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Conor McGregor being sued by woman who accused him of sexual assault is latest in string of lowlights
He’s commanding in the octagon, but polarizing in real life. He’s also breakable and heavily flawed. And now, Conor McGregor is being sued by the woman who accused him of sexual assault back in 2018....
Why Martin Luther King Jr. would be happy to know that sports are still saving America
If Martin Luther King Jr. hadn’t been assassinated by the predecessors of the political party that will misuse his quotes today, he’d have been 92, and I imagine rather pleased with the role that sports have played in society....
Quit insulting Bears fans’ intelligence, they know this debacle is Nagy’s fault
The Bears are going nowhere fast....
American Matthew Hoppe scores Bundesliga hat trick
America’s future is brighter than ever!...
It's NFL Wild Card Weekend: These are the game-changing players to watch on each team
In the playoffs, individual performances can become the stuff of legend. Every team remaining has star players capable of such performances, and these players have the potential to decide the outcome of their game. There’s no “next week” anymore – it’s all about now. Get it done and survive until th...
The sports figures we've lost in 2021
Here’s a look at the athletes and sports figures we’ve lost in 2021....
Our favorite wrestling matches of 2020
It felt like wrestling was the only thing that didn’t stop in 2020. That’s because for the most part, it was. Whether it took bribing the Florida legislature, or recording multiple shows in a bunker in Georgia, or staging fanless shows, wrestling pressed on through the pandemic. It was definitely di...
2020 Idiot of the Year: Our descent continues with Jon Gruden, Dana White, and a cold look in the mirror
UPDATE: We have compiled all 50 items into one handy list, for your reading convenience. It is available here....
The WNBA’s activism and how it just might change the country in a matter of weeks
Early voting is underway in the Georgia senate race, and the Jan. 5 outcome will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the pivotal body. It’s hard to overstate the importance of the outcome to the first two years of the Biden administration....
The NBA returns, but its racial justice messaging does not
The following is from something I wrote all the way back in… August....
Packers, who gave more than $750K to police for body cameras, do not understand they don’t stop police from shooting Black people
In another edition of the NFL trying to do right, yet failing, the Green Bay Packers recently gave more than $750,000 to the city of Green Bay for police body cameras in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., according to the Washington Post....
<em> Sports Illustrated</em> whiffs on Sportsperson of the Year qualifications
This column is not an indictment of LeBron James, Breanna Stewart, Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, or Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. It is, however, a callout of Sports Illustrated for limiting their “2020 Sportsperson of the Year: The Activist Athlete” to those who were “champions on the field, champions f...
Bob Arum: Deontay Wilder has said ‘Trumpian things’ and doesn’t have a right to third Tyson Fury bout
It’s been a weird fall season for Deontay Wilder....
Nope, that wasn’t Matt Patricia’s burner account going in on Matthew Stafford
So, that Matt Patricia burner account is claiming that it isn’t Matt Patricia....
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Did Matt Patricia light up Matthew Stafford from a (laughably obvious) burner account? [UPDATED]
Update (Dec. 3, 1:22 PM): No....
Yep... Bill Belichick's NFL coaching tree is still dead
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the Bill Belichick coaching tree....
Steph Curry to The Undefeated: ‘There’s real change happening’
When 29-year-old Black man Jacob Blake was shot on August 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin by a white cop, Rusten Sheskey, the NBA protested a group of scheduled playoff games, beginning with the Milwaukee Bucks. ...
Sheila Ford Hamp finally takes out the trash in Detroit
The Detroit Lions’ savior has finally arrived....
Lions fire Patricia, GM Quinn
Two days after their annual Thanksgiving day game that saw the Detroit Lions get absolutely shellacked 41-25 by the Houston Texans, the Lions have fired head coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn, according to the team’s Twitter account. ...