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2021 NFL Preview - NFC North: A dramedy of errors
If you’re the kind of person who enters into the NFL season looking for drama, welcome to the NFC North....
Josh Allen is ready to take over the league
There is a new sheriff in town, ready to dominate the AFC East for the next decade, and his name is Josh Allen. For a long time, the Buffalo Bills were the doormat of the division, only to be outdone by the New York Jets most years. But even the lowly Jets managed to play in back-to-back AFC champio...
2021 NFL Preview - AFC North: Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson will duel for the division
All eyes will be on Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns in 2021 after making the postseason for the first time since 2002 last year. A major storyline for the Browns this year will be Mayfield’s contract status. Baker is eligible for an extension of his rookie deal, but the Browns are being caut...
We totally forgot that this USMNT hasn’t played very well
Perhaps I doomed them last Wednesday when I told my editor the US Men’s National Team would qualify for the World Cup easily. The power of the motherfuck grows every day. That won’t comfort anyone, especially me, as the US has certainly stubbed its toe in its first two qualifiers, even if it hasn’t ...
NFL RedZone Previews, Part 4: The Prime Time Players
The NFL’s television partners don’t necessarily take the best teams in the league for the most primetime games. They take the teams that are going to get the biggest audiences and make the networks the most money....
NHLers are returning to the Olympics... let’s build some rosters
The Olympics have always felt like the pinnacle for several sports around the world. Only the best sprinters in the world can win gold at the 100-meter dash. Only the fastest swimmers can rise above everyone else in the 200-meter freestyle. Yet, for other sports, the Olympics hasn’t felt like the to...
The Dodgers’ trade deadline was better than you think
Last night, the Dodgers’ Max Scherzer threw six innings of shutout baseball to lead his team to a 4-3 win. With that victory, coupled with a Giants loss to Milwaukee, the Dodgers took sole possession of first place in the NL West....
Is Matt Nagy trying to cover his ass by sticking with Andy Dalton?
As of right now, three of the five quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft are starting: Trevor Lawrence in Jacksonville (1), Zach Wilson in New York (2), and Mac Jones in New England (15). All three of them were chosen to take over as the starting QBs for their respective teams ...
Soulja Boy-Kanye is the celebrity boxing match no one asked for
As the boxing world continues to recover from the latest low blow to the sport of pugilism, another potential celebrity boxing challenge has already been laid on the table....
Jared Goff thinks the Lions can win the NFC North (and no, we couldn't get through writing this headline without laughing)
Jared Goff must have dreamed of being back in sunny southern California Sunday night and woke up Monday morning thinking he was still in Los Angeles playing for the Rams. Speaking with reporters Monday, the Detroit Lions QB sounds optimistic about the team’s chances this year. This is after the Lion...
After all the Aaron Rodgers drama, where <i>are</i> the Packers, really?
The Green Bay Packers had one hell of an offseason. To say it was drama-filled doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface. Even with all the tension during the offseason, the Packers are still a favorite in the NFC. Back-to-back NFC Championship Game appearances say they have a shot....
With World Cup qualifying imminent, let's check in on how many rakes Berhalter is stepping on
Good God, would someone take the air out Tim Ream’s tires or barricade his apartment door for a couple days so Gregg Berhalter will stop picking him for the national team?...
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...
Can Sony Michel fill in for Cam Akers and Darrell Henderson?
Can Sony Michel fill in for Cam Akers and Darrell Henderson?...
Yankees continue march through Atlanta
You can be sure MLB will be pumping this as best it can, given the need and the media market, that the Yankees, now 21 games over .500, can’t lose....
Why didn’t Yankees and Twins play 2 yesterday with Henri barreling down?
The Yankees and Twins will not play on Sunday, which was pretty clearly going to be the case since Friday morning, when the National Weather Service issued its first hurricane watch for the New York area in 10 years....
Why the Titans will take the AFC
A big trade that netted the Titans Julio Jones from the Atlanta Falcons places great expectations squarely on Tennessee to be one of the most dynamic offenses in the league....
Don’t overdo it, MLB
Quick, where was the last NHL Winter Classic?...
At the Field of Dreams, baseball’s Black and brown stars have A-MAIZE-ING night
In the whitest – and corniest, if you will – place in this country, brothers stole the show....