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> Deadspin's "brand identity" _was_ that they didn't stick to sports. That's why people liked them.

Maybe as of the last few years, but it's original "brand identity" was snarky and irreverent _sports coverage_. It's aspiration was the anti-ESPN. That mantle has largely now been assumed by Barstool and others.

Source: I read Deadspin for many years.




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