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Adam Sandler’s production company is inexplicably making a movie about Sean Payton, starring Kevin James

Hands up, everyone: who out there was asking for a Sean Payton biopic? ...

Another bad hit and look for the NHL

Once again, the NHL headlines will be dominated by an incident of a player using the vulnerability of another to excuse trying to end his night, season, maybe career. This one isn’t as cut and dried as Sunday night’s chicanery, though no less ugly....

Your Season 30 <em>Dancing with the Stars</em> winner: 2016 NBA Champion Iman Shumpert

OMG, Iman and Daniella did it! On Monday, Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach won the 30th season of Dancing with the Stars, making Shumpert the first NBA player and the 12th athlete to win the competition....

Bronny James gets sneaker jacked by TikTok star

The weekend before Thanksgiving wasn’t the best for the NBA’s royal family. LeBron James was involved in an altercation on the court in Detroit over the weekend. Then Bronny James was forced to hand over a fresh pair of Nikes to TikTok star “NeverMissAllie” because she beat him in a free-throw shoot...

Noah Syndergaard and Mike Francesa got into some Twitter beef over the weekend and yes, it’s glorious

There are times when watching people argue on social media isn’t depressing or infuriating. When it’s not about whether marginalized groups of people deserve rights or if the scientific method is anti-freedom, watching two grown people argue in front of the entire world can be quite amusing — especi...

A review of this week’s <em>Man in the Arena: Tom Brady</em> coming up as soon as I find literally anything else to watch

I don’t know how TV critics (like Alan Sepinwall) do their jobs when they’re forced to watch awful shows. How many spinoffs of rich people behaving poorly can you honestly consume before low-brow insults from high-class people lose their effect?...

Take a look at Iman Shumpert ripping up the dance floor on <i>Dancing with the Stars</i>

At 31 years old, Iman Shumpert would appear to be too young to be done with an NBA career. He hasn’t officially retired, but he hasn’t been on a roster since 2019. Even though he’s not on the court, he’s still making great use of his time. Shumpert has been acting on Showtime’s The Chi and BET’s Twe...

What's Kyrie doing on the All-Star ballot?

Report: College teams pay $500 million in dead money to coaches to <em>not</em> coach anymore

Half a billion dollars....

Grant Hill left in awe watching daughter Myla win her MMA debut

Former NBA All-Star and Hall of Famer Grant Hill comes from a family of athletes and entertainers, and one more has been added to that great legacy. Myla Hill recently made her amateur MMA debut, impressively defeating Jenna Loza via submission in the first round....

Monkeys and Pole Assassins and Longhorns, oh my!

Well, here’s one way to make people forget about your 4-4 record....

Tennessee won’t revise alcohol policy… are they drunk?

The University of Tennessee has a plan to prevent another trash blizzard in response to this month’s debacle when Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss visited Knoxville....

Oldest known game-worn Michael Jordan Nike’s sell for $1.5M

For all the sneakerheads out there, a top-of-the-line collector’s item just sold for close to $1.5 million in a Sotheby’s auction at Aria in Las Vegas. A pair of Michael Jordan’s game-worn Nike’s that he played in early in his rookie year — before the Air Jordan 1 sneakers were ready....

Gordon Hayward and Miles Bridges, the rap duo for a better America

If you thought Run the Jewels’ RTJ3 slapped, just wait until a new interracial rap duo from North Carolina releases their debut project. They don’t have a name yet, but for now let’s just call them “A Couple of Forwards for the Hornets.”...

The Tomahawk Chop is a shameful reminder of America’s continuing genocide against indigenous nations

It’s 2021. Only a single win away from the Word Series, the Atlanta Braves seem poised to take one of the most visible stages in American sports for the first time since 1999. If they do, 10 million people will be tuning in to their home games to see their majority white fanbase in their majority wh...

This NBA-<i>Succession</i> mashup will have you from the opening piano chord

Rise and shine, it’s NBA day....

The SEC has no idea what fines are for

In the aftermath of the garbage storm at Neyland Stadium that sent players and cheerleaders alike running from the sidelines — and saw Lane Kiffin embrace his inner Odell Beckham, Jr. — the SEC announced on Monday that the University of Tennessee would be fined $250,000 for their fans’ behavior duri...

TNF, Week 6: I like Philadelphia, but this is going to be a blowout

We’re five weeks into the NFL season, and frankly, Philadelphia is being seriously disrespected. Just take a look at any publication’s power rankings....

Don’t be mad at Adam Schefter, he’s not really a journalist anymore [Updated]

What a week. If you want to know how the sports sausage is made, a few notable emails made available through leaks and lawsuits have been particularly illuminating. One, where ESPN Insider Adam Schefter sends a story to former Washington team president Bruce Allen before publication for approval, is...

The NHL returned to ESPN, so here’s what it lacked

The NHL returned to ESPN on Tuesday night, with the self-proclaimed World Wide Leader celebrating itself and especially the old ESPN hockey theme....