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Tom Brady says Tuck Rule play “might have been a fumble” in TikTok response...
Twenty years after it happened, the Jan. 19, 2022 AFC divisional playoff “Tuck Rule” game between the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots is still inspiring a lot of discussion. ESPN came out...
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CFL’s Edmonton Elks announce “Stand With Ukraine Night,” with all proceeds...
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has led to lots of impacts on the sports world. The latest interesting response is an initiative the Canadian Football League‘s Edmonton Elks announced Thursday. The...
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Luton Town’s Harry Cornick scored one of the easiest goals ever thanks to...
It’s remarkable when an important professional sports event, in this case a match from England’s Championship that determined a playoff spot for the Luton Town Hatters in a bid to advance to the...
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Pirates call on emergency catcher Josh VanMeter, who hadn’t played that...
One of the interesting things in sports is what happens with specialized positions when both the starter and the backup go down. That’s what leads to things like emergency backup goalies in the NHL and...
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Woj reports Nikola Jokic selected as NBA MVP, a sharp contrast to those who...
The NBA MVP race has seemingly been a close one between Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers and Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Several people reported last week that they’d heard that Embiid...
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Former Michigan State basketball star Adreian Payne passes away at 31,...
The college basketball world has lost a notable figure, as former Michigan State Spartans forward Adreian Payne has passed away. Payne, who last played for Lithuania’s Juventus Utena from December to...
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Josh Naylor made MLB history for Guardians with unprecedented late-game heroics
It’s always fascinating when something happens for the first time in MLB history. That history dates back to the 1876 founding of the National League (with the history of some clubs, particularly the...
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FIFA and EA end partnership, meaning the video game will change to “EA Sports...
Electronic Arts’ wildly-popular FIFA franchise of soccer games (which had over 325 million copies sold through 2021, making it the highest-selling video game series of all time as per the Guinness Book...
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Lyon reportedly dropped Marcelo over “continuous farting and laughing in the...
Flatulence occasionally comes up in sports, and in other news, but it’s unusual to see farts cited as a reason for a player’s dismissal. That’s apparently what happened with Brazilian defender...
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The Reds would need an incredible amount of scoreless innings just to not be...
This Cincinnati Reds’ season feels like the old comedy approach: “This team is so bad.” “How bad are they?” Well, there are a lot of ways to answer that question, from the Reds’ overall 7-24 record...
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Ben Simmons liked Skip Bayless’ Twitter criticism of James Harden and...
There’s been a fair bit of discussion of some curious Twitter likes from sports figures over the years, and the latest comes from Brooklyn Nets‘ forward Ben Simmons. Simmons himself has been under fire...
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Video: Sean Payton quoted Chumbawamba’s “Tubthumping” at Loyola University...
In 1997, British band Chumbawamba released “Tubthumping,” a song that topped charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and New Zealand, hit #2 in the UK, and hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the...
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The Oilers said “Ouch, Wayne” about Wayne Gretzky’s pre-playoffs prediction...
One challenge for former players turned national analysts is balancing their new role of leaguewide analysis with their past playing for particular teams. The latest interesting thing there is NHL on...
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Lil Wayne tweets at Mark Cuban “I’ll piss in ya f’n mouth ho,” the latest...
Some surprising off-court drama around the NBA Finals comes from rapper Lil Wayne going back and forth on Twitter with Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban. Last week, Lil Wayne called Mavericks’ guard...
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USWNT and USMNT announce new CBAs with USSF that will provide equal pay...
The United States’ women’s national soccer team (seen above during an April 9 friendly against Uzbekistan) has long fought for pay equality with the men’s national team, and after a lot of initial...
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NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman and UKG’s Brian Reaves talk partnership for...
A lack of pay equity has long been a concern in women’s sports, and that’s been perhaps particularly prominent in soccer. There, the U.S. women’s national team has conducted a prominent multi-year...
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Oilers’ Evander Kane offers incredible quote on their chances in Game 2...
On Wednesday, the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames played the highest-scoring Stanley Cup playoff game since 1993 and tied for the fifth-highest ever. Calgary won that game 9-6. On Friday,...
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CFL’s Elks cut Ohio State quarterback
Plenty of football players who played at prominent NCAA schools have found success in the Canadian Football League, but that’s happened less frequently with the quarterback position. There, many of the...
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Steve Spurrier weighs in on Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher feud: “Did Saban say...
Nick Saban’s comments this week about Jimbo Fisher, Deion Sanders, and their players’ NIL deals (in particular, that Fisher’s Texas A&M squad “bought every player on their team,” and that Sanders’...
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CFL receiver Brendan Langley charged with simple assault after airport fight...
A major altercation with a United Airlines employee at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport Monday morning has now led to CFL receiver Brendan Langley being arrested and charged with simple...
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