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2021 will start with Notre Dame being turned into plasma as we return to normalcy
We all look very forward to 2020 being over. 2021 won’t be unique, in that it will start with Notre Dame having their asshole pulled through their nose once again on a national stage. Other years have had that jumpstart. But it’s hard to argue that it won’t be a nice fillip for everyone after the da...
Chase Young makes boombox speaker look like walkie-talkie
Chase Young is built just a little bit different....
Bills looking kinda like team that won consecutive AFC titles 25 years ago
The Bills clinched their first AFC East title since 1995, moving to 11-3 on the season with a 48-19 rout of the Broncos....
Rose Bowl to be played in ... Dallas
The story of college football in 2020 has been knowing the right thing to do, and completely buckling to do the most idiotic things possible....
NHL inching closer to a 2021 season and COVID mess of its very own
It’s not officially official just yet, but Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reported that the NHL and NHLPA have a tentative deal for a 56-game regular-season schedule with a Jan. 13 start. So, one way or another, the 2021 hockey season is a go....
Brian Kelly and Dabo Swinney should be fired if their jobs are truly about leading and protecting young men
College football coaches love to talk about how their job is to be leaders who earn their astronomical paychecks not only by winning football games, but by molding their players into something better, to guide their growth from high school boys to upstanding men who have learned how to handle the wo...
Coastal Carolina is your national champion, don’t care what anyone says
If you look at Coastal Carolina’s season, it’s almost hard to believe that it was 2020. The Chanticleers’ run was remarkable, starting with a 15-point win on the road against a Big 12 school (Kansas, but still), and then a rampage through the Sun Belt Conference, with only one postponement — and you...
Fantasy Football Semifinals: Here are the QBs and RBs to help you take the crown
So, you made it through your first round of the playoffs and you’re on to the semifinals. Congratulations! I would like to take a moment to pat my degenerate self on the back — of 27 fantasy football rosters, I had 17 make the playoffs, and all 17 are on to the next round. That was easily my best we...
2020 showed us why unpaid teenagers can’t be the foundation of college sports anymore
Sooner or later, it all comes crashing down....
Week 14 Powerless Rankings: These teams sure are crap
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....
We have to talk about Jac Collinsworth
Sports broadcasting continues to be an incestuous display of nepotism, and it’s nauseating. At 25 years old, Jac Collinsworth magically gets to work alongside his daddy Cris on Sunday Night Football, because of course he does....
Chargers survive against Atlanta Parakeets as both teams try desperately to give away win
I’ve been looking forward to this game ever since I realized that the NFL’s kings of folding under pressure would face off against each other....
Josh Jacobs impishly delights in pissing off fantasy football managers
In one of the trolliest moments of the year, Josh Jacobs, running back for the Las Vegas Raiders, took to Instagram before today’s game and instilled panic in the hearts of fantasy managers everywhere....
Fantasy Football playoff matchups to watch: QB and RB
You made the fantasy football playoffs? In this economy? Congratulations, you lucky SOB! Navigating this season of turmoil deserves a lot of respect — or a tip of the hat to lady luck. Either way, as the Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”...
Stop what you’re doing and check out how this high school championship game in Alabama ended
Sometimes you just have to see it to believe it. This is one of those times....
Hail to the losers: Michigan cancels OSU game amid worst season ever
When COVID-19 cancels the greatest rivalry in sports, then maybe sports shouldn’t be happening....
Once-perfect Steelers fall to imperfect Washington, past perfect Dolphins start celebrating
For at least one more year, the 1972 Miami Dolphins remain as the only perfect season in NFL history. The Pittsburgh Steelers, who were 11-0 entering their game tonight, shockingly lost, in their own house, to the 4-7 Washington Football Team of the miserable NFC East....
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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 ...
Cancel the CFB playoff, nothing will beat BYU - Coastal Carolina
There was only one really exciting matchup on the college football docket on Saturday, and Coastal Carolina-BYU, arranged at the last minute after the Chanticleers’ game against Liberty was canceled, lived up to having the College GameDay crew on hand in Myrtle Beach....
Canucks ice anti-mask anthem singer; Wisconsin falls to Marquette in literal last second
Rich people really can dictate media coverage....