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MLB has a take-out-the-trash Friday as cheaters prosper, Mets clean house & Justin Turner skates
The Friday news dump is a time honored tradition, but baseball really went all in on it this time, not only with it being Friday, but with the drama of the American election continuing to unfold....
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As U.S. sees worst COVID-19 day yet, NFL stung for second straight day with Texans, Bears and Eagles cases [UPDATED]
For the second straight day, COVID-19 has infiltrated an NFL team facility. Today, it’s the Houston Texans. ...
NBA needs a shortened season now to get back on track
Late Thursday, NBA players are supposed to vote on a schedule and format for the upcoming season....
Trent Brown’s past few weeks have been brutal
After a whirlwind of a month, Trent Brown was released from the hospital Monday. He had an adverse reaction after air seeped into his bloodstream while an I.V. was being administered before the Raiders Sunday game against Cleveland....
In preview of what could lie ahead for MLS and the NFL, USL cancels championship as squad faces COVID outbreak
The USL, the country’s second-division soccer league, canceled its championship game yesterday between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Phoenix Rising, due to multiple players and staff on Tampa Bay testing positive for COVID-19. The decision was made because of the amount of time and the amount of players...
Giants left with only four O-Linemen after Will Hernandez’s COVID diagnosis sends rest home
When you hear the phrase “history repeats itself,” you usually think of some time in the distant past being relived — not last week. ...
Baseball’s winter of cost-savings discontent begins as cheapskate Cards cut Wong
It used to be the hot stove, and fans used to get excited about it right after the last out of the World Series. A ray of hope, provided by the wishful thinking that it could be your team ending the season on a podium with Rob Manfred as he gets booed next year. But in a preview of what’s to come ar...
Missing out on a title must sting, but Price was right to sit out after Turner COVID mess
David Price already got his World Series ring in 2018 with the Red Sox, so it’s not as emotionally wrenching as it could be that, after opting out of this season, the lefthander wasn’t part of the Dodgers’ first championship since 1988....
Ryquell Armstead, 23-year-old running back, sidelined for season with COVID complications
After spending a rookie season behind Leonard Fournette in 2019, Ryquell Armstead was supposed to contend for the Jacksonville Jaguars’ starting job. Yesterday, ESPN reported that the second-year back will miss the remainder of the season due to COVID....
Let's all say a prayer for Derek Carr as he stares at a possible all-backup O-line Sunday
Here is where the NFL is now with COVID-19. This Sunday, the Raiders’ franchise quarterback very well could be counting on an entire offensive line made up of backups....
Sunday Scaries: The Week 6 bets you should avoid
We’ve made it to Week 6 and everything is fine in the NFL....
Nick Saban tests positive for COVID-19 as virus continues to spread throughout the SEC
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban has tested positive for COVID-19....
The NFL is going along with local guidelines to COVID, but will allow the Saints to switch local guidelines
It’s pretty easy to picture Roger Goodell staring blankly as the Saints told him about this, they surely didn’t ask, like a parent who has just completely given up and is letting the kids ransack the supermarket while they head to the liquor aisle:...
Everything is fine in college football, as Big 10 will no doubt find out this month
Welcome to the shitshow already in progress, Big 10....
Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19
Cristiano Ronaldo has been able to dodge the multiple sexual assault allegations that have been lodged against him, but 2020 caught up with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner on Tuesday as he was diagnosed with coronavirus....
MLS has been a scheduling mess for months, and the NFL might not do any better
While the NFL has had to become Tetris masters to rearrange their schedule in accommodating even more positive tests from both Tennessee and New England, MLS has been doing this dance for a while. And it also may be an indication that there won’t be a light at the end of the tunnel for the NFL....
Minor hockey league pretends it’s going to have an almost normal 2020-21 season
In case you’re thinking that life is going to get back to normal anytime soon, minor league hockey has provided the first reminder that it’s absolutely not....
The NFL must start handing out forfeits
It’s clear by now that the league is winging it....
Dumb football players are going to ruin football
Athletes hate being called dumb jocks, but sometimes the title fits....
Is it racism? COVID-19? Incompetence? What <i>IS</i> the Football Team's secret to constantly stepping on rakes?
Here are three mystery quarterbacks:...