data-mm-id=”_v4ctgb7pu”>We knew going into the season that the New England Patriots were going to be a subpar football team but nobody expected it to get this bad. Not only are the Pats 2-8 entering their bye after losing to the Indianapolis Colts in Germany, the incompetency on display in every facet of the game is borderline unbelievable to behold. Mac Jones has taken several monster steps backwards and thrown a few of the worst interceptions you'll ever see out of a professional quarterback. Players on both sides of the ball regularly make mental errors that college teams shouldn't make. There is zero sign of the "Patriot Way" and the qualities that made Bill Belichick teams great over these many years. The Colts loss is the magnum opus for all that. A masterwork…

data-mm-id=”_dpoqyesqf”>Thursday night's episode of Jeopardy! was won by Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco. But her victory did not come easily and, in fact, contained one of the more hilarious all-time gaffes from a Jeopardy! winner. The category was 40 Years Ago: 1984. Ken Jennings showed the contestants a picture of an American Olympic athlete and said this athlete "won gold with a four-and-a-half minute program featuring multiple triple jumps." Bilodeau was extremely quick on the draw and mashed that buzzer button to put forward her guess: Mary Lou Retton. This was, of course, incorrect. After neither of Bilodeau's competitors ventured guesses of their own Jennings revealed that the Olympic athlete pictured was, in fact, a man by the name of S…

data-mm-id=”_sguntrt6r”>Bill Belichick might not be done coaching. He could pursue another NFL head coach position next year after missing out this offseason. And when he does decide to retire, the 72-year-old six-time Super Bowl winner will go straight into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.He won't have to wait long to receive his gold jacket.On Friday, the Hall of Fame announced that it will reduce the waiting period for retired coaches to become eligible for election from five years to just one year. The change will be instituted for the 2026 Hall of Fame Class.With the 2025 election process already under way, Belichick — who is a lock to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer after his glorious 24-year run with the New England Patriots ended last January — could be i…

data-mm-id=”_aacsorvol”>The Washington Nationals attributed it to an "internal issue." Multiple reports claimed it was the result of an ill-advised, late-night outing.Whatever the reason, the consequence was the same. All-Star shortstop CJ Abrams was surprisingly optioned to the minor leagues on Saturday with eight games left in the Nationals' season.RELATED: Jerry Reinsdorf ripped for White Sox's disastrous season in scathing reportBefore Saturday's game against the Cubs in Chicago, manager Dave Martinez told reporters that the 23-year-old Abrams will return to Washington and then report to the club's spring training facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. He didn't elaborate on the circumstances.“I just want it to be known it wasn’t performance-ba…

Erik ten Hag s future at Manchester United is in the hands of the club s new technical director Jason Wilcox, who will conduct an audit of the manager s credentials and dressing room relations over the next month.

raised further doubts over Ten Hag s suitability for the job at Old Trafford with the Dutchman under pressure throughout a difficult second season at the club.

Squad relations and philosophy under the microscope

– who was formally appointed as the club’s new technical director on Friday having left Southampton – was in attendance to watch the capitulation at Wembley, and Telegraph claim he s first duty will be to provide a detailed assessment of Ten Hag’s strengths and weaknesses .

The audit will include an appraisal of his relationship wit…

Man Utd legend Gary Neville fears that the Premier League title race between Arsenal and Man City could be over a week on Tuesday .

to go four points clear before Pep Guardiola s side showed their class by responding to wrestle back control of the title race.

Arsenal are now one point ahead of Man City but Guardiola s men have a game in hand on their title rivals heading into the final weeks of the campaign.

Man City have Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham to play with Guardiola knowing that they will win the Premier League title for a record fourth time on the bounce if they take maximum points from those three matches.

And Neville reckons Arsenal, who play Everton at home on the last day of the season, could see their title hopes come to an end in their …

Fabrizio Romano says there are crucial days ahead as Chelsea prepare to sit down with Mauricio Pochettino to discuss his future.

A strong second half to the season saw Chelsea finish sixth in the Premier League, .

The Blues will fall into the Europa Conference League if Manchester United manage to defeat Manchester City in the FA Cup final, however.

Due to the unlikelihood of that happening, we can assume Chelsea will be in the Europa League and Newcastle United who finished seventh in the Europa Conference League.

It has been quite the turnaround at Stamford Bridge. They were 12th on April 2 and in the overall 2023 standings, finished 13th.

Only suffering three defeats since the turn of the year is a colossal improvement and might have saved Poc…

Gareth Southgate had a bone to pick with Cole Palmer despite the Chelsea star scoring his first goal for England on his first start for his country against Bosnia.

England ran out 3-0 winners at St James Park, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane also finding the net after Palmer scored from the spot.

impressed besides as he looks to earn a spot on the plane for Euro 2024, linking up well with Eberechi Eze, who made a similar mark.

Southgate praise the young pair for the freedom they showed on Monday, but claimed was trying to be too precise when he had a couple of opportunities to score.

The England manager told Channel 4: I thought they both played with the freedom.

Ebere has got lovely movement to go past players, he s got power. A co…

Bukayo Saka is expected to win his fitness battle and start for England in their Euro 2024 opener against Serbia on Sunday, according to reports.

with Saka one of the biggest doubts ahead of the match in Gelsenkirchen.

can realistically expect to challenge for their first major trophy since winning the World Cup in 1996 with the Three Lions first having to navigate their way out of a tricky group which also contains Denmark and Slovenia.

Saka was restricted to just a 25 minute cameo against Iceland in a pre-tournament friendly that the Arsenal winger set to start after winning fitness battle .

There had been some doubts after Saka missed the Gunners final match of the Premier League season with a groin injury but the newspaper claims he is in line t…

And now Keys thinks Ten Hag should walk away from his job as Man Utd boss with the beIN Sports presenter hinting that the Red Devils are appointing Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rene Hake to make decisions for him.

Keys wrote on X: How many more indignities can ten Hag take? First, his job was hawked all over Europe he ended up 4th choice for it now Sunny Jim wants to appoint staff around him Rene Hake van Nistelrooy. Wilcox lays out the style of play. Where will it end? He should have some class walk.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano recently revealed the Hake and Van Nistelrooy news, he said:  Man United will add Ruud van Nistelrooy and René Hake from Go Ahead Eagles to their new backroom staff. Erik ten Hag will sign new contract in the next days, all agreed and 100% done…