The steroid era saved Major League Baseball and the jobs of the writers who now refuse to honor it
The steroid era literally saved Tom Verducci's job. In the mid-nineties baseball was dead after the players strike... And they brought in replacement players and baseball was dead. And what happens over the course of the next three years? Oh yeah, Mark McGwire starts hitting the moon... Sammy Sosa and McGwire summer saved baseball.
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View episodeSean Payton will join Amazon for their NFL coverage
I'm like 90% sure I can predict what's going to happen in the next two years for Sean Payton, Amazon. Amazon... They might put them in a booth with Drew Brees.
Mike McCarthy will be fired as Cowboys head coach exactly one year from today
Mike McCarthy is the lamest of ducks right now because he knows that Sean, this is Sean Payton's job. I'm first reporting it right now. Mike McCarthy has been fired as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys exactly a year from today, minus two weeks.
Adam Schefter will likely leave ESPN in the near future
Schefter... maybe Schefter thinking, you know, I'm going to be leaving ESPN soon. I can start giving a couple back here... Do you think Schefter lets Rappaport break the news that he leaves ESPN?
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View profileIf Messi wins the 2026 World Cup, he is the GOAT of all sports GOATs
So if he wins the World Cup again, I'm prepared to say he might be the GOAT GOAT. Like the GOAT of GOATs. Right now I think Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali are both tied for the GOAT GOAT... But Messi could get on the Mount Rushmore of GOAT GOATs.
France will beat England in the World Cup third-place game, giving England the all-time record for third-place game losses.
England has, they've got the possibility to set the all time record for most third place game losses. Right now they're tied with Brazil with two. If they lose another one, then that would mean that they have that record on their own. And if you look back through history or at least recent history, three of the last five champions of the World Cup go on to win the third place game the next year. So that would mean that France would win this third place game and England would etch their names into history.
Warde Manuel is about to be fired as the Michigan Athletic Director
I think Warde Manuel's about to get fired... They've leaked a few things to the media regarding the investigation and in the things that they've leaked, they've squarely pointed their finger at Warde Manuel and been like Warde knew the entire time.