Until those diligent slackers get the day after Super Bowl turned into a national holiday, we the working class must continue to roll into to work on Monday, somehow, some way. Don't bother calling in sick — it doesn't work. Especially if you work for FedEx. Their employees were told that any missed work on Monday must have a doctor's note or other proof. Any unexcused missed days will be investigated by this man. Here's the memo. I can't entirely read the name of the Operations Manager who distributed this, but I do believe it was Britney Spears: FedEx Delivers Super Bowl Monday Message – Be At Work Or Else [Busted Coverage]
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data-mm-id=”_1svlmc6i2″>Imagine taking a lesson from the New York Jets, of all teams.Laugh all you want, but the Jets certainly showed just how important it is to have the right, dependable, long-term quarterback under center. After three weeks of offensive ineptitude while he recovered from mononucleosis, Sam Darnold returned to guide the New York Jets to a stunning 24-22 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Other teams were not so lucky on Sunday. If they want to avoid continued ineptitude in the future, something might have to change and soon. Here's a list of teams that desperately need franchise quarterbacks, ranked by their level of desperation. 4. Pittsburgh Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner deserves plenty of credit for the job he's done this sea…
data-mm-id=”_190tkxqyg”>The Big Ten was supposed to be top-heavy this year with the best of the conference as good as any other team in the country. Half of that equation has played out early on, as Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, and Maryland all enjoyed time in the top five of the rankings. But the bottom half of the conference has shown to be quite formidable early on, with Penn State beating the Terrapins, Illinois rolling the Wolverines, and Minnesota shocking the Buckeyes. As a result, 12 of the conference's 14 teams are tied with a 1-1 conference record. Only Michigan State at 1-0 and Northwestern at 0-1 are separated from the field. And wouldn't you know it? The Spartans travel to Evanston on Wednesday night. It's the next conference game on the schedule. A…
data-mm-id=”_d6aiacfo2″>It seems like forever ago that all anyone could seem to talk about – us included – was the ongoing circus surrounding the free agency of six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady. Where would he end up? Where wouldn't he end up? Even among a class of other high-profile free agents, Brady stood alone as, to quote Boston Globe writer Ben Volin, "the linchpin of the entire quarterback market". When a prospect of Brady's caliber comes on the market and you're in need of a quarterback, you have no choice but to go for it, right?Well…maybe not.A story of far greater significance has threatened to disrupt the league calendar and put the start of NFL free agency on hold, but it may also have given general managers and coaches a chanc…
data-mm-id=”_036cslgv1″>Jerry Jones returned to the Dallas Cowboys' facility in Frisco, Texas on Tuesday for the first time in two months. While it's a small move in the grand scheme of things, it's yet another sign that NFL teams are attempting to get things back to something like normal.Jerry Jones returns to @thestarinfrisco as #DallasCowboys re-open facility.Read more in Breaking News presented by @LGUS:— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) May 19, 2020Jones worked the 2020 NFL Draft from his insane yacht, so he hasn't been at the team facility for a while. NFL teams are allowed to return to their facilities if they have met their state's requirements to reopen non-essential businesses. That means franchises will likely slowly begin ramping up across the leag…
data-mm-id=”_4ojieq9un”>Major League Baseball continues to teeter on the edge of disaster, as on Monday the players rejected the league's latest offer to start the 2020 season. The owners were offering a 60-game season and the players voted against it by a 33-5 margin, further destroying any chance at peace between the two sides. Sources tell @JeffPassan and I players have voted against the league's latest proposal to play 60 games. The vote was 33-5 against.— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) June 22, 2020Negotiations between the owners and players appeared to pick up steam last week and ended with the owners offering a 60-game season. The players countered with an offer of 70 games, but the league flat-out rejected it. That left the players voting on the owners' 60-ga…
data-mm-id=”_i27mt3jyw”>The NFL needs to drop their week 1 Monday Night Football double-header. That's it. That's the post. It's not that no one wants two football games on Monday night, it's that no one NEEDS two football games on Monday night. There is no good argument for this game to exist. After Thursday Night Football, the national game on Sunday, Sunday Night Football, and the first Monday Night Football game it is highly unlikely, if not impossible for there to be a fifth game with a storyline worthy of a national audience.By the time the late MNF game kicks off, the celebration is over. It is no longer opening day or opening night. The season started four days earlier. There have been 15 games by the time this game begins. Absolutely no one is ever excited …
data-mm-id=”_pm7kaaiqw”>The Dallas Cowboys' season is on the verge of falling apart. Dak Prescott is out for the year, Ezekiel Elliott has the yips with five fumbles already this season, and the squad sits at 2-4 despite a loaded offensive cabinet in the worst division in football. Now they're fresh off a 38-10 loss on their home turf at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals, and problems are beginning to arise. First, NFL Network's Jane Slater tweeted that the players didn't really feel like this coaching staff was up to snuff in any regard. One player reportedly put it rather bluntly and said his bosses weren't good at their jobs. #Cowboys players initially bought into keeping things internal. Now as they sit 2-4 the discontent is leaking out. On the coaching st…
data-mm-id=”_jmp1g7qpn”>Rheal Paul Cormier was born on April 23, 1967 in Moncton, a port city in New Brunswick, Canada. He died on Monday at the age of 53 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The durable lefthander appeared in 683 Major League games, starting 103 of them and joining 580 in progress. He was someone who came in unheralded from the bullpen to ever-so-briefly hold the fate of the game in his hands and depart, hopefully before anyone noticed he was out there. Such is existence for a middle reliever. The truest mark of greatness is to forget all the times they get out of jams and fail to remember the times they couldn't hold a lead. He went 7-10 for the Montreal Expos in 1996 while posting a 4.17 ERA. But on the eve of his 29th birthday, he threw a complete game shuto…
data-mm-id=”_p8fntsy2a”>The Los Angeles Chargers ended the 2022 season in embarrassing fashion, blowing a 27-point lead in a loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card round. Now they enter an offseason of uncertainty, as they sit roughly $23 million over the cap for 2023 and that's without handing Justin Herbert the bank-breaking contract extension he's sure to get. Their cap situation is the sixth-worst in the NFL. This offseason won't be a fun one. Joey Bosa ($31 million) and Corey Linsley ($13.1 million) could restructure their deals to create some more cap space, but the Chargers are going to have to make some difficult cuts to become cap compliant. Additionally, they'll have to let a number of free agents walk because there simply isn't the money t…