Dec 2, 2017; Charlotte, NC, USA; ESPN personality Kirk Herbstreit walks down the field prior to the game between the Clemson Tigers and the Miami Hurricanes in the ACC championship game at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports Florida State fans are not over their perceived snub from last year’s College Football Playoff, and they took it out on Kirk Herbstreit during Saturday’s “College GameDay.” Many Seminoles fans made the trek to Dublin for the team’s season-opening game against Georgia Tech, and they were very eager to take out their frustrations on Herbstreit. Herbstreit was one…
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Dec 4, 2022; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders speaks during a press conference at the Arrow Touchdown Club. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Like most of us, Deion Sanders Jr. is game for a good meme. Earlier this week, former Colorado special teams coordinator Trevor Reilly told Sports Illustrated that he spent time in the Middle East attempting to secure NIL money from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). He claimed he “did nothing illegal” and was just “trying to help Colorado” the best way he knew how. Reilly said he acted on his own…
Darrell “Housh” Doucette, quarterback of the USA national flag football team, made waves earlier this month when he claimed he was better than Kansas City Chiefs superstar Patrick Mahomes. “At the end of the day, I feel like I’m better than Patrick Mahomes because of my IQ of the game. I know he’s right now the best in the league. I know he’s more accurate. I know he has all these intangibles. But when it comes to flag football, I feel like I know more than him,” Doucette told TMZ Sports. The comments elicited a funny response from Mahomes and…
The Toronto Argonauts defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders, 20-19, in a CFL clash on Friday night. However, the manner in which Toronto walked off as time expired has left American football fans stunned. With 1:06 remaining in the fourth quarter, Argonauts kicker Lirim Hajrullahu drilled a 50-yard field goal to tie the game at 19. After forcing a punt, Toronto got the ball back in good field position with 20 seconds left on the clock. A few short plays later, Hajrullahu lined up again, this time for the game-winner from 40 yards out. Hajrullahu kick sailed wide left and then…the celebration…
Jan. 4, 2011; New Orleans, LA, USA; ESPN logo prior to the 2011 Sugar Bowl between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Louisiana Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports NFL reporters are used to updating fans about player injuries. ESPN reporter Field Yates recently felt what it was like being on the other end of such injury updates. Yates was in the Bahamas on vacation with some of his colleagues when disaster struck. ESPN’s resident fantasy football expert dislocated his shoulder after charging into an inflatable tackle dummy while on the beach. ESPN’s Adam Schefter…
Jun 13, 2023; Costa Mesa, CA, USA; Los Angeles Chargers helmet of quarterback Easton Stick (2) during minicamp at the Hoag Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Several Los Angeles Chargers players on Friday night needed to be rescued from a malfunctioning elevator. The Chargers were in Texas Friday ahead of their Saturday preseason finale against the Dallas Cowboys. Both Chargers players and members of the team’s traveling party got stuck in their hotel’s elevator. Each person inside the lift had to climb through a ceiling panel and enter an adjacent elevator. Those stuck were assisted by the…
Apr 22, 2023; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders during the first half of the spring game at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado football and its head coach Deion Sanders have drawn the ire of several fans for the school’s recent decision to freeze out one specific reporter. Sanders is refusing to field any questions from the Denver Post’s Sean Keeler. Colorado’s athletics department notified the publication of the decision on Friday. The Denver Post was informed that the decision was due to Keeler’s alleged “series of sustained, personal attacks” toward Sanders and…
May 4, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) on the bench in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves during game one of the second round for the 2024 NBA playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY SportsNikola Jokic is definitely in a giving mood this summer.EuroHoops reports this week that the Denver Nuggets star Jokic spent up on some lavish gifts for his Serbia teammates following their bronze medal victory at the Paris Olympics. He reportedly bought Rolex watches costing $32,500 each for all 11 of his teammates. That comes out to a…
Sending Pat McAfee to Ireland and asking him to host a live radio show was not a good idea. McAfee is in Ireland ahead of Saturday’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The game, featuring Florida State and Georgia Tech, will be televised by ESPN. ESPN sent its “GameDay” crew to broadcast live from the location, and McAfee was getting into the Dublin spirit early. During his radio show Friday, McAfee talked about how he had drank beers prior to the show. The former NFL punter also downed pints of beer while broadcasting live. It feels…
Dec 4, 2022; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders speaks during a press conference at the Arrow Touchdown Club. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Deion Sanders and the University of Colorado are escalating their conflict with a media member they see as needlessly critical. The Colorado athletics department notified The Denver Post on Friday that Sanders will no longer take questions from columnist Sean Keeler, according to the Post’s Matt Schubert. The school cited “a series of sustained, personal attacks” as the reason for the decision, citing Keeler’s previous columns about Sanders which used phrases such…