data-mm-id=”_uegi2b19f”>Through 12 weeks of the NFL season, no teams have punched their tickets to the playoffs. The easiest route is to win the division title, which grants at least one home game in the postseason. Of course, not all divisions are created equal. Here's a ranking of all eight NFL divisions in terms of quality of play from their four teams, from best to worst.1. NFC WestIt's not even a contest. The West is the best. Well…the NFC West, anyway.Only in the NFC West can the San Francisco 49ers race off to the strongest start of the season, overpower opponent after opponent, become the first team this season to reach double digit wins…and not even have the division race in hand this late in the year. In fact, there's a very real chance the 9-2 Seattle Seah…
data-mm-id=”_666exq5xs”>Chris Jericho had a bourgeoning friendship with Jon 'Stugotz' Weiner, the co-host of the Dan Le Batard Show. But it turns out it may have been transactional. As Stugotz explained on today's show after they played a clip of the AEW champion heeling in Kansas City with Patrick Mahomes slander, Jericho did not exactly abide by the quid pro quo after an introduction was made to another friend of the show, Aaron Rodgers:.@IAmJericho ghosted @Stugotz790 after Stu made the Aaron Rodgers intro ?? pic.twitter.com/AKfdbC7qeg— Ryan Glasspiegel (@sportsrapport) February 27, 2020Jericho was in-studio on the show last month when AEW was in Miami for Bash at the Beach. Stu says that Jericho "would not leave him alone" before the requisite Rodgers int…
data-mm-id=”_smku7rx06″>The San Diego Padres open the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday night and they'll be bringing some sunshine with them. Yes, ace Mike "Sunshine" Clevinger will be taking the mound in Game 1 after not pitching since September 23 due to an elbow injury. His return gives an enormous boost to a beleaguered Padres pitching staff. When Clevinger was acquired from the Cleveland Indians at the trade deadline, this was the exact scenario the Padres imagined. He was brought in to lead their staff as its ace and his acquisition was aimed squarely at matching up with the Dodgers. While fellow starter — and NL Cy Young contender — Dinelson Lamet won't be available for this series, Clevinger's addition changes th…
data-mm-id=”_6aqr6pbha”>When the NBA released its schedule for the remainder of the 2019-20 season last week, they pegged the start date for the 2020-21 year at December 1. That isn't set in stone yet, but planning on starting the new season less than two months after the end of the previous one proved the league isn't shy about squeezing everything together to keep everything as close to normal as possible. On a call with general managers today, the NBA indicated that the 2020-21 schedule might be condensed to keep in on a similar timeline as other years and it seems they're still planning on making it an 82-game season. Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk said on a conference call with reporters this morning that the NBA has indicated to the league's GMs that nex…
data-mm-id=”_4w6sy5sjd”>Dak Prescott seems to be making a habit out of not seeing eye to eye with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. After Jones skirted the issue of whether players would be free to protest during the National Anthem in August, Prescott turned his employer's words around on him earlier this week. Via Dallas Morning News:”“That’s what this country is about, the freedom to do that, the freedom to express yourself,” Prescott said. “We heard Mr. Jones talk about grace and sharing grace and having grace with players in what they want to do.
“If I had it my way, that’s exactly what we’d do is express ourselves individually but love and support one another collectively.””Prescott has not indicated that he himself would kneel during the national anthem – i…
data-mm-id=”_xmcksx2ah”>No amount of free mustaches or cutoff t-shirts can save Gardner Minshew now. At this point, his future as the Jacksonville Jaguars starting quarterback, and as a starting quarterback for any team in the NFL moving forward, is tenuous as he regresses to the mean and provides additional reasons why the Jaguars need to tank for Trevor (or whatever quarterback name rhymes with tank). After Week 1 of this season, and for long stretches of last year, Minshew was the darling of fans both in and outside of Jacksonville. His Jimmy Buffet personality and Uncle Rico look mixed in with the fact that he actually won some games had virtually everyone screaming "Minshew Mania" like he was the fifth Beetle. Even the Jags PR team concocted a way to increase ticket sale…
data-mm-id=”_xmvjct622″>Rex Ryan's animosity toward Bill Belichick is long founded and based primarily on Ryan's inability to best the Patriots' head coach in the AFC East for the better part of a decade. But was the former Jets and Bills coach and current ESPN analyst correct in his assertion that players didn't go to New England because of Belichick but rather because they wanted to play with Tom Brady? Ryan certainly added some ammunition to that arsenal today. Hours after Matt Stafford was traded to the Rams for Jared Goff and a slew of picks, word leaked that the New England Patriots were the only team Stafford wouldn't accept a trade to. There are many reasons why that may have been the case, from the Patriots' lackluster talent on offense to the fac…
data-mm-id=”_by58nkzcn”>The Los Angeles Lakers have a pulse. After a year of letdowns and a roster not build to compete in the crowded Western Conference, a trade deadline deal has injected life into a listless roster. On Wednesday, the Lakers finally dumped Russell Westbrook in a three-team deal that netted them D'Angelo Russell and two useful role players. It's hard to see this trade as anything but a massive win for LA.Lakers, Jazz and Timberwolves are finalizing trade sending D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt to Los Angeles, Russell Westbrook and first-round pick to Utah and Mike Conley Jr. and second-round pick compensation to Minnesota, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 9, 2023The Lakers never should ha…
data-mm-id=”_y559hrdzy”>I don't know how he's managed to do it but credit to ESPN's Dan Orlovsky for carving out a very niche market in the world of sports media as the lovable goof who might shock, delight, and horrify his audience by informing them he's never heard of feta cheese or sleeps in a big, wet sleeping bag all night instead of showering or whatever the case might be. If he were a different guy we'd be convinced there was a bit going on but no one is closer to an earnest alien who has landed on this strange planet and is slowly being introduced to the ways of humankind. And to be perfectly clear, it's profoundly likable, even if it is all a bit hard to comprehend. Like, for instance, today he discovered… wheels?In an expert bit of product plac…
data-mm-id=”_p9ieetj98″>The New England Patriots scored a big upset win in Week 7, besting the Buffalo Bills 29-25. After taking a late lead, Pats players celebrated a bit too much. Let's just say Rob Gronkowski wasn't a fan of it. On Wednesday, Gronkowski talked to former teammate Patrick Chung about the celebrations — which included quarterback Mac Jones hitting the worst Griddy of all-time. Gronk was not a fan of it and thought the Patriots went too far for winning a regular season game. Chung seemed to be fine with it. Here's what the two had to say:Mac Jones just hit the coldest griddy of all time pic.twitter.com/sv5WHDAHgo— Jaden (@JayLoJL) October 22, 2023I mean, Gronk was maybe the goofiest NFL player of my lifetime, so hearing him be so harsh on guys clownin…