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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....
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...
I Wrote a Book That Features a Raw Portrait of a Young Kobe Bryant, Then He Died ...
For more than 25 years I have made my living placing words on paper, which means I should be able to express how I feel at this precise moment....
COVID is Nothing More Than a Teaser for ESPN
If you tune into ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” for any other reason than to watch a bunch of old guys laugh uncomfortably or stand around screens they don’t entirely understand how to work, then I assume it’s for information. Who’s injured, who’s being replaced as a starter, who got caught putting t...
Sunday Scaries: The NFL Week 2 Bets You Should Avoid
Gambling is a risk. And with risk comes reward… or bankruptcy. ...
We Rank the Best No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Quarterbacks of All Time
Quarterbacks have had a pretty significant impact on the history of the NFL. They are often the most important players on the field on any given Sunday....
As First K.C. Fan Tests Positive, We're Faced with Growing Power of the Surveillance State
Super Bowl champion Kansas City was one of two NFL teams, along with Jacksonville, to allow fans to attend their Week 1 game. The official attendance was 15,895 to see Patrick Mahomes and Co. dismantle the Houston Texans last Thursday night....
Hey Big Ten, How About Daily COVID Testing for My Kid?
Well, the Big Ten finally cracked....
Well-Fed Nitwits Stroke Egos, Accomplish Nothing in NCAA Sham Senate Hearing
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions convened today for a hearing on college athlete compensation. Among the many babbling voices in the room, player advocacy was scarce....
You Can throw Tom Brady Out With the Trash
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday and today I’m trashing Bucs’ QB Tom Brady....
The Conversation Around Kneeling in Sports Changed When Meyers Leonard and Jonathan Isaac Stood
This isn’t a column about kneeling....
What You Need to Know Ahead of 120th U.S. Open
The 2020 U.S. Open will be played for the sixth time at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York this week. The tournament offers a different kind of New York Fall Classic, if you will, and one that everyone will be forced to watch from home, as spectators are still not allowed on site. I will ...
Why It Doesn't Matter if Baker Mayfield Kneels
Let’s get a few things straight off the jump. ...
Dallas Is Mediocre, Tom Brady Is Old, and the Eagles Are Folding: Our Sunday Takeaways
The NFL season is here....
Fans Being Racist Is Nothing New
For as long as we can remember, sports fans have been on the wrong side of history....
Peyton Manning Creates Scholarship For Students at Six HBCUs
Future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning will sponsor six endowment scholarships at historically Black colleges and universities in Louisiana and Tennessee through his charity foundation....
Florida Man Joins Too Many Other Florida People at Florida St. Football Game in Obviously Too Crowded Stadium
Yes, college football is back, and so are fans packing the stands… Or at least in the Sunshine State. ...
NFL's Cluelessness on BLM Exposes Fake Team Unity & Not Caring a Lick for Players' Communities
If the NFL owners and front office thought that adding Lift Every Voice and Sing to the pre-game program would mollify more players than it put off fans, they were likely wrong on both counts....
LeBron, Athletes Wielding Peashooters in Gunfight — Need Help to Fix Rigged Game
It’s hard to win a game when the rules were made for you to lose. ...