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…

data-mm-id=”_d4i81yivh”>Two women were wounded by gunfire during Friday night's Oakland Athletics-Chicago White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field. The incident in the left field bleachers did not stop the game at all and made for a bizarre and confusing story over the weekend with many people speculating where the bullets may have come from. This morning it was looking more clear that whomever fired the gun must have been inside the stadium.ESPN Chicago's Peggy Kusinski provided the next chapter of this tale with a tweet for the ages indicating that one of the injured women had snuck the gun into the stadium by holding it in the folds of her belly fat. As I reported on @ESPN1000 just now… the shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field during a #WhiteSox game was indeed an accidental…

data-mm-id=”_c1mg7qgt0″>Victor Wembanyama blocked a career-high five shots Sunday afternoon, but the Toronto Raptors were able to beat the San Antonio Spurs in overtime, 123-116. The player who was the victim of two of those blocks was O.G. Anunoby who otherwise had a good game, scoring 24 points on 16 field goal attempts. It could have been more, but Wemby is too tall, as Anunoby explained after the game.OG's description of Wemby?Two words: "Too Tall" 😂 pic.twitter.com/jNaDi7Fthh— NBA Canada (@NBACanada) November 6, 2023O.G. Anunoby is listed at 6-foot-7. He's in his seventh season in the NBA and he's played big minutes for most of them. He's not a big man, but there can't be many guys in the league who make him feel small. Then nearly…

data-mm-id=”_dgjj6octf”>Nick Saban surprised a lot of people by retiring yesterday. It didn't take much time at all for the coaching carousel hamster wheel to get going and Oregon's Dan Lanning jumped right up to the top of the list as the possible next coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. There were even reports and rumors of him being in Tuscaloosa crossing Ts and dotting Is, which ultimately turned out to be wrong. Because he will not be replacing Saban and taking on a nearly impossible gig. He's actually quite comfortable and happy in Eugene as the Ducks head into their Big Ten era. Don't believe it? How about a sleek 61-second video proving his commitment to the program? Would that do the job. Because it exists. pic.twitter.com/NKnRYbS4u9— Dan Lanning (@CoachDa…

data-mm-id=”_45mp013kj”>The NFL Draft is still two excruciatingly long weeks away so everyone is still playing guessing games about which players will be taken in which order by which teams. The only thing that seems certain is that the Chicago Bears, who recently traded Justin Field to the Pittsburgh Steelers, will draft consensus number one prospect Caleb Williams with the first selection. Enter Bill Simmons. On his April 10th podcast Simmons took a detour between topics to ask good friend and Ringer personality Joe House if there was any possibility that Williams might not even want to play in Chicago. Or if the Bears might trade the pick. Or whatever. Bill Simmons wants to know why Caleb Williams hasn’t said he’s excited to play in Chicago yet. pic.twitter.com/BfWMUTJW7O— Ste…

data-mm-id=”_5dzq508cn”>The Cincinnati Bengals will open their season at home with a 1 p.m. ET game against the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon.Watch Patriots vs. Bengals Live | Stream on Fubo freeThe Patriots have had a rough go since Tom Brady left the organization but are looking for a bright new future after firing long-time head coach Bill Belichick and hiring Jerod Mayo. With the No. 3 overall pick, New England selected quarterback Drake Maye, as the offense looks to finally improve and play on par with the solid Pats D. The Bengals are excited to start their 2024 campaign with their offensive star power healthy and back on the field. In a pass-heavy offense, Cincinnati will look for an MVP-type season from Joe Burrow, as he looks to put up big numbers with his star rece…

Harry Kane says Bayern Munich s season will be a failure if they do not win the Champions League, with Arsenal coming to town on Wednesday.

Bayern host in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final, with the first match last week ending in a 2-2 draw.

Bayern season a failure without a trophy Kane

Bayer Leverkusen romped to the Bundesliga title at the weekend, ending Bayern’s run of 11 straight league trophies and leaving them with only Europe’s highest honour to play for.

While Kane has excelled individually, his wait to win a team trophy after more than a decade without one at Tottenham could well continue.

The England captain told a press conference: “Of course every player, every club wants to win trophies, that’s the ultimate go…