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If only the Bears could ‘healthy scratch’ the entire organization

There was a moment, back in 2021, that should have given the Bears a long pause before trading for Chase Claypool, if not put them off him entirely. But then, as we’ve established, the Bears are incapable of making good decisions....

by Julie DiCaro|Ben Roethlisberger

|Sun Oct 01 2023

Boog just brought up ayahuasca on the <i>Toy Story</i> broadcast

If you’ve been online at all during the past 48 hours, you’ve heard about ESPN’s Toy Story broadcast. Here’s how Disney (ESPN’s parent company) described the AI-generated animation:...

by Julie DiCaro|Boog

|Sun Oct 01 2023

Ads for the NFL are showing up on white nationalist Twitter accounts

The NFL likes to think of itself as apolitical, but as most fans know, that’s only sort of true. Check out which political campaigns NFL owners donate to or the military-industrial complex fever dream that still kicks off multiple games every Sunday. ...

by Julie DiCaro|the NFL

|Thu Sep 28 2023

Sports media needs a lot more guys like Dan Le Batard

Last week on his podcast, sports media personality Dan Le Batard discussed why he didn’t get the chance to interview Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill. Of Hill, Le Batard said: ...

by Julie DiCaro|Dan Le Batard

|Wed Sep 27 2023

The Bears and White Sox are studies in how NOT to handle a PR crisis

It’s a rough time to be a fan of Chicago sports. ...

by Julie DiCaro|Chicago White Sox

|Tue Sep 26 2023

The NY Post and Phil Mushnick sink to a new low

No matter who you are, getting people to read your writing is tough. Ever since the internet was invented, beat reporters and columnists have all manner of competition for the audience’s eye. To combat the fire hose of content available to readers, journalists have employed all sorts of tactics to d...

by Julie DiCaro|Phil Mushnick

|Tue Sep 26 2023

Mel Tucker reportedly caught in multiple contradictions during sexual harassment investigation [Updated]

If you’re looking for a clue that Mel Tucker didn’t actually embrace the program rape survivor or advocate Brenda Tracy puts on at college campuses all over the country, look no further than his response to being called out in public for his behavior....

by Julie DiCaro|Mel Tucker

|Mon Sep 25 2023

Bobsledder Aja Evans is the latest Olympic athlete to accuse a trainer of sexual abuse

I was once discussing the Catholic Church abuse scandal with some friends. The main thrust of the conversation was this: Is there something about the Church that specifically causes priests to abuse children? Or are predators attracted to the Church because they know they can abuse there? We never c...

by Julie DiCaro|Aja Evans

|Thu Sep 21 2023

Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams resigns amid rumors [Updated]

After starting the season 0-2, things got a whole lot worse for the Chicago Bears on Wednesday....

by Julie DiCaro|Chicago Bears

|Wed Sep 20 2023

Deshaun Watson rewards Cleveland Browns by also being awful <i>on</i> the field

In 2022, the Cleveland Browns sent three first-round picks, a third-round pick, and two fourth-round picks to the Houston Texans to acquire quarterback Deshaun Watson, whom they promptly rewarded with a fully guaranteed, five-year, $230 million deal. Not only that, the franchise stood by him during ...

by Julie DiCaro|Cleveland Browns

|Wed Sep 20 2023

‘Missing’ former NFL player Sergio Brown is posting bizarre videos from Mexico following his mother’s murder

At least one part of the mystery surrounding former Patriot and journeyman safety Sergio Brown is solved. It appears Brown is safe and sound in Mexico City, following a since-deleted Instagram post that tagged his location and several more this morning that appear to mock law enforcement’s attempts ...

by Julie DiCaro|Sergio Brown

|Wed Dec 06 2023

The Chicago Bears will never NOT make the wrong decision (Updated)

The Chicago Bears are 0-4 to start the season. It’s certainly not the first time the “Monsters of the Midway” have started the season with multiple losses. After all, we lived through the John Fox era, but somehow, after several seasons of big expectations, and devastating results, this season’s sta...

by Julie DiCaro|Chicago Bears

|Sun Oct 01 2023

Look at what the Bills did to Takeo Spikes!

If there’s one thing NFL teams love to do, it’s bring back fan favorite players to cheer the team on before a big matchup. Just last week, we saw Tom Brady in Foxboro, taking up the mantle of “Patriot for life,” even though he won a Super Bowl with another team, is trying to acquire an ownership int...

by Julie DiCaro|Spikes

|Mon Sep 18 2023

Travis Kelce shakes off bad karma in first half of Jags game, convinces Mahomes ‘you belong with me’

It’s Week 2 of the NFL season and, as a non-Chiefs fan, I am already tired of Travis Kelce. He doesn’t come off as a bad person, necessarily, just a loud one, and one who likes to yell “We gotta fight…for the right…to paaaarrrrrty!!” every time he’s anywhere near a microphone. Here he is saying it a...

by Julie DiCaro|Travis Kelce

|Sun Sep 17 2023

Here's why victims of sexual trauma often don't fight back

Last weekend, allegations that now-suspended MSU football coach Mel Tucker had sexually harassed anti-sexual assault advocate Brenda Tracy hit the news and, as always when a prominent man in the world of sports is accused, X/Twitter and other social media platforms were besieged by those speculating...

by julieadicaro - Page 4 | DeadspinJulie DiCaro|Sexual harassment

|Thu Sep 14 2023

NFL lawsuit bombshell: 'If the Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is'

This morning, Pro Football Talk tweeted out the first look NFL fans have gotten at longtime NFL reporter Jim Trotter’s discrimination suit against the NFL....

by Julie DiCaro|NFL

|Tue Sep 12 2023

Michigan State thinks the answer to another public sexual misconduct scandal is more Mark Dantonio

In February 2020, Mark Dantonio — by far the most successful football coach in Michigan State’s history — retired. The stress of managing 120 student-athletes every year wore on him, Dantonio said. He wanted to make his life less complicated, so he was stepping away from football and East Lansing....

by Julie DiCaro|Mark Dantonio

|Tue Sep 12 2023

julieadicaro - Page 4 | DeadspinWhere are all the women in NFL studios?

This hasn’t been a great weekend for women in sports. Disgraced Baylor coach Art Briles somehow made his way onto the field of an Oklahoma game to celebrate a win with his son-in-law, Sooners’ offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby. Lebby then had the nerve to get indignant when asked why Briles was on th...

by Julie DiCaro|NFL

|Sun Sep 10 2023

Michigan State's Mel Tucker has been suspended [Updated]

[Updated at 4:17 pm ET] The Title IX investigation into sexual harassment claims against head football coach Mel Tucker has been ongoing since December of 2022, but it only took a few hours of media scrutiny for MSU to decide to discipline him. Funny how that works....

by Julie DiCaro|Mel Tucker

|Tue Sep 12 2023

Mark Cuban is the hero America needs (on Xwitter)

Sometimes, in life, you don’t get the hero you want, but you get the hero you need. Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks — an organization that has been embroiled in ongoing sexual misconduct allegations for the last several years — is best known for either his role on the wildly popular Shark ...

by Julie DiCaro|Mark Cuban

|Tue Sep 05 2023

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