Jeopardy’s for the OTHER nerds. Obviously their enjoyment of something this guy - and those who starred him - doesn’t personally like doesn’t matter at all.

Rod Wood is a stiff negotiator. He drives a hard bargain.

“I don’t even want to talk about that,” Johnson said. “I don’t have no reason to talk about that. I don’t even talk about the Lions.”

Can anyone clarify who I’m supposed to hate because of their association with Barstool? I read The Ringer, but Mark Titus goes on Pardon My Take. I like Rachel Nichols and The Jump, but she goes on Pardon My Take. Can I watch Desus and Mero even though they had dinner with PFT? Can I read this website, which has…

That will be my official response whenever my wife complains about blowing up the bathroom.

Whaddaya mean, “without a trophy”?

Presumably they’re doing this because they figure they can get 20k+ people per game to show up to a stadium during a slow period in the soccer calendar, given the legions of Mexican soccer fans in these American cities.

Today’s US Open Cup matches, meanwhile, feature such highly-anticipated thrillers as Memphis 901 FC…

Exactly.  Everest has become Coachella.

I know one guy who is going to be pretty stoked:

Everyone welcome Tony Romo to Deadspin!

So no more political discourse and since keeping politics out of sports is so important to these folks, no more national anthem before games, no more god bless america during the 7th inning stretch, no more military fly overs before football games, no more military reunions, camo-hats or uniforms, or giant american…

I don’t know if it’s a directive from the editor, or just a case of colleagues adopting each other’s literary styles, but the constant “dunked his soul to hell” and “smacked the ball to the goddamned moon” shit is fucking exhausting and not remotely funny anymore.

this is the point at which the Deadspin headline voice has officially become a parody of itself.

What a turn of phrase.

This is basically the play the Twins used to pick off Ken Griffey Jr in Little Big League isn’t it?

In the lower levels of English soccer, fans often are nasty, brutish, and short-tempered.

Look, Deadspin isn’t going to hire you.

Wypipo: “Government needs to stay out of our business. We have the 2nd Amendment to protect us from tyrannical government overreach.”

Both groups went on hundreds of escort missions, so that’s a fair mistake.