The phrase we often hear to describe the world of college athletics in the 2020s is “Wild West.” I’ve used that cliché plenty of times. The transfer portal and name, image, and likeness (NIL) have made college sports more about money than ever before, and in many ways it’s gotten out of hand. […]
When a basketball team’s best player happens to have leadership qualities, victories often follow. From time to time, however, an on-court disappointment leads to that player’s most memorable moment. At a post-game press conference following his team’s 71-68 opening-round NCAA Tournament loss to the Wagner Seahawks on Tuesday — a loss that ended his team’s […]
The Miami Open qualifiers came to a sudden halt on Monday when one of the players suddenly collapsed on the court. French tennis player Arthur Cazaux collapsed Monday as he stood waiting for a serve. He was facing Harold Mayot in the third set of the match when he just fell to the ground, Sky […]
In what is being deemed “dunk of the year,” Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony “Ant-Man” Edwards has become a sensation after scoring an impressive basket for his team at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday night. Edwards slam dunked in the second half of the Timberwolves’ 114-104 win over the Utah […]
It isn’t easy finding good human interest news coming out of the world of professional sports these days. My two favorite professional sports leagues — Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Football League (NFL) — oftentimes seem to be deliberately trying to drive old school fans away. There […]
At a time when headlines from the world of sports have more to do with woke politics than athletic excellence, the sight of a sports star proclaiming the Christian faith feels like its own form of redemption. That was on display in the NFL playoffs, when stars like the San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy […]
New York Jets star cornerback Sauce Gardner reacted to the news that his teammate Aaron Rodgers is on Robert Kennedy Jr.’s running mate shortlist with a hilarious take. Rodgers, a former NFL MVP, was floated as a potential vice president for the political scion’s independent presidential bid on Tuesday. The New York Times reported Kennedy […]
Former UFC champion Mark Coleman was hospitalized Tuesday after rescuing his parents from a house fire Coleman, 59, was put in an induced coma in intensive care, manager Michael DiSabato said late Tuesday, according to NBC. DiSabato said that family members expect Coleman, who suffered from smoke inhalation, to survive. The fire broke out at […]
The mother of a young girl who was critically injured three years ago by the drunken son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is furious after Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson commuted his prison sentence. Britt Reid, former Chiefs assistant coach, was under the influence of alcohol on Feb. 4, 2021, when he […]
Deadspin, the sport-focused “news” site that falsely accused a Native American boy at a Kansas City Chiefs game of wearing blackface, is now officially dead. Okay, not officially, but its entire editorial staff got laid off after a European startup called Lineup Publishing bought it from its original owner, G/O Media. […]
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