It’s hard to be an afterthought for an NHL team in Canada, and yet it kind of feels like the Winnipeg Jets are one. They’re not grouped with either of the other blocks. They aren’t near Toronto or Montreal in…
Iraq’s Shakir Al-Tekreeti has told of his desire for revenge as he enters this ring this weekend to face a man who defeated his brother. Al-Tekreeti, one of the region’s standout Muay Thai prospects, will face Rungrawee at ONE Fight…
The NFL season zips by, which might be one of the hundreds of reasons it remains our national religion. There isn’t really time to get bored with it and everything that happens in it feels truly important. Which means any…
After 18 weeks of grueling NFL action, we’ve made it to Wild-Card Weekend and the first round of the postseason. We often hear the term “must-win” during the regular season, but once a team makes it this deep into January,…
Kim Mulkey has consistently shown us where she stands on social matters. She leans to The Right, which is her right. But when 83 percent of your team are women of color, it’s on you to answer for how your…
Mere days after I wrote about the penchant of accused athletes to find a friendly face in the sportswriting community to help them rehab their image among the mouth-breathers in the fandom, Trevor Bauer offered himself up as Exhibit A,…
Algerian teenage sensation Elyes Kacem is looking to make it back-to-back wins at the start of his ONE Championship career this week. The 17-year-old is coming in hot on the back of a KO win on his debut in October,…
Not many football coaches are able to dominate both college and the NFL. Jimmy Johnson was able to do so, but also ran so hot that it burned his relationship with Jerry Jones and he eventually burned out of coaching…
Golden State is probably permanently entrenched as a middle of the pack team. There’s no renovating crumbling support beams around their Big 3 pillars because they are the source of deterioration. All they can do now is continue their reign…
Retirement for coaches like Nick Saban are always shocking, especially when Alabama hadn’t really lost a step. Maybe a half-step, but certainly nowhere near Bobby Bowden or Joe Paterno levels, and that’s going to lead to a ton of speculation…
