Author: Michael

The first round of the expanded College Football Playoff should have been a time of celebration for fans of the sport. Instead, it turned into a lecture from ESPN on how the playoff committee didn’t value The Chosen Conference highly enough.
The figurehead for this unfortunate turn of events was Kirk Herbstreit, a generally well-liked and well-respected analyst who has become one of the key voices in college football. But Herbstreit and several other ESPN-associated commentators, like Paul Finebaum, spent the first round engaging in hypocrisy, revisionist history, and SEC-worship.

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Lindsey Vonn is in the midst of a comeback for the ages, hitting the slopes again at age 40 with a surgically repaired knee.
And so far, it’s looking pretty good, as she finished 14th in a Super-G competition in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and that has Vonn — who has her eyes on making a 2026 Olympic appearance — feeling pretty good.
“The last few years of my career were so much different than they are right now. I’m skiing without thinking about my knee, which I really haven’t done since I first tore my ACL in 2013.

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There’s no one like Vita Vea
Did y’all see the most athletic thing anyone has done on an NFL field this year in Sunday night’s game between the Bucs and the Cowboys?

Vita Vea brought the BOOM
: #TBvsDAL on NBC/Peacock : Stream on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/tfwR1lOS0Z
— NFL (@NFL) December 23, 2024

In a game that finished with a flurry of just the most incredible moments, this moment by Vea stands out. The Bucs are down two and it’s 3rd and 6 with two minutes left in the game.

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Justin Herbert is evolving, and it’s helped him play a near MVP level.
Los Angeles Chargers’ QB Justin Herbert is, in a few words, a football robot. If you want to teach elite processing and timing at the position, you watch No. 10 for LA. He’s long been one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks, but he always felt like he played a bit more … buttoned up. Herbert is often going to get through his entire progression, choosing to safely check it down rather than try and extend for more explosive plays.

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