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Grab Your Markers, It’s Time For NFL Draft Mishap Bingo
With the NFL’s once-in-a-lifetime virtual draft approaching, the most interesting parts are sure to be those when everything goes terribly wrong, thanks to hiccups involving faulty equipment, technological incompetence, or candid faux pas. So what better way to celebrate the occasion than a game of ...
Trump Praising Illegal Protests, But Calling Kaepernick A 'Son Of A Bitch' Shows Patriotic Hypocrisy
As small groups of protesters violated stay-at-home and social distancing policies amidst the COVID-19 quarantine, Trump lauded the lawbreakers as freedom fighters....
Mayor Carolyn Goodman's New Pandemic Slogan: Come To Vegas, Odds Are You Won't Die
In some perverse way, Carolyn Goodman is going to end up saving lives by being the stark-raving mad face of “Reopen the Economy.”...
Germany Bans Fun For Six More Months
Blah blah coronavirus blah blah unprecedented carnage blah blah blah economic ruin, two new whoppers have emerged out of Germany....
I Used To Think Brandon Prust Was A Good Guy. Then He Had His Racist Meltdown
Covering the New York Rangers during the 2010-11 season meant covering the best season that Brandon Prust had in the NHL....
Horse Racing Is Surprisingly Still Going, But Is This The End?
Recently, a story that made more headlines than normal in the horse racing world was a bettor cashing a 50-cent pick-5 ticket for the cool winnings of $524,966 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida. And your reaction was probably no different than most. And it probably was something along the li...
Draymond Green Is Right About Kevin Durant. But He's Also Dead Wrong
Draymond Green is right....
The Chargers Move To L.A. Is Still Pathetic And Stupid, But At Least They’ll Look Good
You know when you have an exceptionally annoying fly or bee in your house/apartment, and it’s by the window but it just seems to bump into every spot of it but the opening? You’re just a mere moment from relief of being stung or just annoyed in your own house, if only this fucking creature could jus...
With No Sports, The VERZUZ Instagram Battles Have Become Musical Boxing
In the midst of a global pandemic that’s left people craving for anything to fill voids of loneliness and boredom, Sunday night’s premiere of ESPN’s The Last Dance documentary about the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls set records as the most-watched documentary in the network’s history....
The History Of Baseball Was Documented In 9 Episodes. Why Do We Need 10 About The 1997-98 Bulls?
Despite ample time on my hands, I’m not sure I’ll be able to get through The Last Dance....
Hey, Knicks Fans & New York: Suck It. The Wound Of Michael Jordan Will Never Heal
For all their bravado and noise about being the center of the Earth, what New Yorkers really enjoy most, and are best at, is complaining. And whining. And really that applies to most of the East coast, at least from D.C. on north....
Is This Little Girl's Life Worth "Getting Back To Normal"?
The next time you see maskless droves of people swarming to recently opened beaches in Florida in the name of “essential activities” such as walking, biking, hiking, fishing, running, swimming and surfing......
Best Thing From Episode 1 of "The Last Dance"? The Bulls Traveling Cocaine Circus That Had Jordan In Hysterics
One of the most eye-popping moments of Episode 1 of ESPN’s 10-part series on the Chicago Bulls’ last championship season called The Last Dance was the mention of cocaine and the huge belly laugh it elicited from Michael Jordan....
A 10-Part Series Where I Can Watch Jordan Kick My Knicks In The Teeth Again? Nope.
Sunday was a lovely day in New York, and I went with my family to Concrete Plant Park, a narrow little strip of reclaimed industrial land squeezed between the Bronx River and some railroad tracks....
Sunday Night Reminded Us That Jerry Krause Destroyed The Jordan Era Chicago Bulls
Nothing lasts forever, but it doesn’t mean that you have to voluntarily screw it up....
Does Liga MX’s Axing Of Promotion/Relegation Pave The Way To MLS-MX?
Logic would dictate that in a world crisis like the one we’re currently in, major business decisions in any industry would be put on hold. But of course, that’s ignoring the cloak of darkness that something like this can provide the powerful and rich only looking to become more so. So it went this w...
MLB 'Dream Bracket' Would Be Better If Teams Were Set Up By Country, State. Here's How It Could Work
How About A World Baseball Classic-Style Sim?...
When Vegas Reopens, Face Masks Will Be A Nightmare For Casino Security
With gaming and tourism in Las Vegas ventilated for a month and pressure mounting for the Strip to inch back toward life, the logistics seem imposing....
History And The Media Have Been Unfair To Randy Moss
Randy Moss is more than just a football legend. ...
Reliving My Baseball-Nerd Youth Through MLB’s 'Dream Bracket'
MLB’s ‘Dream Bracket,’ a tournament of every franchise’s best players, brings me back to the days of running computer baseball leagues on SSI, “Earl Weaver Baseball” and “Tony La Russa Baseball.” ...