Author: Michael

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament begins on Wednesday, but don’t expect a free for all of questions for teams and coaches involved: The conference does not require media availability before or after matches. 
Instead, the conference announced that they are leaving it up to the individual schools to make decisions regarding media availability. For San Jose State University, which has controversial transgender player Blaire Fleming, that means no media access to its players or coaches.

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Which under-the-radar NFL players stepped up in Week 12? We have our list.
As any NFL season progresses, there will be more unheralded players who rise up from humble beginnings to become factors, and guys whose careers have gone sideways who somehow find the road back to relevance.
We like to celebrate these players every week in “Secret Superstars.

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On Monday, news broke that ex-NHLer-turned-broadcaster Paul Bissonnette was involved in an altercation at a Scottsdale restaurant and now he’s telling the story in his own inimitable style.
Bissonnette co-hosts Barstool Sports’ Spittin’ Chiclets podcast and is part of TNT’s studio coverage of the NHL. (They do a fantastic job by the way. TNT knows how to put together a studio crew.) On the latest episode of Spittin’ Chiclets, he talked about how the entire incident went down.
“I’ll just start from the from the beginning,” Bissonnette said.

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The Cincinnati Bengals are currently on the outside looking in as the NFL calendar flips to December and seeding for the playoffs begin to take shape. But coach Zac Taylor may have a way to get his team playing great and becoming postseason relevant:
No, not suddenly drafting two or three defensive studs to help the struggling defense.
Ping-Pong.
Like, table tennis. Or paddle tennis. Or whatever you want to call it.

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