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UFC’s Poirier Delivers Instant Classic En Route to Emergency Room as Dana White Tweets About Fight Island
If you like a good, old-fashioned fistfight, we got an instant classic for the “Just Bleed” crowd last night in Las Vegas....
The NWSL Takes a Knee
Twenty-two starters clothed in Black Black Lives Matter T-shirts from the North Carolina Courage and Portland Thorns knelt during the national anthem before the National Women’s Soccer League kicked off their first game of the Challenge Cup Saturday. ...
As COVID Spikes in Texas, Sugar Land Skeeters Will Open with Fans in the Stands
Texas is one of the hottest of hotspots for coronavirus right now, and Governor Greg Abbott announced on Friday that the Lone Star State’s aggressive reopening will be rolled back some, with bars closing and river-rafting banned....
Morehouse Cancels Football Season Over Coronavirus Concerns
Morehouse College announced that the school is choosing its students’ health over dollars. The school is shutting down all fall sports....
As the NWSL Tournament Nears, Utah COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise
Another bubble is about to burst in the sports world and no, this one’s not in Florida....
If a Team Based in Orlando Thinks it’s too Dangerous to Leave, Why Would Other Teams Go There?
While baseball haggles over finances and hockey tries to figure out where to place its bubbles, the concept of sports returning gets shakier every day. With spikes in Texas, Florida, Arizona, and may other states, more and more reports of players losing their enthusiasm for a return have popped up. ...
Gov. Cuomo: Mets and Yankees Will Be Back in New York IF Spring Training Resumes
Andrew Cuomo is one of those guys who calls it “the MLB.”...
The Odds of Sports Gambling Legalization in a Pandemic
2020 was supposed to be the year sports betting exploded. But a pandemic hit, the economy tanked, and major sporting events were canceled across the country....
Even with Second COVID Wave Looming, Genius Cuomo OKs U.S. Open Tennis
Leave it to Nicholas Kyrgios, the bad boy of tennis, to suddenly become the voice of reason....
Premier League Returns: How to Watch, and Everything Else You Need To Know
If it feels like the sporting world is at that point where all the people who were really excited to drink for free are showing up too early to the party, that’s because it kind of is. A month after the German Bundesliga kicked things off by helping to set up the food and arrange the furniture, and ...
OSU in Full-On CYA Mode
Ohio State doesn’t give a…...
MLB Players Are Sick of Owners' B.S. and Fire Back On Social Media
The long, stupid dance between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association continues, as the sides negotiate conditions for a 2020 season that might be better off not happening anyway, while coronavirus cases are spiking in a country that has been tripping over rakes in i...
MLS Got Its Orlando Tournament! It Will Likely Suck
MLB owners have sucked up almost all of the oxygen for those trying to be greedy shits, so you might not have known MLS owners attempted a lot of the same stuff. They went even one step further than their MLB counterparts, threatening to lockout MLS players during a pandemic, which would have had th...
Hold Everything! Angel Hernandez Finally Gets a Call He Can Handle
Remember The Late Shift, the early HBO original movie that chronicled the fight over The Tonight Show chair between Jay Leno and David Letterman? Both men battled for the show upon news of Johnny Carson’s retirement. In one scene, Leno, feeling the show slip away from him and also feeling like he’s ...
Robert Lewandowski Is The Best Striker In The World, ’Bout Time He Won a Ballon D’or
As Bayern Munich’s uncompromising, methodical, and callous march to their 8th consecutive Bundesliga title continued yesterday with a 4-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen. It was highlighted by their geriatric duo. Thirty-year-old Thomas Muller broke the Bundesliga record for assists with his 20th (this se...
At Least 5 Alabama Players Test Positive for COVID-19
As the epicenter of America’s COVID-19 pandemic moves to places like Alabama, there are rising concerns about what’s in store for football programs as players pack up for a return to campus....
Betsy Andreu Speaks Out on Lance and 'Lance'
When first approached about taking part in ESPN’s latest 30 for 30 sports documentary on Lance Armstrong entitled Lance, Betsy Andreu knew she was screwed....
J.R. Smith Gave Us A Much-Needed Moment Of Levity
In life, there are consequences and repercussions....
When Police Wield Twitter As A Weapon
In the past 48 hours, America has been forced to examine itself, the 400-year legacy of slavery, and the way systemic racism is woven into the fabric of our country and our communities. It’s obvious that something is very, very wrong when watching a police officer kneel on a man’s neck until he dies...
Solution To Meaningless Games: NBA Should Go To 10-Team Conference Bracket
All reports are pointing to the return of the NBA season in late July....