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A nod to Toni Kukoč and all of the 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductees getting their dues today
We’ve feted Paul Pierce, Ben Wallace, Bill Russell, Rick Adelman, Jay Wright, Lauren Jackson, Yolanda Griffith, Chris Bosh, and Chris Webber this week for their induction into the hoops Hall of Fame....
"That thing I remember doesn’t exist anymore, in a giant way that I didn’t believe was possible, that you never even would have imagined was possible"
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was fast asleep in a dorm room in Philadelphia. I’d been up late the night before, watching the Giants play the Broncos on Monday Night Football, and baking chocolate chip cookies that I planned to bring up to New York the next day, to share in the press box a...
Opening Night Overreaction: Mike Evans is officially washed
Last night, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys kicked off the 2021-22 NFL season. What was supposed to be a blowout in many fans’ eyes, turned into an absolute thriller that had two lead changes in the final two minutes, as well as a classic Tom Brady last-minute comeback drive to lead to a...
Can anyone other than Derrick Henry rush for 2,000 yards this season?
The 2,000-yard rusher club is one of the most exclusive among all American professional sports. Derrick Henry became the eighth member of this prestigious club last year, rushing for 2,027. The last player to achieve this feat before Henry was Adrian Peterson in 2012. Peterson owns the second greate...
2021 NFL Preview - AFC North: Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson will duel for the division
All eyes will be on Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns in 2021 after making the postseason for the first time since 2002 last year. A major storyline for the Browns this year will be Mayfield’s contract status. Baker is eligible for an extension of his rookie deal, but the Browns are being caut...
NFL RedZone Previews, Part 4: The Prime Time Players
The NFL’s television partners don’t necessarily take the best teams in the league for the most primetime games. They take the teams that are going to get the biggest audiences and make the networks the most money....
NFL RedZone Previews, Part 3: The Quad Boxers
Every week during the season, NFL RedZone is packed with action from across the league, and there are some stalwarts who carry the action every Sunday afternoon from 1 to 8 Eastern....
Jacksonville Jinx: A list of dumb things Urban Meyer has done so far running the Jaguars
Urban Meyer has already proven that he’s a habitual liar. It’s the reason why he isn’t at Ohio State anymore. But this week, we found out that lying isn’t his issue. It’s that he doesn’t know when to do it....
Olympics hoops just ended, but it’s already time to look towards the men's FIBA World Cup
The 2019 FIBA World Cup featured the infamous Gregg Popovich-led Team USA club that finished in seventh place shortly after losing to France in the quarterfinals, and then Serbia in the 5-8 seeding determination. Team USA eventually beat Poland in the seventh-place game, and this past summer, they a...
Marcus Semien is an MVP candidate again, and you probably didn’t notice again
Discussing the MVP race in the AL is the definition of wasting time these days. It’s going to be Shohei Ohtani’s award in a unanimous, what’re-you-new-around-here kind of vote. He’s simply done things for a full season never seen before, and when you do that, you win the MVP. ...
Is Patrick Wisdom a name you need to know?
You’ll have to excuse Cubs fans for having sports Stockholm Syndrome. They’ve been undercut, undersold, and sold out by ownership for really the past three or four seasons, and the final blow came on trade deadline day when any remnants of the 2016 World Series champs was burned to ash and micturate...
Why are so many people betting on Bryce Harper to win MVP?
Fernando Tatís is going to win the National League MVP Award this year. That might sound obvious, but it’s something I feel needs to be stressed, because for some reason, half of all bets on the award’s winner are going to… Philadelphia’s Bryce Harper. ...
Tua Tagovailoa is at the center of two stupid things, and neither are his fault
Last season, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa became the first left-handed quarterback in the NFL to throw a pass in a regular-season game in several years. It became noticeable since the former national champion at Alabama followed a once semi-trend established and carried on by guys like ...
When it comes to coveted coaching jobs, big names are winning out over qualifications
It seems like almost every other day there’s an announcement that a former NBA player is joining the high school or college coaching ranks....
David Moyes must be having a midlife crisis with West Ham
Maybe it was pandemic football that blinded me. After all, it was hard to fully invest in in the same way with the canned noise and lessened verve that each game had. Everything started to look and feel the same, and hence I couldn’t see what was really going on. ...
The Tyler Skaggs-Eric Kay trial looks to be real ugly
We know MLB likes to stick its head in the sand whenever something bad happens and hope it just all goes away. It will probably have to do the same right as the postseason starts in October. That’s when former Angels communications director Eric Kay will go on trial for the fatal overdose of former ...
Yes, Zach Wilson has been the best rookie QB in preseason <em>buuut…</em><em></em>
Jets fans: Let’s just take some time and relax. ...
Let’s pick apart this list of the NBA’s 22 best point guards
It’s time to break down and analyze the latest sports ranking list. This time we have the top 22 (??) point guards in the NBA as ranked by hoopshype.com. Wondering why hoopshype chose to rank the top 22? ...
So what happens when going for it doesn’t work for the Padres?
After all the buzz and excitement that the San Diego Padres’ offseason contained, the goal probably wasn’t staring up at the Cincinnati Reds’ ass on August 23rd. If you’re looking up at the Reds, by definition you’re mediocre or worse. But that’s where the Padres find themselves after losing their f...
Tom Brady’s son is a ball boy for the Bucs, and no, that’s not great
Tom Brady’s son getting a job as a Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ ball boy is what’s wrong with the NFL....