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Saturday NFL recap: Bills Mafia celebrates while Jared is #Gofful
The first half of the Divisional Round is done, and I am #shooketh. I thought the Rams might have the recipe to beat the Packers, and I definitely thought the Ravens would roll past the Bills....
Pregame warmup oopsie sends Isles’ Varlamov to the training room, offers Ilya Sorokin long-awaited NHL debut
Hockey warmups always have a little bit of danger to them, with every player on the ice having their own puck, and everyone skating around all at once — but it’s really organized chaos. It’s not like everyone is shooting on the goalie at the same time....
NFL Combine nixed due to COVID as football nerds cry in their Gatorade & teams begin plotting
Because COVID, the NFL Scouting Combine for 2021 has been canceled. Not a big surprise. But NFL teams are going to have to get even more creative about how they analyze the skillsets and personalities of prospects for this year’s draft....
NFL Divisional Round historical oddities: Brady vs. Brees, young coaches & an AFC/NFC experience chasm
The NFL Playoffs are wonderfully bizarre this year, and I love it. As the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs kicks off later this afternoon, there are some fascinating storylines to watch – some of them can be beautifully illustrated with numbers. I previously did a breakdown of the matchups, as w...
Deadspin’s 2021 NFL Divisional Round picks you can bank on
If you just picked road teams ATS last weekend, you’re 5-1-1....
It's The Coaching Carousel: Our top picks for the 4 NFL teams that need new top guys
An inevitable truth of every NFL offseason is the coaching carousel. Coaches are relieved of their duties after failed seasons – this year is no different. Before this week, there were seven head coaching positions available. Two have been filled: the Jaguars and the Jets have found their new coache...
NFL players to watch: Divisional Round
The Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs starts tomorrow, and man are there some amazing matchups all weekend long. I love this slate. In each game, there are game-breaking players capable of monster performances. The playoffs are where great players become legends, and I’m hoping for some truly leg...
Historic Robert Saleh hire sparks loooong-lost feeling of hope for this Jets fan
I do not understand. This does not compute. It simply cannot be that the New York Football Jets have gone and done something that hasn’t made me either irate, confused, sad ... or simply emotionless. I go through life as a Jets fan resigned to a fate I accepted four decades ago when I stupidly lande...
1952 Mantle Topps card sells for $5.2 million
It’s time to get mad at your grandparents for throwing out their baseball cards....
UFC eyes psychedelics as therapy for fighters’ brain injuries
Last month, Ian McCall told HBO’s Real Sports that his 17 years in mixed martial arts led him to a painkiller addiction. “I was medicated and so numbed out from such a young age, I turned into a monster,” he told correspondent David Scott....
Quit insulting Bears fans’ intelligence, they know this debacle is Nagy’s fault
The Bears are going nowhere fast....
<em>New York Times </em>confuses Biden diversity appointee Mike Leach with coach who made lynching jokes
Meet Michael Leach, a former assistant to the head coach for the Chicago Bears who spent nearly a decade working in the NFL. And who, according to his LinkedIn page, is currently the Chief People, Diversity, & Inclusion Officer at Biden for President....
James Harden’s Rockets came crashing down to Earth last night
Well, that didn’t take long....
NHL East Preview: The gang's all here
This division is loaded with veteran teams like Pittsburgh, Washington, and Boston that still expect to compete for the Stanley Cup, teams on the rise in the Islanders and Flyers, and teams bolstered by recent No. 1 overall picks like the Rangers, Devils and Sabres who are hoping to break through....
Nick Saban and Alabama’s medical staff should have never let Jaylen Waddle touch the field last night
There was nothing to be proud of when watching Alabama receiver Jaylen Waddle limp around the field last night in the National Championship game....
Lo! The NFL divisional playoff round draws hither
This crazy, six-game slate on Wild Card Weekend lived up to the hype, delivering history and upsets and exciting games, wire to wire. We now have a Divisional Round in the NFL Playoffs that includes the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns. Crazy, right?...
Ousted Doug Pederson not so special in Philly anymore
Head Coach Doug Pederson is no longer head coach Doug Pederson. The Eagles announced today that they have moved on from the coach that brought the city its only Super Bowl victory....
After building the Seahawks, GM John Schneider is now destroying the Seahawks
Seahawks’ John Schneider is a mediocre General Manager riding on the coattails of two Hall of Fame draft classes nearly a decade ago, and Head Coach Pete Carroll still thinks he has his 2014 roster. In a league that is seemingly always saying “what have you done for me lately,” why don’t Schneider a...
The Bears’ offense should be ashamed for torturing the kids watching on Nickelodeon
I feel sorry for every child who tuned in to that Bears-Saints game Sunday evening. They deserved better than to see Mitch Trubisky and Matt Nagy completely wreck the Bears offense. Those two probably decreased the team’s end-zone “slime probability” by more than 50 percent by themselves....
Taylor Heinicke was a revelation, but we’re not rooting for him again
Taylor Heinicke started at quarterback for the Washington Football Team when Alex Smith was unable to go, and the 27-year-old from Old Dominion, who less than a year ago was the backup for the St. Louis Battlehawks of the XFL was incredible. Too good to be true, really....