Should anyone actually want to be the Jets’ GM?
New York’s looking for a new GM — but is the opening an opportunity or a crisis?Less than a month after allowing him to make the Jets’ selections at the 2019 NFL Draft, general manager Mike Maccagnan...
View ArticleBaker Mayfield’s beef with Kliff Kingsbury could be even better in the NFL
Mayfield played under Kingsbury at Texas Tech in 2013, and it didn’t exactly end well. The Arizona Cardinals hired former Texas Tech head coach (and briefly, USC offensive coordinator) Kliff Kingsbury...
View ArticleEdwin Jackson is baseball’s ultimate vagabond
The Blue Jays are the record 14th MLB team for the veteran RHPEdwin Jackson pitched five innings for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon, a perfectly respectable but also rather ordinary...
View ArticleThe Stanley Cup playoffs tracker
The 2019 NHL playoffs have provided lively and exciting matchups, seeding be damned. All four division winners were bounced in the first round, but despite the early upsets the first two rounds have...
View ArticleThe Bucks have something more powerful than a Superteam
‘Total team concept’ is much more than a cliche for the Milwaukee Bucks.MILWAUKEE -- Throughout the 2019 NBA Playoffs, Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer has been asked if he would follow his other...
View ArticleAnthony Davis will never find a better teammate than Zion Williamson
Davis still wants to leave New Orleans despite the arrival of Williamson, but he really shouldn’t.Anthony Davis held the NBA news cycle hostage for weeks when he requested a trade from the Pelicans at...
View ArticleHow the Detroit Pistons went from the doorstep of a dynasty to over 10 years...
My how the mighty have fallenThe Detroit Pistons constructed arguably the most ferocious defense in NBA history in the mid-2000s, They beat the Shaq/Kobe/Malone/Payton Lakers to win it all in ’04 and...
View ArticleWhy Liz Cambage’s trade to the Aces is incredible for the WNBA
Cambage makes the league’s newest market in Las Vegas must-see TV (sorry, Wings fans).Four months after she requested out from the Dallas Wings, Liz Cambage was traded to the Las Vegas Aces. The deal...
View ArticleJohn Daly has his golf cart and cigarettes, but he still looks miserable at...
With his golf cart, smokes, and McDonald’s, John Daly has become a sideshow at Bethpage.Golf is a slow game played in quick bursts but there were two rare moments of drawn-out drama as John Daly played...
View ArticleC.J. McCollum made Jennifer proud
He tried and succeeded, Jennifer.The 2019 NBA playoffs have been C.J. McCollum’s time to shine, and that pattern followed through in the Portland Trail Blazers’ 100-96 win over the Denver Nuggets in...
View ArticleWithout Kevin Durant, the Warriors are partying like it’s 2016
With their star injured, the Warriors’ old guard is turning back the clock and altering the future of the league.The Warriors’ old regime is proving to be its same self three games into the playoffs...
View Article1 under-the-radar move to love from each NFL team this offseason
These low-risk moves could pay off big in 2019.The 2019 NFL offseason had no shortage of big moves. Odell Beckham Jr. became a Brown. Earl Thomas left behind the Seahawks’ once-fearsome defense for the...
View ArticleBetting lines and trends roundup for 2019 Preakness Stakes
Improbable and War Of Will are the top betting favorites at the sportsbooks on the 2019 Preakness Stakes odds for the race at Pimlico on Saturday.For the first time since 1996, the horse that won the...
View ArticleNFL, please pass this new OT rule and save us from the Patriots
The Chiefs came up with a proposal that would benefit the entire league and hopefully bring an end to the Patriots’ reign of terror.This week at the NFL’s annual league meeting, the fate of America was...
View ArticleCouldn’t Be Me: Help, my brother is Steph Curry
This week’s advice column is about sibling rivalries, and how to cope with being the lesser child.Welcome to Couldn’t Be Me, a weekly advice column where I solicit your personal dilemmas and help out...
View ArticleWhich NFL team is truly the most dysfunctional?
The Jets fired their GM weeks after the draft. The Raiders’ organizational chart is just a bowl of Skittles.Poorly run franchises are a proud NFL tradition. A combination of messy management and bad...
View ArticleIt sure seems like no one in New York cares about this PGA Championship
In the first competitive round since Tiger’s Masters win, few showed up to watch. Everyone saw this coming. Why didn’t the PGA of America?Making prognostications about how a given golf tournament isn’t...
View ArticleShould the NFL permanently bans domestic violence abusers? A former player...
This week, retired NFL lineman Geoff Schwartz tackles serious off-the-field topics and makes his predictions for which teams could surprise in 2019.The mailbag is back! It went on a brief hiatus while...
View ArticleAnthony Davis to the Suns? It makes more sense than you think
Why Phoenix should be a dark horse in the AD sweepstakes.With apologies to the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Sacramento Kings, no organization is more dysfunctional, incompetent, and...
View ArticleThe NFL had a tiny signing spree in mid-May. Which moves will matter?
A flurry of action gave some veterans new homes — who will have an impact for a winning team?Michael Floyd! Shane Ray! Geno Smith!The second full week of May ended with a flurry of activity as teams...
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