Sports
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Life Without Dak Is Death In Disguise
After ridding themselves of Jason Garrett, hiring Mike McCarthy and gifting Dak Prescott with a shiny new toy in world-beater CeeDee Lamb, expectations were high in Cowboys country. But after Dak went down with a gruesome ankle injury in Week 5, reality is settling in and the Cowboys’ new normal is brimming with anything but…
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The Iowa Hawkeyes Have a $20 Million Dollar Problem and an Allegedly Racist Coach Is at the Center of It
Iowa Hawkeyes football coach Kirk Ferentz isn’t the most popular guy at the moment. And if your nosey ass is wondering why, it might have something to do with the fact that the dude is a whole ass racist—allegedly. The Washington Post has the scoop: Eight Black former football players at the University of Iowa…
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Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers Set to Lock Horns In the World Series (Sorry Cheating-Ass Astros)
Baseball isn’t my ministry, but you’re reading this because it’s yours. With the League Championship Series sown up, the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers are set to face off in the World Series after each team dominated the regular season. And with names like Mookie Betts, Randy Arozarena and Clayton Kershaw set to…
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The Patriots Are Trash, a Tua Sighting and Other Takeaways from Week 6 of the NFL
Boyyyyyyyyyy was there some ugly football this weekend. Shall we start there? Yes. Let’s. After dominating the NFL for decades, Bill Bellicheat must be rethinking this whole “I wanna be an NFL coach” thing because on Sunday, with Tom Brady waving in the rearview mirror, the Patriots put up one of their worst performances since…
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With General Manager Daryl Morey Following Mike D'Antoni Out the Door, What's Next for the Houston Rockets?
After years of stability, the Houston Rockets are in flux. In September, former coach Mike D’Antoni didn’t even wait for the team flight to land to announce his departure from the Rockets. And now nearly a month later, general manager Daryl Morey has decided to follow suit after his tumultuous 13-year tenure with the team.…
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As the Coronavirus Continues to Play Musical Chairs With the NFL, the Colts Practice Facility Closes While the Falcons Re-Open
Despite President COVID-45’s insistence that the coronavirus is “disappearing,” this pandemic is still very much alive—as evidenced by the fact that 21 states have just set record weekly averages for new cases this week. That being said, participating in a full-contact sport is probably one of the last things anyone should be doing right now. But…
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Ty Lue Is the Man for the Job, but He's Got a Lot of Work to Do to Fix the Clippers
After one of the biggest implosions in NBA history, in which the Los Angeles Temecula Clippers (the franchise has since relocated to Temecula after the team was ran out of town by rioters bearing torches and pitchforks) somehow blew a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference Semifinals with one of the most loaded rosters…
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Melvin Gordon Facing 3-Game Suspension After Getting Charged With DUI
The Denver Broncos are cursed. Between devastating injuries to star players like Von Miller, Courtland Sutton, Phillip Lindsay and damn near everyone else worth a shit on their team, lingering uncertainty at the quarterback position and their schedule turning into a cruel game of Jenga due to the coronavirus wreaking havoc on the entire league,…
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Jared Dudley Details Life Inside the NBA Bubble, Admits the Lakers Laughed at the Clippers Just Like the Rest of Us
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jared Dudley will never make an All-Star game in his life, but if we’re picking an All-Star squad of the best personalities in the entire league, he’s absolutely a lottery pick. On the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, Dudley did what Dudley does: tap into his lengthy experience as…
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The New York Jets File for Divorce From Le'Veon Bell Citing Irreconcilable Differences
There is nothing simple—or easy—about divorce. There are ugly custody battles, alimony payments to figure out and a host of other shit to sort through when it’s time to divide the pie. But sometimes, love does not conquer all. So the Jets lit a cigarette, threw on some Mary J. Blige, and after a good…