Very Little Response from League Members on Racism As online racism has surged since the 2020 Euro, English Soccer has teamed up with local police forces, PFA, and Kick It Out to help spot and report acts of racism in soccer. However, after all 92 English league clubs were […]
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A Fifth Engine for Lewis Hamilton?
Mercedes Rolls the dice Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has not ruled out a fifth engine for Lewis Hamilton, the reigning F1 champion with only six races left in the season, starting with the United States Grand Prix next weekend (October 22-24). Hamilton took a 10-grid penalty last week […]
Part 4: Unruly Sports Fans, an International Epidemic
Just like clockwork, fans across the world are wildin’ out in the stands while their teams battle on the fields, courts, and pitches. Unbeknownst to the fans, their fisticuffs help exactly zero percent of the time. Ok, let’s head to the ballfield for America’s pastime. No, not baseball, beating the […]
Bottas wins Turkish Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas starts in pole position, then fought his way back from 4th after his one pit stop, to take the Turkish Grand Prix on a rain-soaked track from Istanbul. Bottas is leaving for Alfa Romeo after a few contentious moments this season with his Mercedes team, notably being told […]
Lewis Hamilton with 10-place grid penalty in Turkey
With two months left in the season and Hamilton facing his first serious threat in years to be unseated as the F1 season champ (leads Verstappen by 2 points), Mercedes decided to fit his car with its 4th ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) of the season, one more than F1 regulations […]
Wales will walk if Czech is racist
Wales is set to square off with the Czech Republic on Friday for a World Cup Qualifier, in a country where several racist incidents have occurred in the past year. The Rangers, from Glasgow, played the Czech’s home club Sparta Prague in a Europa League fixture last week where 10,000 […]
Privacy is dead: The Urban Meyer Case
If you don’t know by now, Urban Meyer is trending on Twitter for a lap dance (allegedly, lol) from a much younger lady than his wife, who tweeted that she was home babysitting. Let’s look at the replay here folks… https://twitter.com/ChiefSVP/status/1444494012942012418 Ok, a few things to cover here. First, […]
Vice President of everything
According to Wikepedia (2021), “Ronnie Brunswijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔni ˈbrʏnsʋɛik]; born 7 March 1961) is a Surinamese politician, businessman, footballer, former rebel leader, and the current Vice President of Suriname” (para. 1). Formal rebel leader? Ok, this guy is interesting. What is not interesting is inserting yourself, your old, overweight […]
Part 3: Unruly Sports Fans, an International Epidemic
For this week’s edition, let’s head to the Muni Lot in Cleveland…. https://youtu.be/DoXLsQPtcG0 Yes, the dude with a doobie is one of the more responsible people in that video. Even concertgoers are getting into it… https://twitter.com/xsunsetari/status/1439713460779053059 We missed this last week… https://twitter.com/vinnyfotimtv/status/1437873767259119618 We missed this one too… https://twitter.com/B1ackSchefter/status/1437520734579052544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1437520734579052544%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthesportsgrail.com%2Fwatch-washington-football-team-fan-clobbers-his-counterpart-as-fight-breaks-out-in-the-stands-during-loss-to-los-angeles-chargers%2F […]
The curious case of the big drum
Many may think this is much to do about nothing, but Purdue will be without their 10 feet tall, 565 pound drum, marking the first time since 1979 the Boilers marching band will be without the drum. Chalk this up to Notre Dame being a bit goofy here. They won’t […]
Jockey shocks horse; gets 10 year ban
Stewards at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park have recommended permanent revocation of jockey Tomas Mejia after it was discovered the jockey raced with an electrical device that shocked the horse into running faster. Currently, the jockey has received a 10-year ban and a $5,000 fine, however, further punishment could come after […]
Soccer with no headers allowed?
According to Cognitive fx (2019), “Approximately 5% of soccer players sustain a brain injury every year” (para. 6). As CTE becomes an ever-increasing concern amongst medical professionals, every sport is now under the microscope. While soccer trails men’s and women’s hockey, American football, and men’s rugby on the list of […]
NHL claims 98% of players will be vaccinated by start of season
Current projections from league sources say only about 10-15 skaters will be unvaccinated, from among the roughly 700 total players. The season starts October 12th, and while there is no league-wide mandate, players face the threat of not being able to cross the US-Canada border without the vaccine. Unvaccinated players […]
Week 3: Big Ten Bets
What we got right last week: Minnesota Moneyline -1400 Penn State Moneyline -1800 Nebraska Moneyline -550 Rutgers Moneyline -135 Iowa +155 Nebraska v Buffalo Under 54.5 (-110) Michigan -240 Rutgers -135 Penn State -22.5 (-110) What we got wrong last week: Ohio State v Oregon OVER 64.5 (-110) *Narrow […]
Top 10 NFL Week 2 Power Rankings & Week 3 Predictions
Week 1 of the NFL Regular Season has already passed by and Week 2 of the NFL Regular Season should provide the same level of excitement. As I do every week of the regular season, I talk about the Top 10 teams in the NFL and the games for the […]
PGA Player of the Year: Patrick Cantlay
In what many could have predicted, after he edged out Rahm by a single shot at the Tour Championship, claiming a $15m bonus just a week after cementing his place in the US Ryder Cup team with his win at the BMW Championship, Patrick Cantlay has been named the PGA […]
Clay Helton whacked at USC; Navy staff a hot mess. College Football carousel starts early
Whoo boy, buckle up folks. As if there wasn’t enough on-field drama to satisfy the most rabid college football fans, some schools are already ending coaching tenures. If you thought for a minute this is school sports and not really a business, look no further than USC. Sure, it was […]
College Football Takeaways – Week 2
I say this every year, nobody listens. Preseason rankings are completely pointless. Week 1 produced five Top-25 upsets and three other close calls, Week 2 produced three Top-25 upsets with two of those playing as heavy favorites. Look, we know why the rankings occur before anyone plays a game, to […]
Ricciardo takes Italian Grand Prix; Verstappen & Hamilton crash for double DNF
The top 2 drivers with the top 2 cars, Verstappen and Hamilton with Red Bull and Mercedes, eliminated each other on Lap 26, opening the door for the smiling Australian to win the Italian Grand Prix on the famous Monza track. Ricciardo made news at the start where he jumped […]
Ronaldo not welcomed by all Manchester United fans
While the legendary footballer was scoring goals like this for his old squad… https://twitter.com/12ozSports/status/1436716665706717193 A group of protestors outside the stadium flew this above the pitch… https://twitter.com/we_level_up/status/1436698249969143813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1436698249969143813%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2F11095%2F12405811%2Fcristiano-ronaldo-believe-kathryn-mayorga-banner-flown-over-man-utd-stadium-to-protest-sexual-assault-allegations Kathryn Mayorga accused Ronaldo of rape in 2009 in a Las Vegas hotel room, and the case was reopened in 2018 […]
