Month: October 2024

Do me a favor. Click this link, check out the headline, then come back. I'll wait. *taps foot patiently* On the day that he was assigned to write that article, I'm guessing that Lester Haines had a pretty good day at work. No less than three cock puns appear in the article, and anytime you can get paid to make cock puns, well, that's a good day. The gist, if you were too lazy to click the link, is that New Zealand has named their national badminton team the "Black Cocks." Now, they're considering changing it, because the International Badminton Federation doesn't like it. I guess they weren't able to look into the future and predict that any controversy might arise from the term "Black Cocks." If they think they have problems, they s…

data-mm-id=”_yq9httl48″>Patrick Mahomes won the MVP award last season in one of the most speculator showings in NFL history. And instead of suffering from a slump like most do after a season of that degree, Mahomes has taken it up several notches to a historic level. Yet, for some reason, his greatness is actually being under-discussed. The media right now is instead focusing on Daniel Jones, the Patriots, Dak Prescott, Antonio Brown, Baker Mayfield, and constantly recycled NBA topics. None of which have the long-term impact of what Mahomes is doing– playing the sport at the highest level it has ever been played at. The eye test is one part of this. Regardless of your knowledge of football, you watch this guy, and can diagnose his magnificence instantly. The debate between Aaron Rodg…

data-mm-id=”_7kolgov0z”>The Houston Astros are currently embroiled in an incredible cheating scandal that involves both the latest technology and literal garbage. Major League Baseball today announced that they were expanding their investigation into the Astros alleged sign-stealing to include the 2018 and 2019 seasons. And now there's this Astros sign-stealing bobblehead. Just gonna leave this right here and slowly back away… ?@wyshynski pic.twitter.com/pPg6VgPJMA— BobbleHouse® (@BobbleHouse16) November 22, 2019The bobblehead features an Astros employee wearing a jersey that says MVP, holding a Macbook next to a trash bin. The spring effect on the mallet he uses to smash the trash can is the perfect final touch. It doesn't appear that this is being sold anywhere, but it…

data-mm-id=”_yif76v56v”>ESPN NFL reporter Jeff Darlington named the Tennessee Titans as the favorites to land Tom Brady on Adam Schefter's podcast earlier this week. According to Darlington, the Titans are followed by Las Vegas and New England..@TomBrady to…….. Tennessee? Las Vegas?@AdamSchefter on the latest landing spot he’s heard for the #NFL ?: pic.twitter.com/CXNk748AQu— Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) February 19, 2020Schefter, speaking on the Rich Eisen Show, noted Darlington is “a lot more connected to that particular situation than a lot of people realize.” This news is surprising. The Titans are rarely brought up in the discussion and the oddsmakers have them at 16-1 to add the quarterback. The Patriots, Raiders, and Chargers have been the three most rumored…

data-mm-id=”_8yklj1oaf”>The Los Angeles Lakers will face off against the Miami Heat in the strangest NBA Finals in history. Similar to the Eastern Conference Finals, it will be a tale of two teams: one loaded with lottery-caliber talent in Los Angeles and one greater than the sum of its parts in Miami. Jimmy Butler will take on LeBron James. Bam Adebayo will face his biggest test to date against Anthony Davis. The biggest contrast between the two squads comes in the form of their preferred method of offense. The Heat love to shoot three-pointers. They averaged 35.4 attempts from deep per game during the regular season and made 37.9 percent of them, good for second in the league behind the Utah Jazz. The Lakers, meanwhile, are… not of the same mindset. They attempted only 31 per game…

data-mm-id=”_4zp6b5idv”>The pieces are falling into place for the NBA to hit their target date of July 31 to resume play. Adrian Wojnarowski has been reporting all week that the league is expected to pass a proposed plan to have 22 teams travel to Orlando. This plan would include a play-in tournament for the last seed in each conference. Wednesday is when the details of the plan started to leak. Shams Charania reported the exact format of the play-in, and Wojnarowski reported how many games will be played before the playoffs start. Here's how it will go down: The 16 playoff teams, along with the next six best teams by record (the Pelicans, Spurs, Trail Blazers, Kings, Suns, and Wizards) will play eight regular-season games that will serve to both determine seeding and give everyon…

data-mm-id=”_mqn8xd68i”>Marcus Morris went after Luka Doncic again. A few days after the Los Angeles Clippers forward appeared to intentionally step on Doncic's injured ankle during Game 5 of their playoff series, Morris hammered the Dallas Maverick star on a drive. He was assessed a Flagrant 2 and ejected from the game. Here are a few angles of it:Marcus Morris Sr. has been ejected following excess contact on Luka Doncic. pic.twitter.com/jP7LaSAzn4— FOX Sports West (@FoxSportsWest) August 30, 2020Morris vs Doncic, Morris ejected pic.twitter.com/gL1MrX4xnT— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) August 30, 2020Marcus Morris has been ejected for this foul on Luka Doncic pic.twitter.com/uY1R0DomW8— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) August 30, 2020Here's a still:Clippers&#039…