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Ryquell Armstead, 23-year-old running back, sidelined for season with COVID complications
After spending a rookie season behind Leonard Fournette in 2019, Ryquell Armstead was supposed to contend for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ starting job. Yesterday, ESPN reported that the second-year back will miss the remainder of the season due to COVID....
Let's all say a prayer for Derek Carr as he stares at a possible all-backup O-line Sunday
Here is where the NFL is now with COVID-19. This Sunday, the Raiders’ franchise quarterback very well could be counting on an entire offensive line made up of backups....
Sunday Scaries: The Week 6 bets you should avoid
We’ve made it to Week 6 and everything is fine in the NFL....
Nick Saban tests positive for COVID-19 as virus continues to spread throughout the SEC
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19....
The NFL is going along with local guidelines to COVID, but will allow the Saints to switch local guidelines
It’s pretty easy to picture Roger Goodell staring blankly as the Saints told him about this, they surely didn’t ask, like a parent who has just completely given up and is letting the kids ransack the supermarket while they head to the liquor aisle:...
Everything is fine in college football, as Big 10 will no doubt find out this month
Welcome to the shitshow already in progress, Big 10....
Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19
Cristiano Ronaldo has been able to dodge the multiple sexual assault allegations that have been lodged against him, but 2020 caught up with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner on Tuesday as he was diagnosed with coronavirus....
MLS has been a scheduling mess for months, and the NFL might not do any better
While the NFL has had to become Tetris masters to rearrange their schedule in accommodating even more positive tests from both Tennessee and New England, MLS has been doing this dance for a while. And it also may be an indication that there won’t be a light at the end of the tunnel for the NFL....
Minor hockey league pretends it’s going to have an almost normal 2020-21 season
In case you’re thinking that life is going to get back to normal anytime soon, minor league hockey has provided the first reminder that it’s absolutely not....
The NFL must start handing out forfeits
It’s clear by now that the league is winging it....
Dumb football players are going to ruin football
Athletes hate being called dumb jocks, but sometimes the title fits....
Is it racism? COVID-19? Incompetence? What <i>IS</i> the Football Team's secret to constantly stepping on rakes?
Here are three mystery quarterbacks:...
Jon Gruden won't keep the damn mask on
Week by week, NFL coaches are learning to wear (or defog) their face shields and have mostly been keeping their masks on. But one head coach remains especially careless when it comes to covering his face....
LSU forgets that COVID still exists and decides to get rid of CDC wellness checks at games
LSU announced that it will ditch CDC medical wellness checks as a requirement for entry to their stadium on game days, encouraging fans to administer their own self-assessment prior to going to Tigers games in order to thwart the spread of the deadly virus....
The President is hospitalized with COVID-19 and the SMU student section still doesn't get it
This isn’t working, and it’s hard to say what will....
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Cam Newton, three more Titans, and Saints player test positive for COVID-19, throwing NFL into turmoil [UPDATED]
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton tested positive for COVID-19, it was reported Saturday morning, sending an already messy NFL Week 4 into chaotic overdrive....
Like so many others, Notre Dame President Father Jenkins flouted COVID-19 until he got it
Hindsight is 20/20. Lack of foresight is 2020....
Sports, lies & COVID-19: A White House history after Trump tests positive
Donald Trump has coronavirus. Who could’ve seen it coming?...
Titans-Steelers game rescheduled for later in the season as more test positive
The week 4 matchup between the Titans and the Steelers will be rescheduled for later in the season, according to the NFL....
Martina Navratilova talks COVID and the French Open with Deadspin
Prior to the start of the French Open, Deadspin’s Julie DiCaro and Jane McManus sat down with tennis icon Martina Navratilova about a wide range of issues, including social and racial justice, the U.S. and French Opens, and whether America should even playing sports in the midst of a global pandemic...