Andy Dufresne

The annual NBA Draft Combine, hosted in Chicago,is a footnote on the offseason calendar ranking somewhere between the preseason and the Rookie-Sophomore Game in the hierarchy of trivial offseason events. The Association’s one-stop…

Eagles fans in Philadelphia take to the streets after loss to Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIIImage: Getty ImagesWelcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat…

Illustration: Getty/ShutterstockWhile often depicted, lamented, and sanctified as liberating, hope can also be a virus. It can rot rationality from the inside. It can lead to danger, injury, and death. As Ellis Boyd Redding, best known by…

1. Supreme CourtIllustration: Getty ImagesIf you’ve only recently starting paying attention to the workings of the United States Supreme Court, you could be forgiven for thinking the game is played thusly: Whoever is in office when spots…