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Morning Drinkers Rejoice: Premier League And Serie A Announce Return Dates
In give-it-a-name fashion, both the Premier League In England and Italy’s Serie A announced today the dates they will resume. The Premier League will restart on June 17, behind closed doors (no fans), with two matches and then a full-slate the following weekend. Serie A will return on June 20....
NHL's Statement On 'Today' About Akim Aliu Isn't Good Enough
It took nine days, but the NHL finally responded to Akim Aliu’s devastating story in the Players’ Tribune on May 19, detailing the racist attacks he had suffered at the hands of teammates and coaches in his climb from prospect to pro....
White Billionaire Owner Has Thoughts on Protesting
The devastating video of the death of George Floyd at the hands of former Minneapolis police officers has left many in the sports community outraged. ...
Meet The Swamp Ghouls Manufacturing A Trans-Athlete Panic Out Of Thin Air
One would think that in the same week the county that houses Chattanooga, Tennessee was named as one of the five-fastest-growing hot spots for coronavirus in the nation, Tennessee’s state Legislature might have more important things to do than weigh transphobic legislation....
64 Hours of Jeter is 62 Hours Too Long
We get it, sports channels have to fill airtime. Networks are replaying old games, rereleasing old productions, and giving us the latest updates on the sports world in a pandemic....
American Greed: The Tug of War Between Owners and the MLBPA
This country has a problem....
With COVID-19 Cases Climbing In South America, Venezuelan Ballplayers Are Stranded In Dominican Academies
The coronavirus pandemic is a global event, and that extends to islands. In the Dominican Republic, there have been 15,723 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, a rate of 1,518 per million people, well under the United States’ total rate of 5,267 per million, but higher than several states and...
Distraught Stephen Jackson’s Pain About George Floyd is Real: White People Need To Listen
The world has seen the gut-wrenching killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin as his colleagues refused to stop a murder in progress....
NWSL Will Be America's First Team Sports League To Resume Play In Pandemic's Wake
Today, The NWSL announced their “2020 Challenge Cup,” which follows the tournament guidelines we outlined last week. ...
Just Rename It The Alex Ovechkin Trophy Already
One of the footnotes in the NHL’s release of its playing plan yesterday is that, in declaring the regular season over, Alex Ovechkin will once again win the Rocket Richard Trophy for most goals in the season. He’ll split it with David Pastrnak as they both potted 48 goals, though Ovechkin did it in ...
‘Jungleman’ Comes Clean, Admits To Role In Poker Scandal
Renowned poker pro “Jungleman” Daniel Cates ’fessed up to an online cheating scandal that surfaced over the weekend, one which multimillionaire Bill Perkins claimed on Twitter would “make the Mike Postle (scandal) look like a church service.”...
ESPN’s <i>Lance:</i> New Documentary, Same Glib Asshole
Lance Armstrong is a dick....
Coco Gauff And The Inevitable Lost Innocence Of Black Youth
It was only a matter of time....
MLB Plan Seeks To Splinter Players Union With Pay Cuts Aimed At Highest-Paid
The inherent advantage that Major League Baseball has in any labor battle is that players’ salaries are public and much higher than yours, while the teams do not have to open their books....
NHL Unveils Plan To Return, With A Few Questions Left Out There Like When, Where And How?
What’s most obvious about the NHL’s “outline” of how it will finish its 2019-2020 playoffs is that it had a huge desire to be the first league to put actual matchups and actual processes in fans’ minds. It’s like giving an animal a name. Makes it harder to kill or something....
Solution To Meaningless Games: NBA Should Go To 10-Team Conference Bracket
All reports are pointing to the return of the NBA season in late July....
Bayern Munich Are Inevitable, Time Marches On, Bells Toll, The Whole Thing
While the return of the Bundesliga has provided something to watch and discuss (and something of a roadmap for how other leagues could get back on the field), what it couldn’t promise was actual drama, especially in its title race. This afternoon, as is their way, Bayern Munich eliminated any chance...
Reggie Bush Is Right: Paying College Athletes Will ‘Destroy’ Some, But Not All Of Them
Despite how you may feel about Reggie Bush and the choices he’s made in his life, it doesn’t negate the fact that he knows a little something about the worth of a top-tier college athlete, and all the temptations that come along with it....
Kendrick Perkins Is Right: Harden Is Better Than Curry
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a live NBA game. But Monday NBA Twitter was acting like it caught amnesia when the topic on the table was determining who was better: Steph Curry or James Harden....
‘Dream Team Tape’ Proves Jordan Lied About Keeping Isiah Off Team
Today’s Jordan tape tells a different story between Michal Jordan and Isiah Thomas than the one we heard on The Last Dance....