It’s a simple premise and yet a near-impossible challenge. The story of the past decade of college football is littered with superstars — from Lamar Jackson‘s mystifying talent to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag at Ohio State to Tua Tagovailoa rescuing Alabama from the brink of defeat to a former walk-on in Stetson Bennett […]
Continue readingJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars assistant strength and conditioning coach Kevin Maxen has become the first male coach in major American men’s professional sports to publicly come out as gay, telling Outsports.com he made the decision because he didn’t want to hide who he is any longer and to possibly inspire others in similar situations. It’s […]
Continue readingCheck out how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fared in 2022 and forecast 2023 betting trends. While the Buccaneers championship window appears to have closed, Tampa Bay is ready to embrace change with Tom Brady retired and journeyman Baker Mayfield ready to take the reins under center. Dig into the 2023 schedule against the spread as […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Even Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady‘s own daughter, Vivian, who turned 10 years old Monday, expressed skepticism that her father could defeat the New Orleans Saints at home on her birthday. “She was a little worried when I said, ‘We’re playing the Saints,’” Brady told the ESPN broadcast. “She said, ‘I […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett will miss the rest of the 2022 season after suffering a torn Achilles, coach Todd Bowles said Friday. An MRI on Friday confirmed the Achilles tear, with a source telling ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Barrett is expected to be out seven to nine months. “It’s […]
Continue readingEight NFL players received the franchise tag this week, and another two of the top presumed-free agents signed extensions. But make no mistake: The 2022 NFL free-agent class is still loaded with talent and big names who could land huge-money deals. How will it all play out? Who will sign where, and for how much? […]
Continue readingThe Las Vegas Raiders have donated $100,000 to The Trevor Project, matching the contribution made by defenseman Carl Nassib when he came out as gay in an Instagram post in 2021. Nassib’s announcement made him the first openly gay active player in the NFL, and he immediately added that he would be joining forces with […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 has had quite an impact on the NFL schedule for Week 15, and the same goes for fantasy football. Instead of the traditional Monday night finishing off Week 15, two games were moved to Tuesday night and the Raiders-Browns game, originally scheduled for Saturday, was moved to 5 p.m. ET on Monday. While many […]
Continue readingThe NFL received a B+ for racial hiring practices, and a C+ for gender hiring practice in this year’s report, with an overall grade of B. TIDES reported the NFL’s overall score of 81.2 in 2021. The NFL received 88.5 points for racial hiring practices and 75.0 points for gender hiring practices, with several notable […]
Continue readingThe NFL sent the Raiders additional Gruden emails to review, on top of the one about NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith that surfaced last week, and others Gruden recently confirmed to ESPN, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. According to The Times, Gruden sent emails to Bruce Allen, then the president of […]
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