the whole “we needed to lose one” ideology is such bullshit. If your team needs to lose to be reminded that you aren’t perfect, your team is full of delusional idiots.

What was the purpose of this post other than mental illness click bait? “Look, here’s a guy who hit rock bottom, how fascinating!” No context, no story, just “funny weird picture that will get us traffic.” He’s not in the public eye anymore so definitely not newsworthy. I love Deadspin but come on, this is the kind of…

OK, because I’m essentially a bitter, working class crank who retches a little when sincere appreciation isn’t first coated in a thick layer of contempt: on Monday, when Trump buys Gawker to use as a clearinghouse for Benghazi stories, and the NFL buys Deadspin as a place “for NFL fans to be NFL family”, I doubt…

New Yorkers! Tonight’s Varsity Letters reading series, presented by Gelf Magazine, is all about the Olympics. The Nation sports editor Dave Zirin, Deadspin contributor and author Dvora Meyers, and author David Davis will all be reading. Go see them!

The only problem is one of those idiots becomes everyone’s idiot.

fine