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NFL's greatest Thanksgiving Day disasterpieces
It’s that time of year again....
Doug Pederson, you are the cause of your own misery. Just pull Carson Wentz
You can tell Doug Pederson is tired. But he is the cause of his own misery....
Stop me if you've heard this before, but Nick Saban has COVID-19
Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19 again. But this time it’s real. ...
FEAST MODE! Marshawn Lynch gives out turkeys in Hawaii
Sorry, not sorry — we had to say it....
Patrick Mahomes' ketchup obsession has become a disgrace to common decency — says he’ll put it on his turkey
I think it’s time that we have an intervention for Patrick Mahomes....
As Hornets owner, Michael Jordan is the goat
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the G.O.A.T. — Michael Jordan....
All the highs and lows from a wonky week of fantasy football
It’s Monday. Sorry about that. But hey, it’s not all bad. We have more football to look forward to tonight, with a lot of fantasy assets on the field between Tompa Bay and the Los Angeles Rams. Yesterday was straight up kooky, like most Sundays are. Like, for instance, this:...
Week 11 NFL Powerless Rankings
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....
Dabo Swinney either doesn't get that COVID is killing people or doesn't care
This week, as the CDC advises against Thanksgiving travel in a week when the coronavirus rate has soared to a peak of 200,000 cases and 2,000 deaths a day, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is mad as hell....
Wentz makes watching the Eagles worse than having a Vegan Thanksgiving, it’s time for Jalen Hurts
It might be time for Eagles fans to get out their brown paper bags. Watching this team has become more insufferable than sitting through an HR presentation. ...
Jim Nantz wants CBS to pay him like someone with a personality
In some ways you can’t begrudge Jim Nantz for asking for the bag. He probably looks to his right most Sundays, sees the Jerry Lewis soundboard that is Tony Romo, and figures A) Just by having to sit next to that overrated, handsome gas bag for four hours a week is worth $17 million a year. And B) If...
English soccer player honks opponent’s penis twice, giggles as refs do nothing
You wouldn’t think that anyone would want to join Brad Marchand on the list of athletes who commit in-game sexual assault, but nothing is out of reach by the world these days. Preston North End’s Darnell Fisher has seen Marchand’s mere foreplay of licking people and raised to this direct action on S...
Sunday Scaries: The Week 11 bets to avoid
I regret to inform you that the Jacksonville Jaguars did not make the cut for this week’s Sunday Scaries. Of course they’re not winning games, but they’re covering. So they seem… reliable?...
Illini look fine, say 'GG' to Huskers
Illinois hasn’t had a lot to smile about, football-wise, this season. Or most seasons, really....
Florida State runs away from Clemson game … because the Tigers have COVID
In a page straight out of the 2020 storybook, Clemson and Florida State “mutually” agreed to postpone their Saturday conference matchup hours before kickoff, after both teams’ medical staffs could not agree to move forward with the game. The teams had been scheduled to play at noon. ...
'Woj Bombs' vs. 'Shams Wows': Who won opening night of the NBA free agency salvo?
NBA free agency opened on Friday, and with the usual whirlwind of signings in the first few hours after the 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time start of activity, it’s not easy to say what team really did the best....
This college basketball tournament in South Dakota doesn’t sound like a great idea anymore
When organizers cancelled the Battle 4 Atlantis in September they picked an interesting replacement: Sioux Falls, South Dakota....
ESPN needs to keep this crew for future NBA Drafts
On a night in which Woj stripped ESPN’s telecast of the 2020 NBA Draft of any suspense due to tweeting the picks early, the worldwide leader deserves some credit for putting together a crew that, for once, knew what the hell it was talking about....
What do Cal McNair’s comments today even mean? Who knows, just sell the Texans
It’s time for Cal McNair to sell the Houston Texans....
Tread with caution if you're playing these guys on your fantasy football team: Week 11
It’s Thursday, which is the start of Week 11 on the football schedule. You only have this week and next to pencil your name into your league playoffs and to get that trash talk going against your leaguemates. Since this is the first of this column that you’ve seen from me, let’s set the expectation ...