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Players are terrified of COVID, but don’t want to speak up for fear of angering the NFL
They are terrified, and it’s understandable....
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Dak Prescott headed to surgery after a gruesome ankle injury [Updated]
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has been taken to the hospital after being carted off the field today versus the Giants after suffering what seems to be a serious lower leg injury. ...
MLS has been a scheduling mess for months, and the NFL might not do any better
While the NFL has had to become Tetris masters to rearrange their schedule in accommodating even more positive tests from both Tennessee and New England, MLS has been doing this dance for a while. And it also may be an indication that there won’t be a light at the end of the tunnel for the NFL....
Daily dose of inspiration: ‘Blue Lives Matter’ car wipes out in rain, places 37th
You don’t often get to see auto racing, especially NASCAR, in the rain, but Saturday’s Xfinity Series race, the finale for the playoff Round of 12, coincided with a torrential downpour on the Roval road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was bad enough that the race was red-flagged for standing ...
Dwayne Haskins sacrificed for NFL Nepotism of Scott Turner, Norv’s Son
New Washington Football Team Head Coach Ron Rivera made one of the riskiest hires imaginable going into 2020. Despite inheriting a young developing quarterback in Dwayne Haskins, he hired Scott Turner as his offensive coordinator, a man who has never won a single game in that capacity....
Everybody hates Aroldis (correct!) but thinks they hate the Astros vs. the Rays now, and ... that's bad
Schadenfreude in sports is strong. When it’s coupled with revenge, it’s beautiful....
Deadspin Presents: The Most Underrated NFL Players & Coaches of the Past 30 Years
Welcome to day two of Deadspin’s Most Over/Underrated players in the NFL since 1990. Yesterday, we argued a lot about players who don’t match up with their reputations. Today, we delve into those players who we believe never got enough credit for what they provided their teams. Once again, we’ll go ...
Tyreek Hill mocks NFL’s ‘Old man yells at cloud’ celebration rules with new gloves
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is mocking the NFL for its egregious celebratory punishments....
Dumb football players are going to ruin football
Athletes hate being called dumb jocks, but sometimes the title fits....
Is it racism? COVID-19? Incompetence? What <i>IS</i> the Football Team's secret to constantly stepping on rakes?
Here are three mystery quarterbacks:...
Does no fans mean more scoring across all sports?
We’re now something like six months into the no-spectators sports world. Seven if you start with the German Bundesliga in May. It’s been only a little more than three here in the Colonies, as the NBA, NHL, and MLB started at the end of July. Football has only been through four weeks. And yet a commo...
Keep your pants on, Dolphins fans: It's not Tua Time yet
NFL teams don’t usually make a point to announce their starting quarterback every week. Unless your team’s signal caller is injured, or you’re the Bears, there is really no need to notify the fanbase about keeping the starting QB on the first string. ...
Bill O'Brien is gone - which trash coach will be next?
It’s that time of the NFL season. Four games into the year, the heartbeat of what teams are — and aren’t — is being rounded out and presented for all to see, and it’s time to make some hard decisions....
Talk about superspreaders! Millions of dollars showered on Prez, GOP by NFL owners who allow fans in stadiums
So far this season, there have been 12 NFL teams that have allowed fans into games. Obviously, they’d all like to open their gates, and a lot of whether they do comes down to state and local regulations amid the coronavirus pandemic, but thanks to Donald Trump and his cabal of derelict ignorance, sa...
Cowboys defense nonexistent like Trump’s COVID protocols, Ramsey and Tate try to 2-piece each other, and the NFC East is a joke
COVID-19 was the story for the league this week as multiple positive tests forced teams to shut down facilities and games to be postponed. ...
The Eagles being in first place is hilarious
I can hear the LMAOing in Philly all the way in Chicago....
This weekend, basketball proved why football needs a bubble
To fully understand how popular football is in America, all you have to do is realize that a single sport owns two days out the week....
Sunday Scaries: The Week 4 bets you should avoid
We’ve stumbled into another scary Sunday....
The President is hospitalized with COVID-19 and the SMU student section still doesn't get it
This isn’t working, and it’s hard to say what will....
The NFL and White House are paying the price for pretending the pandemic will just go away
The past week has felt like a month, the past month has felt like a year, and the past six months have felt like a decade, so maybe it’s time for a refresher on what Dr. Anthony Fauci said a decade ago, back on March 26, in an Instagram Live interview with Stephen Curry:...