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Kadarius Toney put together a lowlight reel for the Kansas City Chiefs

Thinking Patrick Mahomes can do anything with anyone looked wayward last night....

Maybe Dabo Swinney's success was tied to a string of good QBs all along...

This isn’t a referendum only on Clemson’s embarrassing 3-touchdown loss to unranked Duke. Things have been unraveling in South Carolina for nearly two years now and the signs of Clemson being brought down a few notches on college football’s hierarchy happens regardless of the result against Duke, si...

The NCAA shortened football games only to shove more ads into broadcasts

College football is changing at such a rapid pace that it’s hard to keep track of every alteration. One example is the new rule that keeps the clock rolling after a first down. In recent years, it went from a full stop after moving the chains to pausing until the ref spots the ball. Now it only stop...

Saturday's 'Coach Prime' coverage was off the charts

Now that it’s evident Deion Sanders and Colorado are unavoidable, there needs to be some parameters in place. The Buffs upset No. 17 TCU, 45-42, on Saturday in a thrilling game regardless of what you think about Coach Prime....

It’s Georgia’s schedule vs. the field this college football season

It’s abnormally weird for the University of Georgia to be odds-on national title favorites. I’m not saying Kirby Smart’s group is unworthy — they won the past two College Football Playoffs, and appear to be every bit the juggernaut Vegas thinks they are. It simply takes a beat for perception to catc...

Let's hope this is the year Texas A&M fires Jimbo Fisher

The leader in the doghouse for this college football season is Jimbo Fisher. After a 5-7 season a year ago in which the team suffered a six-game losing streak — and an embarrassing loss to Appalachian State — Fisher has been on the cover of Hot Seat Weekly, a made-up publication that I’d definitely ...

Baker Mayfield’s whiteness keeps getting him NFL starting QB jobs

Baker Mayfield didn’t do anything wrong. The crime that keeps getting committed is done by the owners, general managers, and coaches who keep giving him endless opportunities. If Mayfield can keep being named a starter in the NFL, then Nathan Peterman will always have a shot at being on a team’s pay...

With Baker Mayfield leading the way, you can already throw in the towel on Tampa Bay’s season

Well, it’s official. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are doomed to finish the season with six wins. Tampa announced Tuesday morning that Baker Mayfield has been named the Week 1 starter for the team after beating out Kyle Trask for the spot, as many suspected would happen. Prepare for mediocrity, Bucs fans...

Does it matter that 3 of the AP top 5 teams haven’t named a starting QB?

AP’s college football top 25 poll debuted Monday, and there aren’t too many surprises. Texas (11) is overrated as usual, but everything else appears to be above board. The typical formula for misguided hype includes some combination of a new coach, unproven quarterback, prestigious program, schedule...

Wander Franco placed on administrative leave, off Rays roster [Update]

UPDATE: Aug. 22, 11:20 a.m.: Franco has been placed on administrative leave by MLB, who issued the following statement:...

The Tampa Bay Rays are running out of dudes, and ESPN somehow becomes more of a farce

The Rays might be the best developmental organization in baseball, staying on top of an AL East where they’re constantly outspent by factors of three by their competitors by consistently bringing dudes through their system and onto the MLB roster. Or they toast other organizations in trades and turn...

Trask and Mayfield for the Bucs could be this generation’s Jackson and Germaine for Ohio State

The names Stanley Jackson and Joe Germaine mean nothing to many of you football fans out there. For those who fall into that category, you all missed out on a glorious time in the sport when Ohio State was a national championship contender and started two quarterbacks. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may n...

Don’t let the door hit you on the ass, Ronda Rousey

It all started so well, which is generally how things go for Ronda Rousey. ...

The backlash to USWNT's loss is predictably sexist

Imagine, if you will, an American team. One that is known the world over as not only being the best, but the best by a wide margin. One that is so good, so exhilarating in their play that they’ve inspired kids (and adults!) the world over to take up the sport. A team so good that they’ve been the ob...

Playing with Reggie Jackson | Chef Joe Bastianich

World Cup Diary Day 11: Give them an inch…

We’ve gotten to the business end of the Group Stage, with Group A finishing up their schedule and sending a host home before the knockouts for the first time. But that was overshadowed by possibly the biggest upset of the tournament so far that blows up the draw a bit. Let’s run it through....

NBA needs to up the ante with its international game slate

What happens when a seventh seed and a 13th seed meet on a basketball court in a country that doesn’t have an NBA franchise? Who knows, but we’re going to find out....

NIL deals are flawed, but Tommy Tuberville is not the solution

The latest proposed “bipartisan” piece of federal legislation to regulate name, image, and likeness deals for college athletes is being roundly applauded by the NCAA, the college coach-turned-senator who proposed it, other college football coaches, Power Five conferences, and a bunch of people who s...

His disastrous ownership tenure is over — it’s time Michael Jordan fix his relationship with Charles Barkley

His best friend told the truth about him, and he “took that personally.”...

Maybe I’ll just give up on the AEW Women’s Division

On Friday night, Athena and Willow Nightingale had one of the best matches, not just women’s matches, of 2023 on Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor PPV. Not only was it the culmination of a three-match trilogy through both ROH and AEW, or the budding of a rivalry that will probably last years, bu...