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![The latest NBA-Netflix project shows just how little creativity is left in Hollywood](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/8101d35fca306cdc8c96bed34b1d6f31.jpg)
![It’s time for ESPN to put an end to Pat McAfee’s Aaron Rodgers disaster](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/8579cfa8b6f49a80c18a28e8bbcd5709.jpg)
![Sage Steele’s beef with ESPN is legit, but you can’t play the victim after being the villain](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/4eccfe688ce90582f1776c71d3ede8ea.jpg)
Sage Steele’s beef with ESPN is legit, but you can’t play the victim after being the villain
Despite how she may identify, Sage Steele is a Black woman. That needs to be addressed because, within the sports media landscape, you’d be hard-pressed to find many, or even a few, women — especially Black ones — and Black people who’ll advocate for her. What also needs to be addressed is that Stee...
![Kim Mulkey meeting the man that brought Britney Griner home is the White House story we needed](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/e5bf8cfbf6fd7b9626cb3ba3823522af.jpg)
Kim Mulkey meeting the man that brought Britney Griner home is the White House story we needed
Angel Reese has owned her moment. From being named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four after LSU won their first national title in program history, to the reactions from her “dealings” with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark being the best example of “Two Americas” we’ve seen in quite some time, to her publ...
![Did Donald Trump hijack John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s raised fist?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/e49625ff89fdc8a469c3efddcec301de.jpg)
Did Donald Trump hijack John Carlos and Tommie Smith’s raised fist?
In 1968, John Carlos and Tommie Smith risked it all at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City as they stood on the podium with their fists raised high. On Tuesday, a twice-impeached former President who has been harassing and harming Black people for decades from the Central Park/Exonerated Five to...
![Clay Travis is using a school shooting to promote transphobia](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/e8ee552940d99bf5273067743ca9b23e.jpg)
Clay Travis is using a school shooting to promote transphobia
The reality of this world is that everyone with influence is not going to treat it with the respect that they should. Influence is a form of power. Of the many lessons I’ve learned in ⅓ of a century on this planet is that when people finally grasp a bit of power, many of them have only two goals: To...
![IDIOT OF THE YEAR No. 1: Herschel Walker](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/9bccddf5f3971ccc677574c31a8fba9c.jpg)
IDIOT OF THE YEAR No. 1: Herschel Walker
2022 is the year Herschel Walker rebranded himself as a generational IDIOT OF THE YEAR talent. There had been glimpses before, but he showcased his full-range of idiocy in 2022. Each week, the former UGA and NFL running back humiliated himself in pursuit of power and influence he seemed to have no p...
![The way the Washington Commanders honored Sean Taylor was an 'epic fail'](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/878d72bb99814b8ad6b5180778aa0f6a.jpg)
The way the Washington Commanders honored Sean Taylor was an 'epic fail'
Over the weekend, the Washington Commanders revealed a new “statue” memorializing Sean Taylor, a former safety who played for the organization from 2004-07, earning two Pro Bowl nods before his death at 24 years old. Taylor was a phenomenal young talent, family-oriented, and a hell of a workhorse on...
![Every NBA team’s Super Fan](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/ee87e12b8196a35f69c044ce774a0846.jpg)
Every NBA team’s Super Fan
With the NBA season about to kick off, let’s do a Super Fan roll-call!...
![Things Done Changed: Zion going into this season with brand new body, but a B.I.G. spirit](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/24552b4678b640c6677364c5c975826e.jpg)
Things Done Changed: Zion going into this season with brand new body, but a B.I.G. spirit
NBA, what you gonna do when Big Poppa comes for you?...
![Trump supporters called Colin Kaepernick ‘unpatriotic’ — funny how that label fits the 45th President to a T](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/d82ba8d0cec45424c3f9e9894d3ae59b.jpg)
Trump supporters called Colin Kaepernick ‘unpatriotic’ — funny how that label fits the 45th President to a T
A big part of where we are today started with nine little words. ...
![Retiring Russell’s jersey number should have happened a long time ago](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/1db03a2c00a910e968d6d3622af3f037.jpg)
Retiring Russell’s jersey number should have happened a long time ago
Shame on the NBA....