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TNF: The Seahawks are in the playoff hunt, who woulda thunk it?

Week 15 kicks off with an NFC West rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks. It’s been a while since a Niners-Seahawks game this late in the season had playoff ramifications for both teams....

France or Argentina? Who wins the FIFA World Cup? | Agree to Disagree

Iranian soccer player facing possible execution after demonstrating for women’s rights

In surreal sporting news, Iranian soccer player Amir Nasr-Azadani is apparently facing possible execution for taking part in a protest for basic women’s rights in Isfahan, Iran. The government deemed the Sept. 16 protest an armed riot as three security agents were killed in the fracas....

Told ya: Chris Beard will likely coach again — this time at Ole Miss [Updated]

Updated March 8: Chris Beard is emerging as the front-runner for the men’s basketball head coaching job at Ole Miss, according to ESPN, citing sources. Beard was fired from his position at the University of Texas following a Dec. 12, 2022 arrest....

NBA answers G.O.A.T. debate by picking MJ over LeBron for MVP trophy’s namesake

LeBron James’ fans must simply concede. The charade is over. That flimsy argument is washed. James isn’t the G.O.A.T. And who said so? Who settled this long-running barbershop debate? Well, the NBA, itself....

The disastrous Russell Wilson still has more MVP bets than Patrick Mahomes... what?!

Russell Wilson has been arguably the biggest disappointment of the 2022 NFL season, and that’s saying a lot considering the Los Angeles Rams are fresh off a Super Bowl and currently hold a top-five draft pick. Wilson was brought to the Mile High City in exchange for a king’s ransom, but he was worth...

If Joel Embiid thinks Philly fans want him traded, he’s on the wrong Reddit threads

I don’t know who incepted Joel Embiid, but someone got him to question Philly fans’ faith in him. The All-NBA center has been strangely disconnected this season. The team is lifeless, and you wouldn’t suspect that Embiid leads the league in scoring if he didn’t pop up on the ticker with a 40- or 50-...

The NWSL wants transparency, as long as no one’s looking at that moment

You would think that there wouldn’t be much of anywhere to hide for the NWSL after not only the Yates Report came out in the fall but the NWSL’s and NWSLPA’s joint report followed it yesterday, both detailing the rampant mistreatment, abuse, and ass-covering that followed that various coaches, front...

World Cup 2022 Diary: Day 25 - Morocco's historic run comes to an end

What if you just Morocco’d Morocco?...

Mike Leach, renaissance man [Updated]

Former Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach will be posthumously inducted into the school’s Hall of Honor, along with his former QB Kliff Kingsbury. Leach won 84 games during his tenure, which lasted from 2000-09....

Could the Knicks already unload Cam Reddish after recently acquiring him?

As the trade market heats up as the NBA’s Dec. 15 moratorium nears, allowing players who signed new contracts this league year to be traded, the Knicks are expected to be active on the trade market. During this cycle, they’re on the other side of the Cam Reddish sweepstakes. Before the 2022 trade de...

Sportswriter Jerry Sullivan delivers awful, misogynistic take on podcast

Playing gotcha with misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, and any other form of discrimination can do a disservice to the actual harm that it causes....

Which NBA title contender will Jae Crowder join?

Championship NBA teams have always revolved around star players, but the glue guys/role players make it possible for franchises to become title contenders. There are stars all over the Association, but only those with the best supporting casts can make deep runs into the postseason year after year. ...

Trading Kyler Murray isn’t the worst option for Arizona

In the 24 games since the Arizona Cardinals started 7-0 in 2021, the team is 8-16. They were embarrassed by the Rams in the playoffs, Deandre Hopkins had to sit out six games due to a positive PED test, Kyler Murray and Kliff Kingsbury either think their dysfunctional relationship is normal or are a...

From drug suspension to blunt ambassador, Ricky Williams is rolling his own path

RICKY WILLIAMS was sitting on a couch in a smoke-filled room, blazing a joint to celebrate his cannabis lifestyle brand “Highsman” during one of the biggest sports weekends of the year. ...

DeVante Parker would like some answers

A player signaling for medical help for an injured teammate is nothing new. Lawrence Taylor called for it after he saw what did to an opponent’s leg. ...

It was a great day for the best to ever do it

If part of the reason you watch sports is to see things that will live forever, then Tuesday was a day for you....

An 1800s outfielder is baseball’s most searched athlete… in Delaware

I spend a lot of time on Baseball-Reference. Apart from it being my job to do research and correctly relay player statistics to you, the readers, I enjoy looking back at old names from the late-90s and 2000s to see if they were as good as I remember them in my head. Casey Blake? Better than I rememb...

The San Francisco move has been Golden for the Warriors

This Golden State Warriors in San Francisco thing will never sit right with me. ...

Hey Adam Silver, glossy new trophies won’t fix the NBA’s regular season

They say millennials are obsessed with trophies, but our elders have been expanding the ones propping up that industry. Commissioner Adam Silver’s quest to revitalize the regular season’s infrastructure has been his pet project for almost his entire eight-year stint. One day after Kawhi Leonard expr...