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NFL appeals Cleveland QB Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension
The NFL is appealing Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspensionPhoto: AP The NFL has filed an appeal of the six-game suspension handed down by Sue L. Robinson, the arbiter in the case […]
Why was Sue Robinson involved in Deshaun Watson’s case, anyway?
Former Judge Sue L. Robinson and Deshaun Watson… partners in crime.Illustration: farnanlaw.com/attorneys/sue-robinson/ (Getty Images) “During her tenure on the bench, Judge Robinson presided over an extraordinary number of complex cases, […]
Nebraska wide receiver strikes NIL deal with Omaha-based HVAC company
Great NIL deal or the GREATEST NIL deal?Screenshot: SOS Heating & Cooling Facebook As much as I want to yell at colleges, “This is your responsibility!” every time a student-athlete […]
Miles Bridges fans should care more about his alleged victim and less about his contract
Sometimes contracts don’t matter.Image: Getty Images Four days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, an unidentified woman was involved in a domestic situation that led to her requiring medical attention. […]
Yankees and Rays educate Twitter followers on gun violence
Screenshot: Twitter: @Yankees As we sit in states of grief, hopelessness, and disbelief after yet another preventable massacre of children in Uvaldo, Texas, the New York Yankees shocked the nation […]
Russian gymnast who used podium for propaganda receives one-year ban
Ivan KuliakScreenshot: CNN The ability of the sports world to churn on through societal decay is dismaying or courageous depending on how you frame it. Oscillating between the stoicism of […]
NFL Schedule Leaks was just another troll job
Screenshot: Twitter: @NFLGameLeaks Legends aren’t born, they’re made. The Twitter account @NFLGameLeaks is no different. NFL Schedule Leaks published its first tweet on May 9, writing, “Hello Twitter; The NFL […]
NCAA’s NIL guidelines show up 10 months too late
The NCAA, belatedly, attempts to rein in NIL spending.Image: Getty Images The end is near. You can feel it in the air. Mark Emmert is gone, the board is shrinking, […]
Lakers’ Russell Westbrook comments on Frank Vogels after coach’s firing
Russell Westbrook says he’s never had an issue with any of his coaches, after Frank Vogel got fired.Illustration: Getty Images Russell Westbrook didn’t hesitate to kick dirt on Frank Vogel […]
Discussion around Lia Thomas ignores the fact that we could have coed sports
Lia Thomas has become a Rorschach test for our cultural ideas of gender.Image: Getty Images For all the energy devoted to the Lia Thomas story, you’d think there was an […]