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Sunday Scaries: After going 4-0 last week, here are my Week 3 bets you should avoid
These Sundays are not scaring me yet....

Happy 20th to Vince Carter cordially asking Frédéric Weis to please step aside so he could dunk
Frédéric Weis basketball career was eviscerated on this day exactly 20 years ago by none other than Vinsanity. ...

Tyrod Taylor is the latest victim of the Chargers' team doctors
What happened to Tyrod Taylor is gross negligence at its peak....

Gale Sayers, the brightest of lights
Five seasons. Sixty-eight games. That’s all it took for Gale Sayers to prove to everyone he was one of the greatest running backs in football history (at the time only Jim Brown would have been argued to be in the same stratosphere). Just five, and those five seasons still hold up today to put Sayer...

Which undefeated NFL teams are gigantic frauds? Let’s investigate
It’s never too early to overreact to NFL win totals....

When Jason Whitlock opens his gaping maw, the abyss stares back at you
Much like Skip Bayless, the person he used to sit next to before that became yet another gig in the litany he’s fucked up and lost, Jason Whitlock’s purpose in media and in life is merely to billow pollution. It doesn’t really matter what it’s about or how marooned it is from logical or defendable, ...

Brett Favre Ignores NFL Mask Rules While on TV Assignment for NFL
Brett Favre’s surprise visit to Tampa Bay on Sunday sparked controversy around the football world....

The Political Football of Political Football
After initially deciding to sit this season out due to a deadly virus, last week the Big Ten reversed course....
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Everyone Is Getting Hurt (Including Saquon Barkley, With Torn ACL) [Updated Some More]
Update (4:00 PM Eastern) - CBS has confirmed Saquon Barkley’s injury as an ACL tear. The team says he will be further evaluated tomorrow in New York, but this is very, very bad for the Giants....

The Celtics Just Needed a Good Scream
Sometimes, it’s good to just scream your problems away?...

Sunday Scaries: The NFL Week 2 Bets You Should Avoid
Gambling is a risk. And with risk comes reward… or bankruptcy. ...

Workhorse Verlander (aka Mr. Upton) to Undergo Tommy John Surgery; Astros Career May Be Over
Reigning Cy Young winner and future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander will need Tommy John surgery, ending his 2020 season and most likely his 2021 season as well....

Lightning Break Tradition and Touch Prince of Wales Trophy
The Lightning won the Prince of Wales trophy as Eastern Conference champions, and dared to touch it — they kept the superstition five years ago, and lost the Stanley Cup Final to Chicago — after beating the Islanders, 2-1, on Anthony Cirelli’s overtime goal that bounced off the post, then Semyon Var...

All Maya Moore Did was Walk Away From Her WNBA Career to Free an Innocent Man From Prison (Then Marry Him!)
Maya Moore helped free an innocent man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 22 years – and got a husband in the process....

Biden/Harris Free-Tuition Plan Could Offer Athletes an Escape From NCAA Stranglehold
What happens when free tuition and free labor collide?...

It Isn’t LeBron’s Job to Help L.A. Police Find a Criminal
It seems wild that a department benefiting from nearly $3 billion in funding is asking civilians for financial help to do its job. ...

Players Breathe Toxic Air as West Coast Burns: What the Hell Is Wrong With Baseball? UPDATE: M's Postponed
Update: Amid western wildfires and hazardous air quality, the MLB and NFL continued to play on Monday night, but on Tuesday, sanity was restore....

What You Need to Know Ahead of 120th U.S. Open
The 2020 U.S. Open will be played for the sixth time at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York this week. The tournament offers a different kind of New York Fall Classic, if you will, and one that everyone will be forced to watch from home, as spectators are still not allowed on site. I will ...

