Ivy League

“I was born delusional,” said Chris Ayres, Princeton’s head wrestling coach, earlier this year. “But I think — I really do — that delusion is a good thing.” He just proved his point. At Tulsa, Oklahoma’s NCAA wrestling tournament last…

After everything this NCAA men’s tournament has had to offer. After all the one seeds fell. After an Ivy League school made the Sweet 16. After a Conference USA team made the Final Four. After 62 other schools lost, we get a blueblood in…

Welcome to Deadspin’s The Sports Nihilist, where all is for naught and we are but accidental jolts of electrified meat stuck to the surface of a rock in an indifferent universe. Fuck you.Jalen Rose famously says you got to give the people…

Barbara Will, vice provost of academic initiatives and a professor of English at Dartmouth, and Bob Lasher, senior vice president for institutional advancement at the Ivy League university, told Hindustan Times, in an interview…

Joe Lacob, right, and son Kirk Lacob sit courtside in the first half as the Golden State Warriors played the Brooklyn Nets at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.Image: APWhat do Bob Myers, Travis Schlenk, Rob…

OK BoomerPhoto: Getty ImagesBoomer Esiason saying “there’s a douchiness” to Mac Jones’ facial expressions is like Cristiano Ronaldo calling someone a narcissist, Kobe Bryant telling a teammate they’re a ball hog, or Mike Ditka criticizing a…

USWNT’S Becky Sauerbraun ahead of last night’s SheBelieves Cup game, in which the team wore wristbands to support trans kids in Texas.Image: Getty ImagesThe United States Women’s National Team was in Texas last night, which could not have…

Lia Thomas is a women’s swim champion and some people can’t handle that at all.Image: Getty ImagesLia Thomas, the Penn swimmer whose teammates tried to get her banned from competition because she’s trans, turned in a dominant swim at the…

Lia Thomas swims for Penn.Image: Getty ImagesSince University of Pennsylvania senior Lia Thomas crushed her competition at the Zippy Invitational with the nation’s fastest times in the 200-and 500-yard freestyle, she became a cause célèbre…

Quick, someone get this man another interview!Illustration: Getty ImagesThe NFL is continuing its tradition of not doing enough to promote diversity by doubling the Rooney Rule requirement to interview at least two external minority general…