How to resolve AdBlock issue? NFL sacrifices fairness for schedule sanctity
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- Published: Friday, 04 December 2020 09:09
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Baltimore Ravens backup quarterback Robert Griffen III with coach John Harbaugh. Griffen III was forced into action Wednesday afternoon against the Pittsburgh Steelers after starter Lamar Jackson tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
Fair is a place where they judge pigs. For the NFL and its quest to complete a wacky 2020 season, that becomes increasingly true every week.
NBA undrafted players prove they are pivotal
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- Published: Friday, 20 November 2020 09:15
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Fred VanVleet
With the 2020 NBA draft having taken place Wednesday night, the future of the league took the stage in phenoms like LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards and James Wiseman.
However, some of the most impactful young players — those who will give a surprising assist to a team — are yet to find a home. Those, of course, are the undrafted players.
Mahomes a model for NFL activism
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- Published: Friday, 06 November 2020 09:30
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Patrick Mahomes
If actions speak louder than words, then what Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes did on Election Day was a shout heard around the country.
Through donations from his “15 and the Mahomies” foundation, Mahomes split the $100,000 cost of opening Arrowhead Stadium as a polling place in Kansas City on Tuesday.
WNBA players need signature shoes
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- Published: Friday, 30 October 2020 09:49
It’s a memorable moment in every aspiring young basketball player’s life when they get their first pair of Jordan, Kobe, LeBron or Curry sneakers.
Today, nearly 20 NBA players have their own signature shoe, with more in the works. This makes it positively shocking that not one current WNBA player has her own signature shoe.
NFL tries to tackle COVID-19 crisis
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- Published: Friday, 09 October 2020 08:19
Jon Gruden wears his 'mask' during a Week 3 matchup against the New England Patriots on Sept. 27.
Shockingly enough, even the multibillion-dollar industry that is the NFL is not immune to the worst pandemic in modern history.
The Tennessee Titans had a COVID-19 outbreak in the organization starting last week that returned a total of 23 positive cases within the organization as of Thursday. In response, the NFL released new restrictions and harsher punishments for teams found to be disregarding safety protocols.
Dodgers must win 2020 World Series
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- Published: Friday, 02 October 2020 09:39
At risk of sounding like a broken record, this must be the year the Dodgers finally win the World Series for the first time in 32 years. Right? Right?!?
Injuries decimate NFL in Week 2
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- Published: Friday, 25 September 2020 08:58
Injuries in the NFL are as commonplace as screaming kids on an airplane, but the havoc wreaked on key players in Week 2 was rare.
The list of players who suffered injuries was lengthy, and nearly 10 players suffered season-ending torn ACLs, including: San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa, New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, and Denver Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton.
Lakers heading for NBA crown
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- Published: Friday, 18 September 2020 11:11
Nearly a year after LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers squared off against Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2019-20 NBA season opener, the path to the NBA championship still runs through LA.
The Western Conference Finals tip off Sept. 18 in the NBA’s Orlando bubble, exactly 332 days since the two squads first faced off at Staples Center.
MLB must market young megastars
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- Published: Friday, 04 September 2020 08:24
MLB has rising, exciting young stars ready to take the reins and guide the game into the future. The stars are as plenty as those above Ojai under the Dark Sky Ordinance.
But baseball has a big problem, too.
Black lives bigger than basketball
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- Published: Thursday, 27 August 2020 11:20
By Austin Widger
The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks by a resounding 154-111 score to open up a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference quarterfinals series Tuesday night. But after the blowout, Clippers head coach Doc Rivers’ mind was not on basketball.
His thoughts were on the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Blake’s three young children were in the car as he was shot.
Make baseball fun again
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- Published: Friday, 21 August 2020 09:23
By Austin Widger
Rules are meant to be broken – especially unwritten ones.
San Diego Padres phenom Fernando Tatís Jr. broke two of these rules this week, and caused a great debate about the validity of baseball’s long-standing traditions.