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Backstage at the weigh-ins before his Dec. 20 fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., a man confronted Daniel Jacobs near the entrance of the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. The headphones around this man’s neck couldn’t hide his tattoos. The wide ear-to-ear grin revealed his mood as he walked into the resort…Read more...

When it comes to college basketball, the month of March has always been associated with madness.

Maybe the NFL will learn a valuable lesson now that one of its own has myocarditis.

Last night, history was made — the first all African American officiating crew took the field for an NFL game. This moment deserves to be recognized, but it is also infuriating that in the year 2020, barriers still need to be broken. I hate that we have to celebrate this moment.

As a non-Dodgers fan, and in fact someone who used to openly loathe everything about them, their dominance over the rest of baseball is fatiguing at best, life-draining at worst. Though some will point to just one World Series title, make no mistake that by any logical measure they’ve been baseball’s yardstick for at…Read more...

I don’t know about you, but I think I just saw the greatest sports trophy ... ever?

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Tom Brady is a sore loser.

It’s Trash Talking Tuesday, and today I’m trashing the G.O.A.T. — Michael Jordan.Read more...

They tell me the Buccaneers have seven wins. The ESPN scorebox during Monday’s night game against the Rams said so. The standings pages say so. The NFL definitely wants you to believe it. But no, it’s a conspiracy. It’s the wool pulled over your eyes to blind you to the truth. That’s all it can be. We’ve certainly had…Read more...

I’m of the firm belief that when you give a rookie quarterback the starting job, you don’t call take-backsies four weeks later. What Brian Flores did to Tua Tagovailoa in yesterday’s game was atrocious, and was a terrible display of a lack of confidence in the young signal caller.

Josephine Steuer Ingall had no idea what to expect when she ran onto the Yale football field a year ago today. As kickers were warming up for the second half, the Yale student activist and freshman wondered if the protest she had helped plan for weeks would actually succeed.

“Retiring” in wrestling is a fungible concept. None of it’s real, obviously, so the idea that anyone can always come back for one more match is an easily grasped tool. They’re making it all up as they go, so everything is in play. It’s even more nebulous when it comes to The Undertaker, who isn’t really supposed to be…Read more...

This week in self-congratulatory garbage: A delegation of NBA players traveled to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis. The topic? “Social justice,” a phrase so vastly overused and misapplied that it has come to mean nothing. To further illustrate just how defanged the term has become, these conscious…Read more...

Sports have looked a little different this year, and that’s not entirely a bad thing. Across the board, sports have had to adapt to this pandemic-induced state of “normal” that we find ourselves in. Some leagues left their sport alone, while others took the opportunity to throw some spice into the recipe and see what…Read more...

Last week, Deadspin wondered whether or not Fulton county would offer stadium voting for the runoff election. A week later, we have an answer.

There is something about seeing AC Milan in first in Serie A that stirs long dead emotions. At least to those of us of a certain age (namely, those who still listen to GNR). The Rossoneri atop the table harkens back to the last days of Italy being home to the world’s best league, where all the legends went to truly…Read more...

Let’s be honest with ourselves. People don’t turn into boxing matches or mixed martial arts bouts to see defense or technique. We want to see somebody get knocked out.

It’s Monday. Sorry about that. But hey, it’s not all bad. We have more football to look forward to tonight, with a lot of fantasy assets on the field between Tompa Bay and the Los Angeles Rams. Yesterday was straight up kooky, like most Sundays are. Like, for instance, this:Read more...

This is not to guarantee that every single one of these esteemed gentlemen will be awesome, nor are these the only signings who fit the ‘under-the-radar’ bill. Rather, these are several guys who should thrive in their respective new homes. When looking back a year from now, 1) Hopefully, we will have had a completed…Read more...

It’s time once again to highlight the teams stinking up the joint every single week.

This week, as the CDC advises against Thanksgiving travel in a week when the coronavirus rate has soared to a peak of 200,000 cases and 2,000 deaths a day, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is mad as hell.

Welp, Week 11 is nearly in the books as another sunday of NFL action came to an end.Read more...

Are y’all finally done sleeping on Indy?

It might be time for Eagles fans to get out their brown paper bags. Watching this team has become more insufferable than sitting through an HR presentation.Read more...

In some ways you can’t begrudge Jim Nantz for asking for the bag. He probably looks to his right most Sundays, sees the Jerry Lewis soundboard that is Tony Romo, and figures A) Just by having to sit next to that overrated, handsome gas bag for four hours a week is worth $17 million a year. And B) If someone who has…Read more...

When it was announced last Friday that Taysom Hill was getting the start over Jameis Winston in New Orleans — due to Drew Brees’ rib injuries — it raised a lot of eyebrows.

UPDATE (5:50 PM Eastern) - Burrow’s injury is an ACL tear, according to Ian Rapoport:Read more...

Titans defensive back Malcolm Butler looked like he was about to take Ravens coach John Harbaugh one-on-one before kickoff today.

Every story about the Premier League, and really European soccer as a whole, has to start off with just how weird the circumstances are. The shortened preseason, the glut of matches in a reduced window of time, the injuries, the positive tests, no crowds, all of it has combined for some truly goofy outcomes. Hell,…Read more...

You wouldn’t think that anyone would want to join Brad Marchand on the list of athletes who commit in-game sexual assault, but nothing is out of reach by the world these days. Preston North End’s Darnell Fisher has seen Marchand’s mere foreplay of licking people and raised to this direct action on Sheffield…Read more...

Over/Under: 49Read more...

The Knicks didn’t get Fred VanVleet, who stayed with the Raptors for four years and $85 million.

I regret to inform you that the Jacksonville Jaguars did not make the cut for this week’s Sunday Scaries. Of course they’re not winning games, but they’re covering. So they seem… reliable?

Northwestern is the 19th-ranked team in the country and on the way up after taking control of the Big Ten West with a 17-7 win over No. 10 Wisconsin on Saturday. The Wildcats’ remaining games are at Michigan State and Minnesota, and home against Illinois — three teams that have combined to win as many games this…Read more...

Justin Fields threw clunkers Saturday in the worst game of his short career, but that didn’t matter in the end against a game Indiana side. Ohio State still pulled out a 42-35 win.

Illinois hasn’t had a lot to smile about, football-wise, this season. Or most seasons, really.Read more...

Rodrigo Schlegel is a defender for Orlando City SC … and now the most legendary goalie in franchise history.Read more...

In a page straight out of the 2020 storybook, Clemson and Florida State “mutually” agreed to postpone their Saturday conference matchup hours before kickoff, after both teams’ medical staffs could not agree to move forward with the game. The teams had been scheduled to play at noon.Read more...

Lukas Hradecky is a Slovak-born goalie who plays internationally for Finland and professionally in Germany with Bayer Leverkusen. Isn’t it odd, then, that his problem on Saturday was putting too much English on the ball?

Doug Polk stuck to his guns, stuck to his game plan and pulled off a $200,000 win over Daniel Negreanu to take the lead in the poker giants’ heads-up grudge match.Read more...

NBA free agency opened on Friday, and with the usual whirlwind of signings in the first few hours after the 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time start of activity, it’s not easy to say what team really did the best.

What’s dumber and more reckless than playing a college football season during a pandemic that’s spiraling out of control?

Alabama men’s basketball team has now joined the list of college programs thrown on probation for bribery or corruption scandals.Read more...

Lou Holtz has compared playing college football through coronavirus to the invasion of Normandy:Read more...

DISCLAIMER: We’ve seen time and again in the NBA that if teams zero in on someone, they’ll find creative ways to make the transaction work, whether it’s a sign-and-trade, a straight-up signing, or sudden cap-clearing moves. So, yes, we may throw some numbers around estimating who might get what based on reports…Read more...

If we’re being honest, this is some bullshit.Read more...

Penn State just can’t help itself. This football program is clearly out of control, but head coach James Franklin is trying his best to disguise it.Read more...

This Sunday, WWE will pester its fans with the last of the “Big Four” pay-per-views, Survivor Series. There was a time when it had earned its place alongside the Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania and SummerSlam. It’s had its share of big moments throughout its existence, from its debut continuing the Hogan-Andre rivalry, to…Read more...

The NHL’s return to action this summer came after negotiations not only to solidify health and safety protocols, but on a new collective bargaining agreement. Having endured a canceled season in 2004-05, and lockout-shortened campaigns in 1995 and 2013, everyone in the sport knew that it was important to avoid another…Read more...