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Gael Monfils announces new career path after US Open exit: financeRetiring Gael Monfils bid adieu to Grand Slam competition on Thursday night, then announced his plan to transition from tennis to more of a desk job in the coming months.,After being eliminated in the second round of the U.S. Open in straight sets by American Learner Tien, the Frenchman said he is h...

At Princeton, a turnaround one man saw coming“I was born delusional,” said Chris Ayres, Princeton’s head wrestling coach, earlier this year. “But I think — I really do — that delusion is a good thing.” He just proved his point. At Tulsa, Oklahoma’s NCAA wrestling tournament last month, Ayres pulled off one of the least likely turnarounds colle...

Keep politics out of sports!Hey you, guy at the Phoenix police station who got arrested for climbing that building, no one cares about your politics right now. It’s Super Bowl week....

If David Tepper wanted to end the ‘old boys network’ he would have hired Steve Wilks

David Tepper is saying all the right things — he just isn’t doing them. The Carolina Panthers owner made waves this week when he insisted that he was doing his part in breaking up the NFL’s “old boys’ network” of wealthy white owners that seldomly hire Black people and minorities to positions of pow...

MLB owners sure seem afraid of Steve Cohen

At the time of writing, there were actual negotiations going on between MLB owners and players ahead of yet another fake deadline the owners set up that they can’t actually enforce. By the time you read this there could be actual hope. Or yet another dive straight into the dirt. Just be warned....

The SEC almost made $800 million last year — don’t tell us there isn’t enough to pay the players

The amount of money made off college athletes in this country is insane. ...

Steve Cohen calls out the Mets' hitters for being 'unproductive'

Owners...they’re just like the rest of us(?) Underneath the billions and billions of dollars, they’re just fans like everyone else — prone to disappointment and rage-filled rants on Twitter. Last night, the Mets lost their fifth straight game and fell below .500 for the first time since May 5 (huh, ...

Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme screwed the Mets for years, dies in prison

Bernie Madoff tried to get clemency from Donald Trump in 2019, and last year asked to be released from prison because of kidney disease. He didn’t get the presidential get-out-of-jail-free card, and didn’t get the compassionate release, but Madoff is now off the hook for the remaining 138 years of h...