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Adam Silver says NBA players haven't skipped the line to get vaccinated
NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a conference call with media members on Saturday afternoon, one day ahead of tomorrow’s All-Star Game....

Let's make some NFL free agency predictions
Someone in the NFL league office apparently doesn’t understand that March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, because they decided to make that the day that free agency begins this year. Thinking about it a little more though, nothing goes together quite like Guinness and top-tier talent changing teams and cau...

It’s never a good sign when a star athlete like Baker Mayfield sees UFOs
The Cleveland Browns are in some serious trouble....

The Sixers continue to show a different gear in win over Jazz
In a COVID-riddled season especially, it’s still too early for definitive NBA Finals ride-or-die predictions that aren’t stupid or clout-chasey. That said, the Philadelphia 76ers proved something last night by taking the team with the NBA’s best record (how much longer will we say this about the Uta...

A few thoughts on Shaq’s AEW ‘Dynamite’ appearance
Shaquille O’Neal is a better wrestler than he is a TV analyst....

COVID could make next FIFA international window a bigger mess than usual
The club vs. country fight is a long and storied one in soccer, with clubs always more than a little peeved about releasing the players they’re paying millions to travel to different training schedules and medical staffs, for games they aren’t compensated for. Players getting hurt on national team d...

Yankee skipper Aaron Boone takes immediate medical leave to receive pacemaker
Manager Aaron Boone is taking an immediate medical leave of absence to receive a pacemaker, the Yankees announced today. The manager is expected to receive surgery this afternoon at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa....

Candace Parker’s basketball lesson confirms Shaq is a ‘casual’
WNBA superstar Candace Parker dropped knowledge on Shaq last night during their show and had the Big Fella looking real out the loop on national television. ...

Comeback not-kid Alex Smith reportedly will soon be out of Washington, so here are his best landing spots
The 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year will not be back in Washington. According to Ian Rapoport and Kim Jones, Alex Smith is expected to be released by the Washington Football Team anytime now. He could be a free agent as soon as [checks notes] today....

Is it bad that Barça’s CEO, lawyer, and former president got arrested?
This week on “What’s Gone Wrong At Barcelona Now?” we watch current and former execs go to the can!...

After Duke loss, predictable silence from the Jalen Johnson critics
Duke came back from a 12-point deficit on Saturday to take Louisville to overtime, but Cardinals senior Carlik Jones scored seven of his 25 points in the extra session, and the Cardinals went on to an 80-73 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium, snapping the Blue Devils’ four-game winning streak and dea...

Coast to coast, which NBA contenders could DeMarcus Cousins help the most?
It’s been over three years since DeMarcus Cousins ruptured his Achilles amid what will likely go down as his final All-Star season. We’re also 18 months removed from his torn ACL that saw him never suit up in 2019-20 despite signing with the Los Angeles Lakers. This season, the 6-foot-10 center had ...

Tiger Woods is 'awake' and 'responsive' after lengthy surgery to repair injuries from rollover crash
After a lengthy surgery Tuesday, Tiger Woods is “awake, responsive and recovering in his hospital room,” read a statement posted to the golfer’s official Twitter account....

Jerry Jones is a more vile vampire than you thought
We’ve known for a while now that even though the overwhelming majority of people are slogging through the pandemic, and a lot pine for “slogging,” the uber-rich have profited even more than they usually do during these times....

Kylian Mbappé ends Barcelona as we know it with hat trick
There really isn’t a better wielder of the axe that struck the final blow on this era of Barcelona than Kylian Mbappé and his three-goal night. While it’s been Lionel Messi’s world for so long, any minute now it’s going to be Mbappé’s to do with how he sees fit. That is, if it isn’t already....

Stop ignoring fighters in your 'greatest athlete ever' conversations
Somehow, someone decided that that speculation of Tom Brady’s standing amongst all athletes following Sunday’s Super Bowl was a spectacular idea. And days later, here we are, still extrapolating over it....

What flavor wings should you eat for the Super Bowl? And why is it honey BBQ?
I already know some of you guys’ taste buds are suspect so if you don’t agree with my rankings blame yourself not me....

Mark Cuban finds it hilarious that financial giants are taking an L to Reddit
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has big money. According to Forbes’ real-time billionaires tracker (which is just so gross), he’s worth $4.2 billion. I feel like it deserves to be written with the zeroes for perspective. That’s $4,200,000,000. Cuban, however, is on the side of the little ...

It’s OK to not be Shaquille O’Neal, and he should realize that
Respectfully, what is it about Shaquille O’Neal — who is in the one percent of most accomplished living human beings on earth — that causes him to engage in rankism?...

Senior Bowl preview: Which players stood out on the first day of practice?
In a year where we won’t have an NFL Scouting Combine, the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama will have even more weight than normal. For the players in Mobile, it’s a great opportunity to compete against good talent and put solid film on tape. Practice matters just as much, if not more, than th...