data-mm-id=”_h31h3hh2g”>Are you in the mood for the most insane, reaching, nonsensical sports comparison ever? Are you? Seriously. If you're not, close this tab because this is an absolute doozy. It is so far out there that if you presented this take to Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman on the set of First Things First both of their heads would explode. Do you feel properly warned? Well then consider the fact that four-time career starter Zack Collins was actually close to an equal to MVP candidate Luka Doncic. Here is Former Portland Trail Blazers announcer Mike Rice on Twitter.I keep mentioning how much blazers miss Zack .He was improving & his skill level was starting to match what Doncic is doing for Mavs.— Mike Rice (@mikerice6) November 24, 2019Since it doesn't a…
data-mm-id=”_14i92p46y”>Tyson Fury's brutal domination of Deontay Wilder was consequential from each direction. It made him a champion — the heavyweight champion of the world. It was an introduction to an audience unfamiliar with today's boxing. It was a personal win years removed from suicidal thoughts and a lifestyle of drugs at 400 pounds. It was a paradigm-shifting, throwback to the golden age, face-of-the-genre victory.Fury rode into the ring on a throne as the "Gypsy King." As one of the few recognizable fighters outside of boxing circles. He walked out wearing his opponent's blood splattered over his body. Wearing titles as the king of boxing, as the heir apparent to Floyd Mayweather. Post-Mayweather, the second most well-known fighter, by default, was…
data-mm-id=”_l0ay5o0e5″>Mike Francesa is once again allowing people to post clips from his show online and a certain Twitter account has decided to post them again.After a two-week crusade to stop anyone from posting his content — mainly aimed at the Funhouse Twitter account (@BackAftaThis) — Francesa relented (but not before he laid the blame at the feet of Entercom). Initially, Funhouse claimed it wouldn't post his clips anymore even after the veteran radio host gave up his battle. That has now changed. On Wednesday, the account posted the following after asking followers if it should start posting Francesa clips again:Please read this accompanying novella. It was too long to squeeze into a tweet. pic.twitter.com/cua2Ip6Upm— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) May 6, 2020If you can…
data-mm-id=”_cs6xkh0pi”>Free agent running back Devonta Freeman remains unsigned months after the start of free agency. After six seasons in Atlanta with the Falcons, Freeman proved himself to be a serviceable dual-threat back, but injuries hampered his efforts over the last two years. His stock was fairly low coming into his first free agency foray of his career. With that in mind, he seemed to be a likely candidate to sign a one-year prove-it deal, especially as a running back, a position group that doesn't exactly have the greatest leverage in today's NFL. Freeman has not read the market correctly, it would seem. On a conference call with reporters, Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said Freeman's price point was too high to consider adding the former divis…
data-mm-id=”_oucp4s4vn”>It's August, and football is right around the corner. That means the end of summer is near, and it also means the newest edition of Madden has been released. This year has been strange in ways no words can describe, but Madden came out on schedule regardless. And it sucks. Again. Madden 21 has been taking a lot of heat since its release late last week for various glitches and bugs that vary in egregiousness. Some are the kind of ridiculous, "are you kidding me" moments that new video games always deal with in some way, shape, or form when it is first released. Like this. Needless to say Madden fans are generally NOT happy with this year’s edition. #MaddenNFL21 has claimed one of the lowest Metacritic user scores ever at 0.3. pic.twitter.com/j5pz…
data-mm-id=”_21jfz92fb”>After the abrupt, inglorious end to his season last year, Myles Garrett's reputation was in the gutter and Garrett himself admitted he was considering retiring from football at the budding age of 24.Thankfully he didn't make that decision because now we get to see him reach MVP status. Garrett, coming off a season-ending six game suspension for hitting quarterback Myles Rudolph in the head with his own helmet during a game last season, has changed the narrative around himself less than a year later. No longer are we discussing the potential of a man who wowed anyone with eyes at the 2017 NFL Combine or the missteps he's made since entering the league. Now we're seeing that potential realized both on the tape and in the stat books. Garrett lea…
data-mm-id=”_d37c0pb02″>Dan Campbell is off to a roaring start in Detroit. His first official act as head coach of the Detroit Lions was to tell the world that the Lions were going to get the crap kicked out of them while smiling and then bite people's knees. He also had "The Dude" put on the sign outside his office door right next to Head Coach. So we know he's a character with seemingly unlimited potential, but where do we go from here?Let Dan Campbell reboot SpikeTV's Manswers. Paramount is doing nothing with this intellectual property. The show's 59-episode run is not available anywhere. It's not streaming on CBS All-Access and Viacom has remained silent about whether it will be put on Paramount+ when the streamer rebrands. You can purchase season…
data-mm-id=”_ctt5sedjv”>The 2022 World Cup is upon us, as the best players and international squads in the world have descended on Qatar for what should be a month of intense soccer action. As we build up to the big event, it's time for our annual look at the best soccer players in the world. Last year's list can be found here, and there have been a ton of changes. Here is our list of the best the soccer world has to offer for 2022. Best Soccer Players in the World FC Bayern München v FC Internazionale: Group C – UEFA Champions League / Jonathan Moscrop/GettyImages10. Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal)Losing Mane was brutal for Liverpool, who stumbled out of the gate this season after the 30-year-old forward departed for Bayern Munich in the offseason. The 2022 African Play…
data-mm-id=”_5rednopht”>On Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 in a tight game at Camden Yards. The game featured a home run by Anthony Santander that happened to be the 100th of his career. The ball was crushed, as it flew 428 feet to dead center and bounced very close to a police officer. That officer was startled, and it sure looked like he was reaching for his gun to take a shot at a baseball. Here's the home run:💯 career homers for Anthony Santander! (via @masnOrioles) pic.twitter.com/OTZpGfJQ1b— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 16, 2023You can see the ball bounce up and hit the cop, what's cut from that video is how he reacted. Here's a closer look: pic.twitter.com/z5UmbgjuWg— nori (@bawdimore) July 16, 2023His hand defini…
data-mm-id=”_r4at26yf8″>The Jacksonville Jaguars are facing the New Orleans Saints on Thursday Night Football, and it's been an ugly affair early. The Jags led 7-3 at the end of the first quarter but fumbled the ball away twice. That included a muffed punt, where two Jaguars collided with each other. The Saints were forced to punt with 3:44 left in the opening quarter, and Lou Hedley launched the ball 40 yards to Jacksonville's 15-yard line. As Jaguars returner Jamal Agnew waited to catch the ball, teammate Tevaughn Campbell ran directly into him while blocking. The ball wound up hitting Campbell on the back, and the Saints recovered the ball at the17-yard line. To make things worse, Agnew was injured on the play.Check this out:Been a sloppy first quarter for the Jaguars. Te…