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As Hornets owner, Michael Jordan is the goat
It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the G.O.A.T. — Michael Jordan....
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are just two old dogs at this point
They tell me the Buccaneers have seven wins. The ESPN scorebox during Monday’s night game against the Rams said so. The standings pages say so. The NFL definitely wants you to believe it. But no, it’s a conspiracy. It’s the wool pulled over your eyes to blind you to the truth. That’s all it can be. ...
Benching Tua Sunday was just plain asinine
I’m of the firm belief that when you give a rookie quarterback the starting job, you don’t call take-backsies four weeks later. What Brian Flores did to Tua Tagovailoa in yesterday’s game was atrocious, and was a terrible display of a lack of confidence in the young signal caller....
Student activists on the Harvard-Yale protest, one year later
Josephine Steuer Ingall had no idea what to expect when she ran onto the Yale football field a year ago today. As kickers were warming up for the second half, the Yale student activist and freshman wondered if the protest she had helped plan for weeks would actually succeed....
WWE is finally going to leave The Undertaker alone... Maybe
“Retiring” in wrestling is a fungible concept. None of it’s real, obviously, so the idea that anyone can always come back for one more match is an easily grasped tool. They’re making it all up as they go, so everything is in play. It’s even more nebulous when it comes to The Undertaker, who isn’t re...
NBA players talk ‘social justice’ with head of pedophile ring
This week in self-congratulatory garbage: A delegation of NBA players traveled to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis. The topic? “Social justice,” a phrase so vastly overused and misapplied that it has come to mean nothing. To further illustrate just how defanged the term has become, thes...
Looking back at the best and worst of 2020’s pandemic-inspired rule changes in each sport
Sports have looked a little different this year, and that’s not entirely a bad thing. Across the board, sports have had to adapt to this pandemic-induced state of “normal” that we find ourselves in. Some leagues left their sport alone, while others took the opportunity to throw some spice into the r...
Stadium voting will return to Atlanta for the Senate runoffs
Last week, Deadspin wondered whether or not Fulton county would offer stadium voting for the runoff election. A week later, we have an answer....
The Zlatan has AC Milan atop Serie A, and what’s old is new again
There is something about seeing AC Milan in first in Serie A that stirs long dead emotions. At least to those of us of a certain age (namely, those who still listen to GNR). The Rossoneri atop the table harkens back to the last days of Italy being home to the world’s best league, where all the legen...
Two dudes got knocked out over the weekend — let’s all watch together
Let’s be honest with ourselves. People don’t turn into boxing matches or mixed martial arts bouts to see defense or technique. We want to see somebody get knocked out....
All the highs and lows from a wonky week of fantasy football
It’s Monday. Sorry about that. But hey, it’s not all bad. We have more football to look forward to tonight, with a lot of fantasy assets on the field between Tompa Bay and the Los Angeles Rams. Yesterday was straight up kooky, like most Sundays are. Like, for instance, this:...
Who are the hidden gems of NBA Free Agency so far?
This is not to guarantee that every single one of these esteemed gentlemen will be awesome, nor are these the only signings who fit the ‘under-the-radar’ bill. Rather, these are several guys who should thrive in their respective new homes. When looking back a year from now, 1) Hopefully, we will hav...
Week 11 NFL Powerless Rankings
It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week....
Dabo Swinney either doesn't get that COVID is killing people or doesn't care
This week, as the CDC advises against Thanksgiving travel in a week when the coronavirus rate has soared to a peak of 200,000 cases and 2,000 deaths a day, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is mad as hell....
Hill throws more than Peewee passes, Ravens offense still bland as pasta salad, and Mahomes marches downfield like an HBCU drum major
Welp, Week 11 is nearly in the books as another sunday of NFL action came to an end....
It's time to stop sleeping on the Colts
Are y’all finally done sleeping on Indy?...
Wentz makes watching the Eagles worse than having a Vegan Thanksgiving, it’s time for Jalen Hurts
It might be time for Eagles fans to get out their brown paper bags. Watching this team has become more insufferable than sitting through an HR presentation. ...
Jim Nantz wants CBS to pay him like someone with a personality
In some ways you can’t begrudge Jim Nantz for asking for the bag. He probably looks to his right most Sundays, sees the Jerry Lewis soundboard that is Tony Romo, and figures A) Just by having to sit next to that overrated, handsome gas bag for four hours a week is worth $17 million a year. And B) If...
The Taysom Hill-Jameis Winston situation has a racial component to it, just not the one you think
When it was announced last Friday that Taysom Hill was getting the start over Jameis Winston in New Orleans — due to Drew Brees’ rib injuries — it raised a lot of eyebrows....
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Joe Burrow is done for the year with torn ACL [Updated]
UPDATE (5:50 PM Eastern) - Burrow’s injury is an ACL tear, according to Ian Rapoport:...