Month: October 2024

data-mm-id=”_1twipwx17″>The New York Knicks are one of two NBA franchises that have not issued a statement about the killing of George Floyd and the civil unrest that has followed it. As a result, players and team employees are reportedly furious at the team's lack of a statement. Team owner James Dolan addressed that in an e-mail to employees on Monday and it definitely didn't help matters. ESPN's Pablo Torre got a copy of the email:I'm told that Knicks players and employees are furious that the team hasn't made a public statement about George Floyd. And I just obtained the e-mail that owner Jim Dolan sent to MSG employees today defending the organization's decision to stay silent: pic.twitter.com/xG1BA7tV5V— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) June 2, 2020Her…

data-mm-id=”_cv8pr6vna”>Exactly two weeks ago, the Indiana Pacers announced a one-year contract extension with head coach Nate McMillan on the eve of the NBA playoffs. McMillan had one year left on his deal at the time of the extension. These past two weeks did not exactly go well for McMillan's Pacers as they got swept at the hands of the Miami Heat and have already left the bubble. Apparently the Pacers' brass was so unhappy about this that they reversed course entirely and fired McMillan on Wednesday morning. Official Statement: pic.twitter.com/l9kMqiYEXh— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) August 26, 2020This is quite a confounding decision. Adrian Wojnarowski later reported that the "extension" McMillan signed only gave the coach a team option for the 2021-22 season, r…

data-mm-id=”_ed9fip5h5″>The Kansas City Chiefs took care of business against their fiercest competition in the AFC this past week when they took down the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football. They made it look easy, too. But KC isn't getting much of a reprieve in Week 4 as the New England Patriots are coming to town. Andy Reid has to prepare his team on a short week to face off against one of the few football minds that rivals his own acumen. Nonetheless, the Chiefs are and should be favored. Bill Belichick is a gridiron genius, but this Patriots team lacks the firepower of previous iterations; they do have Cam Newton, but other than that the star power at skill positions is lacking and the defense is not the historically elite unit it was in 2019. If the Patriots go down by …

data-mm-id=”_nyny95id5″>Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers had a nightmare first quarter in their Wild Card round game against the Cleveland Browns. Roethlisberger threw two interceptions and Cleveland recovered another fumble for a touchdown on their way to a 28-0 lead. It's safe to say this version of the Browns is not "just the Browns."On the first play from scrimmage the snap went over Roethlisberger's head. James Conner ran after the loose ball while Big Ben… ambled towards it. When they got there Conner dove for the ball while Roethlisberger made what could most politely referred to as a business decision. The @Browns couldn’t have asked for a better start!#CLEvsPIT // @NBC // @peacockTV pic.twitter.com/wB2HcvmleG— #SuperWildCard on NBC (@SNF…

data-mm-id=”_b9u10zqc6″>Urban Meyer is getting ripped from all sides as his disastrous first season with the Jacksonville Jaguars grinds on. His attitude, personality and off-field issues have come under fire, as has his coaching as the Jags have limped to a 2-11 record. On Monday, Meyer's former Fox Sports colleague, Brady Quinn attacked the media while defending the 57-year-old head coach. During an episode of 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, Quinn claimed the media never gave Meyer a chance and are reporting certain things and attacking him out of a vendetta. ?️@Brady_Quinn: "The media never gave him a chance, and then now you've got coaches trying to go for a life vest and they're trying to jump off this ship, and they're trying to save themselves, and that'…

data-mm-id=”_zfzv8qjjh”>Back in early April I wrote an article that, shortly after its publication, made me look like an idiot. I rarely need help in that regard, but in this case the baseball gods saw fit to punish me even further. Undaunted, I'm going to try again while tackling the same subject. Maybe this time I'll get my Max Muncy take right. Then again, maybe not. The thesis of the April piece was that Muncy was completely lost at the plate. Following an awful 2022 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers infielder had opened 2023 by going 4-for-33 with a single extra base hit. He was slashing .121/.293/.212 with 16 strikeouts in 41 plate appearances. Hours after that piece was published, Muncy launched a grand slam and a three-run home run against the San Francisco Giants, then…