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Former NFL QB Trent Dilfer set to take UAB job

Trent Dilfer, the journeyman quarterback, and Super Bowl winner with the Baltimore Ravens is set to be named the head football coach at UAB....

10 NBA storylines that deserve more love

It feels like we’re already in midseason form. Truth is, we’re barely a month in....

How the Cavs got to 5-1 before last night was more impressive than last night’s win

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ start to the 2022 season is even hotter than last year’s 9-5 mark that caught a lot of hoops heads off guard. In what was supposed to be a rebuilding year in 2021, the Cavs made the play-in, were 12 games over .500 at the All-Star break, and were on schedule to finish with a...

We can’t let big plays end the conversation around Deshaun Watson once he gets back on the field

It had to happen at some point during last night’s game. ...

The NBA’s Eastern Conference might see a bit of a shake-up in the standings this season

It’s October, so it’s Halloween season, but it also means the NBA is back. All the talk and some drama will be moved aside as teams return to the court, hoping to do what the Golden State Warriors did last season in raising the Larry O’Brien NBA Finals trophy....

Serious question: Was this the worst primetime football game ever?

The J-Lo and Josh Duhamel movie trailer that came on after this game ended was better than the game itself. I don’t even remember the title, but the sheer jubilation I received after I no longer had to watch that football game made that trailer all the more enjoyable. HOLY SMOKES! Both teams were al...

A look at the 10 richest owners in sports and how their teams are doing

There’s rich, and then there’s wealthy. And then there’s “team owner money.”...

If Amazon Prime can make Steelers-Browns watchable, world domination is within reach

Amazon wants its Thursday Night Football games to be a Monday or Sunday night event as bad as Cleveland wants a Super Bowl. Well, maybe not that bad, but still pretty bad. Tonight’s game between Pittsburgh and Cleveland features one AFC North team trying to find the heir to Ben Roethlisberger on the...

Home sweet home?

Returning home for one last season is a sacred ideal for NBA vets. Dwyane Wade made his way to Chicago in 2016. Kyrie Irving’s desire to play with Durant in Brooklyn instead of Madison Square Garden with the New York Knicks was influenced by the New Jersey native’s fondness for the New Jersey Nets o...

Cavs are here!

The Cleveland Cavaliers are going to be a top-five seed in the Eastern Conference next season....

The Cavs want it all, and they want it now

Well, look at the Cleveland Cavaliers....

IDIOT OF THE MONTH: We're surrounded by idiots

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain...

Jimmy Haslam is to blame for the vile T-shirts and signs in support of Deshaun Watson

Talent trumps anything in the NFL — and Jimmy Haslam knows that....

No laughing matter | Rob Parker trashes Cleveland Browns fans

Kenny Lofton accused in suit of sending dick pics

Add famed Cleveland Indians leadoff hitter and stolen base king Kenny Lofton to the list of Cleveland sports figures being accused of sexual misconduct in civil court. The retired six-time All-Star is now being sued by a former employee, who claims he was fired for bringing Lofton’s alleged lurid wo...

After all the drama, Baker Mayfield got what he wanted

North Carolina, get ready for commercials for the new Baker Box at Bojangles, because the Carolina Panthers have named a Week 1 starter. The team traded for Baker Mayfield in July, and have announced that he is their QB1....

Browns owner thinks talent trumps alleged transgressions after Watson receives 'punishment' [Updated]

The NFL increased embattled Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson’s suspension to 11 games, a $5 million fine, and mandatory counseling on Thursday, per multiple reports, settling his personal conduct case. The league didn’t wait on former New Jersey attorney general Peter Harvey’s decisio...

LeBron James is all about L.A., not the Lakers

LeBron James has changed....

Losing is preferable to this, Cleveland

The Cleveland Browns have relentlessly embarrassed its fanbase for going on nearly a quarter century. Most of the reason the Dawg Pound has been shrouded in masks made of paper bags and jerseys listing dozens of failed starting QBs as if they were KIA is the putrid on-field product. While the franch...

Kareem Hunt wants out of Cleveland, Jimmy G needs out of San Francisco

The offseason drama and turmoil in Cleveland will apparently carry over into the regular season. DeShaun Watson’s punishment was handed out last week to the tune of a very underwhelming six-game suspension, which has been appealed by the NFL. Now one of Cleveland’s primary offensive weapons, Kareem ...