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NFC East looks worse than cafeteria chicken nuggets, Hopkins sons Bills DBs, and Wilson drops out of MVP race
Another week, another NFL Sunday is in the books....

DeAndre Hopkins wins game, makes three grown men look like they wear pampers
Cardinals receiver DeAndre Hopkins just put three Buffalo Bills defenders in a cradle with arguably one of the best game-winning catches in NFL history....

Earl Thomas' wife reportedly files for divorce; no word on how brother, mistress are taking news
Earl Thomas is now a man without a job … or a wife....

Two feel-good MVP stories mask modern technology baffling backwater St. Louis again
While the NL Cy Young conjured thoughts about some of the things that are wrong with baseball (the warping of the game played by galactic assholes), there’s no reason to not feel good about both MVPs named yesterday....

Who are the teams with the longest MVP and Cy Young droughts?
On Wednesday, Trevor Bauer became the first Cincinnati Reds pitcher ever to win a Cy Young Award. That leaves only three teams in Major League Baseball that have never had one of their pitchers receive that honor, matching the three teams that have never had an MVP....

NBA players are overwhelming Black, yet the league only has seven Black head coaches
With only a few weeks before NBA training camps begin, and less than two months from a Dec. 22 start date, all of the league’s head coaching vacancies have been officially filled....
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Don't be a turkey, cancel the Lions on Thanksgiving [UPDATED]
The Detroit Lions have played a home game on Thanksgiving Day every year since 1934....

OKC to welcome Thunder fans into their arena, which means COVID must be over, right?
In a move that defies common sense as the country sets all-time highs for daily COVID-19 infections, the Oklahoma City Thunder will allow fans in their indoor arena for the NBA season ... which starts next month....

Only players, not league rules, can stop NFL owners from racist practices
The “F” in NFL stands for fraud....

NFL Week 9 Powerless Rankings: The race to the bottom stumbles on
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....

Fans finally stick it to The Man
Sports fans have become accustomed, or maybe the better word is resigned, to the idea that they can’t win....

NFL Week 9 morsels: Tua outlasts Murray after baby-legged FG attempt, Giants win by default, Bills score at will against Seattle
Another NFL Sunday is in the books. The league continues to push through this season even though COVID cases continue to pop up all around the league....

Saints beat up Bucs, steal their lunch money, and take their girl on national TV
Welp, there is no better way to say this: last night proved who the best team in the NFC South has always been....

MLB PED testing is down, slippery misleading answers way up
A slew of positive tests was the biggest story of the summer in Major League Baseball, but of course, in this bizarre year, those tests were for COVID-19, rather than what we’re used to seeing positive tests for, performance-enhancing drugs....

Jeff Luhnow sues Astros, claiming they dumped cheating blame on him
In another continuing theme of the week, it’s raging assholes filing dumbass lawsuits! You thought you’d had your fill, but too bad, dingus. Because here comes former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow!...

Is this…a pair of shorts on Keith Burns’ face?
Yes, that is a pair of athletic shorts on an NFL coach’s face....

No one wants the football in the NFC East
We’re minutes into football Sunday and normalcy has returned to America. The NFC East is a complete joke, again....

Dodgers trade World Series for Covid
As you might have guessed, upon returning to Los Angeles from Dallas after winning the World Series, the Dodgers organization is borderline-riven with COVID-19. Nine members of the organization have tested positive, along with a family member. ...

Gritty takes center stage after Trump campaign's weird Philadelphia press conference
As the Trump era begins to wind down in America, there’s still plenty of embarrassment available for everyone involved, as was shown Saturday morning when the outgoing president tweeted that his team would be holding a press conference at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia....

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...