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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images This is a division of haves and have-nots. Last year, three AL Central teams made the postseason and four finished over .500. This was largely because they all fattened up against the awful White Sox. The Twins, Tigers, Guardians and Royals went 42-10 against the White Sox. Wow. The Cubs, meanwhile, were 10-6 against the AL Central last year. So that...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 6

Kirby Puckett, who rose to stardom and played his full career with the Minnesota Twins, grew up in the shadow of Comiskey Park. A Chicago native, born in the shadow of Comiskey Park, dies young 1914 The White Sox returned home from their around-the-world series of exhibition games against the New York Giants. The Sox went 24-20-2, but the added 46 games took their toll when the regular sea...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: March 5

On this day 66 years ago, the White Sox passed out of Comiskey family hands for the first time, ever. | Chicago Sun-Times Bill Veeck is legally cleared to take over on the South Side 1907 The White Sox departed Chicago on the Sunset Limited train, en route to Mexico City for spring training — the first-ever Spring Training held outside of the United States. The traveling party for the defe...2025
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• Oscars 2025 predictions if they were sports

Photo by Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images Here are our winners. Why should Hollywood have all the fun? On Sunday the stars of the silver screen will gather to celebrate their night of nights, and it’s a good time to look back on the greatest performances in our world and give them props too. We have divided up the year that was into Oscar-themes categories and given our award...2025
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• Deebo Samuel traded to Washington Commanders, per reports

Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images Jayden Daniels has a new target in the passing game One of the quickest means of turning around an NFL roster in the modern era is building around a rookie quarterback. The cost-controlled contract under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement allows teams with a talented rookie QB to load up around them via the draft, free agency, and trades, and enjoy an e...2025
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• Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa and Royals at Surprise preview, Saturday 3/1

Justin Turner | Steve Sher The Cubs split their squad and play two games Saturday. Saturday notes... DOING THE SPLITS: Today is the only Cubs split squad date of Spring Training 2025. All the info you’ll need for today is here, except for the lineups for the night game. Those will be found in the day game recap. ALL TIED UP: No Major League team ever has played three consecutive regular...2025
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central
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• Today in White Sox History: March 5
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• Andrew Friedman Reveals Past Injury Issues Propelled Dodgers Blockbuster Offseason Moves

The Los Angels Dodgers pitching staff experienced one of the most injury-filled seasons in the modern-era of baseball last year. A total of 12 Dodgers pitchers landed on the injured list in 2024, and the myriad injuries left L.A. with only three starting pitchers and an overworked bullpen come October. The frightening number of injuries …...2025
• Arrowheadlines: How the Eagles erased Patrick Mahomes from the Super Bowl

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Friday, February 14 The latest How the Eagles Erased Patrick Mahomes From Super Bowl LIX | The Ringer This game wasn’t just a crowning achievement for Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and his system; it was arguably the best defensive performance in a Super Bowl in the modern era. Before garbage time, Philadelphia held the Chi...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1903

Mordecai Brown | Photo by FPG/Getty Images One very important player was acquired by trade in this year. The Cubs got off to a fantastic start in 1903, 30-11, and were in first place in early June. They faded and finished third, eight games out, their first winning season in the 20th Century. After the season ended they engineered a deal that brought a Hall of Fame pitcher to the team. Apr...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1905

Ed Reulbach warms up for the Cubs at West Side Grounds in 1909 | Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images This year saw the acquisition of key parts of upcoming pennant winners. The Cubs won 90+ games for the second straight year in 1905 — and for the second straight year finished 13 games out of first place, behind the pennant-winning Giants. Manager Frank Selee, who had helped bring ...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1906

A 1911 baseball card depicting Orval Overall | Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images The Cubs were a great team in 1906 — until the World Series. The Cubs won 116 games in 1906. That’s an all-time MLB record that has been matched only once, by the 2001 Mariners, and they had eight more games to do it. They started 6-6, then won 10 straight to take over first place and did not look back, eventua...2025
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• Roundtable: Ben Zobrist receives zero Hall of Fame votes

Jerry Lai-Imagn Images A travesty. Ben Zobrist — a generational talent that changed the way the game is played in the modern era, and a World Series MVP in 2016 with the Chicago Cubs — did not receive a single vote for the Hall of Fame. Personally, I feel this just further cements that the Hall of Fame voting process is a sham and an embarrassment. Ian Malinowski I very honestly think Zob...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1912

Joe Tinker | Getty Images The Cubs contended in this year, but fell short of a pennant. Two years past their last pennant and with some of their stars in decline, the Cubs got off to a poor start in 1912. Then they went 45-16 in July and August to get to within four games of first place, but a 12-17 record after Sept. 1 doomed them. Even so, they won 90+ games for the ninth consecutive sea...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1913

Hippo Vaughn of the Cubs in 1914 | Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Another year of great change for the team. Frank Chance, the “Peerless Leader,” was let go in a dispute with owner Charles W. Murphy after 1912 — while he was hospitalized about to have brain surgery! Another of the famed Cubs from the previous decade’s successful teams, Johnny Evers, was named ...2025
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Erik Spoestra can’t lose. If you forced me to define what I think makes a good coach in this modern league, my answer would be “Rigid flexibility”. It’s a paradox that demands being able to hold two things in your head at the same time, to understand two conflicting ideas can be true. If you’re too dogmatic, you live and die by the same double-edged s...2023
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• Terrell Owens Has One Person to Blame for Hall of Fame Snub: Terrell Owens
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"Patrick Mahomes was one of the worst Super Bowl QBs of all time, and the analytics prove it"

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"Former Broncos Demaryius Thomas, Aqib Talib among first-year Modern-Era nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame"

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"Brooks Koepka joins Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus in history books with PGA Championship victory"

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"Joe Thomas, James Harrison, Darrelle Revis among modern-era nominees for 2023 Hall of Fame induction"

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"Anquan Boldin, Andre Johnson, DeMarcus Ware among 10 first-time nominees for Pro Football Hall of Fame"

2020
"Troy Polamalu headlines the 2020 Hall of Fame modern-era finalists; Patrick Willis among notable snubs"

2019
"Simmons and Miller were inducted via the “Modern Era” veterans committee, a 16-person panel focusing on people whose largest contributions to the sport fell between 1970…"

2018
"UCF's Griffin lifts 20 reps with prosthetic hand"

2017
"Former longtime Tigers teammates, right-hander Jack Morris and shortstop Alan Trammell were named to the Hall of Fame's Class of 2018 by the Modern Era Committee on Sunday."

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"Disgraceful Bengals Loss in Ugly Playoff Could Cost Coach Marvin Lewis His Job"

2015
"Is Stephen Curry the Best Shooter Ever? Yes, Say Many of NBA's All-Time Marksmen"

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"Can the NBA Ever Replace Kobe Bryant? "

• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central
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• Today in White Sox History: March 5
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• Deebo Samuel traded to Washington Commanders, per reports
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• Wrap-Up: Bivol gets even with Beterbiev, plus Shakur, Parker, Kabayel, more

Dmitry Bivol took the “0” from Artur Beterbiev, as Beterbiev did to him last year | Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing Dmitry Bivol took the “0” from Artur Beterbiev, as Beterbiev did to him last year, plus more from Riyadh and elsewhere in boxing! Dmitry Bivol gets revenge, goes undisputed at 175 The obvious biggest story of the week is that Dmitry Bivol rallied to cleanly beat Artur Beterbi...2025
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• On Mark Attanasio, expectations for this coming season, entertainment, and passion

Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images In the process of defending his unwillingness to spend, Attanasio may have opened up a bigger can of worms I’m sure many of you have seen Brewers owner Mark Attanasio’s recent interview in USA Today on the challenges of owning a small market team. In the interview, he claims the Brewers “struggle to break even” every year. Then, he of...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: How the Eagles erased Patrick Mahomes from the Super Bowl
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• Patrick Mahomes was one of the worst Super Bowl QBs of all time, and the analytics prove it

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Patrick Mahomes was the Eagles’ best player during his terrible Super Bowl performance. Patrick Mahomes was atrocious in Super Bowl LIX. It doesn’t take an advanced understanding of football to know that. For the bulk of the game Mahomes was either running for his life, making ill-advised throws, or simply so flustered that he couldn’t complete passes he...2025
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• Wrap-Up: Canelo vs Jake Paul drama, Chisora, Inoue’s next fight, more

Canelo Alvarez, Jake Paul, and Riyadh Season stole the biggest headlines this week in boxing | Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Canelo Alvarez, Jake Paul, and Riyadh Season stole the biggest headlines this week in boxing. The biggest news of the week, obviously, revolved around Canelo Alvarez, Jake Paul, and Turki Alalshikh, as within hours, we had an absolute mess of news....2025
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• Will the Lions reach the Super Bowl in the next 3 years?

Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images The Detroit Lions are so close. Will they finally reach their first Super Bowl in the next three years? It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and we’ve entered a new era of Detroit Lions football that makes this day much tougher in recent years. The franchise is now steady enough to compete for championships, but their Super Bowl drought continues nonetheless. I’m n...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1901

Rube Waddell as a Chicago NL player, at West Side Grounds in 1901 | Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images This article concludes this series. As noted in the last entry in this series, when the American League declared itself a major league in 1901, that resulted in a lot of league-jumping — players just ignoring their contracts and si...2025
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• Oscars 2025 predictions if they were sports
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• Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa and Royals at Surprise preview, Saturday 3/1
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• Wrap-Up: Bivol gets even with Beterbiev, plus Shakur, Parker, Kabayel, more
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• Patrick Mahomes was one of the worst Super Bowl QBs of all time, and the analytics prove it
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• NFC East news: Eagles and Commanders take home awards, Eli Manning misses HOF at NFL Honors

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images It has been a big week for the NFC East. Eagles RB Saquon Barkley named 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year - Kevin Patra, NFL.com Barkley having one of the best seasons ever by a running back earned him the honor. Saquon Barkley’s gallop to 2,000 earned the Philadelphia Eagles running back the 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year award on Thursday at NFL...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1901
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• Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs’ inevitability’ is what annoys people

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Saturday, February 8 The latest Are All Dynasties Destined to Become Villains? The Chiefs Are Finding Out. | The Ringer Problem no. 1 with the Chiefs’ villainy is that it’s not actually rooted in hate; it’s rooted in annoyance. Sports hatred works best when it’s concentrated around a central idea—the Patriots were cheaters, the Warr...2025
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• The next Sean McVay might already be on Rams coaching staff

Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune / USA TODAY NETWORK Is Rams passing game specialist Nate Scheelhaase the next Sean McVay? When the Los Angeles Rams hired Sean McVay in 2017, they arguably caught lightning in a bottle. McVay was just 30 at the time and the youngest NFL head coach in the modern era. Since then, every coaching cycle teams have been looking to find the next Sean McVay. Hirin...2025
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• NFL.com projects former Colts’ great to make Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025

Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images One former Colts all-time great is projected to join the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s illustrious Class of 2025. According to NFL.com’s Adam Rank, one former Indianapolis Colts all-time great player, retired placekicker Adam Vinatieri, will be among the members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s illustrious Class of 2025: Adam Vinat...2025
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• Roundtable: Ben Zobrist receives zero Hall of Fame votes
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• Today in White Sox History: March 5
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• Wrap-Up: Bivol gets even with Beterbiev, plus Shakur, Parker, Kabayel, more
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• On Mark Attanasio, expectations for this coming season, entertainment, and passion
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• Five of the best British heavyweights of the modern era
Daniel Dubois is on the brink of a career-defining moment. The British heavyweight is set... The post Five of the best British heavyweights of the modern era appeared first on FightBook MMA....2025
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• Arrowheadlines: How the Eagles erased Patrick Mahomes from the Super Bowl
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• Wrap-Up: Canelo vs Jake Paul drama, Chisora, Inoue’s next fight, more
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• NFC East news: Eagles and Commanders take home awards, Eli Manning misses HOF at NFL Honors
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• The 2025 Cubs by the numbers

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A complete numerical list of this year’s Cubs as they get ready for this year’s Spring Training. As I do here every spring, today I present to you a full numerical roster of all the players and coaches in Cubs spring camp. Also included are the Cubs’ retired numbers, so you can see the full numerical progression. There are 60 players in camp,...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: The Chiefs’ inevitability’ is what annoys people
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• NFL.com projects former Colts’ great to make Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025
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• Can the NBA Ever Replace Kobe Bryant?
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• Is Stephen Curry the Best Shooter Ever? Yes, Say Many of NBA's All-Time Marksmen
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• Troy Polamalu headlines the 2020 Hall of Fame modern-era finalists; Patrick Willis among notable snubs
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is one step closer towards finalizing its largest-ever induction class...2020
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• Terrell Owens Had Agent Reach Out to Dallas Cowboys After Dez Bryant's Injury
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• Why Everyone in the NBA Hates the Clippers
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• At Current Pace, Aaron Rodgers Is on Track to Shatter Most QB Records
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• Kevin Durant Becomes 2nd-Youngest Player to Score 15,000 Points
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• Joe Thomas, James Harrison, Darrelle Revis among modern-era nominees for 2023 Hall of Fame induction

The trio are among the nine nominees who are eligible for the first time...2022
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• Puka Nacua not as afraid of Fred Warner as others: ‘I know him as little Fred’

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Rams receiver Puka Nacua wasn’t as afraid going across middle vs. Fred Warner because of their history Puka Nacua didn’t make it to the Super Bowl in his first season in the NFL with the L.A. Rams, but his experience has been unlike any other rookie in the modern era, if not ever. The fifth round pick out of BYU set rookie records for catches and yards, ...2024
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• Spurs vs. Warriors: Score, Highlights and Reaction from 2016 Regular Season
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• Pro Football Hall of Fame 2016: NFL Inductees, Class Finalists and Predictions
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• Champ or Choker? Inside Peyton Manning's Complicated Legacy
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• Evolving in the Matrix: Aaron Gordon Should Follow the Shawn Marion Blueprint
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL Central
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• Today in White Sox History: March 5
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• Oscars 2025 predictions if they were sports
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• Cubs vs. Guardians at Mesa and Royals at Surprise preview, Saturday 3/1
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• Wrap-Up: Bivol gets even with Beterbiev, plus Shakur, Parker, Kabayel, more
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• On Mark Attanasio, expectations for this coming season, entertainment, and passion
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• Andrew Friedman Reveals Past Injury Issues Propelled Dodgers Blockbuster Offseason Moves
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• How does Mitchell Parker stack up in a crowded Nationals rotation

Geoff Burke-Imagn Images Mitchell Parker is battling for a spot in a crowded Nationals rotation One of the main storylines of Nationals Spring Training will be how the starting rotation sorts itself out. Right now it feels like there are seven guys battling for five spots. One of the guys who could be on the outside looking in is Mitchell Parker. However, a big spring could catapult him in...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: How the Eagles erased Patrick Mahomes from the Super Bowl
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• Super Bowl 59 expert picks: Moneyline, spread, over/under predictions

Photo by PA Wire/PA Images via Getty Images The POD staff make their predictions for Super Bowl LIX. Just two teams remain in the hunt for the Vince Lombardi Trophy ahead of the biggest game of the NFL calendar: Super Bowl LIX. With everything on the line, the Pride of Detroit staff have made their final picks of the season. Today is a rematch of Super Bowl LVIII, as the Kansas City Chief...2025
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The veteran NBA star finds comfort wearing the black hat. It started, as it almost always does, with a tweet by Adrian “Woj” Wojnarowski, the former ESPN sports reporter. It was in the middle of October, in the afternoon, after Jimmy Butler’s infamous practice session, where he took the bench players on his then-team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and beat ...2025
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• Braves look to fortify their roster with MLB’s Winter Meetings starting very soon

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images The Winter Meetings are finally upon us and we could see Alex Anthopoulos and Atlanta’s front office making some big moves over in Dallas This Sunday marks the beginning of the annual Winter Meetings for Major League Baseball. The four-day long gathering of front office members, agents and some players is a major event that takes place each offseason and...2024
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• Deshaun Watson is trash, and he’s dooming the Browns to mediocrity

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Deshaun Watson is the new Carson Wentz, and it’s bad news for Cleveland. There was a time Deshaun Watson was a promising quarterback. It wasn’t that long ago either. The bright-eyed, 24-year-old quarterback who ascended firmly into the realm of elite at the close of the 2020 season is now gone. The spark extinguished, the magic unresponsive — now replaced...2024
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• This might end up being the best Braves lineup in franchise history
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Atlanta Braves as a franchise have had some fantastic offenses dating back to their days in Boston. This might be the best in that long, long line. Yesterday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves walloped the Los Angeles Angels 12-5. This included a six-run barrage in the fourth inning that ultimately put the game out of reach at 9-1 at that point. The baseba...2023
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• PGA Tour cheating scandal has Padraig Harrington in disbelief, Bernhard Langer divulges $330,000 penalty
BRIDGEND, Wales — Padraig Harrington answers questions from the media at a press conference during a practice round prior to The Senior Open at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club on July 26, 2023. | Photo by Richard Martin-Roberts/Getty Images Harrington and Langer, two stalwarts of the PGA Tour Champions, weighed in on the cheating scandal that occurred in a PGA Tour Canada event. Justin Doeden’s ...2023
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 1
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Hope springs eternal! Welcome back for the 10th season of Heroes and Goats. I can remember back to 2014 when Al Yellon asked the Bleed Cubbie Blue faithful if any of them had ideas for new features. Me? I wouldn’t describe myself as particularly creative. But I well remember when Russ La Croix conceived Heroes and Goats. I was from the beginning a fan o...2023
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• Most shocking free-agent decisions in MLB history
Since the first free agent signing of the modern era back in 1974, there have been several free agent deals that shook the baseball world and realigned power across the Majors. Here's a look at several moves that changed the landscape of baseball, and in some cases, were downright shocking:...2019
• Most monumental FA decisions in MLB history
Since the first free agent signing of the modern era back in 1974, there have been several free agent deals that shook the baseball world and realigned power across the Majors. Here's a look at several moves that changed the landscape of baseball, and in some cases, were downright shocking:...2018
• Terrell Owens Has One Person to Blame for Hall of Fame Snub: Terrell Owens
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