12 Mighty Orphans showed how the football team of an orphanage in Texas turned football into the wide-open game we see today.
Allegations an NHL player threw games he bet on have him in hot water with the NHL…and the NHL in hot water with its fans.
The commissioner’s office needs to do whatever it takes to save the game's image if the game is going…
With its first NBA title since 1971, we act like Milwaukee came out of nowhere on the US sports scene. It didn’t! Its NBA team won the whole thing just 4 years into its existence, and the Brewers have been more successful than…
In 1996, Tim Green wrote a book detailing what he experienced in the NFL for eight years. “The Dark Side of the Game” exposed the flaws of the NFL of the ‘80s and 90s, all while Green made it clear he enjoyed every…
Space Jam 2 was trashed by critics, adding the film to a long list of movies with athletes in starring roles that wound up total dumpster fire. Brett Favre, Shaq, and the cast of BLUE CHIPS come to mind. But it’s also a…
We remember old sporting events to remind ourselves it’s possible to overcome the odds, and in the chaos of the 2010s and early 2020s, we need a Herculean effort by someone in the Olympics. The odds have never felt steeper in the COVID…
The Supreme Court’s ruled that certain forms of payment must be allowed for student-athletes, and I couldn’t be happier.
What the likes of the 2006 Texas Longhorns and 1997 Nebraska Cornhuskers did for their schools in the Fall, a paycheck is deserved as a…
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This commentary is by Dan Riley, I never thought I’d say this: I can’t watch the ESPN family of networks. They’re closer than ever to irrelevance thanks to more sports stations than ever, and streaming apps where you can get information from leagues…
NFL players don’t spend career with one team nowadays
Back in 1994, Bill Belichick cut Bernie Kosar, kicking off an age where it’s become unthinkable for NFL players to spend their whole careers in one town. Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, and Brett Fabre…