Some people are fans of the Tennessee Titans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tennessee Titans. This 2014 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group.
Your team: Tennessee Titans
Your 2013 record: 7-9. Quick! Remember something that happened in a Titans game last year!
(Scanning … scanning … scanning …)
Nope. I have nothing. This team is football wallpaper.
Your coach: Ken Whisenhunt. Yes, it was the Titans who won themselves the Great Whiz Sweepstakes of '014. Sorry, Detroit! You'll just have to make do with Other Stonefaced Retread!
You Titans fans will now get to experience the joy, in real time, of quickly realizing that Ken Whisenhunt is a horrible coach when he doesn't have Kurt Warner around to bail his…

We continue our week-plus look at this year's Sportshuman Of The Year nominees with the athletic embodiment of our financial crisis: Lenny Dykstra. Handsome devil, and charming too. Lenny Dykstra
Featured black men on the cover of his magazine.
Charged charter flight to his mother's credit card.
Hammered by HBO. (Finally.)
Filed for bankruptcy.
Played dirty.
Slept in car.
Pawned the rest of his belongings. PREVIOUS NOMINEES
Erin Andrews …

Yes, we know Wimbledon started yesterday. Did you? Honestly — did you? It doesn't get really interesting until Thursday, anyway, so, shhh. Here's Deadspin's tennis correspondent, the deuce-dropper himself, Dylan Stableford, to let you know what is the what. Why, hello, tennis fans! And welcome to the 2010 Deadspin Wimbledon Preview. Sure, there are plenty of compelling storylines that will unfurl over the next two weeks, but only a rarefied few discerning Deadspin readers really care about. Here's a rough guide to the funky fortnight: Will Venus Williams wear lingerie and/or skin-colored panties?
Answer: Lingerie? Not likely. After causing an international incident at the French Open with her naughty maid outfit (CBS News' headline: " Venus Williams'…

data-mm-id=”_bq6g5z5y5″>Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will still be fighting at UFC 244 next weekend. After publicly announcing he was off the card on Thursday, Diaz received word on Friday he was eligible to compete at the event. The fight is ON!!! I 100% knew Nate wasn't taking anything to cheat. #UFC244 November 2, MSG. #BMF pic.twitter.com/U9VEOPT0Ul— Dana White (@danawhite) October 26, 2019Diaz took to Twitter on Thursday and announced he had tested positive for "elevated levels" of a banned substance. In the statement he pulled himself off the card and denied taking anything that could have led to the positive test, even accidentally. On Friday evening, ESPN's Brett Okamoto announced the fight with Masvidal was back on after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency rule D…

data-mm-id=”_10x2xjrs4″>The final week of the NFL season has arrived and, gotta be honest, it's been a solid year for The Big Lead staff, with all but two people above .500. Now it all comes down to Week 17, where there are a lot of road favorites and some big playoff implications. Here are our staff picks for the final week of the regular season based on lines from Westgate Superbook on Tuesday. Season Record: Stephen Douglas 87-68-4; Ryan Glasspiegel 86-67-4; Brian Giuffra 79-66-4; Ryan Phillips 82-73-4; Bobby Burack 76-78-4; Liam McKeone 70-86-4.Titans (-4) at TexansGiuffra: Texans 30, Titans 28McKeone: Titans 24, Texans 21 Burack: Texans 31, Titans 23Glasspiegel: Texans coverPhillips: Texans 31, Titans 28Douglas: Texans winBrowns (-3) at Bengals Giuffra: Browns 27, Bengals 20M…

data-mm-id=”_fohioldwq”>ESPN ran a re-air of WrestleMania 30 on Sunday night. This was the fateful evening in New Orleans where Daniel Bryan defeated Triple H and then won a triple threat match over Batista and Randy Orton to capture the WWE championship, the culmination of a years-long story about how the company had purportedly sought to hold him down despite his talent and popularity. As far as the first component of Bryan's run went, Triple H reacted by calling attention to his entrance costume and making an allusion to the excuse Deontay Wilder made for losing his recent fight to Tyson Fury:Just as an FYI That entrance costume was super heavy ….Like 45 lbs …..My legs were shot…Only reason Daniel beat me !!!!!! https://t.co/iyYdTLw50t— Triple H (@TripleH) March 23, 202…

data-mm-id=”_7fze2klf5″>NBA contracts from the 90's are an incredible time capsule. The 90's don't sound so long ago and sometimes seem very recent with all the nostalgia online. And then you see that Glenn Robinson, as the top pick in the 1994 NBA Draft, signed a 10-year deal worth $68 million and you realize, yeah, that was a very different time.When Robinson signed that deal, it was the richest rookie deal in NBA history. The fact that it was a 10-year deal (fully guaranteed) seems superweird considering the current way things are done. Zion Williamson, the top pick in last year's draft, will make about $45 million by the time his initial rookie deal with the Pelicans is over after four seasons. Makes you wonder what the Pelicans would have given Zion if they cou…

data-mm-id=”_qzyrt14n9″>There has been relatively consistent pressure around the Washington football team to change their offensive name for most of this decade. As America's sensitivity towards racial issues have heightened significantly over the last month and a half, that pressure has grown . To an extent, Washington has listened; they took down the statue of former owner George Preston Marshall, who had to be forced by the government to racially integrate his team in the early 1960s. They also renamed the lower bowl of FedEx Stadium in honor of their first black player, Bobby Mitchell, after retiring his number. And yet the team name, coined after a derogatory term for Native Americans, remains. While it is good that no part of the stadium or its grounds pays homage to its for…

data-mm-id=”_4fggmhigm”>The Chicago Bulls have agreed to a deal with Billy Donovan to become their next head coach. For the first time in years, the Bulls will have a competent head coach in charge, which is a major change for the franchise. It's also a great fit for both parties. Billy Donovan has agreed to a deal to become the next coach of the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 22, 2020Donovan comes to the Bulls after they've spent years floundering under Fred Hoiberg and Jim Boylen. The Tom Thibodeau era wasn't exactly a smooth few years either. While Thibodeau reached the playoffs every year of his tenure, the Bulls never reached their potential under his leadership and there seemed to be constant drama behind the scenes. Do…