Hey white man. Only white men get to pretend that “identity politics” (eat my ass until the sun explodes for using that phrase, by the way) get “inserted” into things like sports, entertainment, cars, etc. The whole world IS political; it is suffused by sexism, racism, classism, etc. This site isn’t “inserting”…

Any chart that considers Wonkette left of Jacobin and claims that The Hill does a better job reporting “Original Facts” than the NYT is worthless.

I saw Gladwell in a coffee shop in the West Village last January when I was in town for an academic conference. He was talking the barista’s ear off with absolutely terrible takes about how the Celtics needed to trade Gordon Hayward for Anthony Davis and then sign Demarcus Cousins in free agency. The poor kid was in…

When did Jabari Parker re-achieve butt status?

Basic high-school pitching strategy; surprisingly exportable to higher levels:

My Milwaukee Bucks are never, ever going to win a championship, are they?

Jesus Christ.

No. Why is it always about “intent” with white people? There is such a thing as STRUCTURAL racism. In societies that are structurally racist, your good intentions mean precisely jack shit.

This is not true. The Daulerio years featured far, far more of it. The first half of the Craggs era was the same. Deadspin’s name and logo font are a riff on ESPN, for fuck’s sake. The site has historically played the part of counterpuncher to, and ombudsman/critic of, other sports media venues, whether they be…

I know that using exclamation points semi-ironically has become a sort of house style around here, but holy shit you are terrible at it. Whether or not it was your intention, you have really done a good job of showing why you should avoid doing that unless you get paid to write. Which I hope you do not.

“This word with a very long, specific, and well-documented history of being used to degrade, humiliate, and dehumanize people for something that they have no control over now means something entirely different, because I want to use it without feeling bad.”

This is certifiably insane kinja

“Few of us have to make a living trotting out those talents in public, years after any joy has been wrung out of it. Most of us are free to have to live out our mediocrity in private, under the scrutiny of supervisors and no one else.”

Using the term “social justice warrior” doesn’t necessarily make you a racist, but it does make you a huge douchebag.

Annnnnnnd I just got the joke. Fuck.

I don’t know; do they get another ball to play with? Each of those guys posted usage rates above 24%, with Melo and Harden each ranking in the top 21. That hypothetical team would have a TON of offensive firepower, and Harden and Paul are magnificent facilitators (Melo less so, maybe), but I think there would be a…

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.

Have you noticed any changes under new management yet? Or are they trusting you enough to let you continue working as autonomously as you used to?