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This week in the locker March 09, 2024
We realize the enormity of saying “the most CONCACAF game ever,” as this particular region of the soccer world is literally where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing is the way it seems. Just about anything can happen when the North and Central American Federation is in charge, and boy did it...
What do the A's & Sydney Opera House have in common?; No winners in Russell Wilson's war; USWNT's CONCACAF madness
Leave it to the A’s and John Fisher to be three months late on the renderings for a ballpark that still feels like it has a better chance of being built in Narnia than it does in Vegas, and then to have it leak out a day after they meant it to: - Sam Fels Read More...
The best March Madness performances by players on mid-majors
Every year in the March Madness tournament, some school you have never heard of from the middle of nowhere qualifies. They almost are never expected to win, but sometimes, they have one ringer who can carry them very far. Here are some of the best players from mid-major colleges that have dazzled th...
Are these Clippers Kenough?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees. Next up are the L.A. Clippers and the 2024 season possibly being the culmination of their decade of prosperity....
USWNT win the most CONCACAF game ever
We realize the enormity of saying “the most CONCACAF game ever,” as this particular region of the soccer world is literally where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing is the way it seems. Just about anything can happen when the North and Central American Federation is in charge, and boy did it...
Chelsea's Sam Kerr said what to a cop?
If you’ve been following the story that Chelsea and Matildas star Sam Kerr has been charged with the alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer in London, and scouring the internet to figure out what she may have said, we finally have an answer. ...
AEW's Sting sendoff was perfect in so many ways
Darby Allin crashed some 20 feet through a plate of glass onto the floor, spent a good five to 10 minutes having ringside medical staff picking shards out of his back, leaving Sting to perform his last-ever comeback and win, and it might have only been the third or fourth best match on the card for ...
NCAA swears fealty to NIL collectives, pauses investigations
The NCAA pretty much had its last real vestige of power stripped after the ruling in the Tennessee case last week, and on Friday, announced that it’s pausing all investigations into booster-backed collectives or other third parties making NIL deals. Despite the chaos and malfeasance that will contin...
MLB uniform controversy; Scott Boras finally succeeds; Trouble brewing for USWNT?
While see-through pants have been the talk of spring training so far, that might not matter as much to fans (at least non-evangelical ones, Woe to Cardinals Nation), as fans don’t tend to want to buy the pants the players are wearing. Maybe you’ve got use for baseball pants in your everyday life, an...
Move over, Aaron Rodgers — the NFL may have a new resident conspiracy theorist
The NFL Scouting Combine is a place for rumors, wind sprints, and stage-setting before the two-month blitz of the NFL offseason. It also produces some of the most bizarre quotes you’ll get at any point in the NFL calendar. ...
Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade let the No. 3 keep them from teaming up in Miami
When an opportunity comes along in life, sometimes you just throw caution to the wind and go for it. That’s what Chris Paul should have done when he was approached about becoming part of the Heatles in Miami, alongside LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. It never came to pass, though, and all because Paul...
Is trouble brewing for the USWNT?
It’s been mostly quiet on the Western front for the USWNT since last summer’s World Cup full-body dry heave. A couple of friendlies to send off legends, a couple more to close out the year with no stakes, and an easy start to the Women’s Gold Cup last week with resounding wins over the Dominican Rep...
The NCAA is litigating itself out of the future of college athletics
The NCAA took another L in court this week, racking up appearances and losses in litigation like it was trying to nab the Republican nomination for president. A federal judge in Tennessee ruled that the NCAA can’t enforce key NIL rules that prohibit universities from using name, image and likeness m...
A Ric Flair biopic better show the bad with the good
Ric Flair will be the subject of a new biopic developed by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new studio. According to a report from TheWrap, Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia will produce the film alongside Fighting with My Family producer Kevin Misher. ...
Eagles' downfall being blamed on head of security's suspension
One NFL reporter chalked up the Philadelphia Eagles’ end-of-season collapse to the loss of a big sideline presence. ...
RIP the 12-team College Football Playoff
Hours after it was announced that the College Football Playoff would adopt a 5+7 format, the conference commissioners leaked that 14- and 16-team formats have been discussed. Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner and captain of a drowning vessel, said “At the end of the day, it’s about the right model.” Th...
Here are the possible landing spots for Bears QB Justin Fields
Justin Fields’ days as a Chicago Bear might be coming to an end. With rumors circulating about if the team will draft a new QB — undoubtedly former Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams — with that No. 1 pick, keep Fields, or trade him, here are six teams who have either emerged as front runners for ...
Vince McMahon allegations hurt Randy Orton's 'f—king heart'
WWE wrestler Randy Orton is reportedly “torn” on Vince McMahon and has “no idea what to think” after the WWE founder was sued for sexual assault and sex trafficking. ...
NCAA President Charlie Baker said the quiet part out loud about transferring
There’s a difference between how things are supposed to work, and how they actually work. And very rarely do the ones in charge publicly address the things that are silently understood, but never spoken about. It’s why what Charlie Baker said this week was so out of the norm....