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Fred VanVleet’s expletive-laden remarks cost him $30,000 and put him in a special groupFred VanVleet is now immortal. Hitting nearly every 3-pointer you attempt for two playoff rounds and winning a championship is great. However, only Toronto Raptors’ fans and non-causal NBA watchers remember that. The narrative in the 2019 NBA Finals was Kevin Durant’s injury and Kawhi Leonard playin...

These NFL teams have the most to gain from competent quarterback playThis is pretty self-explanatory, so I’ll make it quick because you have slides to scroll through, and I have better things to write than clickbait. It feels like a lot of NFL teams with a franchise guy under center have fewer blue chips players than most of the squads in search of a QB, which leads ...

The Chargers blowing a 27-0 lead to the Jaguars was something, but it wasn’t artThere are levels to collapses. There’s the March Madness telegraphed loss, where one group of 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds gets tight, and the other group gets hot. Obviously, we’ve seen golfers do it, and there’s not a lot funnier than a guy going from the 17th tee box to the beer tent. And then ther...

It shouldn’t take hypnotoad sorcery to get you to respect TCU

If the College Football Playoff committee does its job correctly, the TCU Horned Frogs will be the first school from Texas to make the cut for the CFP. While it’s not a shock considering the Toads and Baylor Bears have been the two best programs in the Lone Star State for the past decade, they were ...

Who had TCU as the first Texas program to (possibly) make the College Football Playoff?

I hate to give Texas credit for anything because the state already takes credit for everything. However, of all the supposed football-obsessed hubs, the Lone Star State tops them all. Mostly because of how unhealthy the population’s dedication to the sport is — I’m sure there are Texans who got wher...

It’s the Falcons’ fault that they lost, but it’s hard to win when playing against the refs and Bucs

Going into the fourth quarter down 21-0 is not the best strategy....

Week 2 Powerless Ranking: We see you, Tennessee

Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season is a wrap, and it’s time to look at the teams that stunk it up. Week 1 gave us plenty of sloppy football to process, and some of the teams in this ranking might surprise you. Then there are the others you probably predicted in the preseason....

Cordarrelle Patterson kept running past people and finally found his best position

Cordarrelle Patterson’s NFL career began with him as a purple blur for the Minnesota Vikings....