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Aaron Rodgers is done, so here's who the New York Jets could turn to at QB

In the wake of Aaron Rodgers’ New York Jets career coming to a screeching halt after just four plays, Gang Green’s front office has some quick decisions to make. We now know Rodgers suffered an Achilles injury on Monday Night Football, so his season in NYC is over. Now, the Jets must scramble to dec...

NFL lawsuit bombshell: 'If the Black players don’t like it here, they should go back to Africa and see how bad it is'

This morning, Pro Football Talk tweeted out the first look NFL fans have gotten at longtime NFL reporter Jim Trotter’s discrimination suit against the NFL....

Delight not in the misery of Jets fans, but of Aaron Rodgers’ fans at ESPN

Trying to predict the NFL season was a lot easier when Tom Brady was on the New England Patriots, but that didn’t stop ESPN from trying. The Worldwide Leader went all in on Aaron Rodgers coverage — from letting lead network host Mike Greenberg lust after gangrene, to giving Pat McAfee $85 million fo...

Art Briles is still hanging around college football because idiot coaches keep bringing him around

For the second year in a row, Art Briles’ name has been associated with a college football program. And for the second year in a row, it’s because an idiot, posing as a coach, brought him around. Hue Jackson, meet Jeff Lebby....

Jets fans get a last meal before returning to hell

You’re already hearing it. New York Jets fans pointing out that, on a night when their “final piece” quarterback made it four plays before his decaying body snapped, and on a night where the Bills clanked a game-tying field goal off the post and in, the fact that they still pulled it out on an overt...

Patrick Mahomes learns valuable lesson: Commas are important

As the leader of America’s quarterback delegation, Patrick Mahomes had to comment on social media following Aaron Rodgers’ grand opening, grand closing debut as the New York Jets’ starting quarterback. ...

Aaron Rodgers tears Achilles, ending season and possibly career [Updated]

Updated Sept. 12: Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles and is done for the 2023 season, per ESPN. ...

The Rams' redemption campaign is underway

The Los Angeles Rams were unwatchable last season. Injuries depleted the team, and after starting the 2022 campaign at 3-3, the Rams lost their next six games and were out of the division and playoff hunt by mid-November. Just one year after climbing to the NFL mountain top and winning Super Bowl LV...

Big Money & No Results | Rough Week 1 for these NFL QBs

Michigan State thinks the answer to another public sexual misconduct scandal is more Mark Dantonio

In February 2020, Mark Dantonio — by far the most successful football coach in Michigan State’s history — retired. The stress of managing 120 student-athletes every year wore on him, Dantonio said. He wanted to make his life less complicated, so he was stepping away from football and East Lansing....

The Eagles have nothing to apologize for

The Eagles entered this season in a position of luxury and everyone knew it. ...

LeBron James is Team USA’s shadow GM and possibly its next director

LeBron James is back to doing what he does best, flexing those roster construction muscles as the league’s greatest shadow GM. According to Shams Charania and Joe Vardon’s report in The Athletic, an effort to recruit Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum and Draymond Green, is being...

Jordan Love is validating the Packers’ old-school QB drafting philosophy

Jordan Love may have quieted the naysayers for at least one week. In his first start as the Green Bay Packers’ unquestioned starter, Love passed for 245 yards and three touchdowns. While he only completed 55 percent of his throws, he didn’t give the ball away, which any coach will tell you is most i...

The Astros are just going to win again, aren't they?

There’s been a lot to get excited about in the American League, and a lot of new....

Mel Tucker was the highest-paid Black coach in college football history — he blew it because he’s a creep

Two years ago, Mel Tucker blazed a trail for Black head coaches. One day ago, Mel Tucker set them back....

NFL Week 1 takeaways: The AFC may have the QBs, but the NFC has the nasty

Was it as good for you as it was for me to hear Scott Hanson say, “seven hours of commercial-free football.”...

Djokovic and Gauff were machines at the US Open

There are a lot of ways to win in tennis. Novak Djokovic has found all of them. Coco Gauff may yet one day, though she found the one for this US Open. While Djokovic has had to vary his game at various points to overcome various challenges, at the base of it all remains the same truth as the day he ...

The Giants and Vikings are who we thought they'd be

Bill Parcells was correct when he said “you are what your record says you are.” In all sports, the champion is decided by who wins the tournament, and the seeding is determined by victories leading up to it. ...

As predicted, Dolphins-Chargers was the buried gem of Week 1

The Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Chargers gave us a late Sunday afternoon thriller and lived up to the hype of being the game of the week that most people didn’t have available to watch. ...

If it wasn't for bad luck, the Ravens might not have any at all

Rarely does heartbreak come dressed as a Week 1 rout over a hapless opponent on your home field, but this is the NFL—and the Baltimore Ravens, specifically—where injuries love mocking the faithful.There must be a hive of some sort near M&T Bank Stadium, because the injury bug is again coming after t...