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When folks made the Miami Dolphins a trendy pick to win the AFC East this season, they conveniently forgot that Ryan Tannehill is still the team’s quarterback. Tannehill showed what he does best in the third quarter against the Washington …
The New York Mets and Matt Harvey may resolve the innings limit controversy by having the pitcher throw shorter half-outings over the remainder of the season. Harvey has thrown 171.2 innings this season. His agent Scott Boras says Harvey has a strict …
You knew the Carolina Panthers were in bad shape after Kelvin Benjamin was knocked out for the season with a torn ACL. Not just because Benjamin is such a stud, but also because that meant Ted Ginn Jr. would become the team’s No. 1 receiver. …
Welcome to another NFL season. If there is anything Doc has learned over the years about picking games, it’s whatever Del has picked, do the opposite. Just kidding. Actually, Doc Brown does not like picking games early in the season. He prefers …
Eight years ago Oscar De La Hoya gave Floyd Mayweather Jr. the boost he needed to become the most financially successful boxer in the world. On Saturday, the Golden Boy wasn’t quite as nice. All throughout Mayweather’s “retirement …
Eric Striker wasn’t about to walk out of Neyland Stadium without getting the final word against Tennessee fans. The Oklahoma linebacker taunted Vols fans after his Sooners came back from a 17-0 deficit to defeat the Vols 31-24 in double-OT on …
How’s that for a turn of events? The New York Giants finally got a chance to examine Jason Pierre-Paul last week after he spent the better part of two months avoiding the team following surgery on his hand for a July 4th fireworks accident. …
Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema caught a huge dose of Karma when his program lost to Toledo 16-12 on Saturday. That defeat was not lost on Ohio State. Earlier in the week, Bielema called out Ohio State for having a soft schedule. He complained that …
Touchdown Jesus was on Notre Dame’s sidelines Saturday. The Fighting Irish came back to beat Virginia thanks to a 39-yard miracle touchdown pass by DeShone Kizer to Will Fuller with 12 seconds left in the game. The Irish went up 32-27 on the …
Flavia Pennetta is leaving her sport the way most athletes aspire to: as a champion. The 33-year-old Italian tennis player defeated countrywoman and friend Roberta Vinci in the finals of the US Open Saturday 7-6, 6-2 and announced in her postmatch …
Nothing represents the Washington Nationals’ disappointing season better than what happened with Drew Storen this week. The Washington Post’s Chelsea Janes reported Saturday that the Nats reliever broke his thumb slamming his locker after …
Michael Zerafa was taken out of the ring on a stretcher after losing to Peter Quillin by 5th-round knockout on Saturday, but he is now said to be doing alright. Zerafa was knocked out by Quillin after taking multiple clean shots straight to the face. …
Notre Dame reached into its bag of tricks early in its game against Virginia Saturday. The Fighting Irish had a 4th and goal from the Cavaliers’ 7-yard line on their first offensive possession of the game. They lined up for a field goal but ran …
Jim Harbaugh earned his first victory as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines when his team defeated Oregon State 35-7 on Saturday in Ann Arbor. The team played typical physical Harbaugh ball, and there was another trait we saw that has become …
Carmelo Anthony is still under contract with the New York Knicks for another four years and still the central player in the franchise, but the team may be getting closer to thinking about trading him. In an article for Grantland about Markieff …
The good news for Aldon Smith is that he signed with an NFL team on Friday. The bad news is he was also charged with three crimes. The Raiders signed Smith to a one-year deal despite knowing he had been arrested for DUI, hit and run, and vandalism. …
