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MetLife Stadium may no longer have the worst playing surface in the NFL
For all of the talk about the new look New York Jets and Saquon Barkleyâs contract dispute with the New York Giants, one major change in East Rutherford N.J. has been undercovered â the new turf at MetLife stadium....
The Ravens offense will only be as good as its backup plan
The Baltimore Ravens co-opted college tactics as much as any team in the NFL over the past five years â it just wasnât the trendy playbook. The staff built a run-oriented scheme around Lamar Jackson, taking QB-run tactics from college, and tweaking them for the pros. It worked for a while, and earne...
If the shootings at UVA couldnât change gun laws, nothing will
America has its favorites â football, guns, and racism. Charlottesville, Virginia, has all three....
College football on Labor Day has always been a sick joke
Labor Day Weekend serving as the official kickoff for college football is still the biggest oxymoron in sports. For decades, college football was the most abhorrent, openly accepted form of free labor. Unlike their basketball counterparts, NFL-caliber athletes are forced to push themselves through t...
NIL and the reckoning of college athletics
When you give someone an inch to placate their desire for a mile, donât be surprised when they still ask for a mile. For college football players and other student-athletes, name, image, and likeness deals were not the final step in fixing the flawed system that is college athletics, but rather a fi...
Like him or not, Jim Harbaugh is doing the right thing
Sherrone Moore is weeks away from getting his shot â which is all an assistant coach can ask for....
Jerry Reinsdorf emerged from his crypt long enough to fire White Sox GM, VP
Not to turn this morning wake-up companion into Chicago White Sox Daily, but itâs a slow time of year. Weâll get through this together, I promise. ...
If Michigan's Jim Harbaugh gambit works, it will be a horrible look for the NCAA
Michigan football wonât have Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines for its first three games of the season, and itâs only trio of nonconference contests of the year before a possible bowl game. Yawn. Like itâll matter. Itâs part of the schoolâs self-imposed penalty for Harbaughâs alleged recruiting violatio...
The Ravensâ NFL record for preseason wins is more than simply a trivia fact
A dynasty like the NFL has never seen before will be taking the field on Monday night. When the Baltimore Ravens go up against the Washington Commanders, they will be looking to add to a record that will likely never be topped â mostly because no team will ever make the effort....
Deuce Vaughn is proving that size doesn't matter in the NFL
Deuce Vaughn has Mike McCarthy drawing up a brand new offensive playbook...
Fantasy Football Rankings 2023 - PPR Running Back (RB)
This slideshow is based on 2022 NFL season data from Sportradar. Rankings were compiled by an AI engine that were then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff....
Fantasy Football Rankings 2023 - PPR Quarterback (QB)
This slideshow is based on 2022 NFL season data from Sportradar. Rankings were compiled by an AI engine that were then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff....
Does it matter that 3 of the AP top 5 teams havenât named a starting QB?
APâs college football top 25 poll debuted Monday, and there arenât too many surprises. Texas (11) is overrated as usual, but everything else appears to be above board. The typical formula for misguided hype includes some combination of a new coach, unproven quarterback, prestigious program, schedule...
The Sixers donât have time for another prolonged James Harden trade saga
The staring contest is underway between James Harden and Daryl Morey as the Philadelphia 76ers announced they have ended talks to trade the former MVP. Unhappy with his role and contract offer, Harden requested a trade earlier this offseason, but his desired destination, the LA Clippers, couldnât co...
USWNTâs treatment is the latest example of right-wing hatred for ânasty womenâ
Indigenous Americans were almost eradicated. Black people were enslaved. Asians are mistreated. Millions still want to âbuild a wall.â People of color have been oppressed for centuries, and each group has its own plight. But misogyny has stood the test of time. The overturning of Roe v. Wade, the re...
Conference realignment, NIL deals, and the end of loyalty in college sports
The recently prophesied collapse of college athletics is being attributed to the transfer portal, and name, image, and likeness deals. The chaos caused by player movement and an unregulated free market has caught the eye of politicians, quick to offer assistance with a handout for universities that ...
No one does the absurd quite like the Red Sox
The challenge of baseball, and the beauty of it, is the length and density of it. Itâs pretty much every day for six months, and every team and every player has to do whatever is necessary to even remember what day it is at this time of year and beyond. Over 162 games in 180 days or so, anybody can ...
You have to marvel at the wretchedness of the Chicago White Sox
There are certainly a host of disappointing teams in MLB this year. More so than usual it feels like, with the Mets, Padres, and Cardinals face down in a muck they never considered being in back in the spring. You can throw the Mariners on there if youâre feeling truly dispirited and want to take it...
Notorious cheater Lance Armstrong has some thoughts on fairness in sports
Lance Armstong, a cisgender man and notorious cheater with, as far as I can tell, no training in anything related to endocrinology, biology, or gender-affirming care, has some thoughts on the fairness of transgender women competing in womenâs sports. On a related note, irony died today....