It has become nearly impossible for questionable NFL officiating not to become the focal point of post-game discussions.
A recent plethora of blown calls, many of which have unfortunately determined the outcome of games, has drawn the ire of both current and former players.
Former Seahawks standout Richard Sherman lamented the issue plaguing the league while appearing on FS1’s Undisputed on Monday.
The five-time Pro Bowler blasted officials, claiming the referees are “ruining the beautiful game” of football.
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I’m probably guilty of overlooking the best teams in the NFL for this weekly “Winners and Losers” column because it’s not a surprise when they win.
We expect the Chiefs and Eagles to play deep into January. It wouldn’t be a surprise if they meet in February again for a Super Bowl rematch.
So why not let other teams get the spotlight when it comes to the winners’ category? The Patriots and Bears will be highlighted this week for their surprising wins against the Bills and Raiders, respectively.
But I couldn’t ignore what the Chiefs and Eagles did this week.
Most NFL players tell you that they don’t care about fantasy football. Well, not Austin Ekeler. But most. And, the league pretends it doesn’t care either. But it does. Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson did not appear on the team’s injury report but hardly played against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
That raised some questions. How is Robinson, easily one of Atlanta’s best players, completely healthy yet not playing in the game? Well, he wasn’t completely healthy. It turns out that he told the team Saturday night that he wasn’t feeling well.
Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly was enjoying an excellent outing in NLCS Game 6 against the Phillies before manager Torey Lovullo opted to pull the plug on the right-hander ahead of the sixth inning.
Kelly had surrendered just one run across five innings of work, but Lovullo decided to roll with Ryan Thompson in the sixth inning, much to the disdain of his starter.
Kelly looked to be fuming in the dugout after Lovullo informed him his night was over, seemingly failing to comprehend why his manager would pull him after five strong innings and just 82 pitches.
Getting the hot take out of the way: NBA players are far more entertaining than NFL players.
Clean-cut NFL guys may be great for the game but not for reality TV and entertainment, which clearly favors dysfunctional characters … like watching a trainwreck.
Enter the NBA, and a new show looking to chronicle the lives of several NBA stars. Hoping to bank in on the premise are Peyton Manning and LeBron James, who are teaming up to produce the NBA’s version of the Netflix hit show, Quarterback.
Here are all the scheduled cards the UFC will be staging.
Beau Hossler shakes hands with Eric Cole after the final round of the 2023 ZOZO Championship. | Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
With three events left, the FedEx Cup Fall will determine the fates of dozens of PGA Tour professionals.
After Collin Morikawa won the ZOZO Championship in dominant fashion, the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall takes a hiatus before three events in November wrap up the season.
Those three tournaments are listed below:
Worldwide Technologies Championship – Los Cabos, Mexico – Nov.
With Game 7 of the ALCS looming, Rangers manager Bruce Bochy is preparing to trot Max Scherzer out as his starting pitcher against the Astros on Monday night. It seems that another renowned pitcher also offered his services to Bochy for the series finale.
Former World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner reportedly reached out to Bochy and joked about toeing the rubber for Texas during its Game 7 tilt against Houston, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney.
What is amazing is that the huge, well-staffed college football monster brand name that is Michigan would let this flunky analyst, want-to-be secret agent man Connor Stalions operate the way he did.
ESPN reported the details of a paper trail on Monday that could lead one to believe Stalions wanted to be caught. Either that, or he is incredibly inept. Stalions is at the crux of a new NCAA investigation into the Michigan program concerning illegal scouting of future opponents so as to steal their signs.
Before he was a Phillies superstar, delighting Philadelphians with near-nightly home runs, highlight-reel catches and surprising answers to questions as the team fights for a second straight pennant, Nick Castellanos was a tourist wandering the streets of Paris in January 2020 with his now wife, Jess. They stepped into a bookstore and happened upon a 75-page book about the life of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Castellanos was intrigued. “I’m just a fan of his,” he says, adding that he likes “his work and his story.