Month: October 2024

After much speculation, the Browns have officially shipped former No. 1 overall pick, Baker Mayfield, to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for a conditional 2024 fifth-round pick. In less than five years, Mayfield has gone from Heisman Trophy winner to first overall pick to Offensive Rookie of the Year runner-up to Cleveland’s savior to feuding with his top wideout to draft bust to fighting for a starting spot with Sam Darnold. It’s been a wild ride. It’s funny—Mayfield and Darnold were the first two quarterbacks selected in the 2018 NFL draft. Mayfield was obviously the first overall pick and Darnold was the third pick. Giants’ running back Saquon Barkley separated the two. However, this isn’t the first time the first two quarterbacks taken in the same draft ended up play…

Vin Scully was at the Pasadena Civic Center last night for “An Evening With Vin Scully,” and for some reason someone asked him for his thoughts on the NFL’s national anthem demonstrations. His response was unsurprising. Here’s a transcription of that video: “I have only one personal thought, really. And I am so disappointed. And I used to love, during the fall and winter, to watch the NFL on Sunday. And it’s not that I’m some great patriot. I was in the Navy for a year—didn’t go anywhere, didn’t do anything. But I have overwhelming respect and admiration for anyone who puts on a uniform and goes to war. So the only thing I can do in my little way is not to preach. I will never watch another NFL game.” It’s unclear why Scully brought up the military. NFL play…

The Texas Rangers are getting a new stadium, because duh, who wants to play in an obsolete 22-year-old ballpark? The official announcement said the costs of the billion-dollar stadium will be split right down the middle. “The deal is 50-50,” Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams claimed. “The city would put in $500 million dollars.” Yeah, about that… WFAA-TV has taken a dive into the actual Master Agreement, unanimously passed by the Arlington City Council last month. And that 50-50 split sure looks a lot like an 80-20 split. Here’s how it works. The agreement, in addition to raising the city’s share of the money by extending a series of tax hikes that are currently paying for the Cowboys’ Stadium, includes an “admissions and parking tax”—a surcharge on tickets and parki…

Takeru Kobayashi is still exiled from the Nathan's hot dog eating contest, but that just means he has more time to do things like scarf some pizzas with some bros, or, in this case, chug an entire gallon of milk for the sake of entertaining the kind folks at Uncle Bob's Self Storage. Completion of the Gallon Challenge has long been a pursuit of kids with video cameras and a lot of free time on their hands, but those amateurs are usually allotted 60 minutes to try and finish a gallon of milk. Kobayashi scoffs at such a generous time constraint. He only needs 20 seconds to finish the milk before triumphantly tossing aside the empty container. h/t Joshua …

data-mm-id=”_jzjzx9iz7″>With the clock ticking down toward the start of the NBA season, fans are already expressing their excitement toward a new year, one filled with hope and parity after the relative dismantling of the Golden State Warriors' hoops monopoly. However, some teams who were able to make the playoffs last year face challenges in returning. Here are three who could find themselves looking from the outside in come postseason. Oklahoma City ThunderChris Paul's NBA career began as the face of a franchise stationed in OKC. Then, it was the New Orleans Hornets. Now, it's the Thunder, who begin a new era under Paul's possibly temporary watch with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden's next appearances in Thunder uniforms more than likely com…

data-mm-id=”_2btcs65pz”>Mike McCarthy's final days as head coach of the Green Bay Packers were rife with turmoil, a fractured relationship with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and ultimately, losses, which led to his dismissal midway through the 2018 season. While the jury's still out on which side was more responsible for the constant bickering which characterized the 2018 Packers, McCarthy has made it clear that he is not finished coaching.Does Odell Beckham Jr. really want out of Cleveland? @JayGlazer has the latest: pic.twitter.com/5XEDYj6Iba— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 8, 2019According to FOX Sports' Jay Glazer, McCarthy hired six employees to help him scout trends concerning "everything that's gone on during this entire season", and that he sa…

data-mm-id=”_dp9nqb0nw”>For months, it has seemed as if it will be a matter of not "if" Liverpool will win its first English league title in 30 years, but "when." The Reds have sat atop the Premier League table from the start of the season, and currently lead by 22 points over Manchester City with 10 matches to play. Which is awkward, because Jurgen Klopp's boys have picked a particularly bad time to hit a slump.After barely escaping a shocking FA Cup exit to third-tier Shrewsbury, Liverpool suffered an unexpected 1-0 defeat on the road to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League tie. The Reds scraped out a 3-2 win over West Ham a week later, but their hopes for an undefeated league season went up in smoke five days later thanks to a shocking …

data-mm-id=”_8y278r9z2″>Daryl Morey has spent the last decade-plus in Houston proving he was the boldest decision-maker in the NBA. From the James Harden trade to the Chris Paul acquisition to the Russell Westbrook transaction, Morey was never afraid to swing big and swing hard. Some were home runs, some were whiffs of epic proportions. Such is life of a basketball general manager. Now, his reign has come to an end. Adrian Wojnarowski reports Morey is stepping down in Houston after 13 years at the helm. Per ESPN: “Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is stepping down, sources told ESPN.

In the aftermath of Houston’s elimination from the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida, Morey approached owner Tilman Fertitta with the idea of leaving the job and the sides quietly worked through…