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As if scoring a goal inside the opening minute of three consecutive top-flight matches wasn’t remarkable enough, the manner in which Brentford managed to do so without going on to win any of the games in question rather beggars belief. The first defeat was understandable, with Yoane Wissa taking the foolhardy decision to hoof the hornet’s nest at the home of the champions after just 23 seconds. And while there was a certain inevitability about the Bees’ ensuing defe…
If one didn’t want to kick dirt on Vlatko Andonovski as he recedes from the USWNT manager job, and kicking dirt is kind of what we do around here, it would be wise to point out the size of the task he was faced with. He took over a team that had won two World Cups on the spin, so there was really nowhere to go but down, and also had to start turning the team over to the next crop of players. That’s tricky for anyone and any team, not to mention squads that are having to move on and progress from all-time greats as the USWNT was. Injuries and other absences only hastened the process, and maybe the players that were replacing the older ones just weren’t as good. Andi Sullivan is not what Julie Ertz was. Trinity Rodman is full of promise, but is she Tobin Heath or Christen Press? Al…
Some people are fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Jacksonville Jaguars. That’s not how you spell that. Your 2016 record: 3-13. Here now is a full summary of your season: The Jaguars have lost 11 or more games for six straight seasons, and they’ve done it all without managing to secure the top pick in the draft even once during that stretch. At least when Cleveland loses, they go all out. By contrast, the Jaguars put on a cheap sheen of continuity and professionalism that renders them forgettable even when they’re steadily smashing records for hideous incompetence. Gus Bradley was 14-48 when …
Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group.
Your team: Tampa Bay Bucs
Your 2013 record: 4-12. Sometimes a won/loss record is woefully inadequate when it comes to conveying just how shitty your season was. This is true of Cleveland pretty much every year, and it was double super extra true of the Bucs last season. They rigged captain votes. They leaked drug test results to the media. Their players mutinied, which is fitting for a pirate-themed football team. They cut their franchise quarterback in the middle of the season. Coaches yelled at players for daring to exhibit basic human decency. The staph infection that swept through the Bucs loc…
A fortnight ago, no one would have ever expected Tiger Woods — Tiger freaking Woods! — to ever be a SHOTY nominee. Now, the poor guy might win. Tiger Woods
You know, I don't even know what more I can say at this point. Just refresh TMZ every 20 minutes, and you can get up to speed. …
Deadspin chief tennis correspondent and resident deucebag Dylan Stableford will be covering the U.S. Open throughout the fortnight. Here are some key questions heading into the tennis year's last — and best — Grand Slam. Is Caroline Wozniacki "ready to get on top"? The Yale football team certainly thinks so. Wozniacki, who reached the 2009 final in her billowing Stella McCartney dress at the tender age of 19, comes into the Open having won back-to-back titles in Montreal and New Haven, where she has a career record of 13-0 and is treated like Ivy League royalty. And while Wozniacki, who has yet to win a Grand Slam, doesn't have a huge weapon, she's one of those players you hate playing against because she gets to every ball. ("Wozniacki has a little bi…
data-mm-id=”_vmzhm2nsm”>The Baltimore Ravens have looked like a sluggish and upset-prone team early on against the Tennessee Titans. Lamar Jackson is without Mark Ingram and facing a 14-point deficit. If he's to lead the No. 1 seed back to victory, the first step will be staying in the game. That ability was tested by a late — and uncalled hit — by Jeffery Simmons.No flag … OK NFL good work ?? pic.twitter.com/m0Q3BCSCuB— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 12, 2020Jackson immediately looked for a flag that never came. This hit, as well the one delivered by Jadeveon Clowney on Carson Wentz last week, would have earned targeting penalties and ejections in college.They earned nothing in the NFL. That's not to say either was dirty, but for a league preaching player safety…
data-mm-id=”_vyv039z6z”>We are all trapped inside our homes for the foreseeable future. ESPN, a sports channel, is completely without sports for the same undetermined amount of time. Every day we're both scrambling to fill the hours. The time has come for ESPN to turn back the clock to a time when ratings where high, online poker was legal, and we somehow has a less problematic person in the White House. The time has come for ESPN to break out the World Series of Poker broadcasts that started the poker boom.Chris Moneymaker and ESPN's broadcast of the 2003 WSOP was America at i's most optimistic. A guy turned $39 into $2.5 million. This is inspiration we need right now. We need to be reminded that anything is possible, assuming anyone has $39 left when this is all over. …
data-mm-id=”_mqfepqrw7″>The game of quarterback musical chairs has slowed down since the frenetic pace of last week. Tom Brady went to the Bucs, Philip Rivers to the Colts, Nick Foles to the Bears and Teddy Bridgewater to the Panthers. Now, Jameis Winston is a free agent, and Cam Newton and Andy Dalton are probably available, either for a late-round draft pick or perhaps eventually outright release. As far as Winston goes, Adam Schefter doesn't see him being a starter "on paper" right now:Schefter doesn't envision the Chargers or Patriots — two teams who would appear on the outside to be quarterback needy; the Chargers have Tyrod Taylor while the Patriots have Jarrett Stidham and Brian Hoyer — as suitors for him. Therefore, he finds himself in a situation similar …
data-mm-id=”_deog59jt6″>Willie Mays finally broke through on May 28, 1951 and he did it in style, against a future Hall of Famer.A 20-year-old rookie center fielder, Mays was called up to the New York Giants in 1951 and went hitless in his first 12 at bats. It was not the start anyone had envisioned for his career after he tore up the minor leagues. But on May 28 everything changed. The Giants hosted the Boston Braves that day, and face Warren Spahn was on the hill for the visiting team. Mays got his chance early, as he was batting third and got to dig in with two outs in the first inning. Mays didn't just get a hit off Spahn, he blasted a home run over the left field roof at the Polo Grounds. A legend was born. Mays obviously found his footing in the big leagues after that. He w…