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NFL players, coaches brace for goodbye of imminent cut to 53-man rostersPain is part of the game, but the emotional toll of NFL roster cuts warrants its own classification on the injury scale. ,All 32 teams face a 4 p.m. ET deadline on Tuesday to reduce their training camp rosters from 90 to the regular-season limit of 53. That's a total of 1,184 players receiving a pub...

Manel Kape ends Asu Almabayev's win streak at Fight NightFlyweight Manel Kape earned a third-round TKO stoppage at 2:16, halting the 17-fight winning streak of Asu Almabayev in the main event on Saturday in Las Vegas at UFC Fight Night.,Kape (21-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) made his intentions clear he wants a flyweight title shot in his next fight but paused to remin...

UFC Fight Night 253: Kape-Almabayev a 'title eliminator?'UFC Fight Night 253 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night features a main event between flyweights Manel Kape and Asu Almabayev.,Kape (20-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) enters the fight sixth in the division rankings, and will face Almabayev (21-2, 4-0) after Brandon Royval, the No. 1 contender, was force...

NFL cuts: Patriots waive QB Bailey Zappe, Chiefs cut WR Kadarius Toney

The New England Patriots waived quarterback Bailey Zappe on Tuesday.,The deadline for teams to get down to a 53-man roster was Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET.,Zappe played in 14 games the past two seasons, starting eight, for the Patriots and was 4-4. He completed 63.2 percent of his passes for 2,053 yards wi...

NFL cuts: Patriots waive QB Bailey Zappe

The New England Patriots will waive quarterback Bailey Zappe on Tuesday, multiple outlets reported.,Zappe played in 14 games the past two seasons, starting eight, for the Patriots and was 4-4. He completed 63.2 percent of his passes for 2,053 yards with 11 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.,While Zapp...

Report: Packers cut K Anders Carlson

The Green Bay Packers cut kicker Anders Carlson, who missed a key field goal attempt in the NFC playoffs last season, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.,Carlson couldn't convert a 41-yard attempt in the Packers' 24-21 divisional-round playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers in January -- a field goa...

Let's take a look at how well Madden simulations have predicted the Super Bowl

Super Bowl LVIII week is upon us, as we’re merely days away from the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. For a couple of decades now, we’ve had Super Bowl simulations played out via EA Sports’ John Madden Football video game. It’s been a crapshoot, in large part, with so...

Bill Belichick can go quietly — or go kicking and screaming

Nobody leaves a job with quite as much oomph as Bill Belichick. Twenty-four years ago this week, Belichick handed a note with a scribbled message signaling to New York Jets officials at a press conference, stepped to the podium, and delivered his infamous remarks. ...

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Who cares if the Stanley Cup got yet another dent? [Narrator: Montreal cares, very much]

Any team that wins a championship deserves a huge parade in their hometown in front of thousands of their adoring fans. They deserve to party the night away and celebrate what they were able to accomplish....

by Jon Hoefling|

|Tue Jul 13 2021

How The Patriots' Defense Put The Rams In A Trash Can

Okay, so Jared Goff looked lost and Sean McVay had no clue how to adjust and the Patriots basically needed just one touchdown drive to win another stinkin’ Super Bowl while also defeating what we all thought was the future of the NFL. So what did New England do that so panicked Goff and McVay? Mostl...

by Dom Cosentino|

|Tue Feb 05 2019

Jared Goff Blew It

We have to start with what should have been the Super Bowl’s first touchdown. Late in the third quarter, Robert Woods dragged a trio of defenders over to the left sideline while Brandin Cooks ran briefly uncovered into the end zone, only to go unseen by Jared Goff long enough for Jason McCourty to ...

by Patrick Redford|

|Mon Feb 04 2019

Mondo Fucking Dumbass Insanely Wrong On Super Bowl Prediction

Here’s CBS NFL analyst Tony Romo, seer of seers, prognosticator of prognosticators, giving his Super Bowl prediction from last week. Check out Nostradamus over here!...

by Albert Burneko|

|Mon Feb 04 2019

The Worst People Win Again

All the terrible people are happy today. Robert Kraft is happy, and presumably has a low arm wrapped around an auto show model, because another ring only further burnishes his title of King Of All Owners. Tom Brady is happy because he gets to frame himself as an underdog who overcame impossible odds...

by Drew Magary|

|Mon Feb 04 2019

Well, That Sucked

At no time was Super Bowl 53 as compelling, entertaining, or satisfying as that video of a naked guy pooping while flipping into a lake. Sunday evening would have been better spent watching that again. But we watch the Super Bowls we are given, so our options are either to admire the defensive domin...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Feb 04 2019

What Time Does 'What Time Does The Super Bowl Start?' Start?

The time has come once again for the “big game,” the football-related contest that surrounds every first Sunday of February, the race to the top for the big trophy. That trophy is, of course, dominance over other grimy web publications who engage in the now-annual, semi-hallowed practice of debasing...

by Patrick Redford|

|Sun Feb 03 2019

I, The One Person Who Still Doesn't Believe In The Patriots, Know They'll Finally Be Exposed As A Sham In Their Third Straight Super Bowl

After my previous missive, one written before the New England Patriots defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC title game and earned a trip to the Super Bowl, I had many common oafs criticize my prognostication through electronic mail and other various mediums. You lummox, these messages would st...

by Samer Kalaf|

|Thu Jan 31 2019

I Went Backstage At The Puppy Bowl And Tried To Interview A Bunch Of Puppies

The Puppy Bowl began as Super Bowl counterprogramming. Everyone’s watching football, so why not just throw a bunch of puppies on the screen and call it a day? Somehow, that worked not just as filler but as actual programming. The Puppy Bowl airs Sunday for the 15th straight year....

by Dan McQuade|

|Tue Jan 29 2019

So, What's Really Happening Between Colin Kaepernick And Travis Scott?

During the Chargers-Patriots ass-beating on Sunday, the NFL officially announced what had been rumored for months: the Super Bowl XLIII halftime show will feature Maroon 5 as headliners, with supporting slots from Travis Scott and, in what amounted to the only surprising bit of the announcement, Out...

by Luis Paez-Pumar|

|Tue Dec 22 2020

Good post from comic book enthusiast Kyle Wagner on Cam Newton and the realities of quarterback performance under pressure. Love the charts. [FiveThirtyEight]...

by Tim Marchman|

|Tue Feb 09 2016

What Is Nate Silver's New ESPN Site Going To Look Like?

Nate Silver's ESPN-owned FiveThirtyEight site is not going to be The Nate Silver Show + a few contributors. Silver's plan is to make it a Grantland II, of sorts. ...

by John Koblin|

|Thu Aug 08 2013

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