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Oh, hell yes. NFL draft madness is now officially underway. The Miami Dolphins this afternoon traded their No. 3 overall pick to the San Francisco 49ers for the No. 12 pick, a compensatory 2021 3rd round pick, and first-round picks in 2022 and 2023. This trade news broke roughly one hour before BYU quarterback Zach…Read more...

Even at 76 years old, Pat Riley still does things the ski-mask way.Read more...

Thierry Henry is leaving social media forever.Read more...

To most NBA fans, the Los Angeles Clippers are dead.Read more...

Oscar Frayer was just in the NCAA Tournament last week, scoring eight points with five assists and three rebounds for 15th-seeded Grand Canyon as the Antelopes made a respectable March Madness debut, but could not keep up with Iowa, losing 86-74 on Saturday.

It’s been a week for performative protests in soccer. Last Sunday, Glasgow Celtic and Rangers followed Wilfried Zaha’s lead and tore the facade of the kneeling before the opening whistle protest. It was just three days after one of Rangers’ players was racially abused by an opponent, and it was clear to them that…Read more...

Anti-Semitism seems to be all the rage lately, as yet another idiot decided to demonstrate sheer and unimaginaginable offensiveness.Read more...

Nikola Vucevic is coming to save Zach LaVine.

Denver just got scary in the West.Read more...

Supermodel Chrissy Teigen is aspirational for a lot of women for a lot of reasons: Her beauty, her self-deprecating sense of humor, her intelligence, her relationship with “Sexiest Man Alive” John Legend, her adorable children, the exotic locales from which she often posts to social media. And yet, when it comes right…Read more...

The Celtics have been arguably the most disappointing team in the NBA this season. And now they are trying to fix their troubles by putting a Band-Aid on a serious wound.Read more...

Do you remember when LeBron James returned to Cleveland?Read more...

Just a question — do you know when MLB Opening Day is? No, seriously, without looking, when is baseball back? Have you heard or seen any advertising? I sure as hell haven’t. Coming out of a year of isolation and quarantine, where we as the sports fans are clamoring for sports back on our screens, you would think…Read more...

Justin Herron was exercising at Kiwanis Park in Tempe, Arizona, late Saturday morning when he heard screams. They were coming from an elderly woman who was being attacked by a 30-year-old man, later identified as Kevin Caballero. According to eyewitnesses, Caballero pushed the 71-year-old retired schoolteacher to the…Read more...

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Yesterday, Megan Rapinoe and Margaret Purce met with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Afterward, both Rapinoe and Purce met with the press. As always, Rapinoe was forthright, cutting, insightful, and funny. None of what comes next is to argue against Rapinoe being anything less than a national treasure.…Read more...

I’ve always liked John-Michael Liles. He was the type of player I had spent decades as a Hawks fan wishing they would have. When my professional life combined with my fandom life, my cohorts and I must’ve dreamed up 50 different proposals to pry him loose from Toronto or Carolina to bolster the Hawks blue line (they…Read more...

There aren’t too many things that startle you while watching a baseball game. Comebacks can take innings to complete, rain delays are in the forecast, home runs carry for a few seconds, and errors happen once or twice a game.Read more...

“There is no level of status, and there is no accomplishment or power, that will protect you from the clutches of inequality. One cannot simply outperform inequality.” – Megan Rapinoe, testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Reforms on March 24, Equal Pay DayRead more...

Everyone knows who she is now.

There are more NBA trade deadline rumors than there are R.A. The Rugged Man syllables on Uncommon Valor.Read more...

I bet the Pittsburgh Steelers would really enjoy a boring, uneventful offseason from their wide receiver room. Unfortunately, that’s not quite in the cards. TMZ released a video of soon-to-be second-year receiver Chase Claypool involved in a fight outside a bar in Costa Mesa, Calif. on March 13.

As expected, the NHL couldn’t wait to toss Tim Peel out on his ass after he got caught on a hot mic basically admitting to make-em-even calls. It’s not really much of a punishment. Peel was due to retire next month anyway, will still get paid, and due to his years and years of clown shoes refereeing, probably wasn’t…Read more...

We’ve said plenty here about Trevor Bauer, mostly about him being a colossal jerk, so “Trevor Bauer is a colossal jerk” isn’t news, especially around these parts.

We’ve said plenty here about Trevor Bauer, mostly about him being a colossal jerk, so “Trevor Bauer is a colossal jerk” isn’t news, especially around these parts.

For the millionth time, you’re delusional if you think you can beat a former NBA player in a game of one on one.

I don’t think for a second that a majority of Washington fans have told the Football Team that keeping “Washington Football Team” is their preferred choice. That’s what the team’s president was trying to sell yesterday as the campaign/process of finding a new name continues. Fans are allowed to submit suggestions or…Read more...

Update (9:40 AM EDT): Just minutes after this story’s publication, the league announced that Tim Peel “no longer will be working NHL games now or in the future.” Womp womp.Read more...

This isn’t a tough case to crack.

Draymond Green is the greatest NBA defensive player ever, according to Draymond Green.Read more...

Lonzo Ball is one of the most sought-after players in the NBA as we reach this season’s trade deadline.Read more...

A week into the NCAA Tournament, and madness is the perfect word to describe what has taken place so far in March. The only logical explanation for how things have gone is based on just how nuts this season has been from the jump — given all the pauses and disruptions that have occurred due to COVID-19, the lack of…Read more...

The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t repeating as NBA champs.Read more...

The Pac-12 is playing like the best conference in basketball so far in this year’s tourney, and I for one could not be happier about it. Maybe it’s just the native Oregonian in me that hates the lack of respect that this conference gets in the sports world due to the problem that the Pac-12 “After Dark” moniker…Read more...

If you’ve checked the news at any point yesterday, you may have read the name “Leon Black.” Black recently (and unexpectedly) quit as CEO of Apollo Global Management two months after an independent investigation into his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein wrapped up. It’s an intriguing story — and one that could have “…Read more...

We often discuss progress, but we’re seeing some in the NBA as it relates to vaccinations.

It is often said that WWE does its best booking when backed into a corner. That is, whether through injuries to performers or sudden waves of popularity or other factors, when the company has to change or invent stories on the fly is when it tends to produce its best work. Daniel Bryan is a perfect example of this…Read more...

LaMelo Ball is the best rookie in the league this year, injured or not.Read more...

We’re kinda sorta trending towards normalcy, and the NFL Draft on April 29 in Cleveland will lean into that, consequences be damned. The NFL announced today in a press release that the draft will be live, in person, with actual live people, including commissioner Roger Goodell, prospects, and fans. Nothing will feel…Read more...

Why can’t we just enjoy the moment anymore?

Even after Colin Kaepernick, Donald Trump, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, national protests, Jacob Blake, and the storming of the Capitol by homegrown American terrorists, a new poll has discovered that America — “the land of the free and home of the brave” — still isn’t fond of athletes taking a stand on racial,…Read more...

If you’re looking for actual madness, consider the case of E.J. Liddell.Read more...

If the NBA is purely for TV ratings these days, and it kind of has to be thanks to very limited or no crowds, then Adam Silver probably poured himself a stiff drink on Sunday night.

Miami Heat star big man Bam Adebayo just made a seven-foot human being fall over himself like a baby learning how to walk.

Florida. Miami. Tennessee. Nevada. Kansas State. Georgia Tech. And now, No. 1 seed Illinois. Those are the programs that the Loyola Ramblers have knocked off since 2017, during the regular season, or in the NCAA Tournament.

The debate over players kneeling right before kickoff in soccer games across Europe started almost before they started doing it last summer. On one side were those who said it was worth the symbolism and regular reminders that the fight is A) everyone’s, and B) ongoing, even if these kinds of things always become…Read more...

He didn’t call bank, but Brendan Steele may have hit the shot of the weekend.

It isn’t much of a story when a preseason favorite starts rising to the top of the standings. Most everyone thought the Colorado Avalanche would be a Cup contender this year, playing 56 preseason games and one warm-up series before a West Division final with the Vegas Golden Knights that will contain enough speed and…Read more...

Tony Bennett’s Virginia Cavaliers might be the most consistently beatable powerhouse in college basketball history.

The NCAA finally got some fitness equipment to its tournament bubble in San Antonio, which doesn’t excuse the organization’s failure to provide it in the first place or explain the difference in COVID testing protocols between women’s basketball and men’s basketball, or any of the other differences in the way that…Read more...