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Alex Smith Returns, Dak Prescott Bows Out and Other Takeaways From Week 5 of the NFL
This weekend was a lot, so let’s get to it. In April, curiosity got the best of me. So like millions of other people, I watched ESPN’s Project 11, which documented Alex Smith’s improbable quest to return to the field after suffering one of the most catastrophic injuries in professional sports: a compound fracture in…
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Cam Newton Delivers Words of Wisdom After Stephon Gilmore, More NFL Players Test Positive for Coronavirus: 'Wear Your Mask'
On the same day we learned that All-Pro cornerback Stephon Gilmore tested positive for the coronavirus—the third Patriots player to do so—comes the news that two more Tennessee Titans players have tested positive too, bringing the team’s grand total to an inexplicable 22 players and staff members since September 24. ESPN reports that after the…
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NFL Will Implement Video Monitoring to Ensure Coaches and Players Are Following Coronavirus Protocols
After two games were postponed as a result of players contracting COVID-19, the NFL has announced new protocols to combat the spread of the virus. According to CNN, one of those new protocols is the implementation of a video monitoring system in training facilities. The league explained that the video monitoring system is to ensure…
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Reports: Cam Newton Has Tested Positive for COVID-19, Won't Play With the Patriots in Week 4 Game Against the Chiefs
New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton is reported to have tested positive for coronavirus, and as a result will not play in the game between the team and the Kansas City Chiefs planned for this week. The Patriots announced on Saturday that one of their players had tested positive for COVID-19 and had immediately entered…
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Baker Mayfield Is a Coward, Cam Newton Did Damage and Other Takeaways From Week 1 of the NFL
Thanks to COVID-19, Sunday Funday isn’t really a thing anymore. But if you think something as silly as a global pandemic would stop the NFL from seizing control of our TV sets and putting its multi-million dollar assets to work, you’re sadly mistaken. Sunday provided sports junkies with our long-overdue fix, and in case you…
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COVID-19 Is Officially Wrecking Havoc on Major League Baseball. Could the NFL Be Next?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but America has a bit of a coronavirus problem. And if you thought that Major League Baseball or the NFL would provide us with a much-needed escape from the perils of this pandemic, I regret to inform you that COVID-19 isn’t letting sports be great, either. The Florida…
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Somebody Tell Cam Newton That the New England Patriots Ain't It
Much like Issa Rae, I’m rooting for everybody Black. So much so that as much as I’d love for Cam Newton to enjoy a bounce-back season after battling injuries the past two years, I’m still trying to reconcile the fact that he’s now a card-carrying member of the only team I hate more than the…
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Patriots Draft Pick Has Right-Wing Paramilitary Gang Tattoo. But It's OK, He Didn't Know What It Meant
And with the 159th pick in the 2020 NFL draft’s fifth round, the New England Patriots select…the right-wing, paramilitary-supporting kicker from Marshall. On Saturday, the Tom Brady-less team from the same town that brought you Aaron Hernandez, the gang-affiliated double-murderer from Florida, drafted Justin Rohrwasser, a heralded kicker whose left arm just happens to display…
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New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Brings Over 1 Million COVID-19 Masks From China on Team Plane
I fucking hate the New England Patriots. There I said it. But in times of adversity, it’s not uncommon for sworn enemies to set aside their differences in order to unite for a common cause. And with the coronavirus wreaking havoc on the entire globe, I gotta clap it up for Patriots owner Robert Kraft…
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It's Not You, It's Me: Tom Brady Files for Divorce From the New England Patriots After 20 Years of Marital Bliss
After tormenting the NFL for the past 20 years and collecting six Vince Lombardi trophies along the way, it would appear that Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are finally—finally!—going their separate ways. In a pair of Instagram posts that instantly broke the internet, the fourteen-time Pro Bowler woke up bright and early on…