Luton have threatened to ban supporters who are found to have taken part in tragedy chanting during Sunday’s match with Liverpool at Kenilworth Road after the Football Association requested more information from police over the taunts indirectly referencing the Hillsborough disaster.

Luton issued a statement saying they were “saddened” and “extremely disappointed that a small number of supporters soured the occasion with chants that may be interpreted as being in relation to tragedies that have affected Liverpool FC in the past”.

The statement added: “Our safety and security team launched an internal investigation at the earliest opportunity. Any perpetrators could face stadium bans and potential crimina…

Just over two months into the 2024 season, it is not exactly clear who will win the World Series, but there does seem to be definitive evidence as to who will not.At least 10 teams – five from each league – are in wait-’til-next-year mode before the middle of June, when attendances traditionally start to rise as temperatures climb and school lets out for the summer.Lessons learned have been rough for some clubs, including one that has made the playoffs in each of the previous five seasons, as teams have moved beyond the 60-game mark this season.AMERICAN LEAGUENot their year: Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays.The most obvious non-contender resides in the AL Central as the Chicago White Sox might be close to parting ways with m…

Syracuse and North Carolina State find themselves a logjam near the center of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. Both teams are hungry for a win, with the intention to display increased toughness, when Syracuse welcomes North Carolina State on Saturday evening. The host Orange (13-6, 4-4 ACC) stumbled down the stretch Tuesday in an 85-69 defeat to Florida State, with the Seminoles handing Syracuse its first home loss of the season. The Orange were 9-0 at home but were unable to overcome 1-of-14 shooting from 3-point range, not to mention 16 turnovers. "They were physical down in the paint and we didn't match their physicality, especially in the second half," Syracuse's Justin Taylor said. "We just weren't as tough as them." The Orange hope to i…

Twenty-six head coaches showed up for the class photo at this week’s NFL meetings in Phoenix. Look at all those bright, squinting faces! ( Here’s the hi-res version.) This year’s absences: Bruce Arians, Pete Carroll, Sean Payton, Mike Tomlin, Adam Gase, and Sean McVay, who said he didn’t mean to miss picture day. The class of 2019 picture was not without its mild controversy. On Monday, Cardinals flack Mark Dalton tweeted a photo in which Skins coach Jay Gruden, all the way to the right in the first row, looks like he’s reliving all the things he’s had to do to please his boss Dan Snyder. As Gruden explained on Tuesday, he was actually looking down on purpose because the sun was so bright, and was planning to look up when someone gave him a signal. The photo we received ha…

Some people are fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Cincinnati Bengals. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here. Your team: Cincinnati Bengals. Your 2015 record: 12-4. Wow. Pretty impressive. Why, that sounds like that kind of loaded team that could finally notch a playoff win for Marvin Lewis… a band of SCRAPPY UNDERTIGERS that could rally from a 15-0 deficit in the fourth quarter (without Andy Dalton!) against the hated Steelers and finally rid themselves of their long-standing reputation for turning into cold vomit during the postseason! Let’s see if they OH MY GOD Yup. They bungled it. To refresh your memory, Jeremy Hill fumbled when t…

Fuck yeah, man. The Premier League's back tomorrow. This is super duper great, because although various leagues like the German Bundesliga and France's Ligue 1 have already kicked off, ain't nothing like the Premier League. While other leagues annually boast only two or three top sides and naught but chum below, there are as many as six English teams that will be pushing for a trophy. There are a bunch of Premier League previews that are out in the lead up to the first kickoff tomorrow, and they're all bullshit—even/especially this one—because no one has any idea what's going to happen. That's partially because nothing has happened yet, and also because with two and a half weeks left in the transfer window, there's a good chance all six teams will…

Continuing in the grand tradition of cute tiny babies being terrified by professional athletes photos — a genre that hit its pinnacle with this legendary shot — we present this photo of Stephon Marbury, about to be backhanded by a child who doesn't want those cheap-ass ugly shoes. It's Got To Be The Shoes? Right? [Need4Sheed] …

data-mm-id=”_ut25ul5s6″>After pulling off two straight upset wins, the 9-7 Tennessee Titans are in position to reach the second Super Bowl in their history. All that stands in their way are the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs, in search of their first Super Bowl title in a half-century, coming off their dramatic comeback win over the Houston Texans in the Divisional Playoffs. The Chiefs will also look for revenge for their 35-32 loss to the Titans in Week 10 of the regular season.Derrick Henry continuing his hot streakOh, yes. In two straight weeks, Derrick Henry has torn holes through two of the NFL's best defenses of the regular season – New England and Baltimore – rushing for a total of 377 yards on 64 carries (5.89 yards per carry) with one touchdown while also throwing f…

data-mm-id=”_3v05qhpzw”>A.J. Green is apparently fully healthy after a year on the shelf and battling injuries intermittently since 2016. The news of Green's return to health is great for the Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow, the presumptive No. 1 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Having Green at his disposal will be huge for Burrow as he opens his career. When a quarterback gets taken with the first pick, he usually joins a franchise in disarray. If a team winds up near the top of the draft and has to select a signal-caller, it usually means the roster is bare and the franchise is beginning a rebuild. While that's largely true in Cincinnati, Burrow wouldn't be without help, especially with Green back. While Green isn't what he once was, he's still only 31 years old…

data-mm-id=”_bnbveoydl”>The time has come to have a frank discussion about whether or not we should imprison author George R.R. Martin. Now, don't look at me here. It was his own idea that he suggested in a blog post on May 21, 2019. In his own words:”But I tell you this — if I don’t have THE WINDS OF WINTER in hand when I arrive in New Zealand for worldcon, you have here my formal written permission to imprison me in a small cabin on White Island, overlooking that lake of sulfuric acid, until I’m done. “The World of Science Fiction Convention (worldcon), which was supposed to take place in Wellington, New Zealand, is being held virtually, beginning today. Thus, Martin vowed to have his long-awaited sixth novel from the A Song of Fire and Ice series, The Winds of Winter, don…