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The Steelers Surrendered The One Weapon They Needed Most
It’s always nice when a shocking playoff loss comes with a handful of moments that can be picked out as the definitive causes of the collapse. Following their 45-42 loss to the Jaguars, the Steelers are left with these: two failed fourth-down conversions, a botched onside kick, and Mike Tomlin’s poo...
Goddamn, The Jacksonville Jaguars Are Going To The AFC Championship
Thanks to a 45-42 victory over the Steelers today, the Jaguars will face the Patriots in the AFC Championship next week. After jumping out to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter thanks to three rushing touchdowns, Jacksonville did enough to hold off a five-score, 469-yard game from Ben Roethlisb...
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Leonard Fournette Leaves Jaguars-Steelers Game With Ankle Injury [UPDATE: He's Back]
Leonard Fournette left today’s AFC Divisional playoff with an apparent ankle injury in the second quarter, with Jacksonville leading Pittsburgh, 21-7. He limped off the field and made his way to the locker room shortly thereafter:...
Knicks Point Guard Options Are Somehow Getting Even More Depressing
A lingering sore spot for your New York Knicks, who’ve spent most of the last month sucking and losing, is point guard: Frank Ntilikina might one day be the answer at the NBA’s most important position, but right now he’s a wildly inefficient offensive player playing backup minutes behind, of all peo...
Man Arrested After Threatening Mass Shooting For Jaguars-Steelers Game
A man has been arrested after threatening a mass killing during today’s Jaguars-Steelers game....
The Gerrit Cole Deal Sure Looks Odd For Pittsburgh
The Pirates have been playing with the burners of the hot stove for weeks now over the possibility of a Gerrit Cole trade, and now that it’s finally happened, they have surprisingly little to show for it....
Lakers Owner Jeanie Buss Offers Some Public Support For Luke Walton
Apparently spurred by Brian Windhorst linking the Lakers to David Fizdale as an eventual Luke Walton replacement, via a connection between Fizdale and LeBron James, the Lakers have finally offered an endorsement of Walton, such as it is:...
Illinois High School Rivalry Game Ends On Delicious Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater
You like buzzer-beaters. Of course you do. Last night, in a rivalry game between St. Charles East and St. Charles North, in, umm, St. Charles, Illinois, East came back from a 12 point deficit to tie the game at 47 with just over a minute remaining. The teams traded buckets and free throws over the n...
United States Army Files Trademark Claim Against Vegas Golden Knights
The United States Army has been threatening to file a trademark claim over the Vegas Golden Knights’ branding, and yesterday they finally did so, submitting a formal Notice of Opposition with the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on the last possible day. The notice, which you can read in full b...
Manchester United Need To Stay The Fuck Away From Our Wonderteen
The good thing about having one of the soccer world’s most coveted young attacking prospects is that the eyes of the game’s biggest clubs will be focused on the kid, each team projecting out his possibly incredible future and positioning themselves to snatch it for themselves if they so decide to ma...
Lauri Markkanen Beat Kristaps Porzingis At His Own Game
Remember the end of the last Knicks season, when Phil Jackson, having totally alienated and depressed the trade value of Carmelo Anthony, hinted that he might go full demon and undo the only good thing he’d ever done, drafting Kristaps Porzingis? Remember when he reportedly wanted to dangle him for ...
We Got Some Extremely Lame Pac-12 Coach Beef
Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball is about as mediocre this year as it is almost every year, but on Saturday, their home win against Arizona had coach Tad Boyle feeling a little bit cocky:...
Bills GM Says Richie Incognito's Alleged Racist Slurs Were "A Misunderstanding"
Bills offensive guard Richie Incognito was accused by Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue of using racist slurs during Jacksonville’s playoff defeat of Buffalo on Sunday. But Bills GM Brandon Beane didn’t seem to think much of any potential in-game exchange between the two....
Jimmy Butler Did Not Enjoy That Football Game
The Wolves whomped the Cavs last night, 127-99, as LeBron James played one of the spottiest games of his career. But for Jimmy Butler—heard here hollering in the background—the night’s real emotional stakes only came afterwards, as he watched the final moments of the college football championship. K...
On Final Play, Tua Tagovailoa Took Everything Georgia Gave Him<em></em>
Tua Tagovailoa turned the Alabama offense into something it hasn’t been in living memory: fun. The true freshman, cannon-armed, fleet-legged quarterback who hadn’t played a snap of football that wasn’t in garbage time came on at halftime against Georgia and utterly transformed the moribund Crimson T...
Alabama Completes Comeback With Legendary Overtime Touchdown By Backup Quarterback<em></em>
Alabama overcame being shut out at the half to beat Georgia in overtime, 26-23, to win this year’s College Football Championship national championship. ...
The Better Business Bureau Giving Big Baller Brand An "F" Doesn't Mean Anything<em></em>
As noted by ESPN, Business Insider, Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports, SB Nation, the New York Daily News, TMZ Sports, Yahoo Sports, Fansided, For The Win, and Bleacher Report, among others, the Better Business Bureau has awarded LaVar Ball’s Big Baller Brand an F for poor customer service. LaVar Ball,...
What Weird New Behavior Will Donald Trump Display At The National Championship Game?<em></em>
A year and change into his first term in office, it’s still honestly kind of hard to tell why Donald Trump ran for president. At this point, we know enough about him to assume both 1) that it had nothing to do with any of the reasons he offered on the campaign trail and 2) that it’s probably somethi...
Your <i>Tecmo Super Bowl</i> National Championship Simulation Is LIVE
It’s time for everyone’s favorite tradition: the CPU vs CPU simulation of tonight’s national championship game, using the original Tecmo Super Bowl on NES with fully-updated rosters. CLICK THROUGH TO WATCH:...