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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 ...

Are You Ready for No Hank Williams? Your Monday Night Football Preview
There are two games left in Week 1 of the NFL....

NFL's Cluelessness on BLM Exposes Fake Team Unity & Not Caring a Lick for Players' Communities
If the NFL owners and front office thought that adding Lift Every Voice and Sing to the pre-game program would mollify more players than it put off fans, they were likely wrong on both counts....

LeBron, Athletes Wielding Peashooters in Gunfight — Need Help to Fix Rigged Game
It’s hard to win a game when the rules were made for you to lose. ...

Rays Rock Red Sox with Historic Lineup
Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash is pushing all the right buttons this season, as his team is atop the AL East despite having the third-lowest payroll in baseball....

Mike Tirico and Roger Goodell Are Starting the Season With a Useless Conversation About Race
Here comes the bullsh*t....

Renee Montgomery Opted Out to Focus on Activism. Two Months Later, She Has No Regrets
If you were to tell Renee Montgomery in January that this year she would start racial justice initiatives, join a voting rights group, co-host a TMZ show, appear in countless media outlets, all while not playing basketball, she would call you a “troll.” At least, that’s what she called me when I ask...

