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Week 13 NFL Takeaways: Separation Sunday, the air at the top is getting thinner

The NFL regular season goes way too far into winter, but the home stretch is here. The time for some to assert dominance and others to sink claws into the final playoff spots has come....

Can the 49ers reset the NFL quarterback market?

If any team can settle the quarterback market a bit it’s the 2022 San Francisco 49ers....

Draymond Green eclipsing Michael Jordan illustrates how much offenses have evolved

In the opening minute of regulation against the Houston Rockets on Saturday night, Jordan Poole picked up his between-the-legs dribble and whipped a pass to Draymond Green in the short corner. Green caught the pass and rose to drain his only points of the night. It had no effect on the final score, ...

Deion Sanders’ pimping of Jackson State and HBCU culture is finally over

What started with a lavish indoor pep rally during the height of the pandemic — putting the health of students and school employees at risk — ended with a cowardice move to dodge reporters, as the head coach of a 12-0 football team that just won its second straight Southwestern Athletic Conference C...

Lions, and Jaguars, and bets, oh my!

As the NFL season marches toward its conclusion, bettors understand which teams are good, which teams are bad, and which teams have no shot of reaching the postseason. All of that will play a role in how betting lines are made, change over the course of the week, and how they are bet on. Oftentimes,...

Does Jacob deGrom give the Texas Rangers one of the best rotations in the AL?

Congratulations, Texas Rangers fans! You’ve just secured one of the greatest pitchers of our generation for the next five years....

USC craps out in Vegas, but Trojans were playing entirely with house money

If you told USC fans before the season that the eulogy for the Trojans’ College Football Playoff hopes wouldn’t be penned until after the conference title game, their reaction would’ve been euphoric. Though the first year under Lincoln Riley ended in disappointment — you don’t come a win away from t...

Jacob, Texas Ranger

Two-time Cy Young winner Jacob deGrom is departing Queens for the Lonestar State....

Let the King hold court on any subject, especially Jerry Jones

Whataboutism is a dangerous game. The comparison of apples to oranges, as opposed to just Honeycrisps and Fujis, appears to be the necessary pivot to distract from an actual issue. Walking and chewing gum at the same time is possible, preferable, and has become an impressive skill in the public eye....

It’s never been easier to rebuild or bottom out in college football

The transfer window for college football players doesn’t officially open until Dec. 5., but that hasn’t stopped disgruntled wide receivers, linemen, linebackers, QBs, running backs, and every other position from making their intentions known. Per ESPN, there were 3,085 transfers in 2021-22, almost d...

Kanye West and Antonio Brown’s antics should be the end of Donda Sports

If you stand with clowns don’t get mad when you wind up in a circus....

What does Jack Edwards have to be so smug about anyway?

The idea of a particular villain, a true public enemy, still exists for most hockey fanbases. More than any other sport, one player can send an opposing arena into hysterics by merely hopping over the boards. Rivalry as an idea in sports has calmed down over the years, given player movement and othe...

Lotta goals in the desert - World Cup Daily Diary: Day 12

Japan, Germany, and Belgium all accomplished the absurd in different ways today. And that’s before we even get to Morocco winning their group. Let’s kick this pig!...

Kobe Bryant’s daughter having a stalker should be a bigger story in the NBA

Love and adoration are actions, not just soundbites, and social media posts. It’s showing up for your hero’s family when he can’t....

Jalen Kitna, son of ex-NFL QB, responds to child porn arrest [Updated]

Jalen Kitna, the son of former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, was arrested on Wednesday on two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child pornography, according to the Alachua County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office....

The 5 best landing spots for Jacob deGrom

Oft-injured, but damn near unhittable when healthy, former New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom was bound to draw numerous suitors once free agency started, and while the rumors haven’t been circulating at quite the speed we expected, deGrom’s market has heated up recently, but the heat hasn’t come from t...

Steve Ballmer has got to be sick thinking about how good his Clippers could be

Coming into the season, the Los Angeles Clippers were viewed as one of the favorites to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals. That pick was contingent on a healthy Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. The supporting cast that owner Steve Ballmer has assembled around his dynamic star duo is g...

The way the Washington Commanders honored Sean Taylor was an 'epic fail'

Over the weekend, the Washington Commanders revealed a new “statue” memorializing Sean Taylor, a former safety who played for the organization from 2004-07, earning two Pro Bowl nods before his death at 24 years old. Taylor was a phenomenal young talent, family-oriented, and a hell of a workhorse on...

Renewed patriotism in Jacksonville

Lotta goals in the desert - World Cup Daily Diary: Day 9

Game of the day: Serbia 3 - 3 Cameroon...