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Five 2026 College Football Hot Takes I’m Not Backing Down From
College Football

Five 2026 College Football Hot Takes I’m Not Backing Down From

Preseason 2026 college football hot takes are supposed to play it safe, pick the 4 teams everybody already has in their top 5, name a Heisman favorite the whole country already knows, call it a day and move on, and I’m not doing any of that. Here are 5 things I actually believe are going...
Benny Yinzer · Jul 10, 2026
The Penguins Roster Looks Set, But Should It Be?
NHL

The Penguins Roster Looks Set, But Should It Be?

The Penguins roster looks set. They avoided arbitration with almost all of their restricted free agents. Nick Robertson is the only surefire NHLer that has yet to sign a contract. Ville Koivunen is also awaiting a contract, or a trade, but he would need to have a hell of a training camp to make the...
Erbie Brooks · Jul 8, 2026
The USMNT Defense Needs an SEC Cornerback Bust and I Refuse to Be Talked Out of It
Soccer

The USMNT Defense Needs an SEC Cornerback Bust and I Refuse to Be Talked Out of It

The USMNT defense did the exact same thing last night that it has done for four straight World Cups now, and I watched Chris Richards mishit that clearance right into a Belgium jersey and something in me just left the building. Four to one, round of sixteen, on home soil, in the softest bracket this...
Benny Yinzer · Jul 7, 2026
The Leo Carlsson Offer Sheet Just Blew Up Anaheim’s Whole Summer
NHL

The Leo Carlsson Offer Sheet Just Blew Up Anaheim’s Whole Summer

I had just teed off on the 10th hole, not expecting the Leo Carlsson offer sheet news to blow up my phone until the holiday weekend had passed.. While walking down the fairway my phone began to ring endlessly. When I grabbed my phone, I looked down and saw a completely shocking piece of news....
Erbie Brooks · Jul 6, 2026
The MLB All-Star Fan Vote Is Broken and Ernie Clement Just Proved It
MLB

The MLB All-Star Fan Vote Is Broken and Ernie Clement Just Proved It

Ernie Clement almost beat Shohei Ohtani in the MLB All-Star fan vote this year and I need you to actually sit with that for a second, because it explains every single thing wrong with how this whole thing gets decided. The MLB All-Star Fan Vote Just Handed Ernie Clement Ohtani’s Spotlight Clement’s a good story,...
Benny Yinzer · Jul 5, 2026
The World Baseball Classic Curse Is Real, and It’s About to Get Blamed on Guys It Might Not Even Be
MLB

The World Baseball Classic Curse Is Real, and It’s About to Get Blamed on Guys It Might Not Even Be

The World Baseball Classic curse talk is back, and this time it’s not even a stretch, because the actual tournament MVP is out here having a worse year than the guy who just got shredded for seven runs in four innings. That’s not a joke. That’s just where the sport is right now in July....
Benny Yinzer · Jul 3, 2026
Penguins Free Agency Proves Pittsburgh Still Hasn’t Learned Its Lesson
NHL

Penguins Free Agency Proves Pittsburgh Still Hasn’t Learned Its Lesson

Penguins free agency day one has come and gone The Penguins made a few signings, and an intriguing trade. No one notable left the roster and none of the RFA’s have signed a contract. Analytically, all of the signings look to be solid bets. Shea was allowed to walk, so too were Acciari and Clifton....
Erbie Brooks · Jul 2, 2026
Penguins Wotherspoon Trade: The Fanbase Has Zero Memory
NHL

Penguins Wotherspoon Trade: The Fanbase Has Zero Memory

NHL free agency opens in mere hours. However, absolutely no needle movers are available. Due to this, the NHL is experiencing one of the first true offseason trade booms of our lifetimes. Teams have little reason to spend big today, and historically it’s been a terrible way to build a team. The only real way...
Erbie Brooks · Jul 1, 2026
Ruck Twins Land in Pittsburgh as Penguins Stand Pat at 2026 NHL Draft
NHL

Ruck Twins Land in Pittsburgh as Penguins Stand Pat at 2026 NHL Draft

The NHL draft has come and gone and the Ruck twins are headed to Pittsburgh, but almost everything else about the Penguins roster for next season has likely not changed at all.. For the first time in years, there was a considerable amount of trade action throughout the league, but the Penguins did not participate....
Erbie Brooks · Jun 29, 2026
2026 NFL Win Totals: Three Teams to Back and Three to Fade Before the Season Starts
NFL

2026 NFL Win Totals: Three Teams to Back and Three to Fade Before the Season Starts

Vegas is wrong on at least six of the 2026 NFL win totals and I’m saying it now, before a snap gets played, before training camp, before one of these quarterbacks pulls something in a Thursday walkthrough that definitely should have been a day off. Three teams the market is sleeping on and three that...
Benny Yinzer · Jun 29, 2026
NFL Trades That Should Happen After Giannis: Jefferson, Lamar, Watt, and More
NFL

NFL Trades That Should Happen After Giannis: Jefferson, Lamar, Watt, and More

Giannis Antetokounmpo ended a fourteen-year run in Milwaukee on Tuesday and was in a Heat uniform by Wednesday, and I spent the next 48 hours thinking about every NFL guy who should be watching that and taking notes. June 1st already happened, Myles Garrett to the Rams and AJ Brown to the Patriots in the...
Benny Yinzer · Jun 26, 2026
Penguins Trade Rumors: Time to Get in the Fray
NHL

Penguins Trade Rumors: Time to Get in the Fray

The NHL may have just experienced its craziest day in recent memory, and if you’ve been following Penguins trade rumors, things are about to get real. About a decade ago we got the famous 1-for-1 deals involving Larsson for Hall and Subban for Weber but yesterday may have been even more explosive. Many pundits have...
Erbie Brooks · Jun 24, 2026
NHL Parity Problem: Is the Brady Tkachuk Trade a Warning Sign?
NHL

NHL Parity Problem: Is the Brady Tkachuk Trade a Warning Sign?

This weekend in the NHL started out rather quietly. After the Darren Radysh and Michael Kesselring trades, not much seemed to be happening. Sure, plenty of rumors were swirling, as they always are this time of year. Sunday saw an uptick in action and ended in a blockbuster, and it might be the clearest sign...
Erbie Brooks · Jun 22, 2026
5 MLB Trade Deadline Moves That Actually Need to Happen
MLB

5 MLB Trade Deadline Moves That Actually Need to Happen

The 2026 MLB trade deadline is August 3rd, and the market is actually good this year. There’s a two-time Cy Young winner sitting on a 32-44 team with no path back. A franchise gave up two top-30 prospects six months ago for a rental pitcher and is now 34-42. A front office in San Francisco...
Benny Yinzer · Jun 21, 2026
The Red Card Rule in Other Sports Would Break Baseball and Save Basketball
College Basketball

The Red Card Rule in Other Sports Would Break Baseball and Save Basketball

So I’m sitting there watching Canada hang six on Qatar yesterday and somewhere around the second red card, when Qatar’s down to nine guys defending a World Cup match with two fewer humans than everybody else on the grass, all I could think was damn, that sucks, and then about four seconds later the better...
Benny Yinzer · Jun 20, 2026
Mike Babcock Oilers: The NHL Actually Had to Investigate Him First
NFL

Mike Babcock Oilers: The NHL Actually Had to Investigate Him First

The Mike Babcock Oilers situation is the only place to start. It was reported during the finals that the Oilers have decided to hire Mike Babcock as their next head coach. Now, if you don’t remember Mike Babcock has been publicly shamed for his over the top hard-ass coaching style by several players. Mitch Marner...
Erbie Brooks · Jun 19, 2026
NHL Trade Rumors 2026: Woll to Philly, Colton to Nashville, and Who’s Actually Next
NHL

NHL Trade Rumors 2026: Woll to Philly, Colton to Nashville, and Who’s Actually Next

NHL trade rumors are already flying and Carolina hasn’t even had the Cup for 48 hours, which tells you everything you need to know about what kind of offseason this is actually going to be. It has long been speculated that this will finally be the offseason of massive player movement. Usually, NHL insiders dub...
Erbie Brooks · Jun 17, 2026
NFL Expansion Cities: The 5 Markets That Actually Deserve a Team
NFL

NFL Expansion Cities: The 5 Markets That Actually Deserve a Team

The NFL expansion cities conversation is one I’ve been waiting to have properly for a while, because the league has been flying to Melbourne and Rio and Madrid while entire American cities with millions of people sit there with nothing, and now a guy connected to Tom Brady and the Raiders just dropped that 34...
Benny Yinzer · Jun 17, 2026

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