Some people are fans of the Green Bay Packers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Green Bay Packers. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here. 1. I hate you. We've gotten a great deal of angry feedback for these previews, all of it highly amusing. A lot of hate mail I get usually features the reader calling me gay and then saying, "You must be a BUTTHURT fan of [insert rival team of the reader here]." And that hasn't been true, until now. Now, we get to the Packers, and so I will begin this preview by telling you that I am a Vikings fan, and that I do have it in for your team because I fucking hate them, much more so than the Lions or Bears. I'm completely, horribly …
data-mm-id=”_o8mdumtzy”>Not that you especially care, but the combination of my dog waking me up at 5:30 A.M. on Sunday and my one-year-old's birthday party in the afternoon formed a tag-team that caused me to fall asleep in the middle of the WWE Royal Rumble, traditionally one of my favorite nights of the year. I told my WWE text thread that this was going to happen, and said "you're welcome" for the fact that the Rumble would be magnificent as to cause me regrets for missing it live.I was right for a couple of reasons: Drew McIntyre's victory elevated someone new into the main event picture, something WWE viewers have been clamoring about for years. Secondly, Edge returned and got a ginormous pop:While Edge has been out of WWE for about nine years following a…
data-mm-id=”_8ropvoen4″>Dak Prescott was accused of breaking social distancing rules over the weekend by having a party at his house. The guest list reportedly included Dallas Cowboys teammates Ezekiel Elliott. Prescott fired back on Tuesday, claiming that was inaccurate and that he had only had a small dinner with a few friends. The initial report claimed "dozens" of people were at Prescott's house and the backlash over the "party" had gotten so bad, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones claimed to have talked to both players about their behavior. The gathering did violate the current "stay at home" order in Texas because multiple people left their homes to attend. That could be considered a bad look for the Dallas' quarterback. Well, …
data-mm-id=”_uhng67c0e”>The NBA bubble has come with a few revelations. T.J. Warren stands out as the biggest after he spent the last four months apparently channeling Michael Jordan or something and dropped 50 in the first seeding game. The Portland Trail Blazers are making a hard push for the eight seed in the West, along with three other teams. It's been a lot of fun. One entirely unexpected development, however, has come out of the Denver Nuggets' camp down in Orlando. And it's not Bol Bol, as awesome as he is. No, the big surprise has come from Michael Porter Jr., fully healthy for the first time in who knows how long and playing like a man on fire. He's dropped 67 points in the last two games as a sweet-shooting wing playing off Nikola Jokic, and if this is a …
data-mm-id=”_ognez6rcr”>Remember when Jadeveon Clowney thought he was going to get $20 million annually in free agency last offseason and NFL teams laughed him out of the building? Well, the joke is still on Clowney as he once again prepares to enter free agency without the possibility of a lucrative long-term deal coming his way. According to Ian Rapoport, Clowney, the former No. 1 overall pick and three-time Pro Bowler, is done for the season after he underwent surgery to repair his left meniscus. He is expected to be healthy again next season, but, depending on what his contract demands are, won't find any suitors willing to pay up for an oft-injured, underperforming player whose performance has never matched his reputation. After waiting until the week before this season start…
data-mm-id=”_mn6jvv8hq”>Smylie Kaufman has a new podcast for SiriusXM and scored Justin Thomas as his first guest. After an hour of golf talk with the reigning PGA Championship winner, conversation veered in an unusual direction: a recounting of a weird night out during the Spring Break crew's most recent, more responsible ride.It all started with Thomas coming out of the restroom and recognizing Sidney Crosby and a few other of his beloved Pittsburgh Penguins on their postseason golf trip. One thing led to another and the two groups started doing the old mutual respect head nod thing only professional athletes can do across a restaurant.Crosby's group was nice enough to send a bottle of win over to the golfers who decided the best way to return serve would be to ask a waiter…