You’ll never believe it, but MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred screwed it up this week. I’m not talking about the way you allowed the Marlins to play amid a coronavirus outbreak that has ultimately affected 16 players and two coaches; is leveraging the league’s COVID test statistics using samples, not people, …
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They highlighted unity. They had Zoom calls together for weeks, months. They were all in this together, the commissioners of the powerful college football conferences, trying to overcome a challenge like they had never seen before. Yes, good talk. That was in the spring, when both camaraderie and the football …
Read More »SEC Football Moves Towards 2020 Calendar For Conference Only
For years, SEC fans have clamored for fewer games against lower-level squads and more big-time showdowns with opponents of their own teams’ stature. It took a pandemic, but they can get their wish. SEC is nearing a deal on a 10-game schedule for the conference only, multiple sources said. Illustrated …
Read More »Ben Simmons moves positions, breathes new life into Philadelphia 76ers to restart NBA
Every day of the week, Chris Mannix of SI will register with his Bubble Bits, a quick success in something remarkable from inside the NBA campus. LAGO BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Ben Simmons doesn’t like labels. At 6’10 “, 240 pounds, Simmons carries the size of a power forward. Simmons, …
Read More »Marlins COVID-19 outbreak puts NFL protocols under the spotlight
I really don’t know what’s to come in the next six months. And you neither. So I think it’s pretty silly that someone is talking about absolutes right now. With that, here we go, with the first MAQB of the training camp 2020 … Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports; Kim Klement-USA …
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