There was plenty of competition for our weekly ‘L’ within the past seven days. Should we give it to The Washington Post for shuttering one of, maybe the, greatest sports …
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Oh, University of Alabama. It hasn’t been a great month for you, has it? First, the football team gets dogwalked by Indiana in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, …
We’ve got to hand it to you, Pittsburgh Steelers. For years, a hearty contingent of your fanbase griped and groused about Mike Tomlin and the Steelers’ perceived mediocrity. Finishing at or …
Boy oh boy, the Green Bay Packers and their fans love to lean on the history and lore of the franchise, don’t they? Saturday, the Pack made history for all …
Schadenfreude is defined as taking pleasure in the misfortune of someone else. And, when you’re handing someone in sports a big fat ‘L’ every week, chances are you’re also serving …
Things change pretty fast in the NFL. Take the Detroit Lions, for example. Less than two years ago, on a Sunday night in San Francisco, the Lions were one half …
Sometimes, even when you win, you lose. Just ask Billy Napier. He led Florida to a win over Mississippi State, then got fired the next day. Classical scholars would refer …
Sometimes, the universe provides. We usually send out the ‘L’ of the Week on Mondays but honestly, as Sunday evening came, nothing really jumped out. We could have piled on …
No mystery here. The L of the Week goes to Virginia and, coming out of championship weekend, how can it not? Oh, Virginia. My alma mater. The first major football …
November 30 was a whirlwind in the Southeastern Conference, with five different schools in the league announcing new head coaches. That quintet included Arkansas, which did announce a new coach …
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