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The videos started to appear in America a few years ago, crossing the Pacific and landing on our digital doorsteps like mysterious gifts. Their contents were joyously unfamiliar: Korea Baseball Organization sluggers walloping balls and then flipping their bats with abandon, sending them spiraling through the air. Montages surfaced on a website called mykbo.net, gifs…
Dear Donald Trump, Last Friday, audio leaked of you making incredibly demeaning comments about women and bragging about sexual assault. When asked to justify your statements, you claimed that this was “locker room talk,” and it’s just how guys speak about women. You’re wrong, and only the type of wrong an over-tanned ham hock like…
Top EventsNBANFLMLBNHLNCAAFNCAAB © 2016 Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. Source: Donald Trump ‘locker room talk’ criticized by athletes | SI.com
An attorney asked a judge if the woman who accused Derrick Rose and two others of gang raping her could stop crying during her civil trial testimony on Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The woman, who used to date the New York Knicks player, filed a police report and $21.5 million lawsuit against Rose and…
Rex Ryan (left) shares the stage with Donald Trump after introducing Trump during a campaign stop Monday, April 18, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Images) Indeed, said another black player on the Bills who requested anonymity to speak freely about tensions swirling with a combination of protests led by Colin Kaepernick and a combustible candidate:…
Image via Getty. Ahead of their Sunday season opener, the Seattle Seahawks announced plans to link arms during the national anthem as a show of unity for an vague collection of causes, including “brotherhood” and “freedom.” Three days before the game, Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin previewed this “demonstration of unity,” which I suppose is…
Rather than distance himself from Colin Kaepernick in the wake of the quarterback’s recent decision to protest the national anthem, San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York has taken a step firmly in support of him. The 49ers announced in a press release Thursday evening that York planned to donate $1 million to organizations working to…
In a sport as old as baseball, it had never happened before. Not once. But on Aug. 31, 1990, Ken Griffey Sr. and his son Ken Griffey Jr. made history when they both played for the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Kansas City Royals. At the time, Griffey Sr. was 40 years old,…
Jackie Robinson, in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, described the moment when he realized that he could not “stand and sing the anthem,” nor “salute the flag,” which calls to mind recent statements made by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Robinson strongly indicted this nation on charges of racism, classism and bigotry: There I was, the black grandson…
Some people are fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here. Your team: Pittsburgh Steelers. Your 2015 record: 10-6. Let’s…