Some people are fans of the Tennessee Titans. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tennessee Titans. This 2012 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read the other Why Your Team Sucks 2012 previews here. 1. Chris Johnson, you are fat and shitty. Every running back who has ever lived should find an airtight rubber box, take a shit into it, and ship that box to either Chris Johnson or Marshawn Lynch. Between those two idiots, no rational GM will ever hand a starting running back $30 million guaranteed again. Cop Speed scored one-third as many touchdowns in 2011 as he did in 2010. His YPC dropped to 4.0 (after a high of 5.6 during his amazing 2009 season). Not once did he do that thing where he takes a little swing pass and then hits the NITRO button and the…
I'm not going to bother trying to figure out who's taking whom. I mean, it would be easy if teams used common sense and drafted based on need … but who does that anymore? So instead, I'm going to rank the available players based solely on talent, potential, and whether the coin I'm flipping lands on heads or tails. 1. Michael Beasley: Dude is a straight-up athlete. His size, strength, and Plastic Man-like arms allow him to score from inside (53 percent shooting) and out (38 percent from three). During his freshman year at Kansas, he put up points (26.2), pulled down boards (12.4) and showed great versatility (in the NBA, he'll be able to play either SF or PF). His 1:2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio is a concern (think Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph), but let's …
data-mm-id=”_3jsp3sm4v”>The Big 12 handed down suspensions for Tuesday night's disturbing Kansas, Kansas State brawl. Jayhawks big man Silvio De Sousa obviously got the biggest punishment as he's set to miss 12 games. But, frankly, Kansas should kick De Sousa off the team.Breaking: The Big 12 has announced suspensions for Kansas and Kansas State’s players. They are: Kansas Silvio De Sousa – 12 games David McCormack – 2 games Kansas State James Love – 8 games Antonio Gordon – 3 games— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 22, 2020You've all seen the video and the still pictures from Tuesday night's brawl. It was horrific and is the kind of thing that should never happen in a college basketball floor. De Sousa was in the middle of it all…
data-mm-id=”_2ss0fog86″>John Calipari and the University of Kentucky released a video on Friday encouraging everyone to do their part of fight coronavirus. This is one of the most straightforward and effective deliveries of this message I've seen since this started. It covers all the basics, but Coach Cal also does a good job of pretty plainly saying this isn't fair, but that's how it has to be right now.To all @universityofky students, I know I'm just your basketball coach but please take a few minutes to watch this. We're at an important stage in our fight against this virus and we need EVERYONE doing their part to fight this. Be safe, social distance and #MaskUpCats!! ! pic.twitter.com/RIUVRJ238j— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) August 20, 2020″It’s not f…
data-mm-id=”_szxpc0mrd”>My son just celebrated his third birthday last weekend. In the best interest of our country, we had immediate family over for two separate gatherings. We had a cake for one and an ice cream cake for the other. We didn't do anything crazy, but we had all of the traditional birthday stuff, except we forgot birthday candles. We didn't mean to, but it just didn't occur to us until it was time to bring out the cake at the first party. After briefly feeling like I had carelessly made my kid's birthday a little less perfect, I pretty quickly realized birthday candles as we have known them should become a thing of the past.In the current climate, it is absolutely insane to think that there is a regular tradition where people blow on food seconds befo…
data-mm-id=”_ktoni875g”>Jason Day took some time out of his holiday preparations last week to talk about Tiger Woods, Bryson DeChambeau, winning majors and most importantly to him, his mother, Dening. After dealing with injuries that have hindered his success on the course, and his mother's health problems off the course, he sounds as optimistic as ever about his 2021 and beyond."Hopefully, it’s a little bit more positive than what I’ve had in 2020. Obviously I’m going to do a lot of work in the off weeks. The holidays are coming up and there’s some time to spend with the family which I will do, but I’m also looking forward to working on my swing, trying to do a little bit of change for my back. And then also start working with a new coach so that’ll be fun. Hopef…
data-mm-id=”_gj5r5d3pl”>The Boston Celtics were eliminated from the postseason in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the two engines that drove Boston to great heights this season, put forth two very poor performances. While Tatum can blame his bad night on an ankle sprain he suffered on the first play of the game, Brown had no excuses and admitted as much afterwards. The pair of All-NBA teammates came up short when the moment was greatest for the second year in a row and will watch the Miami Heat take on the Denver Nuggets from the couch. The discourse about this Celtics team would have slanted very, very, very negatively if they had gotten swept after going down 3-0. For good reason, too. Losing in Game 7 doesn't improve things dram…