Like Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre once said through tears: “All good things must come to an end.” Shortly after his retirement announcement, Favre returned to the league and continued his NFL career for a few more years. Could Rob Gronkowski be the next superstar to do the same? Gronk retired from the NFL … Read more
When your net worth of ~$110 billion is more than the GDP of Iceland, Tunisia, Jamaica, and Estonia combined, what more is there to do than buy an American professional sports franchise? For the last year or so, Jeff Bezos has been linked to the possible purchase of an NFL franchise, particularly Amazon’s hometown Seattle … Read more
Depending on who you ask, Colin Kaepernick can be described as the most influential or infamous player in NFL history. With his 4.0 GPA at the University of Nevada, Kaepernick was a student-athlete standout, becoming the only collegiate player to ever amass 10,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards. Kaepernick was then drafted by the … Read more
The second official College Football Playoff rankings of 2019 were released last night and, as expected, there’s been a shakeup in the top four. Last week, the Ohio State Buckeyes topped the CFP poll, followed by the LSU Tigers, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the Penn State Nittany Lions. But after losses by Alabama and Penn … Read more
Last Saturday’s high-scoring shootout between the LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide has more implications than simple wins and losses. After the Tigers traveled to Tuscaloosa to beat Bama at home 46-41, LSU cemented itself as a true College Football Playoff title contender. Moreover, their quarterback jumped the queue in the Heisman Trophy pack. Joe … Read more
The last college football video game was NCAA Football 2014, which was released on July 9, 2013. After the SEC, Big Ten, and Pac-12 decided not to renew their licensing agreements with EA Sports, the company decided to cease game production operations in September 2013. There hasn’t been an NCAA football game from EA since. … Read more
It’s official: Logan Paul is going to fight KSI. If you don’t know who either of those people are, this may not seem newsworthy, even if you’re an enthusiastic sports bettor. But the boxing match – sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission – is plenty relevant to these YouTube stars’ 40 million followers. In … Read more
The Associated Press Top 25 Poll in college football has been instrumental to the sport since its inception in 1936. Helping choose the national champions, the most qualified teams for bowl games, and giving fans bragging rights, the AP Poll is still used in 2019. However, in 2014, everything changed. While the AP Poll was, … Read more
It’s rare for the top-ranked team in college football to enter a game as the six-point underdog. But when the LSU Tigers rolls into Tuscaloosa to face the Alabama Crimson Tide this Saturday, the Bayou Bengals will be just that. When the Preseason AP Top 25 was released, LSU was ranked #6 with Alabama taking … Read more
When the Washington Nationals woke up this morning, they realized it was not a trick; the team treated themselves to the 2019 World Series title over the favored Houston Astros. Sadly for the ‘Stros, however, this loss will haunt them for many days to come. Despite entering the game as odds-on favorites with -132 chances … Read more
The two greatest words in the history of sports: Game 7. Against all odds, literally, the Washington Nationals beat the favored Houston Astros 7-2 in Game 6 of the World Series last night. Coming off a terrible weekend that saw the team lose three straight games, the Nats were +152 underdogs before last night’s first … Read more
There aren’t many nationally-recognized furniture salespeople in the world. But thanks to a mattress promotion and some strategic betting, Jim McIngvale has become the most famous Tempur-Pedic peddler in the United States. McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” ran a promotion throughout the MLB season: any mattress set purchase over $3,000 will be refunded if … Read more