Georgia coach Kirby Smart wanted his top-ranked Bulldogs to play like a “wrecking ball” when they took the field against Kentucky on Saturday at Sanford Stadium.
Mission accomplished. But outside of sports, the metaphor is a popular song by U.S. singer, songwriter, and actress Miley Cyrus.
As Smart discussed UGA’s 51–13 dismantling of Kentucky with reporters after the game, the two-time CFP national championship coach kept referring to a “wrecking ball” so much that a reporter mentioned thinking of Cyrus. However, Smart was unfamiliar with the pop star.
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Christian McCaffrey was again the target of plays Sunday likely to warrant significant fines from the NFL.
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We’re all flying blind into a season, guessing at what will happen, but usually those guesses are educated. They’re based on returning players, incoming players, new coaches, coach rhetoric—sometimes even first-hand observations from practice. (Those are much more rare now.)
As always, there are pleasant surprises. And, as always, there are disappointments.
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On a day full of dread around the world over wartime acts by Hamas, Outsports — a radically LGBT “sports” site — published a piece excoriating the NHL for its own “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
In their words, the “most egregious” part of these “radically right” policies was the banning of rainbow tape for in-game use.
The piece was titled, “The NHL has banned Pride Tape, creating its own ‘Don’t Say Gay’ policy.
A family will be divided in Monday Night Football as the Carlson brothers prepare to kick their respective teams to victory.
Green Bay Packers kicker Anders Carlson and Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson will play each other for the first time in their professional careers at Allegiant Stadium. It will be the first time in 36 years that brothers will kick for opposing teams, when Chris Bahr (also on the Raiders) and Matt Bahr (Browns) faced off in 1987.
Colorado star Travis Hunter returned to the practice for the first time since suffering a gruesome injury in the Buffaloes’ game against Colorado State on Sept. 16, according to a video clip posted on social media.
Darius Sanders of The People Media tweeted a video on Monday of Hunter doing one-on-one drills with wide receiver Omarion Miller, who registered a breakout performance in Colorado’s 48–41 loss to USC on Sept. 30.
Early in the 2023 NFL season, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel has shown that numbers and records mean little to him or his team. In Week 3’s 70–20 demolition of the Broncos, Miami chose not to tie or break the league’s single-game scoring record of 73 points.
Yet the Dolphins’ offense continues to compile yards at an impressive rate amid a 4–1 start. In the process, Miami has accumulated the most yards from scrimmage in a team’s first five games in league history. With 2,568 yards, the Dolphins have surpassed the previous record of 2,527 set by the St.
Vikings star receiver Justin Jefferson suffered a strained right hamstring during his team’s 27–20 home loss to the Chiefs on Sunday.
The injury caused Jefferson to miss the final 21 snaps of the game, which was a rare absence for the wideout. He hasn’t missed a game since he was drafted in 2020, and now that streak appears to be in jeopardy for Sunday’s game against the Bears.
Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters Monday that the team wants him to be “100%” before returning to the field in order to avoid a more serious injury.
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