What Our Parents Thought Of Deadspin In 2016

After my first week of work here, I had dinner with my parents. My dad expressed concern that I’d used a swear word (“f***”) in my second blog. My mom, full of motherly intuition, replied “No, that’s part of his job now.” Here’s what our elders thought of the site this year. Ashley’s mom: The only posts I’ve read are yours, so it’s been fantastic! [upside-down smiley face emoji] Not very sports related though Hannah’s dad: Whenever I read one of the sites, including Deadspin, I am acutely aware of the fact that my demographic is not the target audience. Nonetheless, I enjoy the approach, even as I admit that some of the verbs are not part of my vocabulary. I am a child of the 60's, and it seems to me that the unconventional, overtly liberal, extremely judg…