UGA mocks Big 12’s Playoff performance, then loses to Big 12
Georgia Twitter, feeling snubbed, had a good time during Playoff losses by Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Georgia then lost to Texas.Clemson made easy work of Notre Dame in Saturday’s Cotton Bowl, 30-3. The...
View Article130-team S&P+ rankings: Gap between Bama and Clemson is now tiny
With one FBS game left, here’s the S&P+ update following bowl season.Below are the new S&P+ rankings with just one game remaining in the 2018 college football seasonA reminder: S&P+ is...
View Article4 potential hires for UCLA basketball’s head coach opening
Who will replace Steve Alford at UCLA?UCLA has parted ways with head coach Steve Alford. The school announced assistant Murry Bartow would serve as interim head coach for the rest of the season. UCLA...
View ArticleAll 40 bowl winners, ranked by incoming preseason hype
Did your team win a bowl game? Well, there’s a perception bump coming. Bowls shouldn’t have much sway on what we think about a team nine months from now, but who are we kidding? The recency of a...
View ArticleThe NBA playoff picture is still 25 teams deep. That’s how wide open it is
Only five teams have thrown in the towel as we near the halfway point.Within the next week, most teams will hit their official NBA regular-season halfway mark with 41 games played. In terms of the...
View Article5 things that will determine Christian Pulisic’s future at Chelsea
We won’t have any idea if it’s a good move until August. Here’s what’s happening between now and then.United States men’s national team star Christian Pulisic completed a transfer to Premier League...
View ArticleWhat we know about the Antonio Brown vs. Steelers drama
Brown’s issues with the Steelers boiled over before a vital Week 17 matchup.Antonio Brown missed an important Week 17 game against the Bengals— and it may not have been because of an injury. Instead,...
View ArticleBoris Diaw’s new web series where he sails across the Atlantic is a delight
This is the best.Boris Diaw is an international delight, an intercontinental treasure and now he’s a transatlantic legend. The former NBA star spent December at sea, sailing across the Atlantic as part...
View ArticleThe NFL wants college offense so bad, it’s interviewing fired Big 12 coaches
Kliff Kingsbury lost his Texas Tech job less than two months ago. Now NFL teams are considering putting him in charge.College football and the NFL have fused schematically. The styles of play aren’t...
View Article‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund took wrestling seriously, so we could too
The legendary interviewer died at 76 and leaves behind an unmatched impact on professional wrestling. The first impression a child watching Gene Okerlund doing an interview with any wrestler on a...
View ArticleWhy Dana Holgorsen is leaving West Virginia for Houston
Moving from a Power 5 job to the Group of 5 isn’t common, but this one might make more sense than it seems.West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen is leaving the Mountaineers for the same job at...
View ArticleRussell Westbrook and Jordan Brand announce launch of Why Not Zer0.2...
The OKC star debuts his new shoe with the “Future History” colorway.If you’re looking to start off the New Year with some colorful new kicks, Russell Westbrook and Jordan Brand have exactly the shoe...
View ArticleWhat could the Steelers get for trading Antonio Brown?
Pittsburgh isn’t trading Brown ... yet.There’s a very simple response to the question “which NFL teams should trade for Antonio Brown?” The answer is “all of them.”Brown, a five-time All-Pro, is the...
View ArticleThe top NFL head coach candidates to know this year
Here are the guys who will lead the Packers, Browns, and many more into new eras.The 2018 NFL season featured a pair of midseason firings when Mike McCarthy and Hue Jackson each saw disappointing...
View ArticleSam Ehlinger’s bold statement after the Sugar Bowl is now a T-shirt
“We’re baaaaaaaaack!” Texas fans have a lot to be excited about.Not only did the Longhorns cap off their season with a 28-21 upset win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, but Texas also clinched its first...
View ArticleIs Gordon Hayward finally back? His 35-point game against Minnesota says yes
Hayward scored 35 points with ridiculous efficiency against the Timberwolves on Wednesday. It looks like this star is shining again.Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 35 points against Minnesota on...
View ArticlePaul George was booed in Los Angeles because he didn’t sign with the Lakers
They should be booing elsewhere if they’re upset George re-signed in OKC.Paul George played against the Lakers at Staples Center for the first time since he signed his four-year extension with Oklahoma...
View ArticleFor a month, Texas had a play called ‘GO F*** YOURSELF B****’
There’s a chance this was a reference to Zach Smith’s bonkers rant against Tom Herman, too.Here’s an undoctored photo of Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger from the Sugar Bowl win over Georgia:Photo by...
View ArticleHow Virginia’s Kyle Guy weathered heartbreak and learned to live with anxiety
How Virginia’s Kyle Guy learned to live with anxiety in the wake of the greatest college basketball upset of all time.Last February, while preparing for the biggest day of his life, Kyle Guy thought he...
View ArticleHow the Kawhi Leonard-Spurs relationship fell apart: a complete timeline
Disagreements over how to handle a mysterious quad injury revealed divides beneath the surface and torpedoed what was once a terrific relationship.In the spring of 2017, Kawhi Leonard was the MVP...
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