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How Will Joel Embiid Stop Himself From Coughing Before Each Free Throw?
Habits and superstitions are as much a part of the NBA experience as deception and dysfunction are in the White House. However, with COVID-19, everything has changed. There are certain aspects to players’ games that must be addressed....
2020 NL West Preview
The Dodgers have won seven straight division crowns, but remain title-free since 1988. Will either of those things change in 2020? Maybe!...
Oh Look, Another NFL Owner/Trump Buddy is Accused of Being Racist and Sexist
In the latest installment of ”Sports Owners and Billionaires Are Terrible People,” we have Woody Johnson....
If Didi Can Hit a Home Run Off Max Scherzer With a Mask On, You Can Wear One, Too
The United States is currently the dumbest country in the world....
2020 NL East Preview
Atlanta won its second straight National League East title, but continued a run of playoff futility that dates back almost two decades. Since sweeping the Astros in the 2001 division series, Atlanta has been to that best-of-5 round eight times, and lost all eight times — plus a loss in the 2012 wild...
Woah, Canada! Trudeau Bans Blue Jays
“AMERICA FIRST” is a thing Donald Trump likes to say....
Meet Joe Black’s Legendary ‘All-Time All-Star Black Team,’ Packed With Hall of Famers and Guys who Should Be There
In 1973, the Chicago Defender, a groundbreaking Black newspaper, ran a baseball item based on an interview with a white man, former major league umpire Jocko Conlan....
I Can Relate to DeSean Jackson’s Mistake. I Hope He Learns From It as I Did
The National Football League finds itself at the forefront of social engagement at a very delicate, complex pivot point in our nation’s history. The NFL’s focus ranges from acknowledging the relevance of the Black Lives Matter movement; to the omission of the inappropriate, now former, nickname of t...
NHL Announces Thoughtless Jerk Auston Matthews as Lady Byng Trophy Finalist
Hockey Guys gonna Hockey Guy....
NBA’s Got 99 Problems, Will a Snitch Be One?
Snitches get stitches, and nobody likes a rat....
‘She’s Being Discriminated Against’: League Says Two-Time MVP’s Health Issues Not Serious Enough For Opt-Out
While the WNBA might lag behind in TV money or notoriety, it proved last night it doesn’t lag behind when it comes to being a callous jackwagon (yes, I’m from Chicago. Why do you ask?) The league’s panel of doctors denied two-time MVP Elena Delle Donne’s request to be excused from the WNBA’s bubble ...
DeSean Jackson is Still an Eagle, Sets Out to Educate Himself
Carron Phillips was right: Jeffrey Lurie and the Eagles couldn’t cut DeSean Jackson....
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Adrian Wojnarowski Hurled Heaviest Bomb Yet at GOP Senator, Now ESPN Has Suspended Him [UPDATED]
Adrian Wojnarowski dropped another Woj Bomb....
MLS’s ‘New Normal’ Is a Bleak, Barren Field With Ads Plastered Everywhere
As the first American men’s league and the first league to actually bring to life the dog-in-a-burning-room meme, MLS hit the field last night. We didn’t know what it was before, other than a vague, bad idea, and it doesn’t feel like we have much more of an idea now....
Philadelphia Union Players Surprise MLS With Names of Police Brutality Victims on Their Backs
Before kicking off the second MLS game in the “MLS is Back” tournament, the Philadelphia Union paid tribute to the Black American victims of police brutality....
Everybody Hates Kelly Loeffler
In a different timeline, in a fairer world, Kelly Loeffler might be facing insider trading charges and a Senate Ethics Committee investigation for selling stocks after being briefed in January about the coronavirus, before the stock market tanked in late March amid concerns about the pandemic....
Baseball Neighborhoods are Now Ghost Towns
The line goes from the door onto Gerard Avenue, four people waiting outside the Yankee Tavern, one of the top spots for pregame food and drinks around Yankee Stadium, on a day, in a year, when no fans will be entering the home of the 27-time world champions....
What Could Have Been: A Look at The Baseball That We Missed Because of COVID-19 (June Edition)
Hey, we’ve arrived in a month that will actually feature live Major League Baseball. Not just old memories or the what-if, thinking about what action we were slated to see had the world not been blindsided by the coronavirus pandemic....
Entire Team Quarantined in Disney’s Stupid ‘Athlete Bubble’ as More Test Positive
They’re spending Independence Day in lockdown....
Mike Trout, Baseball's Best Player, Might Sit Out Season to Be With Pregnant Wife
Major League Baseball’s plans to get the 2020 season started are going about as well as could be expected, which is to say, not very well at all....