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Despite Deion Sanders' success, worthy HBCU coaches still aren't getting advancement opportunitiesOne year ago, Deion Sanders’ swift exit from Jackson State’s sideline brought a swell of attention to HBCU football that hadn’t existed in decades. What it didn’t bring were more opportunities for the coaches who are essentially lifers, no matter how much they’ve proven themselves. Before Sanders to...

The New England Patriots have a losing record since Tom Brady leftThe Pips were nothing without Gladys Knight. The Jackson Five wasn’t the same without Michael. Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots are an average football team — at best — without Tom Brady....

Houston is getting the Oilers back ... for a day, at leastUnfortunately, there is no reason for the Houston Cougars to have an oil derrick on their helmet and trademark law wouldn’t permit it anyway. Still, the nostalgia was clear as a cloudless blue sky as the program elected to don the old Houston Oilers colors for its first game as a member of the Big 1...

HBO's 'BS High' doc is somehow more truthful than 'Swamp Kings'

I normally have a firm policy against critiquing any work that I have not entirely consumed. That is an edict that I was almost completely comfortable breaking away from as soon as I saw the trailer for Netflix’s Swamp Kings. Everything in it suggests a somewhat compelling watch, except for the firs...

Do Inter Milan have any chance against Manchester City?

No. ...

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'Shemy' Schembechler’s resignation is the latest humiliation for Jim Harbaugh and Michigan

There’s a distinct throughline between Michigan coaches Jim Harbaugh and Bo Schembechler. As a fifth-year senior, Harbaugh led Michigan to the 1987 Rose Bowl before getting drafted in the first round by the Chicago Bears. Harbaugh tried to strengthen that connection to yesteryear by hiring Bo’s son,...

<i>Power Slap </i>sucks so<i> </i>we've conceived 10 'combat sports' shows we'd rather watch

Have you watched Power Slap: Road to the Title on TBS? Highly recommended for torturing prisoners of war. It’s awful and I wrote about just how infuriating the show is at length. Something about the mind-numbing act of unprotected slaps to the face did get me thinking of combat sports that would do ...