Month: October 2024

If you're filling out your bracket and are looking for a dark horse, how about No. 8 seed Velvet Milkman? Oh, did I mention that this is the 2009 Name of the Year competition? And why is Chew Kok only a 13 seed in the Bulltron Regional? These and other questions will be answered in the ensuing weeks as the venerable competition churns toward an ultimate champion. Since it's St. Patrick's Day, I should point out that Muffin Lord is meeting Zeppy O'Green in a first-round matchup. My pick to win it all? I don't usually reveal this so early, but fine: Nutritious Love, a No. 2 seed in the Sithole Regional. We can't imagine topping last year's death struggle between Destiny Frankenstein and Spaceman Africa. But we live in hope. The No. 1 seeds are as worth…

Taine Murray never stops putting in the work for the Virginia Cavaliers. The junior guard scored 11 points off the bench in a 59-53 overtime win at home against North Carolina State on Wednesday night and has proven to be a key role player. He'll look to continue making an impact when the Cavaliers (14-5, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) hit the road to face Louisville (6-13, 1-7) on Saturday afternoon. Murray is averaging just 3.1 points per game but is making strides. "Taine is probably one of the hardest workers on his team," teammate Ryan Dunn said after the win against the Wolfpack. "There's days where we have an off day and he'll come in and work out at 7 in the morning. He'll stay at night to come shoot. I see (the progress) and you guys are able…

data-mm-id=”_s5dhzj9zs”>The Chiefs and Broncos are having mirror opposite seasons. The Chiefs started 4-0 before losing their last two games to playoff contenders. The Broncos started their season 0-4 before winning their last two games against two bad teams. Tonight they meet in Denver, where order will be restored. 1. Patrick Mahomes Will Not Look Like an MVPThe Broncos are only giving up 17.7 points a game this season. They're 5th in the league in scoring defense and 4th in passing defense. They've only given up four passing touchdowns all season. If Patrick Mahomes was ever going to have a "bad" week, it would be here. Last week Mahomes had his worst performance of the season when he completed just 54% of his passes for 274 passing yards, three touchdowns, and o…

data-mm-id=”_spli3t1hj”>LeBron James was asked last week about the possibility of playing games without fans. LeBron answered definitively that he would not play in an empty arena. A short time later it came out that the NBA and was advising its teams to prepare for just such a situation. On Tuesday, LeBron was asked again about playing without fans and has since changed his tune. LeBron says he wasn’t aware that the discussion about playing games without fans was happening behind closed doors when he made his comments Friday. He’s revised his position, saying while he would be “disappointed” to play without fans, he and teammates will listen to experts. pic.twitter.com/VEOvNH3Jyk— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) March 10, 2020This is good and bad. It's good that LeBron understand…

data-mm-id=”_b5yibjj6i”>The San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts gave us the second blockbuster trade of the day when the news broke that the Niners would send All-Pro defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to Indy for the 13th pick in April's draft. San Francisco clearly made a choice after signing Arik Armstead to an extension earlier in the day, and the Colts felt Buckner's production and potential were high enough to not only give up a first-rounder, but also sign him to a massive extension. The Niners, who were a quarter away from winning the Super Bowl only one (very long) month ago, now have a pair of first-round picks to fix their biggest issue — a lack of star power at wide receiver. San Francisco got very little out of its wide receiver group last year. Obviously …

data-mm-id=”_2xo0m6bo8″>The well of evergreen sports topics has been dipped into countless times without live sports. While it will eventually go dry, that day has yet to come. Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless drew from that well once more today on Undisputed and tackled the subject of who the clutchest quarterback in the NFL is right now. Sharpe believes the reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes deserves that title because, while Tom Brady has a long and fruitful history of clutch performances, the NFL is a "What have you done for me recently" league. Brady's resume exceeds Mahomes', but last year went firmly in the latter's favor in the clutch regard, so Mahomes gets to claim that title for the 2020 season. "We can't properly critique Brady because…

data-mm-id=”_qqo5v89nx”>In this fast-paced world where meal prep has become such of a nuisance that dozens of companies thrive by selling pre-prepared food that makes cooking easier, there remain a few among us who still savor a more deliberate approach to cooking. We are not Michelin chefs or trained experts. We are merely people who understand the satisfaction that comes with a well-crafted meal cooked from scratch. That satisfaction ends in the finished product, yes, but the real pleasure comes from the process of preparing the meal. From buying the produce to chopping to seasoning to adjusting the seasoning to plating, each element matters. Which brings us to this barbaric way of peeling an onion. You've been peeling an onion wrong this whole time…?: 1sarahrose pic.twitter.c…

data-mm-id=”_88wv9kmh5″>Aaron Rodgers, a very good quarterback, was once again very good on Sunday. He managed to outduel the mighty Kirk Cousins and put up a large prime number on the scoreboard. Not long after, Liam McKeone, a youngster who works for my company, suggested that the future Hall of Famer may have been fueled by the Packers' selection of Jordan Love and how the decision to piss off the franchise quarterback was a brilliant one. Sources say he was slightly joking. But he may not admit that after noted football-knower Trent Dilfer suggested on the Ryen Russillo Podcast that this may have been Green Bay's strategy all along. Knowing how important it is to high-profile podcasters and their guests to be quoted accurately and in proper context, here are the quotes an…