deadspin.com | Grace McDermott

Staff Writer at DraftKings Network

LSU QB retires, but what about his NIL deals?

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|Thu Aug 18 2022

What to watch in college football's Week One

Anyone else so excited that we’ll have college football in less than two weeks that they could throw up? No? Just me? Well, maybe you’ll be excited enough to read our Week One previews for the 2022 season (that starts in 10 days! AAHHHH!). Labor Day weekend is going to be one of those Saturdays wher...

by Grace McDermott|football

|Thu Aug 18 2022

We asked Leigh Steinberg if Myles Brennan will get to keep his NIL deals

After five years, a championship ring, two major injuries, three starts, an entry into the transfer portal, a coaching change, and an exit from the transfer portal, sixth-year LSU quarterback Myles Brennan announced on Monday that he would be stepping away from football permanently. ...

by Grace McDermott|Nil

|Thu Aug 18 2022

The best sports calls of the 21st century

Is there anything that defines a moment in sports history quite like the announcers’ call over the sounds of a raucous crowd and a celebrating team (and your own sobs)? Do you believe in miracles, the band is on the field, the Giants win the pennant, pretty much anything Jack Buck ever said — they’r...

by Grace McDermott|Sports

|Sat Jul 30 2022

Moving to a 16-team College Football Playoff isn’t easy — but may very well happen

“Sixteen just seems to be out there,” Gene Smith, Ohio State’s athletic director, said at the Big Ten media days. “You can’t ignore it.”...

by Grace McDermott|College Football Playoff

|Thu Jul 28 2022

Golfers’ reasonings for joining Saudi Tour were nothing but excuses

Now that the Saudi Golf Tour has announced a $405 million purse and 14 tournaments for 2023, those see-through excuses and talking that defecting golfers have been tossing out at press conferences are even weaker than they were before — a feat that we honestly didn’t think was possible. ...

by Grace McDermott|Charles Howell III

|Thu Jul 28 2022

Cardinals give Kyler Murray a homework ultimatum

Kyler Murray has found himself in detention — or, at least, the NFL’s version of it. As details of his new $230 million contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals come out, the rockiness of his offseason relationship with the team suddenly makes a whole lot more sense. ...

by Grace McDermott|Kyler Murray

|Tue Jul 26 2022

Our Conference Mock Draft: Big Ten Edition

Welcome to the new Big Ten! As a lifelong Midwesterner, I have a certain fondness for the conference, and I wanted to preserve some major rivalries while keeping an open mind for expansion to new markets....

by Grace McDermott|Big Ten Conference

|Tue Jul 26 2022

What if the Saudis come for tennis next?

Let’s paint a picture for a moment. It’s two, maybe three years from now. The Saudi Golf League has taken off, gotten its sponsorships and TV deals, and superstar commitments. It’s expanded its tournaments, the majors are now allowing defectors to return, and — all in all, it’s a success....

by Grace McDermott|Tennis

|Mon Jul 25 2022

deadspin.com | Grace McDermottBo knows kindness, too

Bo Jackson, the former MLB and NFL star considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time, donated to help cover the funeral costs for the 19 children and two adults murdered at Robb Elementary School in after the Uvalde, Texas in May....

by Grace McDermott|Sports

|Mon Jul 25 2022

Nonsensical arguments are only cute when they’re harmless, Chuck

A few months ago, amongst the very early Saudi golf league discussions and defections, Charles Barkley said that he gets it — “If somebody gave me $200 million, I’d kill a relative,” he told Pat McAfee. “Even one I like.”...

by Grace McDermott|Chuck

|Mon Jul 25 2022

NCAA coaches search for coolness

What is it that made South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer’s TikTok song-and-dance challenge to Soulja Boy seem effortlessly cool (so cool, in fact, that Soulja Boy himself retweeted it), while Clemson’s Dabo Swinney was near-universally clowned on for doing the popular “Griddy” dance (somewhat ove...

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|Thu Jul 21 2022

CFB's biggest QB transfers recap

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|Thu Jul 21 2022

Ryder Cup captain jumps ship to Saudi league

In what appears to be a declaration of war, Greg Norman’s Saudi golf league has signed Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson. He announced Wednesday that he would be joining the new tour, although he expressed that he wanted to continue to play DP World Tour events. He’s obviously out as Europe’s captain...

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|Wed Jul 20 2022

deadspin.com | Grace McDermottIs $15,000 per year a ‘living wage’? This rich boomer thinks so

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, a man who makes $17.5 million a year, told minor leaguers to shut up and be grateful this week amidst calls for a living wage for professional players who haven’t yet been called up....

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|Wed Jul 20 2022

The NFL wants flag football in the Olympics

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by Grace McDermott|Flag football

|Wed Jul 20 2022

Deshaun Watson’s potential punishment could be a slap on the wrist compared to suspensions for betting, deflating the football

The latest Deshaun Watson rumor, coming from Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, is that Judge Sue L. Robinson is planning to hand down a suspension of between two and eight games for the new Browns quarterback under the league’s Personal Conduct Policy. This is a significant reduction from earlier rep...

by Grace McDermott|Deshaun Watson

|Wed Jul 20 2022

Recapping CFB's biggest 2022 QB transfers

College football season is approaching quickly (not as quickly as I would like, of course, but patience is a virtue,) and amongst all of the conference realignment announcements, the unprecedented coaching carousel, and the discussions surrounding NIL guidelines, it’s been a pretty dramatic offseaso...

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|Thu Jul 21 2022

NFL behind push to make flag football an Olympic sport

Intramural teams around the country, you’d better start training! The NFL has just joined the effort to get flag football officially recognized as an Olympic sport for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles....

by Grace McDermott|football

|Wed Jul 20 2022

Governor in Brett Favre welfare scandal directed money towards QB, defendant says

There’s been a new development in the Brett Favre welfare payment scandal from 2020. Nancy New, a defendant in the welfare fraud case that involves millions of dollars worth of Mississippi state welfare funds being embezzled and misdirected, said that the former governor of the state, Phil Bryant, d...

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|Thu Jul 14 2022

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