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Hansen held up by Dupont again, two Australian born players in Six Nations team of the tournament
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size One of the vivid images of this year’s Six Nations championship was the almost […]
The Great Debates tournament: Final Four
Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty, Clive Brunskill/Getty, Focus On Sport/Getty, The Ring Magazine/Getty, Dan Mullan/Getty, Ken Levine/Getty The Final Four is here, with a bunch of heavy hitters and a No. […]
Charles Barkley’s NCAA Tournament hating is annoying
Every Cinderella story needs a bitter, jaded, elderly hater. Charles Barkley is college basketball’s evil stepmother analog. One of the most maddening staples of every March Madness is TNT loaning […]
Alice Capsey: England batter eyes WPL final glory to go with back-to-back Hundred tournament wins | Cricket News
England batter Alice Capsey is eyeing a third big tournament success in her fledgling cricketing career as she prepares for Sunday’s inaugural Women’s Premier League final. The 18-year-old Capsey first […]
Deadspin presents The Great Debates tournament: Elite 8
We have arrived at the Elite 8, and this round is going to be a good old-fashioned slobber knocker. Start these debates at a party with strangers and the host […]
NCAA Tournament: Princeton isn’t an underdog
The days between games during the NCAA Tournament can feel like months. Practices are held. Flights are booked. Press conferences are completed. Stories are written. Narratives are created. And while […]
Insulting NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 teams for the clicks
Welcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent […]
Connor McDavid wants WBC-like hockey tournament
Amid the excitement surrounding this year’s thrilling World Baseball Classic, Connor McDavid wants hockey to bring back a similar tournament spotlighting the game’s top stars. Following Shohei Ohtani’s strikeout of […]
Women’s NCAA Tournament viewership up significantly
For years the women’s tournament felt like an inevitability. Almost all top seeds made the Sweet 16, and multiple No. 1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. That appears to […]
Players let expletives slip during NCAA Tournament interviews
One of the beauties of college sports is that viewers get to see young people act like young people. Sure the professionals play the game better, but sometimes youthful exuberance […]