Month: October 2024

Name of the Year dates to the fall of 1982 and names taped to a dorm-room door on an Ivy campus: Dexter Manley, Cornelius Boza-Edwards, Baskerville Holmes. The following spring, Hector (Macho) Camacho was elected the first Name of the Year. What can we say? The first basketball baskets didn't have holes in the bottom. The first baseball players didn't wear gloves. Men of science believed the earth to be flat. As our onomastic senses were activated, our tastes became more refined. Some birds of prey can spot a rabbit a mile away. We could spot a great name two newspaper columns away. (NOTY predates the internet.) By the 1990s, the annual vote was a tradition unlike any other: About a dozen of us gathered to watch an NCAA regional semifinal. We played a drinking game called Pic…

The NFL Draft is this weekend, so time for a special offseason edition of Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo. Enjoy. I once worked at a large company that forced me to attend a company-wide meeting that was called to pay tribute to a company director who was retiring. If you've ever worked at a large company, you at some point have been forced to attend a company-wide meeting or two, which is the business world's equivalent of assembly. I fucking hated company-wide meetings, especially if it was done in conjunction with the company holiday party. "Hey guys, we want you to eat and drink all you like. But first, sit there for two hours while we bore the fuck out of you." Anyway, this particular party consisted of speaker after speaker coming u…

To the absolute delight of some, Michelle Wie has not only failed to make another cut on the PGA Tour, she has once again finished dead last. She went 77-81 on Thursday and Friday, leaving her at +14. The leaders are currently at -9. That's a twenty-three stroke difference. Twenty-three strokes is a lot. I just wonder if it's all worth it for her. I know she wants to do it, I know she enjoys competing against the men, but it's gotta be hard for a 16-year-old girl to open up a newspaper every Saturday and read that she sucks; especially when it comes from a gleeful, smug, jealous prick like the one linked above. If a sponsor wants to give her a shot, I don't see any harm in it. She wants to do it, she gets some experience, the sponsor gets some publicity, and a spons…

data-mm-id=”_66ho6zbrw”>This was a bounce-back season for NFL business. In terms of television ratings, every network that airs the league's games (except for NFL Network) posted its best numbers in years, a positive sign for both sides as negotiations for the NFL's next TV contracts ramp up.However, gains in the Neilsen ratings come with a cost at the turnstiles. According to Sports Business Journal, NFL attendance dipped to its lowest point since 2004, with an average of 66,648 fans attending throughout the regular season. Teams hit especially hard have been the Los Angeles Chargers, who have struggled to fill their half-sized soccer stadium, as well as the soon-to-no-longer-be-Oakland Raiders, who suffered an attendance drop of 7.6 percent in their final season at the Coli…

data-mm-id=”_xyb5ijmb0″>The NBA season has been suspended indefinitely following the news that one of their players contracted coronavirus. The league will shut it's doors for at least 30 days. There is literally no way to tell when basketball will resume. With the season in limbo, the Inside the NBA crew will gather to discuss the state of the league one last time before they go on break. NBA on TNT will present a special edition of Inside the NBA tonight at 8 p.m. ET pic.twitter.com/bxXK26w0WI— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) March 12, 2020This should be an important hour of television. Behind LeBron James and Stephen Curry, this show is arguably the face of the NBA. Their discussions following the death of Kobe Bryant produced some truly incredible moments. This show has the capacity …

data-mm-id=”_xrt5wiqzb”>We already knew this to an extent, but the opening of 2020 NFL free agency has really hammered home just how much former Bill Belichick assistants-turned-head-coaches absolutely love to bring in guys from New England. There are currently four Belichick disciples amongst the league's head coaching ranks: Bill O'Brien in Houston, Brian Flores in Miami, Joe Judge in New York, and Matt Patricia in Detroit. Since the legal tampering period began on Monday, the Texans haven't done anything other than trade DeAndre Hopkins in a widely-ridiculed transaction for David Johnson that may have more to it than we initially thought, and the Giants have stood pat as well. But the Dolphins and Lions have acquired a combined five players who played in New England l…

data-mm-id=”_xd9mf5dgw”>Not sure if James Harden has been following the news, but the NBA hopes to restart its season at some point this summer. The latest report indicates the NBA is looking closely at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida for their playing venue and is targeting a return date of late-July. Well, based on one photo, and yes I know it's ridiculous to base this on one photo, but whatever, here goes, it looks like Harden has cut a ton of weight in quarantine. It looks like James Harden has lost some serious lbs pic.twitter.com/bJLd53lk1P— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 23, 2020Yes, that's the same James Harden who looked like this the last time he was on a basketball court. Minnesota Timberwolves v Houston Rockets / Tim Warner/Getty I…

data-mm-id=”_ok9upu7ay”>Cadence13 has a big idea. What if movies were … podcasts? What if you simply called an audio book a podcast? Is that something? Is that anything? Where is our money?Via an exclusive Variety report:”Imagine if “Jurassic Park” or “Jaws” hadn’t unfolded on the big screen. If, instead of reveling in cinematic carnage, audiences might have experienced the bloodletting of these dinosaurs and giant sharks from the relative safety of their earbuds. At least, that’s the latest idea from Cadence13, a podcast company that counts Goop and Crooked Media among its partners. As its latest foray into the white-hot podcasting space, the company is launching C13Features, which will back thrillers, dramas, comedies, and other stories that unspool between 90 minutes t…

data-mm-id=”_ky5n5zcsd”>The New England Patriots came up just short against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night. Seattle stopped Cam Newton short of the goal line and held on for a 35-30 win. Many are questioning the final playcall by Bill Belichick, but the Hall of Fame coach says they called what they thought was their best play. It's pretty clear this wasn't the only thing Belichick was wrong about on Sunday.GOAL LINE STOP FOR THE WIN. #Seahawks #NEvsSEA pic.twitter.com/0DgwjGoNxw— NFL (@NFL) September 21, 2020On the final drive, the Patriots lost 15 seconds when they chose to let the clock run after Julian Edelman was tackled inbounds at the 13 with 0:28 remaining. Instead, they used their final timeout after N'Keal Henry was tackled inbounds at the 1 with 0:03 re…