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This week’s Las Vegas Super Bowl is one giant ad for sports betting

Of all the pop culture to come out of Las Vegas, very little of it has been flattering. From Nicky Santoro killing a guy with a ballpoint pen to Clark gambling away the Griswald family savings, and the Sin City graphic novels in between, it’s very difficult to overlook the city’s unsavory history — ...

by Sean Beckwith|Sports betting

|Tue Feb 06 2024

How many points does Steph Curry have to score in a loss before we write off the Warriors?

Among the signs of the apocalypse, Steph Curry scoring 60 points in a Golden State Warriors loss is right up there. That the 141-134 defeat came against the Atlanta Hawks is even more frightening. The Hawks are five games under .500, and appear to be well on their way to resetting the roster around ...

by Sean Beckwith|Steph Curry

|Tue Feb 06 2024

Carl Weathers was countless Americans’ Happy Place

I just want to start this off by saying, I’m dedicating this piece to Carl Weathers, and if Shooter McGavin tries to claim otherwise, I will rattle off a stream of obscenities that’ll make Lee Trevino shake his head from Garland, Texas. ...

by Sean Beckwith|Carl Weathers

|Sat Feb 03 2024

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is more powerful than the NCAA

In any drug kingpin story worth watching, there’s inevitably the scene where a policeman gets threatened or flat-out killed as a warning or retribution. Usually, it precedes and prompts the anti-hero’s downfall. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey more or less sent the NCAA a hand-written note with the nam...

by Sean Beckwith|Greg Sankey

|Sat Feb 03 2024

Lakers-Celtics said a lot about both teams — little of it good

The Los Angeles Lakers earned their most impressive win of the season Thursday night, while the Boston Celtics arguably ceded their worst loss. With LeBron James and Anthony Davis sidelined with injuries, Austin Reaves and Co. handed a fully staffed C’s team their third home defeat of the season, 11...

by Sean Beckwith|Kevin Garnett

|Fri Feb 02 2024

Joe Dumars turns his back on NBA defenses

NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars has to say everything is fine while standing in front of a fiery explosion of scoring. And, of course, he’s going to be anti-load management. He is a shill for the league and has to toe the company line on the state of the game. However, it’d just be nice to a...

by Sean Beckwith|Dumars

|Thu Feb 01 2024

Has everything 'Bill Belichick' been shadow banned by NFL franchises?

The NFL’s coaching carousel is done spinning, with two of the seemingly most sought-after candidates — Bill Belichick and Mike Vrabel — still on the their plastic horses. When the New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans announced they were moving on from their respective coaches, I would’ve bet my...

by Sean Beckwith|Belichick

|Thu Feb 01 2024

The NFL’s sole desire to get Taylor Swift in the Super Bowl? Money

So let me get this straight: The NFL is in bed with the left, Taylor Swift, President Joe Biden and Travis Kelce all in order to what? Improve Biden’s poll numbers and alienate a segment of its fanbase that’s been unwavering in its loyalty since Colin Kaepernick started kneeling in protest of police...

by Sean Beckwith|The NFL

|Wed Jan 31 2024

There aren’t enough wealthy team owners on Earth to save the PGA Tour

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf are engaging in an arms race for the future of golf, with the former getting a $3 billion injection of cash from the Strategic Sports Group this week, while the latter is content luring defectors with massive contracts. The endgame for the PGA Tour? Try to keep golf as clos...

by Sean Beckwith|PGA Tour

|Wed Jan 31 2024

seanebeckwith - Page 3 | DeadspinRIP Lil’ Baby Kay-Kay and the Greganator

With companies valuing IP over substance, it makes sense that Fox would demote Greg Olsen for Tom Brady, despite the former treating NFL fans to one of the best booths in the league, if not the best, for the past couple seasons. The combo of Kevin Burkhardt and Olsen are incisive, sharp and funny wh...

by Sean Beckwith|Jim Gray

|Tue Jan 30 2024

Doc Rivers should focus on fixing Damian Lillard before the Bucks’ defense

The Milwaukee Bucks, by virtue of having the fourth-best record in the NBA, could afford to take the gamble that is firing your coach midseason. Their position in the standings gives them the luxury of “having patience” with new skipper, same offense Doc Rivers, and if that means trading a few losse...

by Sean Beckwith|Damian Lillard

|Tue Jan 30 2024

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown need a two-man game

The best duo in the NBA put on a show against the best team in the East on Friday night. Denver’s 102-100 win over Boston snapped the Celtics’ perfect mark at TD Garden this season, and 27-game home-winning streak overall. Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray combined for 69 points, 20 rebounds and 14 assi...

by Sean Beckwith|Jayson Tatum

|Sat Jan 20 2024

Soccer’s had load management for some time — now there just might be more of it

As if on cue, one of soccer’s biggest stars on one of the world’s biggest clubs went down with injury in the Africa Cup of Nations. While there’s not a diagnosis yet, Mohamed Salah limped off just before the half in Egypt’s draw against Ghana on Thursday. This comes a day after Kylian Mbappé warned ...

by Sean Beckwith|Soccer

|Fri Jan 19 2024

Bill Belichick could sure use Tom Brady’s advice finding a final stop

The path back to winning for Bill Belichick is as easy as parroting Tom Brady’s search for a contending roster following his departure from the New England Patriots. Like Brady at 42, the 71-year-old Belichick doesn’t have too many of his best years left either, which is why the QB targeted Tampa Ba...

by Sean Beckwith|Tom Brady

|Thu Jan 18 2024

Deandre Ayton’s ice capades the latest embarrassment in Portland’s rebuild

The NBA trade market is open for business and one team in particular would like you to know that it is jarringly open to offers. The Portland Trail Blazers might not have issued a news release saying as much, yet when your starting center misses a game due to too much ice, the telltale signs of rebu...

by Sean Beckwith|Deandre Ayton

|Thu Jan 18 2024

Amazon buying a minority stake in Diamond Sports is a rare win for fans

The only streaming platform fans want a sporting event aired on is one in which they already have a subscription. That’s why, on the surface, Amazon buying a minority stake in Diamond Sports is a rare win for the people who make these franchises profitable. (No, not the owners. The fans.) The move a...

by Sean Beckwith|Amazon

|Thu Jan 18 2024

Bills Mafia definitely having a good laugh at the expense of frostbit Chiefs fans

It’s a good thing Kansas City goes on the road this weekend because I’m not sure their fans have thawed yet. According to reports, 69 people were treated by the fire department during Saturday’s Wild Card win, with half showing signs of hypothermia. Fifteen people were sent to the hospital, with thr...

by Sean Beckwith|Sports

|Thu Jan 18 2024

The Washington Commanders are this offseason’s most intriguing team

The Washington Commanders have new ownership and a new GM, with a new coach and quarterback presumably on the way as well. Like a dog who finally catches the mailman, fans in the DMV pined for Dan Snyder’s removal with such fervor that I’m not sure they know what to do now that it’s happened. It’s r...

by Sean Beckwith|Washington Commanders

|Thu Jan 18 2024

Baker Mayfield has that mischievousness about him again

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ margin for error coming into the season was pretty high for a team that had low expectations and a quarterback the rest of the league passed on. They have a receiving corps that’s healthy, deep and full of playmakers to go with a defense that’s also healthy and rife with bi...

by Sean Beckwith|Baker Mayfield

|Thu Jan 18 2024

Kansas City won, Cleveland lost, and you should’ve bet the stereotypes

Coming into Wild-Card Weekend, there were different narratives about the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns than usual. Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid spent the second half of the season trying to convince us that something was off — then Kansas City rolled Miami, 26-7. The other game featured a...

by Sean Beckwith|Sports

|Thu Jan 18 2024

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