by Matt Verderame | Dec 26, 2014
The NFL season is almost complete, with only Week 17 standing in the way of either the postseason or offseason, depending what decal you wear on your helmet. It has been a year full of terrific rookies and out-of-nowhere performances. Things like that always add to...
by Joe Lucia | Dec 26, 2014
On Christmas evening, the Twitter world lost their minds as one of the most bizarre, ridiculous stories unfolded. A user with the handle @MyTweetsRealAF had a disagreement about Kobe Bryant with a user named @SnottieDrippen, and then drove 35 miles to fight him....
by Andrew Bucholtz | Dec 26, 2014
2014 was a big year in sports media circles, with a whole host of major stories. However, some of the highest-profile ones may wind up not leading to large changes, and some that didn’t get a massive amount of play at the time may wind up having huge...
by Andrew Bucholtz | Dec 26, 2014
2014 was a big year in sports media circles, with a whole host of major stories. However, some of the highest-profile ones may wind up not leading to large changes, and some that didn’t get a massive amount of play at the time may wind up having huge...
by Matt Verderame | Dec 26, 2014
Since 1990, the National Football League has had the same playoff format. Six teams get into the postseason from the AFC and NFC each, with the top two teams in each conference earning byes. In 2002, realignment gave us four division winners in each conference...
by Mike Batista | Dec 24, 2014
After much anticipation, the final week of the 2014 NFL regular season is rapidly approaching. Two playoff berths are still up for grabs, and six teams have a shot at one of those spots. All the Week 17 action will take place on Sunday. Of the 16 games set to be...
by Ken Fang | Dec 24, 2014
Bringing a nice holiday present to DirecTV subscribers, Disney and the satellite provider signed a major agreement that fills in some programming holes that had been sorely lacking. This keeps ESPN and its family of networks including ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU, ESPN...
by Matt Zemek | Dec 24, 2014
A personal opinion: Christmas Day should shelve the sports. No day during the year should be more reserved for quiet time and a respite from frantic commercial activity than Christmas Day. * end of personal opinion* With that having been said, football fans who are at...
by Matt Verderame | Dec 24, 2014
In the NFC, Week 16 provided ample clarity in the playoff picture, with all but one spot being clinched. For the remaining postseason vacancy, the NFC South will be forced to crown a champion on Sunday, filling out the field. However, plenty of seeding is still up for...
by Matt Birch | Dec 24, 2014
With Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant getting some much-needed rest, someone had to pick up the slack and score some points in Tuesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. The team received some help at halftime from former center Vlade Divac. He was in...
by Matt Birch | Dec 24, 2014
Jim Harbaugh’s time may be running out as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, with the team set to miss the playoffs and Black Monday looming in the near future. If that’s true, he’d exit without a Super Bowl victory—despite coaching the team to...
by Matt Birch | Dec 24, 2014
Jim Harbaugh’s time may be running out as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, with the team set to miss the playoffs and Black Monday looming in the near future. If that’s true, he’d exit without a Super Bowl victory—despite coaching the team to...
by David Rogers | Dec 23, 2014
The NHL Winter Classic used to be an event you couldn’t miss. The game was brought back outside where it was born, forcing current NHL players to deal with the elements and offering fans a unique look at the game of hockey. HBO’s 24/7 accompanied the...
by David Rogers | Dec 23, 2014
The NHL Winter Classic used to be an event you couldn’t miss. The game was brought back outside where it was born, forcing current NHL players to deal with the elements and offering fans a unique look at the game of hockey. HBO’s 24/7 accompanied the...
by Randy Holt | Dec 23, 2014
The San Diego Padres have taken Major League Baseball by storm in the past couple of weeks, with a flurry of moves that have them as the talk of the baseball world for the first time in quite a while. If their hope was to remove the label as the Cleveland Browns of...
