Author: Michael

While Caitlin Clark (rightfully) gets a lot of credit for the Indiana Fever’s hot streak, her teammate Erica Wheeler is the team’s biggest hype woman. Whether she’s on the court or celebrating and hollering on the bench, the 33-year-old veteran brings the energy every night. 
Maybe a little too much energy, though. On the morning after Indiana’s 93-86 win over the Los Angeles Sparks, Wheeler was informed that she had been selected for one of the WNBA’s random drug tests. It’s her third time being tested this year.

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We already knew Xavier Worthy was fast. And he wasted no time showing off that speed in his NFL debut for the Kansas City Chiefs.
“I feel like nerves aren’t really a thing for me,” Worthy said after Thursday’s season opener against the Baltimore Ravens. “I feel like I come in, and it’s just like being a kid again, playing in the backyard.”
He certainly looked comfortable.
The former Texas Longhorn scored on a 21-yard run on KC’s first drive to tie the game 7-7.

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Think you can figure out what NFL player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.
We’re back for another day of SB Nation’s in-5 daily trivia game. Just a reminder that this remains a beta that we’re testing out this week. Today’s game is down below and you can play previous day’s games as well:
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The goal of the game is to guess the correct random NFL player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS this week.

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If you like football and watching movies, we have the perfect game for you.
Greetings, sports fans!
The best sports movies are independent of the sport they’re depicting, with universal stories that should appeal to anyone whether they love the sport or not. Though loving the sport does help.
For SB Nation fans who love sports movies, this one’s for you: Our friends at Vulture made a special edition of their Cinematrix game just in time for NFL Kickoff Weekend . Tap the link to enjoy it while you wait to watch tonight’s game.

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Many NFL fans have already had enough of the Taylor Swift coverage.
The music superstar was in Kansas City to watch the Chiefs and her boyfriend Travis Kelce beat the Ravens 27-20 Thursday night.
She took the NFL by storm last year, and it appears the league is intent on leaning heavily into her presence during the 2024 campaign.
It’s a smart business move. Swift has millions of fans that the league is salivating over bringing under their umbrella. However, not everyone is happy.
Swift arrived rocking a denim outfit and had the internet buzzing before a single snap was played.

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One game into its season and the NFL has already reminded us why it is America’s Game.
The league’s kickoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs Thursday night had it all. And we do mean everything:
Drama.
Controversy.
Heroes and goats.
And then the game started and things got really interesting.
Chiefs 27.
Ravens 20.
“What a wild environment it was down there,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said afterward. “It was two heavyweights in a fight right down to the end.

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Caleb Williams is bringing his magical creativity to Chicago. That and more in the season debut of ‘Establish the Fun.;
Welcome back to the third season of Establish the Fun, a sentence I definitely didn’t think I would be saying when I started writing this column. When I started this fresh out of grad school and without much of a clue for what I wanted to do in this space. I never could’ve imagined the ride that this column would take me on, and the growth it would allow me to have as a writer and as someone who studies football film for a living.

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