The family of a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan whom Deadspin accused of being racist for wearing a Native American headdress and painting his face half black and half red is threatening to sue the publisher and reporter. …

“These articles, posts on X and photos about Holden and his parents must be retracted immediately,” the letter read.

“It is not enough to quietly remove a tweet from X or disable the article from Deadspin’s website. You must publish your retractions and issue an apology to my clients with the same prominence and fanfare with which you defamed them.”

[If Deadspin and their attorneys are smart, they’re already getting out their checkbook and formulating an offer to the Holdens. On the other hand, if they were smart, they wouldn’t have run a story denigrating a 9-year-old in the first place. — Ed]