The week in sports news is shocking — but only if you ignore the obvious

The week in sports news is shocking — but only if you ignore the obvious

Do me a favor. The minute you find out where we report to surrender, let me know. Well, it’s only Friday, and already another week of warped wonder. With Pete Alonso off to Baltimore — it’s now LFGO! — Mets fans will still be more than welcomed to bet on Alonso’s No. 20 in Steve … Read more

Yankees draft Rory Fox after Notre Dame pitcher shows off skills against athlete girlfriend

Yankees draft Rory Fox after Notre Dame pitcher shows off skills against athlete girlfriend

Rory Fox will begin his professional baseball career with the Yankees organization in a few weeks, but for now, he’s honing his skills against his girlfriend. Fox, whom the Yankees selected 194th overall in the sixth round of the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday, got some final pre-draft work in over the weekend against his … Read more

Sugar Bowl postgame ESPN interview was quite awkward after Notre Dame upsets Georgia

Sugar Bowl postgame ESPN interview was quite awkward after Notre Dame upsets Georgia

Oh, sugar! For as unpolished as Georgia’s offense played in the Sugar Bowl against Notre Dame on Thursday, the least graceful handoff of the evening occurred only after the Bulldogs were back in the locker room, scratching their heads and asking what went wrong.  And while the Fighting Irish’s 23-10 victory in the College Football … Read more

Antonio Brown spoils Notre Dame player’s special moment with racial slur

Antonio Brown spoils Notre Dame player’s special moment with racial slur

Controversial former NFL receiver Antonio Brown used a racial slur to describe Notre Dame junior cornerback Charles Du in a post on X. “C–k of the Day #CTESPN,” Brown wrote in a quote tweet of an ESPN X post showing Du’s jersey with his name spelled out in Chinese prior to Notre Dame’s 23-10 win … Read more

ESPN draws Sugar Bowl backlash for focusing in on Georgia’s Parker Jones for sideline mishap

ESPN draws Sugar Bowl backlash for focusing in on Georgia’s Parker Jones for sideline mishap

Perhaps Parker Jones didn’t deserve this perp walk in a 13-point loss. ESPN drew criticism for singling out and focusing its cameras late in the fourth quarter on Georgia’s redshirt sophomore cornerback, who earned a penalty for colliding with a referee during the Bulldogs’ 23-10 loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal … Read more

ESPN blasted for not airing national anthem, moment of silence ahead of Sugar Bowl on day after New Orleans attack

ESPN blasted for not airing national anthem, moment of silence ahead of Sugar Bowl on day after New Orleans attack

All eyes were on ESPN on Thursday as the Sugar Bowl took place a little more than 24 hours after an ISIS-inspired terrorist created mayhem on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead and injured dozens more.  But noticeably absent from the pregame broadcast on the main network was the national anthem … Read more

Dave Portnoy slams Notre Dame football as ‘relic of the past’

Dave Portnoy slams Notre Dame football as ‘relic of the past’

Notre Dame took two big jabs Wednesday from two major sports media names after the College Football Playoff officially expanded to 12 teams for the 2024-25 season. On ESPN’s “First Take,” Stephen A. Smith, Paul Finebaum and Chris Russo tackled the topic that grants the five highest-ranked conference champions automatic bids to the CFP, with … Read more