Former NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick is tired of Doc Rivers’ excuses. The First Take host went off on his former coach Tuesday morning, saying how he’s “seen the trend for years. Did the Bucks want Doc Rivers as head coach all along? “The trend is always making excuses,” the former Duke star said. “Doc, we…
We are in the age of the easiest, most direct access we’ve ever seen. That goes triple for sports which can be a good thing. But we’ve gotten to the point where we have so much access that it’s begun to have the opposite effect and become negative in many situations. With all the information…
Q: I’ve heard this phrase for years: “Beer before liquor, never been sicker.” But is it true? They’re familiar mantras of college students or anyone eager to avoid a hangover: “Beer before liquor, never been sicker”; “Grape or grain, but never the twain”; “Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine.” People have long been trying…
With the NFL season in the rearview mirror, baseball is back. Spring Training is underway, and baseball reporters everywhere are desperate for something to write about. Is the new pitch clock good for baseball? Amidst the usual “best shape of his life” stories coming out of camps, oft-injured Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon…
On Feb. 22, 1797, while George Washington celebrated his 65th birthday at a ball in Philadelphia, his celebrated chef, Hercules Posey, slipped from the meager enslaved quarters at Mount Vernon, the president’s Virginia estate. Stepping into the damp night under the light of a waning moon, he found his freedom, only to be lost to…
As the NBA has observed its golden era of efficiency proliferate from more streamlined offenses to load management run amok, elements of the league have fallen by the wayside. Marquee hoopers play fewer minutes, fewer games and now they barely expend energy or cross halfcourt during All-Star Weekend’s showcase game. The Slam Dunk Contest’s main…
Headliner Lolita The name couldn’t be more innocent or less Nabokovian. Lola, the 2½ -year-old daughter of Jillian Lockhart, an owner, was the inspiration. This unusual two-story lounge and restaurant has a distinctive point of view when it comes to drinks. The bar, shelves and lockers throughout the place have restricted the spirits offerings mostly…
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 universe. Hey Shannon Sharpe, the Memphis Grizzlies are the NBA’s Kings of the Ring There have been as many takedowns of NBA All-Star Weekend as…
Upon entering the new Millesima USA wine shop, relocated earlier this month from a few blocks uptown, you’re in a no-frills array of shelves, racks and bins in a well-lit windowed setting. Emphasizing Bordeaux, Burgundy and Italy, with other major regions, including Spain, the United States and Australia, represented as well, there are pedigreed bottles…
A former women’s basketball player at the University of Nebraska is suing the program for not stepping in and taking appropriate action when her relationship with an assistant coach became public. Grant Hill looks to repeat Team USA’s 2004 “success” Ashley Scoggin filed a civil lawsuit sharing how her relationship with then-associate head coach Chuck…
