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Dan Campbell Isn’t Here To Do Fancy Things Like “Call Plays”
271
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Barry Petchesky
January 20, 2021
College Football
New Coaching Drama, Same Old Vols
89
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
January 19, 2021
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NFL
Sometimes You’re Damned If You Do And Damned If You Detroit
118
Comments
Ray Ratto
January 15, 2021
NFL
If It’s Tom Flores’s Time To Make The HOF, Who Cares What Help He Gets?
49
Comments
Ray Ratto
January 11, 2021
MLB
Tommy Lasorda Was The Showman Who Couldn’t Turn It Off
80
Comments
Ray Ratto
January 8, 2021
Politics
It Took Tommy Tuberville Four Days To Prove Himself One Of America’s Worst Senators
226
Comments
Ray Ratto
January 7, 2021
Funbag
The Seven Types Of Shitty NFL Coach
524
Comments
Drew Magary
January 5, 2021
NFL
The Chargers Have Once Again Been Owned By Time Itself
77
Comments
Chris Thompson
December 13, 2020
Death To The NCAA
Dan Mullen Was Embittered, And That Is Good Enough For Me
79
Comments
Chris Thompson
December 13, 2020
NFL
Why Would You Wish The Lions Job On Anyone?
159
Comments
Ray Ratto
December 4, 2020
NFL
The Chargers May Not Totally Grasp The Concept Of Time
103
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 30, 2020
NFL
Dear God, Will Someone Please Fire Matt Patricia
173
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 22, 2020
MLB
Tony La Russa Really Stepped In It
152
Comments
Ray Ratto
November 10, 2020
Death To The NCAA
College Football Coaches Are Having A Hard Time Understanding What A Holiday Is
80
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
November 3, 2020
MLB
Does It Bother You That He’s Old, Or Does It Bother You That He’s Tony La Russa?
124
Comments
Ray Ratto
October 30, 2020
Death To The NCAA
College Sports Are Built To Enable Abusive Freaks Like Gregg Marshall
89
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 23, 2020
NFL
Adam Gase Ambles Onward, Unkillable
151
Comments
Chris Thompson
October 19, 2020
NFL
Bill O’Brien Had All The Control And No More Excuses
157
Comments
Samer Kalaf
October 5, 2020
Jamboroo
Does Coaching Football Cause Madness?
263
Comments
Drew Magary
October 1, 2020
MLB
Red Sox Fire Ron Roenicke, Who Never Had A Chance
69
Comments
Ray Ratto
September 27, 2020
NBA
Billy Donovan Has A Lot To Fix With The Bulls, But At Least He Isn’t Jim Boylen
53
Comments
Chris Thompson
September 23, 2020
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