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Well, this is one of the dumbest sports quotes of the year.
The ongoing feud between Kylian Mbappé and Paris Saint-Germain is reaching a head with all signs pointing to Mbappé making a move to Real Madrid after he announced he wouldn’t be renewing his contract. Normally losing one of the best players in the world would cause a team to reset and lick their wounds, but instead those in PSG’s orbit are lashing out and essentially saying “Mbappé isn’t that good anyway.
Author: Michael
You’ve got to be kidding me with that rain. Seriously, NASCAR fans didn’t deserve that. We deserved to watch that race all the way to the end, because buddy, it was the best one I’ve seen in years.
That’s right — years. I said it, and I’m sticking by it.
Fair is fair, and I was tough on NASCAR last week because I thought the Chicago race was … eh. Atlanta, though, was right in my wheelhouse.
From start to premature finish — yes, go ahead, make the joke — it was awesome. Non-stop action, passing, sliding up the track, near wrecks and, of course, actual wrecks.
Northwestern’s approach to hazing allegations within the football program might end up taking down the Wildcats’ head coach and the university president, too.
University of Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi likes his chances in a Royal Rumble alongside the ACC’s other 13 coaches. That confidence comes from a combination of his midwest upbringing and a body fueled by Pittsburgh’s finest Italian cuisine.
Narduzzi shared as much and more with me late last week when he took time out of his vacation to talk exclusively to OutKick.
Before Narduzzi and I talked fisticufs and, more importantly, pizza, the 57-year-old coach and I discussed his time with the Panthers and the current landscape of college football’s NIL era.
Disgraced USA gymnastics and Michigan State sports doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed several times during an altercation at a federal prison in Florida while serving his sentence for sexually assaulting female gymnasts, according to the Associated Press. The incident at United States Penitentiary Coleman occurred Sunday, and as of Monday, he is in stable condition.
Nassar was stabbed in the chest and back. The sources who spoke to the AP were not allowed to disclose information and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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Nassar has been assaulted multiple times since his incarceration.
Former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State team doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually abused over 500 women during his 30-year career, is in stable condition Monday after being stabbed multiple times in federal prison.
Nassar, who is currently serving 100-to-235 years in prison, was stabbed in the chest and back by a fellow inmate, according to the Associated Press.
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Just how dominant has Max Verstappen been this year?
By almost any metric, Max Verstappen has been the dominant force this 2023 Formula 1 season.
Verstappen has won eight of the ten grands prix this year. He has led 467 laps this season, or 76.6% of the laps run this season. Verstappen has been on pole for seven of the ten races this season, and he has built a commanding 99-point lead in the Drivers’ Championship over teammate Sergio Pérez.
But there is one stat that best outlines his dominance this year.
Former AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has become the first PGA Tour board member to resign from their post in the wake of the planned merger between the Tour, DP World Tour, and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF).
The PGA Tour confirmed Stephenson’s resignation in a memo to all of its members.
Stephenson was a member of the Tour’s board for over 12 years, but mentioned “serious concerns” and cited the death of Saudi columnist Jama Khashoggi in his letter of resignation obtained by the Washington Post.
Perhaps the primary virtue of the MLB All-Star Game is that every team gets a player.
There’s an argument that this is silly, that it waters down the event, that no one guy should have an easier path just because of the quality of his team. But statistical integrity has never been the point of the All-Star Game. (If it were, the starters would be decided by sorting a leaderboard, not organizing a fan election.) The game is more concerned with capturing a breadth of achievement across the league.
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Four winners and three losers from the British Grand Prix
The British Grand Prix is in the rear-view mirror, and yes, Max Verstappen won again.
But for another team, it will be hard to leave Silverstone behind.
Before Formula 1 takes a week off, here are the winners and losers from the British Grand Prix.
Winners: McLaren
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It was, for lack of a better word, a “mega” weekend for McLaren.