While most subscription streaming services are competing to snap up rights to live programming in an effort to attract paying viewers, Sports Illustrated, a publication that simply can’t compete with broadcast giants like ESPN or NBC Sports, has bought the rights to show replays of Liverpool matches, according to a report published by Digiday today. The step might make sense given that SI TV’s current programming consists mostly of old sports movies and SI-produced web shows, but considering that the target demographic for these games are Liverpool fans, the idea that they would become paying SI TV customers in order to watch their team play on a significant delay (at least seven hours for Premier League matches, per Digiday) feels overly optimistic. There’s also the complicating…

Some people are fans of the New Orleans Saints. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New Orleans Saints. This 2018 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Pass is… CAUGHT! DIGGS! SIDELINE! TOUCHDOWN!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!  Your 2017 record: LOL who gives a shit, hit me with that play again… Again! AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN! What a moment. Doesn’t it make you feel GOOD inside? I feel like life is worth living again. That this happened against one of the NFL’s most obnoxious fanbases onl…

2015 was a banner year for the world’s profanity practitioners, as motherfuckers with filthy mouths talked shit on TV, to referees, and to fans around the world. Here’s the best fucking curse words we highlighted on Deadspin’s pages in 2015: To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] ( PGP key) or find him on Twitter @bubbaprog. …

By a vote of 6-2, the Phoenix City Council approved public funding for renovations to the Suns’ arena and a lease that will keep them in town through 2037. The negotiations over the arena deal were short, shady, and resulted in the Suns getting one of the cushiest deals in recent times. And, because this is Phoenix, the final hearing also featured a bizarre appearance and speech by a man who shot a councilperson over a previous stadium deal. We’ll get to that. First, the details of the funding agreement—which were only publicly released in December, less than week before the scheduled vote, before public pressure resulted in it being pushed back a month. The city of Phoenix will pay $150 million for renovations to the arena, while the Suns will pay $80 million, plus cost overruns.…

The hoopster formerly known as Ron Artest has been a joy to behold this year. From prank-calling radio stations to helping reporters with marriage proposals to senselessly clotheslining J.J. Barea to his mastery of the art of avoiding questions to public-service announcements with wild animals to changing his name to Dancing With The Stars to doing stand-up comedy to his appreciation of Celine Dion's music, Metta World Peace was the gift that kept on giving in the last 12 months. Oh, right, he also (allegedly!) texted photos of his dong to a woman in Oklahoma City, and he couldn't understand all the fuss once word of that became public. We know he's guaranteed to stay crazy and to keep us entertained. But is Metta World Peace a Deadspin Hall of Famer? That&#x2…

data-mm-id=”_0u50nsji5″>Russell Wilson officially announced his candidacy for the 2019 NFL MVP award on Thursday Night Football, as the Seattle Seahawks beat the Los Angeles Rams 30-29. The Seahawks beat a division rival — and the defending NFC Champions and it was Russell Wilson, playing quarterback as well as anyone can play quarterback, who should get all the credit. Wilson finished the game completing 17 of 23 passes for 268 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran the ball seven times for 33 yards. It was a statement game for both Wilson and the Seahawks as they beat the defending NFC champs.Coming into week five, Wilson led the league in completion percentage, was ninth in passing yards, eighth in touchdown passes, fourth in yards per attempt, second in quarterback rating and was…

data-mm-id=”_9ayh7rw40″>NFL free agency seems like it's going to be crazier than usual this year because there are so many starting quarterbacks who could be changing teams this offseason. Guys who have been played their entire careers for one franchise could be headed elsewhere for one reason or another. What if we had a true quarterback carousel? Starting with…Mitch Trubisky to the XFLIt was fun while it lasted, but the Bears are ready to move on. They're "quietly" looking at other options right now. Trubisky will make more than $4 million this year with his roster bonus. After that the Bears have a club option that they won't need to pick up if…Derek Carr is traded to the Chicago BearsCarr is the top name coming up in Bears rumors right now. On Thursday …

data-mm-id=”_h65a4d4r1″>Conventional wisdom has suggested the top two picks in the NFL Draft are locked, with the Bengals taking hopeful franchise quarterback Joe Burrow No. 1 and the Redskins selecting potential transcendent pass rusher Chase Young at No. 2. Well, the latest news seems to suggest conventional wisdom doesn't know a damn thing. According to a report in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, new Redskins coach Ron Rivera told Tagovailoa at the NFL Combine that he's interested in drafting Tagovailoa at No. 2 and having him compete with Dwayne Haskins for the starting quarterback job in D.C. Washington took Haskins with the 15th selection in the 2019 draft.”“They felt like Dwayne was not the guy right now. They want to bring in Tua, just get it going and compete.””T…

data-mm-id=”_1rhmgsc2y”>Conor McGregor watched UFC 249 this weekend and had some thoughts. As he watched two potential future opponents face off in the main even between Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson, McGregor clearly felt underwhelmed by their abilities. He carried that over to Twitter on Monday. The following tweet storm ripped all of his potential opponents in the lightweight division and seemed to announce that he was ready to take on any of them: He started with a commentary on holding an event with no fans:The fans make the sport!Watching the other night I was against going in without them. But it will be my fucking pleasure to display the power I possess with zero background noise for them. Its me and Justin next as khabib is the biggest bottle fighter in the game.Guarantee i…