ll be with you as we count down the haughtiest, most hypocritical, and just plain dumbest people,...
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NBA Daily: Warriors, Suns, Rockets Prop bets
Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) There are several games on the NBA slate tonight. However, my picks will focus on two specific matchups, starting at 10 p.m. ET. The Washington Wizards (5-22, 3-14) will matchup against the Golden State Warriors (13-14,7-6 home) on the road. If you’re...
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The New York Mets can, and should fall back on their billionaire owner
Welp, so much for that idea. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Los Angeles Dodger, and the New York Mets are still the Mets. After putting on a full-court press for the Japanese ace, giving it 115 percent, and leaving it all on the field, owner Steve Cohen’s efforts amounted to diddly squat. Now it’s back to...
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Bradley Beal diary: This year has been a little rocky
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – It’s still unknown how Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal will play together with superstar teammates Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. Three games played total so far this season. A lengthy back injury followed by a sprained ankle. The Suns chapter of Beal’s NBA career hasn’t really started. And while the frustration of...
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Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard’s ‘biggest challenge’ is being away from family
MILWAUKEE – First-year Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard is excited about spending Christmas Day playing against the New York Knicks. The only thing missing is not being able to have his three young children watching at Madison Square Garden and opening presents with them afterward. Luckily for Lillard, he got his Christmas wish early by...
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Pyer Moss stages a ‘looting’ with couth
It’s the end of an era for Pyer Moss. Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond’s clothing label (pronounced “pierre-moss”) was launched in 2013 and for the last 10 years he has used the brand as a vehicle to celebrate Black culture through a combination of storytelling, music, activism, and social commentary. So it was fully within the label’s...