It’s mid-July, and we’re getting ever so close to NFL training camps opening, and you can feel the anticipation. Along with that comes a whole host of pundits writing lists ranking players at various positions — most notably, quarterback. ESPN caused an uproar over the weekend when it released its Top 10 QBs heading into the 2022 campaign. The list 10. Dak Prescott 9. Deshaun Watson 8. Russell Wilson 7. Justin Herbert 6. Matthew Stafford 5. Joe Burrow 4. Tom Brady 3. Josh Allen 2. Patrick Mahomes 1. Aaron Rodgers No Respect The first glaring omission on this list is Lamar Jackson, the Rodney Dangerfield of NFL QBs because he “ don’t get no respect.” It’s like everyone has short-term memory loss. The Ravens were one of the elite AFC teams last season, while Jackso…

The big "shocking" report from the BBC about a brewing soccer scandal in Europe has finally aired, and it turns out that the problem is … bungs! Hey! We're Americans! What's a bung, buggers? Well, it turns out that a bung is a "payment made outside agreed terms, less like a bribe and more like a tip. A bung might be paid to a manager bringing in a player, or letting one go." GOT IT. And apparently it kind of sort of is rocking Euro soccer after the BBC's report last evening. How earthshattering is it? Well, the report says there's a "Bung Culture," which typically involves a petri dish. Sorry, sorry: We can't get past this "bung" thing. But we're gonna try anyway. The only real issue, according to Soccernista, is…

While “fan” violence in Europe in 2016 is, sadly, by no means out of the ordinary, the kinds of sustained and coordinated attacks we’ve seen at such a high-profile international event like Euro 2016 these past few days is pretty shocking. We have Englishmen taunting local fans, locals orchestrating quick hit-and-runs on Englishmen at the bars they’ve congregated at, trained Russian thugs ruthlessly pummeling the English in days-long attacks, French riot police attempting to staunch the violence through more violence, and UEFA threatening to kick teams out of the tournament if fans don’t be have. The Euros have only just started and it’s already a full-blown shitshow. The most significant clashes this past week involved attacks against England fans in Marseille. That city was …

Troy McClure warned us, but did we listen? We did not. After TwinsFest at Target Field two weeks ago, Minnesota reliever Anthony Swarzak got into a good-natured tussle. "When he was up here for TwinsFest, he was messing around with a couple guys and cracked a couple ribs, so he'll be out a month," Ryan said. "He was wrestling around. It was some horseplay. He was out with a couple friends and the team and cracked a couple ribs fooling around. It wasn't a fight or anything. It was just bad judgment wrestling around." This goes down as a "non-baseball-related injury," but there's nothing more baseball than a player hurting himself doing something foolish or mundane. Swarzak will be out about a month, rough timing considering pitchers and ca…

UFC says its concussion protocol is better than the NFL’s, and they might need to prove it tonight after Marcel Fortuna knocked Anthony Hamilton out so severely that the latter struggled to rise for the official announcement. [Fox Deportes] Relatedbetting football onlinebetting nfl onlinecollege football betting sitesbetting sites for nbatop mlb betting sitesfree nhl betting sitesufc betssoccer sportsbookscopa america sportsbook…

data-mm-id=”_kxxtd963z”>The blows just kept on coming this morning for New York Giants fans. The dreadful day began with the news they weren't signing the coveted Matt Rhule, then they hired the unknown Joe Judge as head coach. Now, wait for it, they might bring in Jason Garrett to be the team's offensive coordinator.Source: #Giants requested permission from #Cowboys to interview Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator under new HC Joe Judge. Garrett’s 10 years of head coaching experience would be important asset to inexperienced HC. Also Garrett could develop Daniel Jones if interested.— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) January 7, 2020They say bad news comes in threes, but "bad" is putting it lightly. The latest reports from this gut-punching morning has to have many s…

data-mm-id=”_djw5qtkgq”>CNN's Chris Cuomo announced yesterday that he's batting COVID-19. He's quarantined in his basement where he continues to do his primetime show through some rather harrowing symptoms, which he described in detail Wednesday night. "It was like somebody was beating me like a pinata," he said. "I was shivering so much, that Sanjay’s right, I chipped my tooth,” Cuomo added. “These are not cheap, OK? They call them the rigors, like rigors, r-i-g-o-r-s. But rigors. So the sun comes up. I was up all night. I tell you, I was hallucinating. My dad was talking to me.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta, ever the voice of reason, stepped in and suggested what so many at home were likely suggesting: that maybe, just maybe, Cuomo should get some rest and f…

data-mm-id=”_cdqtfor3o”>The NFL has been afforded a luxury few other industries were able to appreciate over the last four months: time. Unlike its fellow sports leagues, the NFL was in the middle of its offseason when coronavirus shut down the country. The league had the last four months to prepare for the start of the season and plan how they would handle testing, safety precautions, and every other extremely complicated factor that comes into play when trying to put on football during a global pandemic. It would seem they did not make the best of their time. Houston Texans rookies are supposed to report to training camp on Saturday. The NFL has told its players exactly nothing important. J.J. Watt laid out exactly what they don't know, two days out from the start of activities.…

data-mm-id=”_m74tycm5z”>Home Alone came out 30 years ago today. One of the best Christmas movies ever, people are rightly celebrating it with something besides the usual "BUY THE HOME ALONE HOUSE" posts. Insider has an interview with director Christopher Columbus in which he explained how Donald Trump ended up in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. It was utterly Trump-ish.Via Insider: “Like most locations in New York City, you just pay a fee and you are allowed to shoot in that location. We approached The Plaza Hotel, which Trump owned at the time, because we wanted to shoot in the lobby. We couldn’t rebuild The Plaza on a soundstage.

Trump said OK. We paid the fee, but he also said, “The only way you can use the Plaza is if I’m in the movie.” So we agreed to put him in the mov…

data-mm-id=”_cqn0lvin3″>Wrexham AFC has become a worldwide darling thanks to new owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds. FX's Welcome to Wrexham introduced the Welsh club, and its hometown, to the world and even non-soccer loving fans are cheering on its quest for promotion out of the fifth-tier of English soccer. Well, the squad's chances at moving out of the National League have taken a massive hit. Wrexham suffered a shocking 3-1 loss to FC Halifax Town on Friday. The defeat dropped the Red Dragons to second place in the standings behind Notts County. Both clubs have 100 points on the season, but Notts leads on goal differential. The two top squads will face each other on Monday in a match that could very well determine who tops the table. Wrexham has played one fewer gam…