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This weekend’s NFL slate is… what’s the word? HUGE
Week 3 of the NFL season is where we, as fans, normally start to realize which teams are for real and which teams are pretenders. While there are a few 2-0 teams that haven’t looked very impressive, Week 3 should give us a better understanding of where each stands in the current NFL landscape....

Davis Mills is destined to be the Texans’ franchise quarterback
Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield, Justin Herbert. What do all these guys have in common? Well, they’re all young. They’re all talented. They’re all franchise quarterbacks, and they all became franchise quarterbacks after having the reins handed over to them by Tyrod Taylor....

Roberto Luongo still hangs over the Canucks
While I do love the image of Roberto Luongo stalking the rafters in the Rogers Arena in a dark robe, perhaps slung over half his face (and Luongo himself might be tempted to actually act this out given the goofball he is) it’s not quite that simple. It’s not even totally the fault of either Luongo o...

Max Scherzer trade to Dodgers is one of the greatest deadline deals of all time
Where does Max Scherzer to the Dodgers rank among MLB’s best deadline deals?...

Choosing the NFL over MLB was the best decision Kyler Murray ever made
Sometimes, heartbreak is a necessary evil. ...

Zach Ertz is an Eagle, and Jason Kelce is a blonde
There were dozens of rumors involving Julie Ertz’s husband during the 2021 NFL offseason. There was a time where if you’d asked 50 random people on the street where they thought three-time Pro Bowl tight end Zach Ertz was going to play next season, you would’ve gotten fifteen different answers. What...

Joe Johnson is wrong: Ben Simmons’ shot <i>desperately</i> needs an overhaul
If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it....

Chris Bosh brought evolution to the game, but was robbed of seeing it through
There’s a chance Chris Bosh could still be an active NBA player right now....

Does a Ben Simmons/Kristaps Porziņģis swap make sense? Or make anyone happy?
I guess we’re just gonna keep doing this until Ben Simmons actually gets traded, so here’s another....

Kawhi Leonard is stealthy
One of the biggest storylines in recent memory around the NBA has been the Los Angeles Clippers’ lack of leadership on the court. ...

PJ Dozier joins list of people humorously impersonating Nikola Jokić
Nikola Jokić, the 2020-21 NBA MVP, is one of the most enjoyable players in the league to watch, which naturally would make him one of the guys you’d most want to imitate....

There’s one team where Ben Simmons makes the most sense
The next disgruntled NBA star is always right around the corner. ...

Olympics hoops just ended, but it’s already time to look towards the men's FIBA World Cup
The 2019 FIBA World Cup featured the infamous Gregg Popovich-led Team USA club that finished in seventh place shortly after losing to France in the quarterfinals, and then Serbia in the 5-8 seeding determination. Team USA eventually beat Poland in the seventh-place game, and this past summer, they a...

Is Patrick Wisdom a name you need to know?
You’ll have to excuse Cubs fans for having sports Stockholm Syndrome. They’ve been undercut, undersold, and sold out by ownership for really the past three or four seasons, and the final blow came on trade deadline day when any remnants of the 2016 World Series champs was burned to ash and micturate...

Hey Carlos, wherever you go, the boos will follow
Carlos Correa, the Houston Astros shortstop who won a championship with the team in 2017 with the help of some extracurriculars, has announced that he will be leaving the team after this season....

Lauri Markkanen trade means Cavs fans can legit dream of a Play-In spot this season (really)
Lauri Markkanen is finally on the move, but not to a team really anyone expected....

Hey, Pep — you old scallywag, you old so-and-so — come manage the USMNT
So you need a new challenge in a couple years, Pep? Seven years at Man City will be enough? I agree. Want to try yourself at the international stage? Really all that’s left for you at age 50. Not much left to prove at club level, other than maybe not shitting yourself in the latter stages of the Cha...

The icons of tennis are about to leave the stage, and the US Open will be our first taste of life without them in decades
With Serena Williams withdrawing from US Open, and Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal out, we’re about to get a peek at tennis without its icons...

I think I know what Draymond is doing
Draymond Green and Kevin Durant’s attempt at controlling the narrative behind their sideline argument (almost three years ago) that happened early in KD’s final season in Golden State may be pointless at this juncture....

Sixers had no choice but to 'supermax' Embiid, but they just blew their shot at a title
As great as Joel Embiid has been thus far in his career, he hasn’t exactly been an iron man of any sort during his time in the NBA. That didn’t stop the Philadelphia 76ers from cashing out the player that many think is the best center in the league, with a four-year, $196 million extension....