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Since 2013, 45 percent of Heisman finalists have been QBs of color. That’s progress

You know progress is taking place when things that used to be groundbreaking become the norm. Thankfully, it’s been a long time since Andre Ware was the only one....

by Carron J. Phillips|

|Wed Dec 06 2023

CC Sabathia, ex-MLBers to play in revived Negro League East-West All-Star Game

The National Baseball Hall of Fame is set to revive the Negro League’s East-West All-Star game with a legends exhibition in Cooperstown, New York next May. ...

by Mackenzie Meaney|

|Tue Dec 05 2023

How to hate-watch the rest of the NBA's In-Season Tournament, Part 2

Human nature drives us to dump on new concepts and the IST has inspired a whole host of reasons for the NBA Cup to receive hate. There’s a lot not to like including the scoring differentials playing a role in who advances, sneakers sliding around on the NBA’s personalized ice rinks, the 30-team fiel...

by DJ Dunson|

|Tue Dec 05 2023

Erling Haaland, Marcus Rashford have rough go of it in wild Premier League weekend

Saturday may have been a routine day in the world’s biggest league, but there must’ve been some sort of gaseous cloud that descended over Ol’ Blighty on Sunday. Other than the one that normally settled over England on Sunday mornings that smells of ale, vomit and some sort of meat (no one’s quite su...

by Sam Fels|

|Tue Dec 05 2023

College football coaches’ least favorite time of the year is upon us — transfer time!

It’s back! The transfer portal is here to pilfer players and give head coaches everywhere migraines. Quarterbacks are looking for upgrades or second and third chances. DJ Uiagalelei and Cam Ward furthered Oregon State and Washington State’s misery as neither QB opted to explore the unknown of life w...

by Sean Beckwith|

|Sat Dec 02 2023

Don’t let the In-Season tourney distract you from Orlando and Minnesota

The story of this early NBA season in the In-Season Tournament for no other reason than the league wants to cram it down our throats. However, this is not another diatribe about that mockery of a cup. That’s been done, so allow me to present to you the real stories at the quarter-ish mark of the sea...

by Sean Beckwith|

|Thu Nov 30 2023

Sorry, Congress, Adam Silver and the NBA aren't going to stop doing business with China

When the U.S. is at war with China in 20 years, on the list of microaggressions that incited the conflict will surely be NBA-China relations. The Association’s dealings in the People’s Republic of China are so well-documented and lucrative that they created in-roads for its players, who may not real...

by Sean Beckwith|

|Wed Nov 29 2023

The new Barry Sanders documentary has brought out the love. And some hate

Barry Sanders is one of the greatest players to ever step onto a football field, so when he abruptly retired following the 1998, season it left everyone stunned. One individual who calls Sanders the GOAT RB is Grammy award-winning rapper Eminem. Growing up around Detroit during the Sanders era of do...

by Criss Partee|

|Tue Nov 28 2023

Sick, Sad World of Sports: The grim side of athletics

Hello, and welcome back to the Sick, Sad World of Sports, a reminder that sports figures are human, and as such, are no more or less prone to fallibility than the rest of us. Everyone makes mistakes, but often fans overlook a misdemeanor or even a felony, because sports are supposed to be an escape....

by Sean Beckwith|

|Tue Nov 28 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