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Despite Deion Sanders' success, worthy HBCU coaches still aren't getting advancement opportunitiesOne year ago, Deion Sanders’ swift exit from Jackson State’s sideline brought a swell of attention to HBCU football that hadn’t existed in decades. What it didn’t bring were more opportunities for the coaches who are essentially lifers, no matter how much they’ve proven themselves. Before Sanders to...

Houston is getting the Oilers back ... for a day, at leastUnfortunately, there is no reason for the Houston Cougars to have an oil derrick on their helmet and trademark law wouldn’t permit it anyway. Still, the nostalgia was clear as a cloudless blue sky as the program elected to don the old Houston Oilers colors for its first game as a member of the Big 1...

'Shemy' Schembechler’s resignation is the latest humiliation for Jim Harbaugh and MichiganThere’s a distinct throughline between Michigan coaches Jim Harbaugh and Bo Schembechler. As a fifth-year senior, Harbaugh led Michigan to the 1987 Rose Bowl before getting drafted in the first round by the Chicago Bears. Harbaugh tried to strengthen that connection to yesteryear by hiring Bo’s son,...

<i>Power Slap </i>sucks so<i> </i>we've conceived 10 'combat sports' shows we'd rather watch

Have you watched Power Slap: Road to the Title on TBS? Highly recommended for torturing prisoners of war. It’s awful and I wrote about just how infuriating the show is at length. Something about the mind-numbing act of unprotected slaps to the face did get me thinking of combat sports that would do ...

Watch Hakeem Jeffries obliterate former NFL player and fellow House Rep. Burgess Owens

It won’t make any Top 10 lists on sports networks but the slam dunk of the week belongs to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on freshman Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah)....

West Virginia high school football player dies nine days after head injury: Dylan Jeffries had been in a medically induced coma after undergoing surgery for a blood clot in his brain. [MetroNews]...

This Is How Four Guys Who Can't Play Basketball Let New York Down

Well, the Knicks lost to the Celtics earlier this evening, 96-93, which puts Stat, Melo, and their motley gang of invalids in a 2-0 hole with the series headed back to New York....

Jared Jeffries Is Probably Coming Home To NY Soon, Too

Those of you able to commandeer a television tonight will likely watch the Knicks/Heat, right? ...