The question is general. The article is just an example. More and more often, Deadspin seems to be doing less and less real reporting. The narratives in Deadspin articles are increasingly Skip Bayless/Stephen A Smith type “takes” without the amount of research and hard facts you expect from a publication like…

Does Deadspin do retractions? Like let’s say ESPN comes out and says “publishing this article was a mistake and we should have doublechecked our sources” does Deadspin publish a retraction or apology along the same lines or does Deadspin just publish an article slamming ESPN for bad reporting?

Come on, Samer! This is much less important than rehashing Spygate. Important issues only please. This is Gawker, after all.

Barry.... Barry, Barry, Barry...

I found that MUCH funnier than I wish I did...

It’s a good question but maybe a little broad. It’s like asking “why do you like driving coupes because there are shitty coupes” (the answer, as always, is miata). You are asking why someone would want a relatively very unsafe, very poor performing and very expensive motorcycle over something else but there are a lot…

@Hard Yard - just to touch on this point again, with the ruling in Brady’s favor more players are filing suit (mostly around the “conduct detrimental” policy that Berman deemed was essentially illegal). I think Hardy may have already filed.

Those who can’t play, ump.

“That’s a fair reading if and only if you believe Brady was involved (or “generally aware”) of the deflation. I believe he was[...]”

“That’s Singhania’s wif- uh - partner...”

“When video game glitches happen in real life!”

Samer, this is a very Gawker-esque blog (in case it doesn’t go without saying, that’s not a good thing).

@Hard Yards - This morning’s news cycle made me think of our brief back-and-forth: Jim Turner is apparently filing a suit (technically against Ted Wells, not the NFL) which touches on point 1, above. There’s blood in the water and the NFLPA v NFL suit is bringing a lot of material into public light. Perhaps even…

STRONGLY disagree with the fans “[knowing] how to do it properly.” Mr. Skinny-Ron-Pearlman is drinking a Sprite. A SPRITE!!!

Two reasonable arguments for pipe mods (not necessarily straight pipes):

Cue anecdotal stories of “I met Kane once and he was a gentleman who would never do this” and “Kane is a jerk and this isn’t surprising at all”.

There are two parts to this answer and I’ll be as brief as possible:

You are in fact missing something here.

Slow day navigating the ol’ interwebz?