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If NBA teams can raise division-title banners, they should be able to raise a banner for the In-Season Cup

The inaugural In-Season Tournament is nearing its conclusion, which can only mean one thing: How can we find a new way to dump on it? Fortunately, a contrived controversy has been delivered on cue. The winner of this weekend’s In-Season Tournament will have to navigate the thorny situation over how ...

Why is no one screaming about the NBA’s MVP race yet?

There’s one unquestioned upside to the NBA’s In-Season Tournament. The endless promos and exhausting exposure to promote Adam Silver’s baby — and debate over if it’s working or if it matters — has overshadowed the usual topic de jour as we hit the quarter-season mark: The MVP race....

At least 1 person thinks Joe Flacco should start for Cleveland

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski has yet to name a starting quarterback for Cleveland’s upcoming game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. With Deshaun Watson sidelined for the season, the Browns have started three different signal-callers — rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, journeyman backup P.J. W...

As if Notre Dame wasn't annoying enough

Notre Dame football doesn’t plan on losing its independence anytime soon, in terms of a conference or its broadcasting deal with NBC....

How did Ron DeSantis get to be so weird?

If you thought Ron DeSantis stumbling around debate stages in what looked like a pair of high heels, attempting and failing to resemble a human being when he smiles, and being hyper-focused on other people’s genitals is weird, wait until you find out how DeSantis wants to spend a million dollars of ...

DeSean Jackson wants to be the next Magic Johnson

$91 million is a lot of money, but not enough for former NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson....

Does Juan Soto solve the Yankees' problems?

The dog whistles around Jalen Hurts are subtle, yet deafening

It’s not just what you say, it’s also about what you don’t say — and how you say it. Right now, there are some peculiar things being uttered about Jalen Hurts, and it would be easier if those people would just . . . say it....

Hayden Hurst's season is over after concussion, amnesia diagnosis [Updated]

Updated Dec. 15: The Carolina Panthers are putting Hayden Hurst on injured reserve, ending the tight end’s season....

Paul Pogba's career could be done after 4-year doping ban

Juventus midfielder and French National team player Paul Pogba’s future career remains uncertain after Italy’s national anti-doping prosecutors requested a four-year ban from soccer after testing positive for testosterone in September. ...

Ex-Jags employee used stolen funds to bet on football [Update]

Update Dec. 8: The former employee’s attorney said his client has a “serious gambling addiction” and will plead guilty to wire fraud and an illegal monetary transaction...

Ms. 3,000: Iowa's Caitlin Clark in pursuit of Plum

Iowa basketball phenom Caitlin Clark continues to do things that will put her on the Mount Rushmore of women’s college basketball. ...

America is better at shooting people than basketballs

The United States set a record over the weekend. There were two mass shootings on Sunday, one in Texas and another thousands of miles to the northwest in Washington. Those were the 37th and 38th mass killings of 2023 — a new record. With 24 days left in the year the 2022 record of 36 has been surpas...

Why is Juan Soto such a burden?

Juan Soto might be the best hitter of his generation. In the past 53 years, only six players have accumulated more fWAR than Soto has before hitting age 25. They are Mike Trout, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey Jr, and Andruw Jones. All of them Hall of Famers except for Jones. And the othe...

Juan Soto is finally a New York Yankee. Took long enough

The New York Yankees have finally acquired outfielder Juan Soto from the San Diego Padres, according to New York Post columnist Joel Sherman, and ESPN’s Jeff Passan. ...

Anthony Edwards is salty about being called an All-Star

The next time you’re out and about and happen to run into Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, don’t dare refer to him as an All-Star. Even though he is indeed a one-time All-Star “selection,” he won’t acknowledge this fact. He doesn’t count it since he wasn’t a first-choice selection to the...

Despite Deion Sanders' success, worthy HBCU coaches still aren't getting advancement opportunities

One year ago, Deion Sanders’ swift exit from Jackson State’s sideline brought a swell of attention to HBCU football that hadn’t existed in decades. What it didn’t bring were more opportunities for the coaches who are essentially lifers, no matter how much they’ve proven themselves. Before Sanders to...

The Jags need to keep an injured Trevor Lawrence on the bench this week

Trevor Lawrence’s injury is apparently not as bad as it looked on Monday night. He has been diagnosed with a high ankle sprain and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson said on Tuesday that Lawrence has not yet been ruled out for Sunday....

Ex-NFLer Sergio Brown pleads not guilty to mom's murder

Former NFL player Sergio Brown is pleading not guilty to murdering his mother and hiding her body....

Why mention WWII when talking Shohei Ohtani's free agency?

Shohei Ohtani, the biggest baseball star in the world, has kept his free agency campaign notoriously quiet. ...