The Lions are riding a five-game winning run, but Matthew Stafford’s finger injury could spell trouble. Plus, go for the Vikings, Steelers and CardinalsThe finish line is in sight. Only three weeks remain in the NFL’s regular season, and that means you only have three more shots at a clean sweep in our Pick Six contest. Nobody managed it in week 14, although castigers did make a big move up to the top of our overall leaderboard with a solid five out of six. Related: How the Seattle Seahawks became the NFL's most outspoken team Continue reading...
The Dallas Cowboys veteran is only called into action around seven times a game. But he has yet to make an error after a dozen seasons in the leagueImagine an NFL player who has been perfect for almost 12 seasons; a man who has been true every moment of his career – never once sliding in the mud or stumbling to catch his feet or enduring a bad day. It seems impossible. Even machines occasionally break down and humans err.Dallas Cowboys long snapper LP Ladouceur does not. Related: RG III and the Cleveland Browns are a tragedy made for each other Related: Not a joke: NFL adding dodgeball in attempt to liven up Pro Bowl Continue reading...
If Rex Ryan and Chip Kelly are fired before the start of the next season, faceless automatons will truly control the leagueGrowing concern that we’ll all eventually lose our jobs to titanium-plated humanoids soared last week when president-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate restaurant executive Andy Puzder for labor secretary. Puzder, who would head the government agency that is supposed to protect American workers, is on record saying that he actually isn’t a big fan of American workers. In fact, he much prefers automaton laborers over real human beings: “They’re always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there’s never a slip-and-fall, or an age, sex or race discrimination case.”He’s not wrong...
The club that brought Pelé and Raúl to America have shed their staff and players. So why does their chairman insist the team has a future?There are few American soccer brands that rival the global resonance of the New York Cosmos. The name alone conjures images of Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer and Giorgio Chinaglia trouncing opponents in packed stadiums across America.They were the rebels. The pioneers. The original galácticos. In short, the Cosmos are one of the most romantic and important clubs in the history of American soccer. And for the second time in a generation, they are teetering on the brink of extinction. Related: Messi, Lahm and ... Sidwell? How much would Pelé's New York Cosmos cost today? Related: The...
The quarterback remains a long-shot to be anything like the quarterback who dazzled the league in his rookie season before his knee tore apartNothing else had been working for the Cleveland Browns, so when Robert Griffin III returned from his latest significant injury, their coach Hue Jackson felt he needed “to know something more” about the quarterback who was once going to lead his team this season. At 0-12 he had nothing to lose ... except another game.Predictably, the Browns lost on Sunday afternoon, and Griffin did not play well in what was only his second start in almost two years. In fact, the numbers will say he was something close to awful, completing just 12-of-28 passes for 104 yards...