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Falcons hire Bob Quinn as advisor to Kevin StefanskiThe Atlanta Falcons announced three new hires and three returning assistant coaches on Monday.,The newcomers are special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman, wide receivers coach Robert Prince and Bob Quinn, a former Detroit Lions general manager who will serve as a senior advisor to new head coach Kev...

Reports: Bucks retain Kevin Porter Jr., Gary Trent Jr., Tauren PrinceThree veteran free agents agreed to two-year contracts to remain with the Milwaukee Bucks, according to multiple media reports on Monday.,Kevin Porter Jr.'s deal reportedly is worth $11 million, with Gary Trent Jr. to get $7.5 million and Taurean Prince to receive $7.1 million.,Milwaukee did lose on...

Salute to Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, the show that sports fans neededReal Sports with Bryant Gumbel has been on the air for 29 seasons. Unfortunately, it will not make it to 30. Gumbel has decided to step away from the show and there will be no replacement. According to the Los Angeles Times, HBO has decided to end Real Sports, and no reason was provided....

The waiting is the hardest part

The Colorado Avalanche are waiting. And waiting for a Stanley Cup Finals opponent hasn’t treated those favorably in returning from mini-vacations in the past. We’re finishing up the 35th NHL postseason in which first-round games are contested as a best of seven, starting in 1987 and featured every y...

Fictional Hooper Bracket: The Rucker Region - Round 2

The only havoc in the first round of the Rucker Regional was a 5-12 upset, which has become almost commonplace in March Madnesses everywhere. We’ll see how things tighten up heading into the Silver Screen 16 with matchups like Kyrie Irving alter ego Uncle Drew getting his first real test of the tour...

Sedona Prince stays put at Oregon

Sedona Prince, the Oregon forward who last year used the power of social media to highlight the inadequacy of the NCAA’s setup for the women’s basketball tournament, announced on Saturday that she’s going to stay at Oregon next season and begin a masters program....

These are the best Super Bowl halftime shows of all time

It’s hard to know whether the ads or the halftime show has become the bigger attraction of the Super Bowl. It feels like the combination of the two has made the game ancillary. Certainly, nothing exemplifies the bombast and ridiculousness of the occasion more than the halftime show, with a two-hour ...

Georgia Tech coach Nell Fortner thanks the NCAA for telling on themselves

Nell Fortner is not here for the NCAA’s half-assed attempt to make it look like the weight room fiasco at the women’s basketball tournament was about difficulty with logistics or anything other than what it was: complete disregard for women, thinking they could get away with it without anyone notici...

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Nothing compares to Prince (and the Purple Rain) at Super Bowl XLI

Few performances during the intermission of a sporting event have come close to feeling like a truly artistic display, but one stands out above them all. Fourteen years ago today, Prince delivered the most iconic Super Bowl halftime show we have ever seen. On Feb. 4, 2007, at Hard Rock Stadium in Mi...

by Jon Helmkamp|Human Interest

|Thu Feb 04 2021

Report: Justin Timberlake To Perform With Prince Hologram At Super Bowl Halftime Show [UPDATE]

Justin Timberlake will share the Super Bowl halftime stage with a hologram of Prince, according to TMZ. This is so stupid. Better idea: watch the actual Prince’s Super Bowl halftime show, right now. Or, even better idea! Just air that performance AS the actual halftime show, tomorrow. I promise ever...

by Timothy Burke|super bowl 52

|Sun Feb 04 2018

Source: Nashville Sports Guy Was Actually Fired For Profane Facebook Live Rant

On Saturday, we reported that Nashville Fox station sports guy Dan Phillips was fired after station management found his Prince-themed sports report to be “insensitive,” which is how Phillips described it in a Facebook post about the firing. Now, a source at the station tells us that’s not why he wa...

by Timothy Burke|local news

|Tue May 03 2016

TV Anchor Fired Over Prince-Themed Sports Report

A Nashville sports reporter who delivered a Prince-themed report after the musician’s death has been fired, according to his Facebook page....

by Timothy Burke|local news

|Sat Apr 30 2016

Does An Intentional Walk Ruin A No-Hitter?

Okay, so before I get into the Funbag, some quick appearance news. I’m gonna be at this big Towson sports career speaker series on draft night. It’s at the Greene Turtle (CLASSY), and open to the public. Also, next month, I’m gonna read the first couple of chapters from The Hike over at the Howard C...

by Drew Magary|funbag

|Tue Sep 11 2018

Mourn Prince However You Can, For As Long As You Want

Jesus, this is terrible. Just terrible. Prince is dead. There’s no way to wrap your arms, or your head, around it. Just pick a moment and fixate. Like that time he burned “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” to the ground....

by Rob Harvilla|GOODBYES

|Fri Apr 22 2016

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by Timothy Burke|baltimore orioles

|Fri Apr 22 2016

MTV Accidentally Adds Fresh Prince Video To All-Day Marathon

MTV suspended all scheduled programming today to air an all-day Prince marathon in wake of the musician’s passing, but it looks like searching for “prince” in the network’s video database didn’t work so well. Sandwiched between videos for “New Power Generation” and “Controversy” turned up “Girls Ain...

by Timothy Burke|media meltdowns

|Thu Apr 21 2016

"Raspberry Beret" Is The Best Pop Song Anyone Ever Did

Everyone has opinions about Prince today, and pretty much all of them are good and right, but let’s take a second to talk about “Raspberry Beret,” which is—I would argue—the single most perfect pop song anyone has ever done, slightly more perfect than the Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset” or Big Star’s “Sept...

by Tim Marchman|prince

|Thu Apr 21 2016

To briefly feint back toward sports, familiarize yourself with the time Carlos Boozer rented his house to Prince, who painted the entire place purple....

by Barry Petchesky|carlos boozer

|Thu Apr 21 2016

Prince's 1991 MTV Video Awards Performance Is Maybe The Sexiest Thing Ever Aired On TV

The 1991 MTV Video Music Awards marked a major turning point for the direction of music. Not only did a so-called “alternative” group (R.E.M.) sweep most of the awards, but the other nominees—ranging from Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” to Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game”—helped stage the music promotions busi...

by Timothy Burke|prince

|Fri Sep 02 2016

Let's Watch Prince's Super Bowl Halftime Show, The Best We've Ever Seen

Super Bowl halftime shows are almost always worthless. A few pop stars who capture the current pop-music mood lip sync their hits, and two days later we barely remember the game, let alone the uninspired halftime show....

by Kevin Draper|prince

|Thu Apr 21 2016

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