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Dumb college kids at Notre Dame rush field in pandemic
Notre Dame-Clemson happened. It was a good game, with the top-ranked Tigers, with Trevor Lawrence sidelined by COVID-19, rallying from 13 points down to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, only for the No. 4 Fighting Irish to drive 91 yards for a score to force overtime, where Notre Dame pulle...

Nothing goes as expected in Negreanu/Polk poker duel UPDATE: Polk posts huge win
The Daniel Negreanu-Doug Polk duel got off to a surprising start on Wednesday, as Negreanu, roughly a 4-1 underdog in the betting markets, booked a $116,500 win in the match’s 200-hand live portion at the Aria in Las Vegas....

The NFL is plowing ahead, despite all logic
We knew when the NFL decided to go ahead with the season as scheduled, it had very little flexibility. This isn’t baseball that can pile on double-headers or fill up off-days. The NFL only has teams’ bye weeks to bounce around and that’s what they’ve done, on a limited basis. Which is why there’s no...

The Doug Polk and Daniel Negreanu grudge match for the ages is finally on
Poker archrivals Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk, who have been beefing on Twitter for years, will meet on the felt in a classic HU4ROLLZ challenge starting 8 p.m. EST tonight at the Aria, which will be televised for free on PokerGo.com. The two will play $200/$400, with the first 200 hands being play...

We’ve seen enough of the NFC East this season, NFL, please adopt WNBA playoff structure
We all know bad the NFC East is this season. They are the butt of all the jokes....

The biggest game of all that no one wins
The urge is to compare today to some ultimate or galactic Game 7. The gnawing pit in the stomach, the visions of doom in your head, because no sports fan ever allows themselves to think about victory, at least for any more than a fleeting second, in such a thing. You spend the whole day or days stee...

If you want championship teams to visit the White House again, vote For Biden/Harris
Steph Curry is generally liked by everybody. Well, unless you’re this guy......

Going to a sports arena or stadium to vote today? Read this first
For millions of Americans, the pandemic has changed when and where you cast your ballot....

Week 8 Powerless Rankings: Poor Trevor Lawrence
Another Sunday of NFL football has concluded....

My God, please stop putting the NFC East in primetime
If you watched this game on Sunday Night Football — a 23-9 Eagles win over the Cowboys — I would just like to take this time to say a prayer for you....

Want to support your favorite team? Vote.
In 2016, seven NFL owners donated $1 million each to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, proving without a doubt that owners don’t feel the least bit inhibited when it comes to political speech. No, the neutrality directive has always been leveled at players, whose pockets may not be so deep yet ...

Michael Jordan, Bubba Wallace unveil Chicago Bulls-themed design on new car
The 23XI racing team took another step closer to diversifying NASCAR when they announced a new design this past weekend....

Dan Mullen uses Star Wars character to show once again that he isn’t fit to run a college football program
Dan Mullen has been doing the most all of 2020. ...

Dan Mullen is right back to being an unbearable jerk
The big takeaway from No. 10 Florida’s 41-17 rout of Missouri on Saturday night was that Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is a buffoon. ...

Sunday Scaries: The Week 8 bets to avoid
It’s been a few weeks since an NFL game has been canceled. But there seems to be at least one game a week that could be postponed at any moment....

Trevor Lawrence tests positive for COVID-19 as this all continues to go terribly
The biggest man on campus has COVID-19....

The NHL clears Dale Tallon because it's the NHL
Dale Tallon wasn’t fired by the Florida Panthers because of the allegation that he used “racially charged language” during the team’s time in the Toronto playoff bubble. Tallon was fired because he spent a decade running a team without winning a single playoff round. The racism stuff only surfaced a...

Dan Mullen makes sense for first time all year with call for national voting holiday
Florida Head Coach Dan Mullen is a perplexing individual....

Screw the rules! Our jerseys look like vomit now
The photo above is not part of an energy drink advertisement, nor is it some sort of misguided Tron cosplay. It is, in fact, the latest aesthetic for hockey’s Dallas Stars, whose apparent quest to become that city’s most toxic franchise has taken a literal turn....
