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KD & Kyrie make statement in season opener
It’s hard not to get caught up in the hype when the hype surpasses…the hype....
2020 Idiot of the Year Awards: Counting down from 50-41 with Ronaldo, Bolt, Cespedes, and more
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
Rudy Gobert rubs hands all over 5-year, $205 million deal with Jazz
It’s totally safe to touch, guys. Everything’s fine....
Ravens vs. Browns: And the bad beats go on
Just two weeks after the Philadelphia Eagles had a meaningless, miraculous cover against the Seattle Seahawks, Monday Night Football delivered an even more ridiculous bad beat....
Thank you, Lamar Jackson, for unleashing an unholy force of the worst jokes
Let’s get this done at the top. This is how you greet a player returning from the locker room after “cramps”:...
Paul Dolan says the quiet part loud for Cleveland, proving all Dolans are morons
Things are never as good as they seem, and so it has proven with Cleveland’s MLB team’s name change. The hunch was that they would always wait until 2022 to actually change the name, much like how the Washington Football Team couldn’t find another one for this year. The excuse they’ll trot out is th...
Lamar Jackson has chance to silence the critics tonight
In sports, it’s not about how you start. More often, it’s about how you finish....
Watching Ben Roethlisberger eat it will always be life-affirming
Whatever you or I may think or know, the Steelers will retire Ben Roethlisberger’s No. 7 one day, and maybe even one day soon. We can’t win. He’ll be revered by perhaps the most slovenly and up-its-own-ass fanbase in American sports, he’ll probably get a TV gig if he wants one (the fact that he can’...
Cleveland baseball team finally agrees to change racist name
It’s not all that surprising after the Washington Football Team, belatedly, saw the light of the indecency of its name. Cleveland’s MLB team had been moving toward changing its name for a while now, as they began to de-emphasize their Chief Wahoo logo with hats and jerseys that just featured the blo...
Mets deal for McCann reeks of failures past, but at least Cohen is shelling out
Meet the new Mets… same as the old Mets?...
Myles Garrett never deserved to be the villain, now he’s one of the NFL’s biggest heroes
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett has come a long way from November 14, 2019....
Chicago gives Cubs pandemic tax reprieve — residents get tax hike, thumb in eye
There’s seemingly a parade of stories about how the only people not getting utterly fucked during this pandemic are the ones who never get utterly fucked. If you feel like you see something like Tom Brady’s boat purchased with money meant for small businesses, it’s because you do. And if there’s a g...
Browns are no longer worse than three-week-old sewage
You know it’s 2020 when the Cleveland Browns are being considered for Super Bowl contention....
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Election hero Steve Kornacki to stay on for season to break down the NFL playoff picture [UPDATED]
After a successful debut on Football Night in America, Steve Kornacki will return to the NFL playoff Big Board for the remainder of the season for NBC. He won’t be needed for over at the political desk for any recounts or vote tallies. Instead, we’ll get to see the man in khakis tell us how the New ...
Despite it being 2020, Browns pass torch of dumpster-fire clown car, kinda deserve respect
The Cleveland Browns do not look like themselves of late, meaning they are no longer the laughingstock of the NFL....
Hey, Steve Cohen, wanna put your money where your mouth is? Trade for & PAY Francisco Lindor
We all know Steve Cohen has to do something....
Nike would very much like to keep its slave labor, thank you
It’s been sobering to know that Nike, along with many other major US companies, has used slave labor or sweatshop labor to manufacture products for decades. The practice has its own Wikipedia page, after all....
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy gets America’s worst-coached team carved up like a turkey
In these dark times, it’s important to focus on the good things in life, no matter how small. We can be thankful now in 2020 that we have definitely learned what the worst fake punt call in history is....
Sunday Scaries: The Week 11 bets to avoid
I regret to inform you that the Jacksonville Jaguars did not make the cut for this week’s Sunday Scaries. Of course they’re not winning games, but they’re covering. So they seem… reliable?...
NHL releases Reverse Retros Jerseys: Blasty is your new god
The NHL knows that just about the only thing that will keep it culturally relevant is its jerseys. They’re fashionable to everyone, or can be, and every body type can wear one and look good. Football jerseys are boring, baseball jerseys only make sense at a baseball game (and not even really then, a...