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Once again, Falcons choke harder than a guy eating a Popeyes biscuit with no drink
If you haven’t seen by now, the dirty birds just messed their pants again in a game where they had a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter. ...

What is even happening on Jon Gruden’s face?
Jon Gruden was fined $100,000 for wearing his mask during last week’s Monday night game — how will the league respond to whatever this is?...

The NFL has a black cloud hanging above its gender-equality milestone
Three women will make history today....

Sunday Scaries: After going 4-0 last week, here are my Week 3 bets you should avoid
These Sundays are not scaring me yet....

So I missed the entire baseball season. Anything happen?
Hello, dear reader. My name is Rich. I like baseball more than just fine. In fact, it is far and away my favorite sport....

Celtics stay alive and the hockey gods make an appearance
There are a maximum of 12 NBA games left this season thanks to the Celtics keeping their season alive....

Happy 20th to Vince Carter cordially asking Frédéric Weis to please step aside so he could dunk
Frédéric Weis basketball career was eviscerated on this day exactly 20 years ago by none other than Vinsanity. ...

Sure, hire Mike D'Antoni if you don't want to win a title
If the Philadelphia 76ers DON’T want to win an NBA championship, they should hire Mike D’Antoni as their next coach....

Paris still set to host French Open as COVID-19 spikes in Europe
After postponing the French Open in March due to coronavirus, the red clay is ready for competitors. The Open starts on Sunday, albeit in the midst of a European second wave and without some star athletes — who have opted out of the tournament....

Padres’ Clevinger could be lost for the postseason, and that sucks
Because it’s 2020, the most fun team in baseball just has to take a gut-punch to its title hopes....

Steven Stamkos gets his Willis Reed moment
The “Willis Reed Game” has grown in proportion as an epic through the decades, as these things tend to do as the years tick off. By this point, it wouldn’t be a surprise if a lot of younger fans assume that Willis Reed hobbled out of the Knicks locker room missing a leg, hopped around for 65 points,...

Jalen Rose's Breonna Taylor shout-out takes ESPN to commercial break
Sorry ESPN, Jalen Rose ain’t sticking to hoops....

Tyrod Taylor is the latest victim of the Chargers' team doctors
What happened to Tyrod Taylor is gross negligence at its peak....

Breonna Taylor grand jury makes it clear: In America, Black lives don’t matter
If you’re surprised, you haven’t been paying attention....

Which undefeated NFL teams are gigantic frauds? Let’s investigate
It’s never too early to overreact to NFL win totals....

Robert Kraft’s charmed existence continues as sex massage video tossed, case likely closed
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is likely off the hook for allegedly paying for sex in a Florida massage parlor in February of 2019....

Future Florida Man Luis Suárez Allegedly Cheated On Italian Citizenship Exam
Luis Suárez is destined to play for Inter Miami. It might not be happening now, even though there were reports of talks last month to make it happen, but the universe eventually needs Suárez to assume his final form as a Florida Man....

Lightning Do Mighty Fine Impression of Dallas Stars to Tie Series With Dallas Stars
Every Stanley Cup Final, and really any championship series, ends up being some sort of referendum on where that league and sport is. Because original ideas generally are treated like an infestation of Asian Longhorned Beetles by 75 percent of every front office, no matter the sport, and whomever wi...

Brett Favre Ignores NFL Mask Rules While on TV Assignment for NFL
Brett Favre’s surprise visit to Tampa Bay on Sunday sparked controversy around the football world....

Finally, The MLB Playoffs Will Look Like Baseball
It’s been a mangled, peeps-in-the-chili baseball season, and anyone who tries to tell you different is either selling something, thinks the sky is green (not when it’s actually been orange), or is just clinging to one of the pillars of their life so desperately in order to believe that something, an...