Some people are fans of the Cleveland Browns. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cleveland Browns. This 2018 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Cleveland Browns. Your 2017 record: 0-16. CONGRATULATIONS! Everything the Browns do is a sadder version of something another team has already done. And you know what? They didn’t get anywhere NEAR enough shit for going winless, in my opinion. I think some people pity the Browns so much for being the Browns that they let this 0-16 slip by quietly. I am not one of those people. I am a hater of the first order and so allow me to put on my Mack North suit and remind you people again that YOU WENT OH AND FUCKING SIXTEEN. You suck in ways that the NFL specifically…
Some people are fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Philadelphia Eagles. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: the Philadelphia Eagles Photoshop by TNL Your 2014 record: 10-6 Your coach: Adolph Rupp… I mean CHIP KELLY! Yes, it’s deranged urinal monitor Chip Kelly, who may or may not have been bitten by a rabid squirrel this offseason. I have no other viable explanation for his recent actions. This offseason, Kelly was handed full control over the Eagles roster and promptly nuked it into oblivion. I have a 3-year-old child, and the remarkable thing about a 3-year-old is not that they make a huge mess, but that they can make a mess so QUICKLY. Just a wave …
The theme of the European Championship, which begins tomorrow, is racism. (To be fair to Poland and the Ukraine, the themes of international soccer over the last five years have been racism and goal-line technology. UEFA has made roughly the same progress on the two.) The BBC kicked it off with their sensationalist on the nationalist Ultras. The families of two black English players announced they'd be staying away, while Sol Campbell warned fans to stay home. Italy's Mario Balotelli said he will walk off the pitch if he is the target of racial abuse—either that, or physically kill the abuser. UEFA President Michel Platini held his press conference yesterday, and with all this horrible stuff hanging overhead, he decided to threaten Balotelli. "It's a yellow c…
Goddammit, why can't American athletes be as interesting and publicly debaucherous as British athletes? We mean, seriously. Sunderland keeper Ben Alnwick, 19, winger Liam Lawrence, 24, and striker Chris Brown, 21, all took part in and orgy. They were joined by ex-teammate Martin Woods, 20, now at Rotherham United, and two pals — not thought to be players — who remained clothed. The orgy, which took place in a flat, involved the six men and a mystery brunette girl — referred to as "Stevie".
The seven-minute video shows England under-21 star Alnwick winking at the camera as he has sex with her. Then Woods — still wearing his jumper — is shown performing a sex act on himself. Brown — who does Match of the Day style commentary throughout — hints their orgy an…
data-mm-id=”_ioyul1qqg”>Per Sports Business Journal's John Ourand, Fox networks have gone dark for Dish Network and Sling subscribers. Ourand notes that the broadcast channel will be drorpped, as well as sports channels FS1, FS2, and Big Ten Network. Deadline noted that Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Deportes were also dropped.Dish Network dropped Fox channels this afternoon – the broadcast channel, FS1, BTN, FS2.— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) September 26, 2019The dispute stems from a carriage dispute between Fox and Dish. Both the satellite network and Sling, their over-the-top internet TV service, have not carried Fox regional sports networks for two months since their sale to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. That deal was brought upon by the Fox's Corporation's sale to The Walt…
data-mm-id=”_gqqody013″>There was no true long-term advantage to winning Sunday's game against the hapless Washington Redskins and, of course, the Detroit Lions bumbled their way to a loss and immediate shame. Defining rock-bottom is always a tough proposition for a franchise that excels at getting out the biggest drill bit and forging deeper into the Earth's mantle. But this is certainly a sad state of affairs, allowing greenhorn quarterback Dwayne Haskins to mount his first fourth-quarter comeback and notch his first win.The Lions' toothless defense wasn't as bad as usual (allowing only 19 points), yet still bad enough to lose by failing to get key stops when they were needed. Who is responsible for this? Well, that's a difficult question. Head coach Matt Pat…
data-mm-id=”_i4yyohbak”>Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin has accomplished almost everything there is to accomplish for an NHL player. This era has seen no more more prolific pure goal scorer than Ovi, who has racked up an NHL record eight Rocket Richard Trophies for leading the league in goal-scoring, along with 11 All-Star Game appearances, three Hart Trophies (for most valuable player), and two ESPY Awards for Best NHL Player. His Stanley Cup win with the Capitals in 2018, for which he was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the postseason, solidified his legacy as one of the NHL's all-time greats.Earlier this week, he further added to his legacy by becoming the eighth player in NHL history to reach the 700-goal mark, notching the goal against the New Jersey D…
data-mm-id=”_05tbgt8ds”>Jared Carrabis of Barstool Sports has been passing this time of quarantine by playing virtual rock-paper-scissors with various MLB personalities and players. The games are each a best-of-seven series. His guests have included J.D. Martinez, Christian Yelich, Josh Donaldson, and Wally the Green Monster, among others. The stakes come in the form of bets. In Carrabis' inaugural matchup, he defeated Martinez, who now has to wear a "Stay Hot Rocket" shirt in his postgame press conference following his first home run whenever the season starts up. On the flip side, Carrabis lost to Yelich and now owes the former MVP an all-expenses-paid dinner and Yelich can order whatever he likes. It all started off as good fun at first. Then Carrabis started to lose.…
data-mm-id=”_b1nvy3knw”>New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara got real on Thursday. A day after teammate Drew Brees was raked over the coals for his stand against kneeling during the national anthem, Kamara took to Twitter to explain some of his experience of being a black man in America. It was powerful stuff. The entire thread is below:Im a 24 year old black man from Atlanta. Mother from africa and an illegal alien for almost 30sum years until 15 months ago. I’ve seen racism and experienced social injustice personally. maybe even on a deeper level because my mother had a foreign accent.— Alvin Kamara (@A_kamara6) June 4, 2020I’ve literally been in a bank and had the cops called on me. Not because i was robbing it.. but because i looked like i could have been robbing it. …
data-mm-id=”_cpicg95kr”>The final round of the BMW Championship featured Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, and Joaquin Niemann battling down to the wire at a course finally willing to accept some mid-60s scoring after a historically stingy first three days. It was quite enjoyable as all Sundays tend to be on Tour. That is, when NBC actually deigned to show us golfers hitting golf shots. Which was quite a rarity for some reason. In a confounding display of needless withholding, the broadcast was packed to the gills with commercial breaks, vignettes, and action-less breakdowns of the FedEx Playoffs. We knew we were in for trouble when the first 10 or 15 minutes of the network feed was about storytelling with on-course action being relegated to an audience dessert — something …