The Legend of Black Superman
In the 1980s, Billy Ray Bates, once dubbed “the Legend,” drank himself out of the NBA and ended up playing in the Philippines. For a few wild years, his legend grew—both on the court and in the bars.
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In the 1980s, Billy Ray Bates, once dubbed “the Legend,” drank himself out of the NBA and ended up playing in the Philippines. For a few wild years, his legend grew—both on the court and in the bars.
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How a bootleg prep school profited by ripping off teens with NBA dreams.
Luke Cyphers, Teri Thompson Deadspin Nov 2017 20min Permalink
Twenty years later, looking back at an infamous paragraph.
Jeff Pearlman Deadspin Aug 2017 20min Permalink
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Laura Wagner Deadspin Aug 2017 30min Permalink
A dispatch from Anthony Scaramucci’s SALT Conference.
Hamilton Nolan Deadspin Jun 2017 30min Permalink
“The sex abuse is a symptom of a culture that does not allow the athletes to have their voice.”
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Dave McKenna Deadspin May 2016 25min Permalink
The story of Jennifer Frey, a sportswriting prodigy who drank herself to death.
Dave McKenna Deadspin Oct 2016 40min Permalink
The so-called gambling experts who sell their picks, lie about their records, and get paid even when they’re wrong.
Ryan Goldberg Deadspin Jun 2016 40min Permalink
A photographer captured the moment when a race organizer confronted a woman who’d snuck into the race.
David Davis Deadspin Apr 2015 10min Permalink
Brian Chavez was supposed to be the one who made it out of Odessa. It didn’t turn out that way.
Dave McKenna Deadspin Dec 2015 25min Permalink
On May 12, 2014, Nicole Holder told Charlotte police that she had been assaulted by Greg Hardy. He was arrested, charged, and convicted. Then the case was dismissed on appeal. After a season out of the league, Hardy is playing for the Dallas Cowboys. Owner Jerry Jones has called him a “real leader.”
This is the story, and the photos, of what happened that night.
Diana Moskovitz Deadspin Nov 2015 15min Permalink
“Norbert Grupe—a Nazi soldier’s son, boxer, professional wrestler, failed actor, criminal, and miserable human being who was never so happy as when he could make someone hate him—was once a man so beautiful that other men wanted to paint him.”
Shaun Raviv Deadspin Oct 2015 25min Permalink
How an amateur photographer documented the greatest achievement in track and field history.
David Davis Deadspin Oct 2015 15min Permalink
Why The Undefeated, a site announced more than two years ago, still hasn’t launched.
Greg Howard Deadspin Oct 2015 15min Permalink
Football-related brain damage made Rickie Harris fall from the heights of the NFL to serving a DUI sentence in his ex-wife’s basement.
Dave McKenna Deadspin May 2015 20min Permalink
Twelve columns about the boxer’s descent, originally published in the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times.
John Schulian Deadspin Mar 2015 55min Permalink
A profile of “the seven-time defending UFC light-heavyweight champion, practically unbeatable, and already maybe the greatest fighter of all time.”
Greg Howard Deadspin Dec 2014 50min Permalink
How a small group of gamers has been able to “set the terms of debate in a $100 billion industry, even as they send women like Brianna Wu into hiding and show every sign that they intend to keep doing so until all their demands are met.”
Kyle Wagner Deadspin Oct 2014 20min Permalink
A trip to the U.S. Open of ping-pong.
Eric Nusbaum Deadspin Oct 2014 25min Permalink
A 2011 profile of LeBron James, originally meant to run in Port, that was killed by Nike.
Benjamin Markovits Deadspin Jul 2014 30min Permalink
The stories of the 109 black men who have played quarterback in the NFL, from Fritz Pollard to Russell Wilson.
Greg Howard Deadspin Feb 2014 40min Permalink
How fight coach Greg Jackson, once dubbed “the Philosopher King of MMA,” does his job.
Tim Marchman Deadspin Jan 2014 45min Permalink
The family history behind college football’s most talked-about player.
Timothy Burke Deadspin Aug 2013 15min Permalink