Since this may be our last post together as a commentariat, I have a few (non-private-equity-related) things to get off my chest:

Sticking it to powerful people who are fucking up a good thing with disingenuous pleas to “avoid controversy” and “stick to sports” is a good thing.

If this is the end, at least we went out with a ZODIAC MOTHERFUCKER appearance.

Is this where we all get together to hug and cry? What am I supposed to do all day once Deadspin is gone?

First they came for Splinter, and the commentariat raged, but was silenced.
Then they added Autoplay Video Ads, and the Commentariat Raged but was ultimately ignored.
Then they came for Deadspin... And y’all aren’t going down without a fight. Godspeed you crazy diamonds. Godspeed.

Deadspin has been the first site I…

Deadspin is my go-to website. I check it several times a day. It’s a privilege to be ungreyed. I started reading in law school and believe it or not I found Deadspin because Whitlock posted some article on foxsports in like 2008 about his favorite sports websites. So you can blame him for me being here.

I’ve had a Twitter account for years but I never used it, until yesterday when I dug up my password and logged in specifically to follow every Deadspin writer I could find. I did this mostly so I can keep up with you folks after the fall. Good luck, Godspeed, and I’ll pour one out for the bartenders on duty for the…

“Picture of a basketball included to signal that this week’s Funbag is sports-related.”

This feels like a wake, and everyone else is way better at expressing this than I am, but here goes. I’m immensely proud of the entire writing and editing staff here, for doing what you all said you would in the face of this type of fuckery. Deadspin’s attitude and ethos can’t be killed, and even if the bones are…

If I was as bad at my job as Jim Spanfeller and Paul Maidment are at running previously successful media outlets, I’d be swiftly fired and might even face criminal charges. Maybe I should think about becoming a rich, unctuous failson, as they seem to be able to avoid consequences for all their bumbling cons.

I’m genuinely surprised to see this today. Last night I explained the whole story to my wife - Theil to yesterday - and figured that the site was done. It wasn’t a KSK-style fuck off, but yesterday really felt like the end. It felt strange to say out loud how much this site has meant to me (I started reading just…

Fantastic graphic. The art department is one of the best in the biz.

Hi welcome to Deadspin Bob, I’ve been reading this site since 2007 every day and this is the way it’s always been here. It’s a great site because it’s not purely about sports. If you want a sports site, there are literally tens of thousands of them that will give you the fucking box score and some pithy postgame…

Seconding the relationship with the site and also that promise. You just know something’s gotta give, the corporate morons up top have made it clear they won’t stand for the shit the writers pulled yesterday - which by the way is absolutely, 100% in keeping with what we’ve come to expect from this team, and what we…

I’m 100 percent in support of the entire Giz family resigning and creating their own independent publication free from Great Hill’s bullshit, and would do everything I could to help out. And a paywall would totally be worth it if it keeps everyone safe from vulture capitalists.

Not sure there’s gonna be a better place to post this, so here we go:

Waited until the final second, then nailed the 55 yarder. Well played.

I very much appreciate what you guys are doing. I’m a devoted fan of the site and you all deserve much better than a “stick to sports” mandate.  However, as a Nats fan, you guys are killing me today!

Wearing a John Rocker jersey is the same as wearing a MAGA hat.

Stick it to the Man, Magary! Deadspin has readers who are loyal because of this site’s political and social commentary included alongside sports, not in spite of it.