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Category: Sports
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A-Rod set to become majority owner of Timberwolves, Lynx
A-Rod’s transition from tape-measure shots to three-point bombs seems to be complete. Read more…
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Russell Wilson’s benching and the casual disrespect of Black quarterbacks
Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson is better than me. This might sound like a concession in a world where athletes and analysts, journalists and jocks, are often at odds with one another, but I’m saying Wilson is better than me in Black vernacular. Wilson has been a reservoir of patience in spite of his prima...
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Brian Daboll kept his QB change from Pam Oliver — it’s fair to wonder if this is the Charissa Thompson-Erin Andrews effect
There’s never been a sports journalist who enjoys “coach speak.” That annoyance can become anger if another journalist is the reason “coach speak” is what you get whenever you ask a question. We’ll never know if that’s what happened when New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll didn’t tell Pam Oliver he was benching… Read...
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Black quarterbacks find opportunity, explosive offenses at small conference schools
SAN MARCOS, Texas – During Cameron Ward’s official visit to FCS-member Incarnate Word in 2020, then-head coach Eric Morris – now the head coach at North Texas – spoke about his days as Patrick Mahomes’ offensive coordinator at Texas Tech. “He sat right in front of us and said Patrick Mahomes threw the ball 44...
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Mark Davis is disrespecting Antonio Pierce by not removing the interim tag
This wouldn’t happen to Kellen Moore, Ben Johnson or Mike McDonald. But for “some odd reason,” Antonio Pierce has to deal with it. Read more…
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Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday and family were home for the holidays in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES – The shock of her husband’s unexpected trade from the Milwaukee Bucks to the Portland Trail Blazers sparked a widely read social media post from Lauren Holiday. The abrupt change before the start of training camp affected the entire family. Days later when two-time NBA All-Star Jrue Holiday was traded again to the...
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IDIOT OF THE YEAR: The annual descent into madness continues (40-31)
Welcome once again, dearest and most beloved reader, to Deadspin’s vaunted IDIOT OF THE YEAR awards, the global phenomenon in which we say churlish things about people we dislike. Huzzah! Read more…
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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...