Donald Trump, moreso than any other American president, has been uniquely intertwined in our sports culture for over three decades. Dating back to his failed early-80s venture into USFL ownership, Trump has amassed a long list of friends and enemies in ne...
MetLife Stadium is about ten miles outside of New York City in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Going out there from Manhattan is essentially the equivalent of following Moses around the desert for 40 years looking for the Promised Land. Nothing really ever c...
“I wanted to win the award for those guys, because they put in a lot of work behind the scenes.” –Jordy Nelson on (briefly) thanking his athletic trainers during his Comeback Player of the Year Award speech, 2017 “We are...
SANTA CLARA, CA -- When San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York cleaned house in January – firing GM Trent Baalke and Chip Kelly, the team’s third head coach in as many years – he knew the priority had to be stability. York quickly gathered a few veteran...
Let’s face it, men are dumb. Not dumb in the sense that they have limited cognitive abilities, but in the sense that they don’t know what they don’t know. And that makes them vulnerable to outwitting and manipulation. Sports, particularly football, ...
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.-- Lou Holtz If I asked you how m...
If the NFL subscribes to any one thing, it is sheer pageantry. Nowhere is our loving gawkfest of men in tights better illustrated than the four or so weeks of drills and practices known as training camp. The players (and thei...
“Not that I give a fuck about football or about your superstitions, but if it’s me reading the signs, I don’t send the Eagles guy whose personal motto is ‘Excelsior’ to a fucking Giants game, especially when he’s already in a legal situat...
The League may be the best sitcom you never heard of (or that you heard of but don’t watch). The premise is four buddies—Kevin, Pete, Ruxon, and Taco, who are so consumed with their fantasy league that they’ll engage in any caper, conniva...
