The NFL media reveres having stars in places like Green Bay, Buffalo, and Kansas City.
The NBA media thinks everyone should play in Los Angeles, New York, or Miami.
Tony Dungy this week was a case study in how Twitter judges words more harshly than actions. Dungy, who has helped countless people in his life, was judged more severely for a dumb tweet than he would have been if he like got a DUI.
Vince McMahon’s interview with Pat McAfee tomorrow will be Vince’s first live interview in at least 15 years. George W. Bush was president the last time he did a live interview.
Something that has been hard for me to figure out is people who are vigorously opposed to requiring an ID to vote are the same people vigorously in favor of requiring one to eat at a restaurant now.
Whether or not Hitler actually said what DeSean Jackson attributed him as saying, is it possible that he and Stephen Jackson are somehow unaware of who Hitler was, what he did, and what it means to invoke his thoughts about Jews?
Hearing a wild rumor that has serious legs. Rob Gronkowski is strongly considering returning to the NFL to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with his old teammate Tom Brady. Has been training in Florida in addition to Wrestlemania. Please credit Leroy woof woof
Scott Hanson says on Zoom call with media reporters that NFL Red Zone will show live win probability for games this season based on historical data. Also, MPH for ball carriers.
The single biggest variable no one ever talks about in the Packers' playoff loss to the 49ers was AJ Dillon getting hurt. Don't think there's any way Green Bay winds up losing that game if he was trudging for 6 yards late on the frozen tundra.
Giannis and Ja Morant got hurt on charges where guys were just trying to step in front of them instead of play actual defense within like a half hour of each other in real time.
New story at NY Post: Sixers beat writer Jackson Frank, hired by PhillyVoice last month, is out of the job after ripping the team's statement on the attacks on Israel
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@WorldWideWob
I have an NBA rule change proposal after watching Westbrook not shoot there: shots from beyond half court with under 1.5 seconds left in any quarter only count for fg% on official stats if they go in. Long heaves going in = electricity.
Regions in Illinois are officially declaring they won’t enforce Governor Pritzker’s stay at home order anymore. I can’t recall ever seeing anything like this.
A lot of the powerful Northwestern sports media ppl have gone radio silent. It’s kind of crazy.
My reckless speculation is that Fitz cultivated great relationships with them, and they think he’s getting railroaded, but they don’t want to be in crosshairs. Thus silence.
The update isn't a huge overhaul of the existing guidance, but it does represent an increasing focus on individuals making their own decisions about their level of risk and how they want to mitigate that risk, said Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer for the
@ASTHO
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There’s never been a wider gulf between the real world and the very online. There’s so much doom and gloom on social media but outside in the Midwest it feels like America is booming and everyone is walking on clouds.
We really are living in a fascinating case of 2 Americas:
1-A majority of football and baseball stadiums are filled to the brim with people who don’t care whether the fans next to them are vaccinated
2-Kyrie allowed to practice with his team but not play home games.
Here's Dana White calling Ariel Helwani – a Jewish man – a "douche" for having an opinion on Carano's repeated, and very public anti-semitism.
Defending MMA (& pro wrestling for that matter) has always been an uphill battle but these last few years have been incredibly trying.
Curt Schilling being kept out of the Hall of Fame might even be more absurd than Bonds and Clemens, because he’s being kept out for reasons that have zero to do with baseball.
Monday TV numbers:
Get Up - 358K
First Take - 533K
NFL Live - 429K
High Noon - 469K
HQ - 471K
ATH - 553K
PTI - 863K
First Things First - 92K
Undisputed - 188K
Herd - 124K
Bill Simmons started this with a benign impression of McAfee on pod a couple weeks ago, and McAfee returned with a flamethrower.
I don’t think I’d want to get in a land war with Simmons.
The thing about canceling college football and other fall sports is I’m not so sure about the hypothesis that athletes will social distance, wear masks etc. and be safer than they would in an environment where at least they’re being regularly tested.
My WWE "it's a work" sense is at an all time high with Dean Ambrose. Who gets a hero's exit like this when they're ostensibly leaving for a competitor? Nobody. They've drawn it out for so long too.
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@walterkirn
, one of the best writers alive, tries to get to the bottom of why new products ranging the gamut from pens to washing machines to cars don't work as well or as long -- if they even work at all -- as they used to
It seems like every day the Browns provide a new reason that justifies Tennessee fans commandeering the coaching search and blocking the Haslams from landing Greg Schiano. They are an unsophisticated football family.
By the way Wisconsin is incontrovertibly RB U right now.
-Jonathan Taylor
-Melvin Gordon
-James White
-Corey Clement
-Dare Ogunbowale
Plus Braelon Allen looks like he will be an absolute stud.
I dispute the idea that ESPN made this decision because they don't think viewers can handle it, as opposed to the reality that their talent and producers are in China right now and Disney makes ungodly amounts of money on movies there.
ESPN execs basically deciding to make their segments more boring because they don't think viewers want/can handle news that isn't like theories about the Lakers chances in the finals based on a single pre-season basketball game
So Vegas F1:
- pissed off the locals
- overshot its wad on prices which are “plummeting”
-airs at 10pm in Vegas when it’s cold and midnight ET when most of the country is asleep
-Max Verstappen, who wins every race, making it boring, says the spectacle is corny
Things are great!
Counterpoint: Any other team in the NFL could've had Favre and Rodgers. They traded for Favre when the Falcons thought he'd party himself out of the league. Rodgers dropped to no. 24. Packers deserve credit for identifying and cultivating their talents.
@sportsrapport
GB has had a ridiculous amount of luck with their last two QB's being HOF players, back to back, and playing for long periods in one city.
It's probably 90+% likelihood that Love will end up being just another avg. NFL QB. Green Bay may settle into a typical NFL QB pattern...
Jemele Hill is making it clear that she is going to say what she truly believes about Trump and if that is an issue for ESPN she is okay with not working there
If
@realDonaldTrump
comes from behind & beats reclusive
@JoeBiden
, 14-year old
#BarronTrump
is going to be the heartthrob for the next generation. I hear the still growing, already very tall kid loves basketball. Maybe he &
#LeBron
's son
#Bronny
can play some pickup & make peace.
Some personal news:
Jordie Glasspiegel arrived five days early, co-opting her oldest sister’s birthday and requiring Dad to drive to hospital during second quarter of Packers-Cowboys.
She is going to have a force of personality ❤️❤️❤️
@sportsrapport
@ScottRochelle_
They hold his rights forever. It’s not like football or baseball where he only has to sit out one year. Would be very, very hard for a player to pull this off in the NBA.
For the record, Deadspin could have doxxed
@PFTCommenter
at any time dating at least as far back as 2015 Blogs With Balls. Their piece also didn't mention that one of their own writers was quoted in the Washington Post story.
People on the same side in this Reddit/Robinhood situation: AOC, Donald Trump Jr., Dave Portnoy, Mark Cuban, and the Winklevoss Twins.
How many things on the planet have this group of people been in unanimity on?