A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against sports website Deadspin over an article accusing a 9-year-old NFL fan and his family of racism because of his game-day attire.

Wikimedia(CNN) - Last week, Deadspin's editorial staff resigned in the wake of a "stick to sports" mandate handed down to them in a memo. "I wanted to let you all know that effective immediately I have resigned my position as Editorial Director of G/O Media. During his tenure at G/O Media, Maidment created tension with the editorial staff, in particular Deadspin. We will be working with our EICs to expedite the search for a new editorial director," a G/O Media spokesperson said in a statement. Deadspin is still without an editor-in-chief or any other publicly named editorial staff.