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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...

Memphis traded Jaren Jackson Jr. in February. Two-time All-Star, 2023 Defensive Player of the Year, one of the better two-way players in the league. Gone. The return was three first-round picks, and the most valuable of those was the best of Utah’s, Cleveland’s, or Minnesota’s 2027 first-rounder. Memphis did the math. They liked the math....

The NBA flopping rule has been on the books since 2023. The league made it permanent in July 2024. According to independent tracking of NBA technical fouls, the whole league combined for about 26 flopping technicals in the rule’s first season. The only documented flopping fine in all of 2025-26 was Malik Monk, $2,000, back...

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 watch a group stage match at the same tournament he spent two years championing. WWE cut nearly 30 wrestlers two days...

The NBA is voting on expansion this week. Two cities. Seattle and Las Vegas. That is the whole list. Pittsburgh is not on it. Pittsburgh is never on it. And I am tired of pretending that is not ridiculous. Let me make the case nobody in that league office is going to make for us....

As I am sure you have heard, Stranger Things ended on New Years Eve. The finale was met with a wide range of opinions. Some people loved it, others hated it. I am of the opinion that the finale was mid. Really though the internet is trying to convince the world that tonight January 7th...