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An 82-game season can be a long run for most franchises. Sometimes, nights just don't go your way. Just ask the Portland Trail Blazers, who combined an awful shooting night and a loaded Oklahoma City Thunder opponent to make for a historic blowout. In honor of the Thunder's absolute drubbing of the Blazers, here are...Read more...

It'd be interesting to see how many Alabama fans knew the name Kalen DeBoer before this season. Hell, I'd love to see the numbers a month and a half ago. It took all of two days for the Crimson Tide to find a replacement for Nick Saban, which feels fast, but with players diving into the transfer pool, expediency was...Read more...

It's hard to be an afterthought for an NHL team in Canada, and yet it kind of feels like the Winnipeg Jets are one. They're not grouped with either of the other blocks. They aren't near Toronto or Montreal in the Atlantic Division, and even the Ottawa Senators get more shine from being caught between the two. They're...Read more...

Mere days after I wrote about the penchant of accused athletes to find a friendly face in the sportswriting community to help them rehab their image among the mouth-breathers in the fandom, Trevor Bauer offered himself up as Exhibit A, launching his own redemption tour in a nakedly desperate attempt to get back in...Read more...

Kim Mulkey has consistently shown us where she stands on social matters. She leans to The Right, which is her right. But when 83 percent of your team are women of color, it's on you to answer for how your employer's decisions will affect them. - Carron J. Phillips Read MoreRead more...

After 18 weeks of grueling NFL action, we've made it to Wild-Card Weekend and the first round of the postseason. We often hear the term must-win" during the regular season, but once a team makes it this deep into January, every game is truly a must-win scenario. Like any other week, there's always a chance that the...Read more...

The NFL season zips by, which might be one of the hundreds of reasons it remains our national religion. There isn't really time to get bored with it and everything that happens in it feels truly important. Which means any team that can string a few good weeks together has turned some mythical corner that we wouldn't...Read more...

Josh Giddey is still playing for the Thunder while being investigated for statutory rape. The Charlotte Hornets were comfortable" bringing back Miles Bridges, after his domestic violence suspension. (He pleaded no contest to felony DV charges.)Read more...

People are going to watch the Super Bowl no matter what, but not all Super Bowl matchups are created equal. With a total of 49 possible Super Bowl matchups remaining, only so many are going to be truly watchable. Considering seeding, history, narratives, and outright entertainment, this is a deep dive into all the...Read more...

Michael Jordan is still taking it personally.Read more...

In case you were wondering what Carmelo Anthony is up to these days, he's officially retired - and shockingly in the content business. I know. My guess would've been timepieces and Bordeaux, but Melo is an entrepreneur now, so he has various pens in various inks, and hopefully, he's diversified enough to continue...Read more...

Now that the regular season is done, many NFL rookies made headlines for their skills and ability to transition well into the professional game. Pre-draft, there was lots of speculation about who would be a bust and who would excel greatly. Here is our list of booms and busts amongst NFL rookies for the 2023 season.Read more...

The NFL has outgrown being just a professional football league. It has become America's favorite TV show. But unlike most sitcoms, dramas or reality shows, Roger Goodell knows that ratings will remain consistent no matter which network/streaming app his production is broadcast on. This league has guaranteed viewers.Read more...

Updated Jan. 12: According to a report by the New York Post, ESPN's former senior vice president of production Lee Fitting's dismissal was directly tied to the fake-name Emmy scheme.Read more...

In the comedy classic Tommy Boy, Chris Farley's titular character informs David Spade's Richard that he graduated college - after nearly a decade of schooling.Read more...

Jerod Mayo, long favored to be Bill Belichick's replacement, was named the head coach of the New England Patriots. The move comes just a day after the organization parted ways with Belichick, who spent 24 years at the helm and won six Super Bowls.Read more...

It says something about the state of the New York Yankees these days, this self-imposed state, that instead of shopping at the top of the market for someone, anyone, to join Gerrit Cole that isn't made of dead bugs (Carlos Rodon) or terrible (pretty much everyone else, and Rodon) they'll turn to a pitcher who actively...Read more...

From the beginning, Bill Belichick flaunted the egalitarian team culture he sought to establish in New England. Before they took the field for Super Bowl XXXVI, the St. Louis Rams' Show on Turf offensive starters followed tradition by exiting the dimly lit tunnel one-by-one-by-one into the spotlight to the smattering...Read more...

Sometimes certain pairings in life become so successful that they are forever tied at the hip in the minds of the masses. In sports, we see it all the time, no matter how the relationship ends. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick will always be tied to one another just like Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson, and the list goes...Read more...

Bless the Atlanta Falcons' heart: They are shooting their shot. There are reports from national and local Atlanta insiders that the Dirty Birds want Bill Belichick to be their next head coach. On Wednesday, ESPN's Dan Graziano and Jeremy Fowler reported that the Falcons have a strong interest in Belichick, if he were...Read more...

The NFL is a small-sample league. Before you can even blink, 18 games have flown by and we're left trying to make sense of everything that happened. It means that luck can play a massive part in whether a team succeeds or fails, with a few bounces of the ball defining the entire story for an entire season.Read more...

According to Christopher Wallace's definition, beef is when you need two gats to go to sleep; when your moms ain't safe up in the streets; when I see you, guaranteed to be an ICU; when you make your enemies, start your Jeep; and when you roll no less than 30 deep. While I don't know how many of this Wild-Card...Read more...

Ah, yes, we've gotten to that point in the European football season where most everyone asks themselves, Why are these teams in Saudi Arabia?" before quickly correcting themselves.Read more...

After 18 weeks of grueling NFL action, we've made it to Wild-Card Weekend and the first round of the postseason. We often hear the term must-win" during the regular season, but once a team makes it this deep into January, every game is truly a must-win scenario. Like any other week, there's always a chance that the...Read more...

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There's one storyline the NFL hasn't highlighted heading into the postseason, and that's probably for legal reasons. At least, I can't imagine the league's attorneys would advise them to showcase its entire roster of Black head coaches making the playoffs, considering Brian Flores' lawsuit is still pending.Read more...

Yes, we get it. Bill Belichick is arguably the greatest coach in NFL history. He's also one of the sport's biggest jerks.Read more...

Kim Mulkey has consistently shown us where she stands on social matters. She leans to The Right, which is her right. But when 83 percent of your team are women of color, it's on you to answer for how your employer's decisions will affect them.Read more...

The NFL playoffs are officially set. All the ups and downs, laughs and years, improbable comebacks and unprecedented collapses, none of those mean anything now. All that's left is a four-week sprint to immortality.Read more...

It's one thing when a sport either ignores or is oblivious to whatever is surrounding a certain player or individual. It's quite another when they know and just don't care. Such is the case with this week's announcement that the ATP Tour players had chosen Alexander Zverev to their players' council.Read more...

I did not get the memo that Festivus had been moved from Dec. 23 to the entire month of January. Grievances have been aired and an expansion for that holiday is the only explanation I have for why so many celebrities are beginning the year by verbally going upside the heads of those whom they dislike.Read more...

Bill Belichick is no longer the head coach of the New England Patriots, a position he's held for nearly a quarter century, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter and Mike Reiss.Read more...

Retirement for coaches like Nick Saban are always shocking, especially when Alabama hadn't really lost a step. Maybe a half-step, but certainly nowhere near Bobby Bowden or Joe Paterno levels, and that's going to lead to a ton of speculation about why he's doing this now, as reports say the coach is calling it a careerRead more...

Golden State is probably permanently entrenched as a middle of the pack team. There's no renovating crumbling support beams around their Big 3 pillars because they are the source of deterioration. All they can do now is continue their reign as the most well-adjusted teammates ever cobbled together in a modern NBA...Read more...

Not many football coaches are able to dominate both college and the NFL. Jimmy Johnson was able to do so, but also ran so hot that it burned his relationship with Jerry Jones and he eventually burned out of coaching entirely after a few seasons with the Miami Dolphins. Pete Carroll has spent much of the last 20 years...Read more...

Be careful what you ax for, ESPN. The network's decision - because it certainly wasn't Pat McAfee's - to terminate Aaron Rodgers' scheduled diatribes now gives viewers little to no reason to tune into the $86 million program. Seriously, who is pining for McAfee's armpits, censored frat humor and AJ Hawk's vacant stare?Read more...

Pete Carroll will no longer be the Seattle Seahawks head coach, and instead serve in an advisory role with the franchise, owner Jody Allen announced Wednesday.Read more...

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Netflix is teaming up with the NBA to do a basketball version of the NFL Quarterback Show series. Since Hollywood and sports are about copycatting what's worked in the past, it's no surprise the streaming service is immediately following up with a hoop's version. Cameras will follow around five of the NBA's brightest:...Read more...

To make it clear right at the top, here are all the things Matt Eberflus was allowed to do to keep his job: Completely waste training camp, except getting pretty much half the team hurt. Mr Track Shoes" didn't have his team ready to start the season, starting 0-4 and looking bewildered while doing it. Having two...Read more...

As maize-and-blue confetti streamed from the NRG Stadium rafters, it felt like the Big Ten's harvest was finally ripening. The national title game was decided when Michigan outmuscled Alabama a week earlier, but Monday night's national title was merely the coup de grace in a process that began five months ago after...Read more...

While the New York Giants didn't intend to undergo drastic changes this offseason, they are now. On the same day that head coach Brian Daboll said he expected both offensive and defensive coordinators to return, the latter reportedly went scorched earth on his boss before storming out. With Wink Martindale gone, and...Read more...

Aaron Rodgers, who spouted his usual garbage on The Pat McAfee Show yesterday, will no longer be appearing in his weekly paid spot on the ESPN program.Read more...

The National Hockey League Player Association is launching a mental health initiative called First Line, which will educate players about depression, anxiety, substance use, and self-harm.Read more...

Updated Jan. 10: Bedard will miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair his fractured jaw, according to Chicago Blackhawks physician Dr. Michael Terry.Read more...

Instead of just being angry that his team's AFC Wild Card game against the Miami Dolphins will only be available on streaming, Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Charles Omenihu decided to take action.Read more...

What If I told you that we're almost at the halfway point of the NBA season and two teams with two of the best young players in the league don't have 10 wins between them? And what if I told you that tonight's matchup between Cade Cunningham's Detroit Pistons and Victor Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs should be a game...Read more...

B.S. for me, but not for thee.Read more...

Updated Jan. 10: Free agent MLB pitcher Julio Urias will not face a felony charge for allegedly assaulting his wife at an MLS game in September, TMZ Sports is reporting.Read more...

Last night was a seismic - and historically unprecedented - night for the men's college basketball rankings.Read more...