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What Happens To ‘Guaranteed’ Money When A League Dies?
Pretend, refreshingly, that it is 2019. You are a football coach. Perhaps you are unemployed, or a coordinator looking for your next step. You get an interesting call — it’s not the NFL, but a quixotic billionaire with his own upstart league. He wants to pay well for your services, maybe even sweete...
Anthony Fauci Has Been A Voice Of Reason. Until Now
With sports on an indefinite hiatus because of a pandemic that has killed more than 130,000 worldwide, it has never become more clear that our normal sports-driven lives have always been an illusion....
Jackie Robinson Has Never Been More Important Than He Is Right Now
A year before he made his Negro League debut, on July 6, 1944, Jackie Robinson refused to sit in the back of a bus, prompting his discharge from the Army. It was 11 years before Rosa Parks stood up against injustice in Alabama. Robinson was ahead of his time and exuded courage that, in Martin Luther...
In Trump’s America, Kyle Larson Proves That Even Minorities Aren’t In This Together
“People of color.” ...
In The Wake Of Tarvaris Jackson’s Death, Never Forget His Unique Place In Super Bowl History
Former Super Bowl Champion Tarvaris Jackson died at age 36 on Sunday night in a single-car crash in Montgomery, Alabama. Jackson served as the quarterbacks coach at Tennessee State last season after occupying the same role at Alabama State, his alma mater....
These Are The Sports Films That Should Have Already Been Made
Scrolling endlessly through Netflix and HBO, looking for new movies to watch, sparked an idea: What are the movies I would definitely watch, but haven’t been made yet?...
Is There Anything More Bill O'Brien Can Do To Destroy The Houston Texans?
The Houston Texans don’t have a first-round pick in 2020....
The Sports Personalities Affected by Coronavirus
As the coronavirus continues its march, ravaging families and communities worldwide, the sports world finds itself at a crossroads, forever changed by the pandemic’s reach and left wondering how to proceed. The following is a look at some of the players, staffers, and personalities — and their famil...
Fellate-Gate: Why Does The Sports Media Continue To Blow Tom Brady?
I’ve seen a lot of takes given and stories written about Tom Brady’s interview with Howard Stern on Wednesday. Most are lauding Brady for his candor and humility, describing the QB as “opening up.”...
Major Golf Events Are Being Cancelled Everywhere, But States As Hard Hit As N.Y. Still Think It's Safe For Courses To Remain Open
Like every other sport realizing its proper place in a society in crisis, the PGA and professional golf around the globe is undergoing major shifts in its schedule. Today, the British Open was canceled for the first time since 1945, while tournaments over on this side of the pond have been shifted t...
Dabo Swinney's Take On The Pandemic Is What 'Merica Wants To Hear. And That Means We Are All Doomed
In case you missed it, Dabo Swinney, the noted pandemic expert and Clemson football coach, suggested Friday that the coronavirus can be beaten into submission simply through the sheer force of America’s greatness. ...
Lynching Jokes Don't Fly In Mississippi And Mike Leach Doesn't Deserve The Benefit Of The Doubt
Mike Leach isn’t gonna make it....
These Guys Were Great, They Just Never Got Enough Credit: The 10 Most Underrated NBA Players Since 1990
In today’s edition of “Let’s talk about sports to distract ourselves from apocalyptic horrors,” we follow up our list of most overrated NBA players with their diametric opposites: the most underrated....
The Coronavirus Is Proving Just How Great Of An Agent Rich Paul Is
Four years ago, Phil Jackson referred to LeBron James’ business partners as a “posse.”...
When Magic Johnson Is Criticizing You On Twitter, You Know You've Screwed Up Something. Badly
There is nothing on the internet that is more wholesome and less controversial than Magic Johnson’s Twitter feed. Even in this time of pandemic, there’s nothing quite like logging on and seeing tweets from a legend of basketball and humanity like the one he had on Sunday....
NBA 2K Is Cool And All, But These Are The Throwback Basketball Video Games That Ballers Should Be Playing
Video games are for young folks or adults with kids....
You Know Who Jameis Winston Looks Like After Five Seasons? Peyton Manning
Only five quarterbacks in NFL history have thrown for more than 5,100 yards in a single season. They are: Peyton Manning, Drew Brees (four times), Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger and Jameis Winston....
Remembering Curly Neal And The 10-Year-Old's Birthday Party That I Thought Was Going To Be At Yonkers Raceway
When I heard Curly Neal had died last night at 77, my heart sunk....
Boston Bruins Owner Jeremy Jacobs Is a Demon Lizard, Episode 3,476
Not that we needed more reminders that Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs is completely made of bugs, but today is another. Delaware North, Jacobs’s company that owns the TD Garden and the Bruins, announced Wednesday that they’re laying off all the part-time arena staff....