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It’s been Sasha Banks’ year in WWE, but let’s get her a better one soon
WWE will air its final PPV of the year Sunday, Tables, Ladders, and Chairs. Roman Reigns will almost certainly anchor the show against Kevin Owens, and probably rightly so. Reigns has been the story in the company for the last quarter of the year, but that’s just it. It’s only been a quarter of the ...

Murray vs. Hurts face off in Oklahoma mirror match
As a fan of all things football, It’s always fun when we are treated with an electric quarterback matchup in an NFL game. It’s even more fun when those quarterbacks are essentially the same person. The Arizona Cardinals and Kyler Murray will be looking in the mirror against Jalen Hurts and the Phila...

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...

Not even a pandemic could stop the Scott Boras mangled-metaphor train from running on time
It’s become perhaps the most anticipated tradition of MLB’s Winter Meetings, if only because it’s been echoed so many times by a baseball press desperate for anyone to tell them anything. Long gone are the days of writers and GMs getting loaded in the hotel bar after every game, with the executive l...

NBA Should Rejoice that Giannis is the anti-LeBron
Giannis Antetokounmpo saved the NBA....

Look at Corey Crawford’s mask and know which side you should join
There are a lot of stunning things about the way hockey is unable to be more than a niche sport. At least stylistically, it is probably the most advanced sport, or could be. The jerseys are the best in sports, should be fashionable, and with the white playing surface, it’s the one that pops off the ...

Thank you, Lamar Jackson, for unleashing an unholy force of the worst jokes
Let’s get this done at the top. This is how you greet a player returning from the locker room after “cramps”:...

Lamar Jackson has chance to silence the critics tonight
In sports, it’s not about how you start. More often, it’s about how you finish....

Mike Zimmer ups ante on sideline stupidity by scotch-taping mask to face
A taped-on mask is probably the best metaphor we have for the 2020 NFL season....

Wildcats lose by 63, Gators squander tight game by throwing shoe
Putting up the first winless season in school history, even in a pandemic year, and capping it with a 70-7 loss to your top rival is a surefire way to lose your job as a college football coach, and that’s exactly what happened to Kevin Sumlin, who got fired by Arizona on Saturday, following the Wild...

If we must have sports right now, weird is definitely the way to go
This college football season is an exercise in madness, but it’s continuing to be weirdly historic....

James Harden expands his trade list because he has no real leverage
James Harden wants out of the world curated just for him. ...

Predicting the starting NFL QBs likely to end up elsewhere next year
This offseason will most certainly be a busy one for quarterbacks. A handful of big-name starters are sure to be wearing new uniforms in 2021, either through free agency, retirement, or because they no longer fit with their current team. Here are five starting QBs likely to end up on another team, o...
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Basaksehir and PSG players walk off field after official accused of racial slur [Update]
In a stunning scene on soccer’s biggest stage, players from PSG and Basaksehir walked off the field at Parc de Princes in the first half after an assistant coach for Basaksehir, former player Pierre Webo, accused the fourth official of calling him the n-word....

Week 13 Powerless Rankings: Wading through the NFL’s putrid muck
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....

In MVP race, Aaron Rodgers is leader of The Pack
Aaron Rodgers isn’t just in the NFL MVP race. Let’s face it, he’s leading the way....

Giants still bad but not trash, Sean Payton treats DCs like children, and Goff plays like an NFL quarterback
After a wild Week 12 left us watching Wednesday afternoon football due to COVID-19, Week 13 gave us a return to normalcy, at least the 2020 version of it....

Jaguars defy laws of nature with off-the-back deflection catch for TD
How is this physically possible?...

Despite it being 2020, Browns pass torch of dumpster-fire clown car, kinda deserve respect
The Cleveland Browns do not look like themselves of late, meaning they are no longer the laughingstock of the NFL....

Austin Rivers doesn't understand why people don't want to play for the Knicks
The red carpet rolled out overnight for Anthony Davis, who re-signed with the reigning NBA champs LA Lakers for a whopping five-years, $190 million....