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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...
Marcus Semien is an MVP candidate again, and you probably didn’t notice again
Discussing the MVP race in the AL is the definition of wasting time these days. It’s going to be Shohei Ohtani’s award in a unanimous, what’re-you-new-around-here kind of vote. He’s simply done things for a full season never seen before, and when you do that, you win the MVP. ...
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. ...
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 ...
What to make of Cowboys’ 0-4 preseason
The 2021 preseason has ended, and the Dallas Cowboys did not win a single game. Going 0-4 in games that don’t count isn’t the worst thing in the world. Hell, it might actually be a good sign. In 2014 and 2018, the Cowboys lost all of their preseason games and managed to make the postseason both time...
The Colts keep running into Wentz issues
The Carson Wentz story in Indianapolis just keeps getting more complicated as the season inches closer....
So is Ronaldo to United actually going to work?
You’d think if you were going to take on the burden of bringing back a twice-accused rapist to your club, the hierarchy would have to be pretty sure that it would make a huge difference on the field. But you’re not the Glazer family, who are so desperate to get Manchester United fans to stop burning...
Please enjoy these visuals of sports broadcasting’s diversity problem
It’s nearly fall, which means it’s time for outlets that carry football games to dazzle us with their broadcast teams and assignments!...
Who are the NBA's tough guys?
When we think of tough athletes, the mind immediately goes to football or hockey players. The NBA has had its share of tough guys down through the years, as well. Many of them would likely have been just as effective on the gridiron as they were on the hardwood....
The Dolphins’ interest in Deshaun Watson contradicts last season’s stance against inequality
The Miami Dolphins are fake allies....
Is Patrick Wisdom a name you need to know?
You’ll have to excuse Cubs fans for having sports Stockholm Syndrome. They’ve been undercut, undersold, and sold out by ownership for really the past three or four seasons, and the final blow came on trade deadline day when any remnants of the 2016 World Series champs was burned to ash and micturate...
Bill needs to go with Cam as the starter for Week 1
Bill Belichick needs to make Cam Newton the starting quarterback to begin the season....
Hey Carlos, wherever you go, the boos will follow
Carlos Correa, the Houston Astros shortstop who won a championship with the team in 2017 with the help of some extracurriculars, has announced that he will be leaving the team after this season....
Do you know where you are? It’s called Flushing for a reason
This is what the Mets have always been....
J.K. Dobbins’ ACL tear will hurt the Ravens, but team’s expectations still the same
Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins is now out for the season after suffering an ACL tear in the team’s final preseason game....
Nets reportedly eyeing Cavs’ Kevin Love, Isaiah Hartenstein
As the NBA offseason rolls on and we get closer to training camps and the preseason, some teams still aren’t finished filling out their rosters for the upcoming 2021-22 campaign....
WTF is Howie Roseman doing in Philly?
In the “WTF” moment of the weekend, the Philadelphia Eagles traded a conditional sixth-round draft pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars for quarterback Gardner Minshew. Yes, you read that correctly. The Eagles now have three quarterbacks on the roster, including starter Jalen Hurts and former Super Bowl...