data-mm-id=”_ufitxeag3″>Alabama outclassed Notre Dame from the opening kick and the outcome of today's Rose Bowl wasn't in doubt after about 36 minutes of game play. But there were plenty of reasons to keep watching with the score 31-7 in the Tide's favor, most namely the line, which hovered between 19.5 and 17.5ish pregame. What looked like an easy cover turned into a more stressful affair with Alabama's offense sputtering a bit down the stretch and the Irish continuing to fight hard. Still, it looked as though the 24-point advantage would be final tally with Notre Dame facing 4th-and-8 from its own 45 yard-line with 3:26 to play. Brian Kelly initially sent his punt team out to give the ball away and was captured repeatedly yelling for said punt team to get the hec…

data-mm-id=”_61fsjilfo”>On Wednesday, the UFC hosted a press conference to promote its next UFC on ESPN event, scheduled for July 1. Sean Strickland will face Abusupiyan Magomedov in the main event Saturday night. That's not what made news during the press event, as some of Strickland's quote angered a whole lot of people. At one point the 32-year-old went on a rant about the United States and, among other things, claimed women shouldn't have been given the right to vote. He also said women should be out of the workforce and back in the kitchen, and that America should strive to be more like it was in 1942 … or maybe 1958. Just to be completely clear, Strickland was not, in any way, joking. I'm sorry to subject you to this but, I guess watch it below if you can st…

data-mm-id=”_66s6uc6oz”>Bill Belichick's post-Tom Brady years continue to get bleaker as the New England Patriots welcomed the New Orleans Saints into Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon and was such good hosts that they declined to score even a single point. Mac Jones was really bad, going 12-for-22 for 110 yards and two interceptions. For a second straight week the Pats were getting crushed so badly that Belichick decided to let backup quarterback Bailey Zappe get some exercise — and it was the only moment of the afternoon the shellshocked crowd showed signs of life. It's sarcastic cheering but at least there was some cheering. For the second straight week, Mac Jones been pulled for Bailey Zappe in the middle of a blowout.Jones was 12-for-22 for 110 yards with no TD pass…

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…