Jeff McNeil is heading west. According to reports from ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the New York Mets are trading their two-time All-Star second baseman to the Athletics. For Mets fans, this one stings a little, even if the writing has been on the wall. McNeil has been a fixture in the lineup for eight seasons, a…
If you’ve ever tried to explain the geography of Kansas City to someone from the East Coast, you know the struggle. “Yes, there are two of them. No, the team plays in Missouri. Yes, really.” Well, folks, get ready to update your trivia, because the Chiefs are officially packing their bags. In a move that…
In a league increasingly dominated by the narrative of the quarterback, there is something undeniably powerful about a tight end capturing the imagination of the entire NFL fanbase. For the second consecutive year, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has finished atop the fan balloting leaderboard for the Pro Bowl Games. The NFL announced…
In a league obsessed with specialization, Taysom Hill has always been the glitch in the Matrix. He’s the guy who throws a touchdown, blocks a defensive end, and then covers a punt, all before the commercial break. For years, critics have tried to put him in a box. Was he a gadget player? A salary…
For Brady Cook, the undrafted rookie quarterback out of Missouri, that door has swung open for the third consecutive week. New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn confirmed Monday that Cook will remain under center for the Week 17 clash against the New England Patriots. It’s a massive stage for a young signal-caller looking to…
Sports superstitions are a funny thing. We’ve seen players refuse to wash their socks, quarterbacks who have to eat the exact same pre-game meal, and fans who won’t change seats during a rally. It turns out, the biggest adjustment Sean McDermott made this season wasn’t defensive scheming or clock management—it was listening to his wife…
On “Sunday Night Football,” with the Baltimore Ravens clinging to a lead and their playoff lives, Head Coach John Harbaugh did the football equivalent of buying a Ferrari and deciding to take the bus to the race track. The NFL’s most terrifying closer, Derrick Henry, was watching from the sidelines during the most critical moments…
Go ahead, dust off those bottles you’ve been saving in the back of the cabinet. You know the ones. The “break in case of emergency” celebrations we haven’t touched since Mac Jones was a rookie. It’s official. The Patriots are heading back to the postseason. If you’re a New England fan, you probably need a…
There is a specific kind of silence that falls over an NFL stadium when a player stays down. It’s heavy, it’s sickening, and it’s the absolute worst part of this game we love. On Sunday at Mile High, that silence was deafening when rookie Wide Receiver Pat Bryant took a shot that left him motionless…
Let’s be real for a second: we are all just NPCs living in Victor Wembanyama’s simulation. If you needed any more proof that the San Antonio Spurs’ resident alien is playing on a hacked save file, look no further than Friday night. While the rest of us were probably struggling to get off the couch…