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Lightning strike can’t keep women’s Aussie Rules Football star from glory

The fifth season of women’s Australian rules football, AFLW, wrapped up on Saturday with the Grand Final at the Adelaide Oval, and after falling short in their first two cracks at becoming champions, the Brisbane Lions claimed their first premiership title with a 6.2 (38)-3.2 (20) victory over the defending… Read more…

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Why the hell is Grady Sizemore trending on Twitter in 2021, and what does it have to do with Bo Jackson?

People apparently enjoy painful memories, as the twitterverse is currently talking about a lot of “what could have beens.” Waking up this morning, not quite fully caffeinated, I saw that Grady Sizemore was trending, and immediately questioned the entirety of the space-time continuum. A tweet was posted yesterday… Read more…

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Deadspin fixes the NFL Draft … by getting rid of it

The NFL Draft is a moral disaster that should not exist. After playing three or four years of college football for no money, players finally get to enter the professional ranks, and upon getting there, find that their team and salary are dictated by the cartel that is the National Football League. Read more…

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T-wolves president Gersson Rosas is pointed in the wrong direction

It’s obviously not an easy time in the Twin Cities, and Timberwolves president Gersson Rosas probably had his heart in the right place suggesting that the rescheduled game between the Wolves and Nets Tuesday afternoon could act as a platform for players to protest or convey just how deeply affected everyone in… Read more…

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Why isn’t Marquette King still punting in the NFL? I asked him

Generally speaking, when an All-Pro player is healthy, they’re employed in today’s NFL. For whatever reason, that isn’t the case for Marquette King, who is healthy, available, and ready to contribute for an NFL franchise. The former second team All-Pro punter, oozing with personality and ability, last played in the… Read more…

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Stylist Claims Justin Timberlake ‘Insisted On’ Janet Jackson’s Wardrobe Malfunction In Bid To Outdo Britney Spears!

It’s been 17 years, but the hits just keep on comin’ as far as Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson‘s infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show performance is concerned. Over the weekend, the stylist who prepped Janet’s look for that infamous “wardrobe malfunction” moment came forward, claiming it was JT who allegedly pushed for it all to happen! […]

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(UPDATE: HE RETIRED) If Julian Edelman plays next year, you can probably guess where he’ll end up

Update (5:48 p.m. Eastern): So, like, I saw this going differently in my head. Which is fine, it’s fine. Edelman announced on Twitter, roughly thirty minutes after I wrote this, that he is retiring from football. So we probably won’t be seeing him in Tampa next year, but hey. Gronk came back after a year […]