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Utah State boycotts game to protest religious discrimination
Utah State football players are using their power to take a stand against what they perceived as religious discrimination by their university president. ...
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Florida's Keyontae Johnson in 'critical but stable condition' after collapse; previously tested positive for COVID [UPDATED]
University of Florida small forward Keyontae Johnson collapsed on the court during the first half of their game Saturday against Florida State....

Lacrosse-style goals are officially a thing, even in the KHL: SEE IT!
Daniil Vovchenko scored the game-winner in Severstal’s 4-3 win over Spartak Moscow on Friday with the move invented by Michigan player Mike Legg in 1996 and duplicated by Andrei Svechinikov of the Carolina Hurricanes last season....

If we must have sports right now, weird is definitely the way to go
This college football season is an exercise in madness, but it’s continuing to be weirdly historic....

Irving’s criticism of the media is legitimate, but he isn’t helping his argument with his latest antics
Kyrie Irving has placed himself firmly back in the news cycle. This time it’s for being a hypocrite....

Cam Newton hasn't been the same since coming back from COVID-19
Cam Newton was benched in the fourth quarter last night, and rightfully so — he looked awful, and has for a while. ...

Things got a little heated in Anthony Joshua-Kubrat Pulev weigh-in
Maybe it’s COVID-19....

Polk coolers Negreanu’s face off again and again to take $957K lead in grudge match
Doug Polk has backed up the truck to the tune of almost $1 million in his high-stakes grudge match against Daniel Negreanu....

MLB Hall of Fame Vets' inaction failing greats of the game like Santo, Allen
Dick Allen’s death on Monday is just the latest failure of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Allen had become a popular candidate in recent years, as the sabermetrics movement showed what a powerful and impactful hitter he was. His raw statistics alone — 351 home runs, a .292 career average — are impressiv...

I can’t wait for Josh McDaniels to coach the Patriots
Most of the season, the focus has been on Bill Belichick and Tom Brady recovering from their breakup in different places. Brady moved away, tried to start his whole life over (while still keeping his 6-foot-5 tight-end Teddy Bear for security), make a clean break, that whole thing. Bill is still try...

With Phillies on verge of hiring Dave Dombrowski as president, MLB recycles its old trash better than anyone
Dave Dombrowski is what is still wrong with Major League Baseball....
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NHL stays extremely on-brand in trying to jump COVID vaccine line [UPDATED]
Nobody in sports repeats their mistakes quite like the NHL, the league that lost the entire 2004-05 season to a lockout, then came back in 2012 and had another lockout that cost half a season, all after also having half the 1994-95 season wiped out by a lockout....

If something happens in sports and LeBron doesn’t respond, did it really happen?
A youth football coach in Florida assaulted one of his players on December 7, and LeBron James had a lot to say about it....

LSU’s stupid ‘bowl game’ stunt is not fooling anyone
Sorry, LSU, you aren’t sliding your way out of this one....

Can Blake Griffin be saved from wasting away with the Detroit Pistons?
Blake Griffin deserves better than this....

Fantasy Football playoff matchups to watch: WR and TE
Yesterday, we broke down some quarterback and running back matchups to watch in the Week 14 slate. Picking up where we left off, let’s start looking at wide receiver and tight end matchups to help with your playoff roster decisions....

Why aren’t more women on sports talk? Because the men in power don’t care what they have to say
My short time in talk radio was filled with hurdle after hurdle. Getting a shot on-air was like learning to surf on choppy waters....

If nothing else, the MLS Cup final is full circle for Crew fans
It’s dishonest to say that any sporting event can have a feel-good event right now. While sports can be a healthy distraction or unifying force for a community, these days they basically act as a perfect sketch of just about everything wrong with the country’s handling and response to the pandemic, ...

Myles Garrett never deserved to be the villain, now he’s one of the NFL’s biggest heroes
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett has come a long way from November 14, 2019....

Ben & Jerry’s teams up with Colin Kaepernick to ‘Change the Whirled’
Add Ben & Jerry’s to the list of companies willing to take a chance on Colin Kaepernick before an NFL team....