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Shannon Sharpe Dunks On Ray Lewis For Qualming Over Colin Kaepernick
This morning on Second Take, former Baltimore Ravens players Shannon Sharpe and Ray Lewis debated the Ravens wringing their hands over whether or not signing Colin Kaepernick would hurt their brand. Lewis’s position on police brutality—such that he articulates a clear stance—is that it’s a scourge, ...
The Ravens Should Stop Dicking Around And Either Sign Colin Kaepernick Or Don't
At a fan forum on Sunday, Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti answered a question about whether signing Colin Kaepernick would hurt the team’s image. Inherent in the question is the fact that Kaepernick’s play would be good for the team. Yes, the question assumes, Kaepernick is the best option to...
Derrick Jones Jr. Drive-By-Dunked Over An Unsuspecting Human Man
Here is create-a-player-with-a-99-in-vertical Derrick Jones Jr. of the Phoenix Suns rudely leaping over a puny mortal in a particularly vicious entry in the Drive-By Dunk Challenge: ...
Which Baseball Legends Had Two Separate Hall-Of-Fame Careers?
When discussing Rickey Henderson’s Hall-of-Fame prospects, Bill James once wrote that “if you could split him in two, you’d have two Hall of Famers.” It’s a seemingly hyperbolic quip from one of sports’ most precise thinkers. So it’s probably worth a closer look....
How To Mangle A Survey, By Darren Rovell<em></em>
If you merely scanned today’s Darren Rovell ESPN article on a new survey of NFL fans, you might be forgiven for coming away believing that fans are leaving in droves, turned off by the national anthem protests inspired by Colin Kaepernick. If you bothered to actually read the damn thing, you know t...
Kristaps Porzingis's Workouts Have Become Slightly Less Relatable, Have Made Him Slightly More Swole
Kristaps Porzingis, despite being the centerpiece of one of the world’s most visible sports franchises and a superstar in utero, spent this summer’s gym trips looking an awful lot like what he is: a skinny-ass 21-year-old trying to put some weight on. It was comforting to see....
Important Nick Young Update: Nick Young Is No Longer Afraid Of Dolphins
In the far off days when Nick Young was still on the Lakers and Iggy Azalea was relevant, we learned of Swaggy P’s delfiniphobia, which apparently stemmed from an attempted drowning by one of the majestic sea creatures while on vacation with his then-girlfriend Azalea in Cabo. From ESPN:...
Phil Mushnick Is Being A Crotchety Old Penis Again
It’s the Dead Zone of the summer sports calendar, and I am on the verge of dying from physiological lack of hot sports action. Thankfully, there is man out there who the IRON NUTSACK to throw down the kind of C4-tipped bazooka take that can carry you and I through the purgatory of late July. That ma...
Reports: Cavaliers To Sign Crumbling Remains Of Derrick Rose
The Cavaliers’ sad dramatic mess of an offseason has some new action, with the team reportedly in the process of signing Derrick Rose to a one-year deal. (Reports indicate that he has, in fact, passed the physical.)...
England Overcome Potential Bucknering To Beat India For Women's Cricket World Cup Title
England overcame Jenny Gunn dropping what should have been the match’s final out when Anya Shrubsole bowled out India’s Rajeshwari Gayakwad to claim the women’s cricket World Cup....
Scott Perry Hasn't Met James Dolan Yet, Which Is Maybe A Good Thing?
New Knicks GM Scott Perry made an appearance on SC6 Friday afternoon, and in addition to proclaiming his excitement about working with Kristaps Porzingis and treading carefully on the topic of trading Carmelo Anthony, he took a moment to update viewers on the extent of his new relationship with Knic...
Sandwich Scandal Temporarily Rocks NASCAR
Tim Fedewa’s dropped sandwich led NASCAR to revoke the Kevin Harvick spotter’s credentials during practice for tomorrow’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis....
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Carmelo Really Wants To Go To The Rockets
It’s no secret at this point in the NBA offseason that Carmelo Anthony is over playing his basketball for an irradiated wasteland of an organization, the New York Knicks are equally done with Carmelo Anthony, and the Houston Rockets would like to help both parties out of their predicament by trading...
Broncos Linebacker Brandon Marshall Wonders Why Geno Smith Has A Job But Colin Kaepernick Doesn't
In an interview with TMZ Sports, Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, who played with Colin Kaepernick in college, raised the same question that many football fans have been asking this year: If guys like Geno Smith can get NFL jobs, why can’t Kaepernick?...
Guy Who Ran Out The Back Of His Own End Zone Gets Job Before Colin Kaepernick
What’s your favorite Dan Orlovsky highlight? ...
New Warriors Arena Will Require PSLs For Season Tickets
When the Warriors’ new arena in San Francisco opens for the 2019-2020 season, it will be the first building in the NBA where fans will have to buy personal seat licenses just for the right to purchase season tickets....
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Michael Vick Suggests That NFL Teams Are Put Off By Colin Kaepernick's Hair [Update]
Colin Kaepernick still doesn’t have a job in the NFL. Could that be because he’s no longer a star, only an average starting quarterback, and the league has thus deemed him more trouble than he’s worth? Or is it because he won’t cut his afro? Former NFL QB Michael Vick suggested on All Takes Matter...
Phil Jackson Made It Impossible For The Knicks To Do Anything Good With Melo
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported this morning that Carmelo Anthony is still expecting the New York Knicks to complete a trade that will send him to the Houston Rockets to play alongside James Harden and Chris Paul. The remaking of New York’s front office has apparently not persuaded Melo to stick...
Dennis Smith Jr. Is An Athletic Marvel
You’d be foolish to take away too much from how a rookie plays in NBA Summer League. Sometimes future stars like Damian Lillard can announce themselves with huge Summer League performances, but for every Lillard there are a dozen Donte Greenes who show out on the small stage then quickly fade away o...