For the first time since Russia’s senseless invasion, the Ukraine men’s national soccer team took the field. In a win-or-go-home World Cup Qualifier and true-road contest against Scotland, Ukraine triumphed 3-1 Thursday at Glasgow’s Hampden Park. After months of worrying about their home and possible strife from Russian aggression, Ukraine is now one game from clinching a spot at the 2022 World Cup. “Every game for us now is like a final. We have one more and we need to win it – we need to take it or this won’t mean anything,” said Ukraine’s Oleksandr Zinchenko after the game. “We scored three goals, we could’ve scored even more. [Sunday] is going to be a massive game for us. We need to show the best performance of our lives.” Many of the players were out of form w…
The New York Giants paid Daniel Jones his money, and no one feels particularly great about it other than the Maras and Jones. Well, probably Eli Manning, as well, considering the recent comments he made about his successor. It felt like a very quarterback club thing to do, like the way Trent Dilfer defends game managers, but I digress. The funny thing is, if you look at the numbers, Daniel Jones was a better QB over his first four years than Manning. In 57 appearances — 55 starts — in his first four years, Manning accounted for nearly 11,600 total yards (most of them passing), 79 total touchdowns, and 76 total turnovers. In Jones’ four years — 54 appearances, 53 of them starts — he has just over 13,300 yards total, 72 total TDs, and 56 turnovers. The wins and losses fav…
It’s that time of year again … time to say rotten, hateful things about every team in the NCAA tournament bracket. And what a bunch of shitty, corrupt teams they are! I don’t think there’s ever been a tournament featuring so many schools that are in the middle of horrifying scandals: Yale, Cal, Oregon … there was even a fucking Mateen Cleaves scandal this week. And I haven’t even gotten to Duke’s general awfulness. THE HATE IS SO VERY STRONG, which means now is the perfect time for a Hater’s Guide Deadcast. Oh, but we got more! As part of our annual tradition, we also went through this year’s Name of the Year bracket. That’s right: You get two bracket breakdowns for the price of one. LUCKY YOU. If you have any tips you’d like to submit the podcast, just send it in …
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The Wall Street Journal that Chris Correa, former scouting director for the St. Louis Cardinals, will plead guilty to hacking the Houston Astros’ internal database. (If you want to look at exactly what kind of information the Cardinals got from the hack, you can read our reporting on it here.) Correa was fired by the Cardinals less than a month after news of the hack broke, and although the Cardinals did not explicitly state that he was fired because of his participation in the hack, a . There aren’t yet any details about what exactly Correa is pleading guilty to or if he’ll be doing any jail time, but we’ll update when we know more. [ WSJ] …
data-mm-id=”_b4xs05stk”>Since we rise each day and read news seemingly created from Mad Libs, there's no reason to bat an eye about President Donald Trump, in the middle of a global pandemic, calling up Alex Rodriguez to get his thoughts. Why? Presumably because things are going so well there is literally nothing else to tackle. During marathon day of meetings earlier this week, President Trump continued outreach across the country regarding coronavirus & phoned former Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez. Multiple sources tell ABC, the president spoke to ARod from the Oval Office via me & @KFaulders— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 28, 2020The call – asking A-Rod for his thoughts – was part of Trump’s continued outreach across the country about the virus. Trump spen…
data-mm-id=”_hbly10x1p”>Booger McFarland, ESPN's Monday Night Football color commentator, appeared on Get Up this morning to express his dismay at a seventh team making the playoffs in each conference. According to McFarland, this "rewards mediocrity." "You're rewarding mediocrity."@ESPNBooger is NOT a fan of the new expanded NFL playoff format ? pic.twitter.com/Hi3xdYMMsc— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) April 1, 2020So is it true? Here's a look at the theoretical seven seeds from each conference over the last five seasons: 2019AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers (8-8)NFC: Los Angeles Rams (9-7)2018AFC: Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7)NFC: Minnesota Vikings (8-7-1)2017AFC: Baltimore Ravens (9-7)NFC: Detroit Lions (9-7)2016AFC: Tennessee Titans (9-7)NFC: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-…
data-mm-id=”_jhpp03km0″>Christopher Nolan has firmly established himself as one of the great film directors of our time. He has been rightly lauded for his work on movies like Insomnia, Memento, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, Interstellar and Dunkirk. With his latest film Tenet set to hit theaters in a few weeks, I figured it was the perfect time to look back on Nolan's most underrated picture, The Prestige. Released in 2006, The Prestige tells the story of two rival magicians in Victorian London. Starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson, the film is a psychological thriller about the lengths to which some men will go in search of glory, or a personal vendetta. Full of twists and turns, the film does not end up where you think …
data-mm-id=”_ql5d24hek”>Fred VanVleet has gone from a second-round pick to the most sought-after free agent on the market in a span of four years. It's been a remarkable journey for the former Wichita State guard, one that saw him elevate his play on the national stage and play a huge role in helping the Toronto Raptors capture the franchise's first NBA championship. Now, the man wants to get paid. He's an unrestricted free agent this offseason. The Raptors probably would very much like to keep him, and have his Bird Rights, meaning they can go over the cap to bring him back if need be. But this year's crop of free agents is extremely thin behind VanVleet, and he'll be the hottest name on the market. Toronto will have competition. On VanVleet's end, he jus…
data-mm-id=”_rufiygek9″>Everyone can agree that the Los Angeles Dodgers fan who scampered out onto the field during Opening Day to get down on bended knee for a marriage proposal before getting rocked from the blindside like the optometrist who got jacked up by Gwenyth Paltrow was extraordinarily funny. Most will also conclude that this is a bad way to offer up a lifetime of companionship, considering the blunt force and burdensome legal ramifications. A lot of people are saying that this is what should happen to everyone who choses to propose at a sporting event because they have little Grinch-sized hearts and love to be bothered by things that literally don't impact them at all. And on some level, I get where they are coming from. But I think they're missing the larger poin…