Deadspin

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Deadspin is a sports blog owned by Lineup Publishing. Founded by Will Leitch in 2005 and originally based in Chicago, it was then sold to Gawker Media, Univision Communications and finally G/O Media. After disagreements with G/O Media management, the entire editorial staff would resign to launch Defector Media, causing the site to halt publishing. After eventually hiring a second editorial staff, the blog was sold to Lineup Publishing in March 2024, which laid off all staff and hired a third reporting group. The original iteration of Deadspin posted daily previews, recaps, and commentaries of major sports stories, as well as sports-related anecdotes, rumors, and videos. In addition to covering sports, the site wrote about the media, pop culture, and politics, and published several non-sports sub-sections, including The Concourse and the humor blog Adequate Man. Contrasting with traditional sports updates of other outlets, Deadspin was known for its irreverent, conversational tone, often...

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