Some people are fans of the New York Giants. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Giants. This 2018 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: New York Giants. Your 2017 record: 3-13. Another team went 0-16 in the NFL last season, and yet these Giants somehow had the more disastrous season. It was astonishing. Thrilling, really. Here we have the most overly mannered of NFL franchises. A team that’s run like a Park Avenue co-op board. A team would play in formal morning suits if the uniform code allowed for it. The Giants are so thirsty to appear dignified that it is truly, deeply awesome to watch them spend an entire season stepping on rakes. They got shut out by a team starting Drew Stanton. They let…

Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2015 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: the Cincinnati Bengals. SPREADING JOY THROUGHOUT THE LAND… Your 2014 record: 10-5-1. That includes a first-round playoff loss to the Colts that I cannot remember at all. I know I watched it. I know I sat there and stared at a television for three hours, attempting to absorb it. It was no use. Whenever the Bengals play a playoff game, my brain sets itself to INSTAWIPE because it knows it the game will not be worth preserving in memory. The Bengals have lost in the first round of the playoffs for four straight years by a combined score of 103-43. They have…

The tourney doesn't start until tomorrow; today was merely a practice for the Netherlands. A practice open to the public. The Dutch team began the practice session by jogging around a track in Krakow, and when they reached one end of the circuit, "several hundred" or around "500" fans began hooting monkey chants at Nigel de Jong and Gregory van der Wiel. The best part? UEFA has already denied that the abuse was racially motivated. [ Guardian, Mirror] …

Even with the injured knee. This will make Woods the first sports billionaire. At least he doesn't have a hot swedish wife, or an island home, or a huge yacht that costs more than the GNP of Moldova. Then it might be kind of hard to root for the guy to make putts over man-boobed fifty year olds. "Woods, who won the U.S. Open last month despite a bad knee, is on track to exceed $1 billion in career earnings by 2010 after earning $115 million in 2007, said the American magazine which publishes an annual list of the world's richest people. Forbes in Wednesday's edition said it would take 32-year-old Woods a bit longer to actually pocket that amount as taxes and management fees eat into his prize and endorsement money." Yeah, the taxes on $75 million a year in en…

data-mm-id=”_9sg3ez07p”>Lane Kiffin is according to numerous reports set to be named the new head coach at Ole Miss. This would be his fourth major football head coaching job. Kiffin failed at all of his previous big jobs; is he finally mature enough to succeed on a high level? We'll find out quickly in Oxford. After years studying under Pete Carroll as an offensive assistant and coordinator at USC, Kiffin was hired as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 2007. He was just 31 years old. It was a shocking hire that puzzled many. Hyped as a prodigy who had learned from both Carroll and his legendary father Monte, big things were expected out of Kiffin when he took over the Raiders. He washed out after less than two seasons. A few months later, Kiffin was hired to replace the ret…

data-mm-id=”_x209xxdqz”>The Green Bay Packers went to San Francisco and got thoroughly beaten in all facets of the game. They left town with a 37-8 loss, diminished hopes of snagging homefield advantage throughout the playoffs, and the homework of heading back to Wisconsin and going back to the drawing board. Aaron Rodgers was as bad as we've ever seen him. There is no sugarcoating how ugly things got. The future Hall of Famer averaged less than 2 yards/dropback and posted a QBR of 8.5."The Packers looked outclassed. This is the worst game I've ever seen Aaron Rodgers play. He dropped back 38 times, they got 66 yards on those drop backs." — @getnickwright pic.twitter.com/6Jco7eynyz— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) November 25, 2019Nothing Green Bay tried helped s…

data-mm-id=”_lqwir1rhn”>Archie Miller is a fiery coach on the sidelines and on Sunday he showed it. As his Indiana Hoosiers battled No. 9 Penn State, mounting frustration with missed free throws led Miller to a brief explosion where he punched a clipboard out of an assistant coach's hand. While their coach was exasperated on the sideline, the Hoosiers showed incredible toughness on Sunday, coming away with a huge win. Archie Miller lol #iubb pic.twitter.com/jesDi3JAcT— kgholler (@kgholler_) February 23, 2020Indiana took a haymaker from Penn State early in the second half, but stuck with the gameplan, hunkered down on defense and came away with a huge 68-60 win. The Hooisers jumped out quickly, taking 37-18 lead with 2:16 left in the first half. They were dominating the game in e…

data-mm-id=”_kqwkst0zu”>Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones went on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas Wednesday afternoon and tried to calm rumors surrounding the team's signing of Andy Dalton. While some had speculated the franchise inked Dalton just in case contract negotiations with Dak Prescott went south, Jones quickly denied that. Jones claimed the Dalton signing has no impact on the team's pursuit of a long-term deal with Prescott, who will remain the team's unquestioned franchise quarterback. While Prescott's long-term deal has taken a while to get hammered out, Jones believes it will happen. #Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones on @1053thefan on Dalton/Dak: “Obviously, it has no bearing on Dak. Dak is the quarterback of our franchise now, and for many year…

data-mm-id=”_edeen3p9m”>At least five Alabama football players have tested positive for COVID-19 because the virus is still very much active and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Here is the order in which things played out. See if you can spot anything problematic. … Further, I'm told that nearly 50 players were together yesterday on the band field. (As we saw in many videos) Those players "should" be in quarantine moving forward, source says. @CBS_42— Simone Eli (@SimoneEli_TV) June 4, 2020Should be noted this was not organized team activity, nor a voluntary workout — which begins next week. This was Alabama players gathering together in their free time, on their own.— Simone Eli (@SimoneEli_TV) June 4, 2020Now, I am not a public health expert and…