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You have never been as excited about anything as Naples was about the Scudetto yesterdayNapoli clinched the Scudetto yesterday afternoon with a 1-1 draw away to Udinese. How might you have been able to discern that if you lived in Naples and weren’t watching the match? Definitely had to look closely:...

Brock Purdy’s debut made him into the new apex predator of rookie playoff QBsBrock Purdy’s NFL playoff debut was a tour-de-force performance that shattered the paradigm for rookie NFL quarterbacks. In one game, the San Francisco 49ers’ virtuoso logged more playoff touchdowns than Jimmy Garoppolo has in his entire Niners career....

Is it time MLB hands out just one MVP and one Cy Young?It may be time to finally eliminate the charades known as the American and National League. Just tell it to the Judge — Aaron Judge....

The Cinderellas most likely to have a ball in March

The introduction of the modern seeding system to the NCAA Tournament in 1979 gave way to the age of upsets. Before long, the Cinderella moniker was attached to dozens of teams that played well beyond expectations. The immortal words of John Wooden, architect of college basketball’s transcendent dyna...

Albert Pujols is the latest Hall of Famer you’ll forget played for the Dodgers

The possibility of Albert Pujols returning to St. Louis to finish his career where he started it, this time as a bench bat for a Cardinals team that has title aspirations and Paul Goldschmidt at first base, was too good to be true....

The Greensboro theory: Was the ACC Tournament a COVID-19 superspreader event?

If multiple people from different areas are testing positive for COVID-19 after all being in the same places a week ago, shouldn’t the focus be on that particular place?...

Twenty Years Ago, Bobby Valentine Snuck Back Into The Dugout And Woke Up The Mets

This is an excerpt from Matthew Callan’s book Yells For Ourselves: A Story Of New York City And The New York Mets At The Dawn Of The New Millennium....

Report: NCAA Tournament Turns Its Back On Ted Valentine For Turning His Back On Joel Berry

Referee Ted Valentine will not be officiating the NCAA men’s tournament, which he says is retribution for turning his back on UNC’s Joel Berry during a January game in which the point guard wanted to argue a no-call....