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Report: College teams pay $500 million in dead money to coaches to <em>not</em> coach anymore

Half a billion dollars....

Let’s not anoint Cooper Kupp the best receiver in the league yet

Los Angeles Rams’ receiver Cooper Kupp is on pace for 1,964 yards in 17 games. The all-time single-season record for receiving yards is, in fact, that same 1,964,  and was set in 2012 by former Detroit Lions’ receiver Calvin Johnson. ...

Grant Hill left in awe watching daughter Myla win her MMA debut

Former NBA All-Star and Hall of Famer Grant Hill comes from a family of athletes and entertainers, and one more has been added to that great legacy. Myla Hill recently made her amateur MMA debut, impressively defeating Jenna Loza via submission in the first round....

The sports world has gone silent even as discrimination is apparent in Ahmaud Arbery and Kyle Rittenhouse cases

The kneeling has stopped. The messaging on the backs of jerseys has been replaced with last names. Black Lives Matter isn’t plastered on the court. And journalists have ceased asking “those questions” after games. But, the pain is still there – and the racism, too....

When’s the <i>30 for 30</i> on the 2014 Detroit Tigers?

Congrats to the Atlanta Braves on winning the World Series! Congrats to Freddie Freeman! That man deserves everything. Congrats to Ozzie Albies, Mike Fiers, Jeff Mathis, Austin Riley, Will Smith, and especially congratulations to Drew Smyly! ...

Buster Posey goes out like he came in... on top

The “going out on top” card rarely gets played. Mostly, it’s just because there’s too much money to be had for any player that was once great. There’s too much money for really any player to play a game for a living, no matter how physically taxing. Which you can’t blame them for. Unlike most every ...

The Rams thought they’d hoodwink another team even though they’d already leaked the plan for DeSean Jackson

The Los Angeles Rams have had a busy week leading up to the NFL trade deadline. On Monday, they finalized a trade to snag Von Miller away from the Denver Broncos. The Rams had also been seeking a trade partner for the services of DeSean Jackson. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, if the Rams ...

Looks like the Bengals are who we thought they were

Friends don't let friends go on the ManningCast

Everyone knows about the Madden curse. Whomstever graces the cover of the latest installment of the Madden franchise is doomed to suffer a terrible season. It doesn’t happen every year, but more often than not, having your face on EA’s broken football simulation video game is a horrible omen....

2021 Rookie QB Rankings: Mac rolls on, a Fields of screams and watch your back, Zach

We’re about halfway through the NFL season, and rookie quarterbacks have been front and center with some living up to the hype and others not as much. With that, let’s take a look at how our young wards fared in Week 8....

Von Miller says his goodbyes in Denver

The Los Angeles Rams define what an aggressive front office approach looks like in the NFL. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Denver Broncos are trading All-Pro linebacker Von Miller to the Rams for a bag of Ruffles and a 12-pack of Mountain Dew. The Rams care nothing about draft picks, and the...

In honor of Jim Caldwell, put Dan Campbell on the hot seat in Detroit

Dan Campbell isn’t the type that under-promises and over-delivers. The data proves he’s the opposite....

Mathieu and Hitchens aren’t all too pleased with Chiefs fans right now

The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t playing exactly as well as we all thought they would. Through seven weeks, the reigning AFC champions are 3-4, tied for last place in their division, and just not looking like the Chiefs we’ve come to know, love, and/or root against in recent years. Star quarterback Pat...

Timing could not be worse for Nagy to miss Bears game, win or lose

Matt Nagy is a COVID scratch against San Francisco on Sunday, and the timing may be fateful. The Bears are 3-4, and finding criticism of Nagy is pretty easy. I mean really easy. Like finding a Squid Game Halloween costume easy....

The baseball is good at the World Series, but Baseball is horrendous

Once you get past the Astros merely being there again after suffering no meaningful consequences for their cheating, and the racist Chop, and the scheduled attendance of Donald Trump at Game 4, and the idea that losing awaiting-trial-on-felony-charges Marcell Ozuna was some kind of “adversity” that ...

NFL Week 8: Hear me out… The winless Lions are not terrible

The Detroit Lions are the last remaining winless team in the NFL. Coincidentally, the Detroit Pistons are the last winless team remaining in the NBA, but that’s irrelevant right now. The fact is that, despite the Lions record starting with a zero, they’re one of the best terrible teams we’ve seen in...

Aaron Rodgers is still the best player in the NFL

Don’t look now, but Aaron Rodgers is the MVP of the NFL — again....

Someone notify the Nobel Prize committee — this new Rooney Rule is racial equity perfected [sarcasm font]

The NFL is continuing its tradition of not doing enough to promote diversity by doubling the Rooney Rule requirement to interview at least two external minority general manager/executive/coordinator candidates. Head coaching slots were already under this rule, but now, along with GM roles, must incl...

The Athletics begin their Major League’ing

The news flashed out of nowhere, which is probably the most worrying thing. The Padres hired Bob Melvin as a manager, which is great for them. Melvin has been making the most out of whatever he’s been given in Oakland for a decade now, and a lot of that time it has been a mishmash of misfit toys. He...

LSU, USC head coach candidate deniers auditioning for vacancies this weekend

I’m about as sick of the college football coaching carousel chatter as Mike Tomlin. I know reporters are obligated to ask these questions, but it’s like asking a child standing in front of a puddle of spilt milk, “Did you do this?” There needs to be a word for asking a question you know you’re not g...