Yup. Comments disabled and those fucks LOADED the recent "stick to sports" posts with ads. They will come for jalopnik next. It's been fun guys. I'll see you all at the new place wherever the G/O writers land.

Congratulations, Jim! I don’t like sports but I would read Deadspin. I don’t like cars but I would read Jalopnik. I’m not American, but I checked Splinter dozens of times a day.

They seem to be. Jim Spanfeller is a chickenshit fuck that shouldn’t be allowed to run a refrigerator, let alone a media group.

I’m in the same boat with you - didn’t read Deadspin that often because I’m not into sports, but when I did it was for their brilliant non-sports content. What management is doing to the site and it’s talented team of writers is a travesty. As soon as I saw that the comments were disabled I knew it was over.…

Just another mediocre guy who failed upward and is destroying everything successful he touches. I would hope his career is over after this, but he will probably be promoted to something even bigger

Before the shitlords at G/O disabled the comments at Deadspin, many of us in the commentariat decided to show solidarity with the writers by changing our avatars to GMG Union.

Your last article will be forever legendary... You’ll definitely get a direct call out in the wiki for Gawker/GMG/GO/conoco-mitsubishi-spork-warner-haliburton-monsanto in the 'death' section. 

I wish you knew how sad it made me feel to bring YOU out of the greys on Deadspin.

rude of the email of the week to make me cry tbh.

I am a huge fan, Drew, and I hate sports. I know I’m not Deadspin’s target demographic because I’m a woman in her 40s who doesn’t give a flying fuck about sports, but I came here for you because I think your writing is fantastic, and that led me to other articles and writers whom I would never have found if it wasn’t…

Yeah, I’d also gladly pay to access Deadspin.  Splinter getting shut down was a major letdown for me, but losing Deadspin too is going to be gut-punch level.  

It’s basically what sports readers did when the beat writers got shit canned from the local papers (by private equity types). They just followed the beat writers to the athletic or to whatever shop hosted them and canceled their paper delivery. The deadspin they are trying to create has no value as it is no longer…

Same. Deadspin is like the #1 suggested website in my URL bar when I start typing. I would pay for it.

At Deadspin 2.0 can I get out of the greys? 

I want a new website. Name the fucker Stick to Sports. I see there is a trademark on it, but it has been abandoned.

Has anyone registered the domain StickToSports.com?

Yes, wholehearted fuck you as well.

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

I like reading Deadspin because you don’t stick to sports. I used to spend a lot more time on Deadspin (and its sister sites) because of Splinter. I also find your management’s memoryholing and gaslighting to be insane.  I’ve never seen someone put themselves in such a deep hole only to keep digging.  It’s clear they…