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Mama said there’d be days like this
I kind of knew that being so jonesed about the U.S.’ first qualifier would lead to something of a dry-heave of a game last night. This is CONCACAF, after all. Winning on the road is incredibly hard. It’s even harder when you’re taking a squad full of players that haven’t been on the road in CONCACAF...

‘Highlights’ of a Bad Boy
Former rebound king and Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is recognized as one of the original bad boys of the NBA. That’s not only because he played for the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons of the 1980s and early 90s, either. Rodman may have been more entertaining off the court than on it. And he was indeed a sig...

It’s showtime!
It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to dodge the bags of piss...wait, those aren’t the original lyrics, are they? Well, for the USMNT they might as well be. ...

Nationals’ Bob Boone is the latest to pick ‘principle’ over science and safety
Bob Boone isn’t the first and won’t be the last....

I’m calling on the NCAA to boycott Texas (again) after SCOTUS allows abortion ban
After the U.S. Supreme Court sat back and did nothing on Wednesday, a law went into effect in Texas that bans most abortions after six weeks. Next March, Fort Worth will host some of the first and second-round games of the Men’s NCAA Tournament, and San Antonio will be a regional site for the Sweet ...

Seahawks' success will come down to more than just ‘letting Russ cook’
As Russell Wilson enters his 10th year as starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks, he looks to bounce back from what some called a disappointing 2020-21 season. In recent years Wilson has started strong out of the gates, but eventually returned to the pack and ended the season short of his and ...

Is Matt Nagy trying to cover his ass by sticking with Andy Dalton?
As of right now, three of the five quarterbacks taken in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft are starting: Trevor Lawrence in Jacksonville (1), Zach Wilson in New York (2), and Mac Jones in New England (15). All three of them were chosen to take over as the starting QBs for their respective teams ...

PJ Dozier joins list of people humorously impersonating Nikola Jokić
Nikola Jokić, the 2020-21 NBA MVP, is one of the most enjoyable players in the league to watch, which naturally would make him one of the guys you’d most want to imitate....

Victor Oladipo improves online discourse by tweeting only in 🧢 emojis
Ohhh, the ever-evolving age of social media. There’s nothing like waking up in the morning, turning on your phone, only to see your mentions blowing up and your name being tossed around like a Caesar salad. At those moments, you have two options: Clap back, or let it ride....

There’s one team where Ben Simmons makes the most sense
The next disgruntled NBA star is always right around the corner. ...

Idiot of the Month: Waving goodbye to a stupid summer
It’s another month in human history, and you know what that means: people did idiotic things. Let’s investigate!...

Soulja Boy-Kanye is the celebrity boxing match no one asked for
As the boxing world continues to recover from the latest low blow to the sport of pugilism, another potential celebrity boxing challenge has already been laid on the table....

Olympics hoops just ended, but it’s already time to look towards the men's FIBA World Cup
The 2019 FIBA World Cup featured the infamous Gregg Popovich-led Team USA club that finished in seventh place shortly after losing to France in the quarterfinals, and then Serbia in the 5-8 seeding determination. Team USA eventually beat Poland in the seventh-place game, and this past summer, they a...

Jared Goff thinks the Lions can win the NFC North (and no, we couldn't get through writing this headline without laughing)
Jared Goff must have dreamed of being back in sunny southern California Sunday night and woke up Monday morning thinking he was still in Los Angeles playing for the Rams. Speaking with reporters Monday, the Detroit Lions QB sounds optimistic about the team’s chances this year. This is after the Lion...

What we know about Bishop Sycamore, the fake football team on ESPN
ESPN got catfished by a fake high school in Ohio. That sounds like the plot to an Adam Sandler movie, but it happened in real life. On Sunday, ESPN aired a Canton, Ohio, matchup between IMG Academy, one of the nation’s top high school football programs, and Bishop Sycamore. It was a seemingly normal...

Don’t feel sorry for Cam — he did this to himself
Cam Newton chose not to get vaccinated. Bill Belichick chose to keep a quarterback room that was. Life is all about choices. ...

Remember when Dame and Shaq had beef? Now they’re collaborating on a dang sneaker
It was less than two years ago, in a pre-COVID time, when Damian Lillard and Shaquille O’Neal were exchanging diss records at each other, and the rest of us witnessed it play out over the course of a week. Now, to be fair, the beef was “just for fun,” according to O’Neal at least, but it’s worth rev...

We’ve got tennis beef at the U.S. Open
Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas had a first-round doozy on Monday, that saw Murray take a 1-0 and 2-1 sets lead on the Greek star, but Tsitsipas fought back in the fourth and fifth sets to save his blushes from a first-round exit and move on. It was after that fourth set that things got spicy. ...

Mets giving their fans a thumbs down for booing is trash
It’s a Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the Mets for dissing their fans....

Trent Dilfer loses it on one of his high school players
Former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer is in hot water and trending on social media for all the wrong reasons. The Lipscomb Academy football coach lost his shit berating and putting his hands on one of his high school players on the sideline during a game. The incident was caught on video and has gone ...