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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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Five Teams That Need to Actually Buy at the 2026 MLB Trade Deadline
I'm not sitting here and watching five teams waste this. The White Sox are leading the AL Central, the A's are at the Wild Card cut line, the Marlins are on a nine-game win…
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Tarik Skubal Trade: 5 Teams That Need to Make the Call Before August
Every Tarik Skubal trade conversation in baseball is about to get very real, because the man has back-to-back Cy Young awards, the best single-season K-to-walk ratio in the history of Major League Baseball at…
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MLB Salary Cap: Players Are Right, Cheap Owners Are Worse, and Fans Are Last
Bryce Harper sat in a chair holding a bat last July while Rob Manfred talked to the Phillies about baseball's economics. Harper sat quiet for most of the hour. Then he stood up, walked…
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Combined No-Hitter Is Not a No-Hitter and the Astros Just Made That Impossible to Ignore
Tatsuya Imai walked three of his first four batters tonight, loaded the bases in the first inning against the Texas Rangers, and got bailed out when someone hit into a double play. He then…
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Small Market Teams in 2026 Are Winning, But Don’t Get Too Comfortable
Juan Soto's team is in last place. The small market teams in 2026 are the best story in baseball right now, and the New York Mets, who have spent something approaching half a billion…
College Basketball
Ticket Prices Out of Control: FIFA, WWE, and Ticketmaster Are Bleeding Fans Dry
FIFA just tripled the price of a World Cup final ticket to $32,970, for a tournament they promised would top out at $1,550, and Donald Trump told the press he wouldn't pay $1,000 to…
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The Pirates Mike Trout Trade Should Actually Happen in 2026
A Pirates Mike Trout trade needs to happen. Not explore it. Not ask around about it as a box-checking exercise. Go get him. I know how that sounds. I'm not walking it back. The…
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Script Flipped. Penguins Lock in 1st Round Home Ice
What an absolutely perfect video from the Penguins PR staff last night. Moments after the Penguins defeated the New Jersey Devils by a score of 5-2 the Penguins put out this video: https://twitter.com/penguins/status/2042417867912601625?s=20 All…
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The Pirates Outfield Defense Is Already a Problem and Monday Proved It | Padres vs Pirates 4/6/26
The five-game win streak is over, the Padres handed the Pirates a 5-0 shutout Monday night at PNC Park, and the most honest conversation we need to be having right now is about this…
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Cold Weather Baseball Is Part of the Game.. Stop Crying
I love football in the snow. Always have. Watching two teams grind it out on a frozen field in January while guys can barely feel their hands is some of the best sports television…
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Pittsburgh Pirates Win Without Home Runs | Orioles vs Pirates 4/4/26
The Pittsburgh Pirates win 3-2 on a Nick Yorke walkoff double in the 9th inning and the best part is they did it on a day when nothing went clean. No home runs. Starter…
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Konnor Griffin’s Debut Delivered. Now Let’s Talk About What This Team Can Actually Do. | Orioles vs Pirates 4/3/26
Konnor Griffin's debut was today, and he walked up to the plate in the second inning of his, and he hit a double to center field. First at-bat. Kyle Bradish on the mound, a…
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Pirates Beat the Reds: Cruz Slugs 3 Homers in series, Skenes Bounces Back | Pirates vs Reds 4/1/26
Oneil Cruz went 5-for-13 with three home runs and six RBIs across three games in Cincinnati, and the Pirates beat the Reds in two of them by the exact same score both times. Pittsburgh…
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Pirates Offense Erupts for Real With 4 Homers in 8-3 Win | Pirates vs Reds 3/31/26
The Pirates offense finally looked like what this roster was built to be. Four home runs, eight runs, an 8-3 final in Cincinnati the night after getting shutout by Chase Burns and looking like…