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Meet the 2022 NBA Draft’s mystery man
The 2022 NBA Draft’s most enigmatic player has arrived....
FOX puts its college football crew in a tough spot by potentially bringing Urban Meyer back
When Urban Meyer first got hired to talk about football on TV for FOX, it was after he left Ohio State due to a scandal that he could have avoided if he weren’t such a trash human being. And since history loves to repeat itself, it looks like Urban Meyer is about to get hired to talk about football ...
Don’t do this FOX - don’t make Urban Meyer relevant again
If I ever became President (let’s hope that’s never the case), my first executive order would be to make it illegal to say “Urban Meyer” and “NFL” in the same sentence, unless of course that name and organization are separated by either the phrase “does not belong in...” or “does not belong anywhere...
The XFL having more Black coaches than the NFL is why Brian Flores is suing the league
No one knows how long this iteration of the XFL will last, but the league has already proven that NFL owners are liars....
Coaching just doesn’t matter that much
Maybe college football coaches are overrated. Not individual college football coaches. The entire concept of college football coaches....
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? ...
Knicks look legit good; Donald off the hook; Plus ... position player pitching alert!
The first time I saw Nerlens Noel was in his college debut, a 72-69 Kentucky win over Maryland in Brooklyn on November 9, 2012. Noel had only four points in that game, but nine rebounds, three blocks, and two steals. And before he accumulated most of those stats, he made an impression on me....
How EA Sports rebooted its college football franchise without NCAA licensing
The near eight-year cries for college football’s return to our video game consoles were answered earlier this week. EA Sports announced, initially in very few words, that college football was returning to the brand for a game to be made in the near future. Notably, EA Sports avoided placing the four...
Deadspin puts the biggest 'gift' deals in sports history under your tree (Aww, we shouldn't have!)
It’s the season of giving, and keeping with the holiday spirit, let’s look at the most generous teams in sports history. What teams gave up the biggest gifts? ...
Nope, that wasn’t Matt Patricia’s burner account going in on Matthew Stafford
So, that Matt Patricia burner account is claiming that it isn’t Matt Patricia....
Leverkusen keeper puts foot in mouth with botched kick leading to hilarious own goal: See it!
Lukas Hradecky is a Slovak-born goalie who plays internationally for Finland and professionally in Germany with Bayer Leverkusen. Isn’t it odd, then, that his problem on Saturday was putting too much English on the ball?...
Do the NBA and NCAA have a plan to play basketball?
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that rules were made to be broken and that plans were made to be changed....
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Confused Old Man Declares ‘Lou’ Saban a Great Football Coach [UPDATED]
President Donald Trump made a fool of himself once again on Monday when he wrongly referred to the University of Alabama’s head football coach as “Lou Saban” multiple times....
NBA 2K Is Cool And All, But These Are The Throwback Basketball Video Games That Ballers Should Be Playing
Video games are for young folks or adults with kids....
Mizzou Athletics Tweet Celebrating Its Student-Athletes' Diversity Goes Horribly Wrong
On Wednesday, the University of Missouri’s athletic department contributed its part to the NCAA’s inclusion week (which runs for less than an actual week, naturally), and boy was it crummy. Photos of several of their athletes explaining why they are “more than a student athlete.” The messages displ...
ESPN Cancels Bowl Game Sponsorship Deal With Company That Does Not Seem To Exist
We can all agree that there are simply too many damn bowl games, and that a huge chunk of them only exist so that sports networks can bilk a few hundred thousand dollars out of a presenting sponsor while subjecting us all to the CarsAndCarParts.com New Jersey Turnpike Bowl, or whatever. And so it is...
The Siege And Fall Of A Hoops Haven That Made All The Wrong Enemies
In Philadelphia, a ghost was born....
Golfer Distracted By His Own Fiancée Coming Out Of A Portable Toilet
It’s hard to find an angrier person than a professional golfer who has just had his concentration broken by a loud noise in the middle of his backswing. But thanks to Tyrrell Hatton and his fiancée, we now have the formula for distracting a golfer without eliciting a tantrum. All you need is a porta...
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Here's A Lovely Newspaper Photo Goof [Update]
Look closely at this past Saturday’s sports page of the Washington County (Penn.) Observer-Reporter. There’s something off about that photo accompanying a recap of the game between between Peters Township and North Hills. ...
Of Course The Skins Misspelled London Fletcher's Name During His Ring Of Honor Ceremony
Dan Snyder’s football clown show spent halftime of their Monday night meltdown loss inducting retired linebacker London Fletcher into the Ring of Honor of their miserable, far-flung hell-hole of a stadium. Fletcher spent less than half of his career in Washington and won zero playoff games, but wha...