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Kevin Draper
kevindraper
Reporter at the New York Times

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Drummond shot 36 free throws—the third most in the NBA in the last 50 years (free throw stats don’t go back farther)—and made just 13, for a ghastly 36%. Read more

The source we got it from has audio that is off from the video. I can’t exactly figure out where the correct audio is, but he’s clearly calling a different part of the game. Read more

Correct, you’re still screwed. I should have written “out-of-market” single team packages will be available. Read more

Well, take my situation for example. I am a big sports fan so I pay for cable (also, you know, for my job). But as a San Francisco Giants fan living in Washington D.C., I’ll only be able to watch ~10 Giants games a year: the ones against the Nats, and the few times they make ESPN/Fox Sports. Read more

Nope, only those that pay for both cable and MLB.TV. Read more

1. Continuing to insist it’s not gambling when it is plainly gambling and a dozen states have declared it as such Read more

I expect somebody to try some sort of alternate payment model like you’re suggesting to get around constituting gambling. Read more

Good point, should’ve mentioned potential sell-on fee percentages, though they’re much more common for teams than players. Read more

No, the player doesn’t get any of the fee. Every time a players transfers, he has to come to an agreement with his new team. Read more

The CBA stats leaders is a world class Remember Some Guys in action.

Gonna go out on a limb and say that Andy Murray is not one of the unnamed suspected match-fixers: Read more

He was born in Australia, his mother is Australian, and he has dual-citizenship. Read more

Thank you for your first day reading Deadspin then, we really appreciate it. Read more

Remember when Chait tried debating TNC and got his ass whupped? Good memories. Read more

Uhh, and I was just setting you up for the punchline? Read more

How many pro teams are owned by municipalities or are otherwise public entities? Read more