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How much will Davante Adams’ absence affect Aaron Rodgers?
In 2021, with the help of Davante Adams, Aaron Rodgers threw for 37 touchdowns and just four interceptions. Those 37 touchdowns were tied for fourth-most in the NFL. Rodgers didn’t have much help outside of Adams. While Adams did catch 11 of those touchdowns (29.73 percent of Rodgers’ total), that’s...
Bo knows kindness, too
Bo Jackson, the former MLB and NFL star considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time, donated to help cover the funeral costs for the 19 children and two adults murdered at Robb Elementary School in after the Uvalde, Texas in May....
The NFL’s quest into Africa is long past overdue
Football is the most popular sport in Africa — we call it soccer over here. The NFL is currently trying to make football, our version, a thing in The Motherland, having just realized, apparently, that the second-most populated continent on Earth might be a good place to focus on....
Kyler Murray quiets the 'shoulda played baseball' crowd by earning massive deal from Arizona
Remember when everyone and their mama thought Kyler Murray was making a mistake by walking away from the Oakland Athletics’ $5 million signing bonus after they made him the No. 9 pick in the 2018 MLB Draft?...
NCAA coaches search for coolness
What is it that made South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer’s TikTok song-and-dance challenge to Soulja Boy seem effortlessly cool (so cool, in fact, that Soulja Boy himself retweeted it), while Clemson’s Dabo Swinney was near-universally clowned on for doing the popular “Griddy” dance (somewhat ove...
Breaking up is hard to do: Remembering these recent NFL splits
All good things come to an end. Sometimes they catch you by surprise. This week, Desus and Mero’s announced the end of their creative partnership. In under a decade, their electric chemistry fueled their rise from journalists to late-night talk show iconoclasts. However, the friction that led them t...
The U should pause — but not retire — the Turnover Chain
There are only a few programs left in college football still capable of blowing opponents off the field with sheer talent. If a recruiting savant takes over a school like LSU, USC, or Texas, the talent soon follows like high schoolers flocking to check out the hot new student....
Sean Payton is already prepping the NFL for his comeback, but it won’t be with Dallas
Former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton walked away from the sideline this offseason after 15 years but is already speaking about the possibility of a return — and it sounds like it could happen sooner rather than later....
Jimmy Garoppolo is free to seek a trade — where does he fit best?
It’s been a wild ride for Jimmy Garoppolo in San Francisco, to say the least. He’s been nothing short of a savior for the franchise, returning them to their status as a powerhouse in the NFC. But all good things must come to an end, and that time has officially come....
Carl Nassib came out to help a movement push forward
When Ryan O’Callaghan decided to come out as openly gay, for him it was supposed to be the end of the world. He thought that he would lose everything. His family, his friends, his career, it would all be over with so his plan in 2011 was to kill himself after the conclusion of his NFL career. ...
Deshaun Watson’s potential punishment could be a slap on the wrist compared to suspensions for betting, deflating the football
The latest Deshaun Watson rumor, coming from Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, is that Judge Sue L. Robinson is planning to hand down a suspension of between two and eight games for the new Browns quarterback under the league’s Personal Conduct Policy. This is a significant reduction from earlier rep...
Lane Kiffin’s terrible NIL fix could have been enlightening if he’d completed the thought
Lane Kiffin’s mouth is moving, which history tells us, means obnoxious words are spilling out. At Monday’s SEC Media Day, the Ole Miss head coach performed a cover of the same song every obstinate coach has been playing for the past year. Kiffin was just one of the few foolish enough to pitch a terr...
Under pressure: These QBs need to produce in 2022 or they could lose their jobs
We’re inching closer and closer to NFL training camps and eventually the regular season starting in September. Heading into all that there are quite a few quarterbacks around the league that have some lofty expectations to live up to and others who are on the hot seat and in danger of losing their s...
Who would want to shell out $600 for nosebleed seats to see Tom Brady play Geno Smith? Apparently the Germans
How much would you pay for nosebleed seats? What is the maximum? Imagine your dream matchup in your favorite sport. The hype is through the roof. There’s history between these two teams, or individuals, depending on the sport, and you can’t wait to get out to the stadium. Would you be willing to pay...
Look out 'Bama and Ohio State, this Pac-12 power is back and looking championship-worthy
USC football is back. ...
The Madden 23 ratings are out, and of course, a bunch are wrong
Somebody out there, please hear what I am saying, please bring back the NFL 2K series, or at least NFL Blitz. Something has to be done to get the Madden franchise back on the right track. I haven’t played the game since 2015, and haven’t rushed to Best Buy on the day of its release to purchase it si...
Odell Beckham Jr. once had it all, now he’s waking up to fake reports of his signing with Buffalo
Beckham woke up Friday morning to Twitter notifications saying he’d signed a deal with the Buffalo Bills....