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I want to buy this Luka ModriÄ pass a top-shelf cocktail or six
The 2nd leg of Chelsea-Real Madrid will go down as an all-time classic, as Chelsea overcame a 3-1 first leg deficit to take a 4-3 aggregate lead, only to blow it and lose the tie in extra time to Real Madrid 5-4, even though they won the game 3-2. Chelsea were far and away the better team, with Thom...
NBA playoff matchups weâd love to see (and one we wouldnât)
The 2022 NBA playoffs is an annual garden of forking paths. Teams donât know who to expect awaiting them in the next round or when their season will end. One injury can swing momentum in the other direction. What we do know is that there are particular matchups that are more palatable than others. C...
Tiger had the world on pins and needles for a shot that truthfully didnât even matter
Tiger Woods, 18th hole, The Masters. It didnât matter that he was 13-over par and his chances at winning had long expired. It didnât matter that Tiger wasnât expected to win. It was spectacular that just over one year after an automobile accident mangled his right leg, he was playing in The Masters,...
I donât know why Tiger Woods still is magnetic, but he is
My interest in golf has pretty much traced Tiger Woodsâ presence. I know Iâm not alone, based on golfâs struggles in recent years. I got into it when he burst onto the scene. I played regularly when he was dominating the PGA Tour, and then my interest waned when he stopped winning majors or being ar...
Lost in Liverpoolâs pursuit of a quad is Man Cityâs potential treble
With Tiger Woods falling out of contention and Sunday at Augusta turning into a sleepy 3-year-old crashing off of sugar, wake yourself up by flipping on probably the biggest game of the English Premier League season. Man City sits atop the table but only barely. Liverpool, still chasing a potential ...
Chasing the Bengals' path to glory
The avalanche started with the fifth pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. The Cincinnati Bengals selected JaâMarr Chase from LSU, reuniting Chase with national-championship teammate and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow, Cincyâs selection with the No. 1 overall pick in 2020. Those were far from t...
5 magical moments for Tiger at the Masters
Itâs been 25 years since Tiger Woods walked onto Augusta National and shocked the world with a record-breaking Masters win at the age of 21. Itâs been three years since he won his comeback Masters, and just over one year since he was in a car accident that nearly killed him. The ability to walk agai...
Three key positions the Dallas Cowboys must select in the 2022 NFL Draft
Itâs been a turbulent time in Dallas since their season ended at the hands of long-time rival San Francisco 49ers in Januaryâs wildcard round debacle. Since then, the Cowboys have traded Amari Cooper, had Randy Gregory stolen right from under them, cut Laâel Collins, and let wide receiver Cedrick Wi...
When is HBO green-lighting Whining Time: The story of the 2021-22 Lakers?
Iâm not here to defend LeBron James. As recently as two weeks ago, I gave him shit for chasing the scoring title because itâs the only thing he can win this year. James also has enough obsessed, annoying fans willing to defend him by any memes possible, and this pitiful Lakers team was a failure of ...
âAs of right now, I feel like I am going to play.'
For the first time since the February 2021 car wreck that threatened his ability to walk again, Tiger Woods confirmed Tuesday he intends to play in the Masters. Woodsâ desire to compete comes after a 9-hole practice round on Monday with a huge audience....
Stephen A. Smith got Ballsacked by a meme that was two months old
Ballsack Sports emerged in late 2021 as a purveyor of satirical headlines and semi-professional graphics that were fleshed out by unsourced quotes....
Becoming Kareem
To capture the intellectual acuity of Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an actor portraying the seven-footer would need to possess a towering level of gravitas. Winning Time creator Max Borenstein had said casting Kareem was the hardest of the Showtime Lakers. When Solomon Hughes walked through the...
Winning Time: âPiece of a Manâ explores Kareem Abdul-Jabbarâs relationship with Islam
What makes Winning Timeâs tapestry of stories enthralling is how it reflects the chaotic jazz of our lives. Every character is at odds against the world and themselves. Magic, Jerry Buss, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, each man is fighting a private war. For many of them, itâs a war of the spirit against the ...
Can the Mets still compete with deGrom sidelined?
Jacob deGrom is the best pitcher in baseball when healthy. Thatâs indisputable at this point. Since the start of 2018, deGrom has posted a 1.94 ERA, 205 ERA+, 12.0 K/9 rate, and 0.881 WHIP across 581 innings pitched. No one else even comes close to those figures. The problem has been deGromâs inabil...
U.S. gets England in World Cup Group Stage
As the United States menâs national team backed into the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday night, Fridayâs draw couldnât have realistically worked out any better for them....
There go the Rams doing what they do best: Spend dollars
The Los Angeles Rams are doing their best to be the 2000s New York Yankees. While the NFL is a hard-salary capped sport, they are doing their all to keep as much big-named talent on the roster as possible. They were not able to re-sign midseason acquisition Von Miller, so they instead added a big na...
đ”Now, this is a story all about how the life of Seattle Kraken DJ... is awesomeđ”
The in-stadium experience is what makes going to sporting events fun. The energy that radiates from other fans of your favorite team, the mascotâs antics, and fan interaction through graphics on the jumbotron and the in-stadium camera crew make attending a live sporting event an unforgettable experi...
Shaheen Holloway is the 2022 March Madness Champ
If Duke, UNC, Kansas or Villanova are going to win another national title, we have to celebrate something besides another blueblood champion. Watching another blueblood Final Four is nauseating and almost seems antithetical to the glorified ideal of March Madness....
Formula 1 expands its footprint in America, but please donât make me watch
Formula 1 is coming to Las Vegas, and âthe fastest growing sport in Americaâ is so popular I want to avoid it entirely. Thereâs nothing wrong with car racing â I played a couple of the Gran Turismo games, and they were fun â Iâm just not going to add it to the never-ending list of sports I follow....
If Giannis wins his third MVP this year we can put the best player on the planet debate to rest
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo can join some elite company, should he take home his third NBA MVP award at the end of the regular season. If he can edge out Joel Embiid and Nikola JokiÄ, we can finally lay the best player in the world debate to rest. We canât continue to deny Antetoko...