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It's mini-March Madness, only in November

Gather round. It’s Feast Week: When college basketball and holiday branding collide in a breathtaking fireworks show of national championship contenders facing off in gyms barely fit for a church league game....

by Staff Report|

|Wed Nov 22 2023

Miles Bridges takes the joy out of watching the Hornets

I don’t have a favorite NBA team. There is no fingernail biting or throwing of remote controls in my home when viewing the league. What I do have is players whom I most enjoy watching. Two of them used to be LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges. I used to always look forward to the Charlotte Hornets’ 4 p.m...

by Stephen Knox|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

The NBA's In-Season Tournament is broken. Here's how it can be fixed

Nobody expected the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament to have it all figured out right away. However, there are some drastic changes that need to be made. Friday night marks the final portion of the NBA In-Season Tournament’s Group Stage. After this week, the tournament whittles down to eight tea...

by DJ Dunson|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

The Steelers finally fire Matt Canada, officially have no excuses left

Let it never be said again that the Rooney family, owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers, are loyal to a fault. It’s easy to see how many fans of the Black & Yellow, and national observers of the franchise, developed that opinion in recent years. ...

by Keith Reed|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

The NHL is pawing at international competition again

While admitting I’m completely clueless as to the detailed logistics of constructing an international hockey tournament, the overall idea of it isn’t complicated. While the actual hockey is probably better before the NHL season when players are fresh and teams have a chance to practice and shape the...

by Sam Fels|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

It’s all Taylor Swift’s fault

First off, I need to tell everyone that my bosses definitely aren’t holding a taser to my neck to make sure we mention Taylor Swift the requisite number of times per day (c’mon, you know who we work for. The taser to my neck is our Christmas bonus). I write this of my own volition. ...

by Sam Fels|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

Howie Roseman sure knows how to assemble a stacked roster

Obviously, the Kansas City Chiefs could have played better. Maybe the offense misses the big plays that JuJu Smith-Schuster made to help lift them past the Philadelphia Eagles in last season’s Super Bowl. The referees could have also been better at their jobs....

by Stephen Knox|

|Tue Nov 21 2023

The Steelers have a mini-mutiny on their hands

Najee Harris has every right to be frustrated. The Pittsburgh Steelers offense has been putting Band-Aids over its leaks all season just trying to get to the next day. It is a strategy that has largely worked. They have scored 25 or more points only once this season, yet still remain in the thick of...

by Stephen Knox|

|Mon Nov 20 2023

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are turning Monday Night Football into a <i>Meet the Parents </i>sequel

For multiple reasons, tonight’s Monday Night Football game on ESPN might be one of the most watched in NFL history. For diehard NFL fans, it’s last year’s Super Bowl rematch between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. On top of that, we have the parents of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift s...

by Criss Partee|

|Mon Nov 20 2023

Joe Namath looks really bad in this youth football camp sex abuse suit

A man who first sued Joe Namath in 2019 under the name “John Doe” spoke to the New York Post Sunday evening, telling the outlet he was routinely sexually abused at Namath’s youth football camp back in 1972, when he was just 12. ...

by Julie DiCaro|

|Mon Nov 20 2023