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The fight of the century has finally come to fruition, Conor McGregor faces off against Floyd Mayweather Saturday night. A handful of professional athletes in a variety of sports pick a side and a winner in who they think will prevail Aug. 26th  in Las Vegas. ...Read more

Despite rallies and celebrities standing for Colin Kaepernick, Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy said the free-agent quarterback is not a good enough player to be worth the “distraction”. While many fans disagree, other’s believe the beginning of the season and injured QB’s could change coaches minds.  ...Read more

The San Francisco 49ers officially hired the team’s first female coach, the league’s second full time female assistant coach, and first openly gay coach in the NFL. Katie Sowers, 31, also played pro football for the Women’s Football Alliance.  ...Read more

Supporters of Colin Kaepernick, who has continuously shown his support of the Black Lives Matter movement in a variety of ways, showed their solidarity with him and his cause at a rally outside NFL headquarters Wednesday. They believe that not only is he being blackballed by the league, but that he be signed by the start of the regular season next month. ...Read more

After the Charlottesville protests two weekends ago, ESPN executives made a decision to pull Robert E. Lee, a new play-by-play announcer assigned to the Virginia-William & Mary game off opening weekend. Foreseeing the internet explosion that could have potentially happened, they worried his big moment, even on a lightly watched game, might turn into a national joke. ...Read more

The Lebron effect is now in full force as one of the most interesting NBA trades this century is now complete. Cleveland swaps Kyrie Irving for  Boston’s Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and Brooklyn’s 2018 first-round pick. ...Read more

Odell Beckham Jr.was taken out of Monday night’s game after Browns cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun slammed into Beckham’s knee. Beckham suffered a sprained ankle from the hit, severity of the sprain has not been diagnosed yet. While Beckham and the referees believe the hit was legal, some Giants and other players felt it’s not the time or place to be making those kinds of plays. ...Read more

The third week of the NFL’s preseason is approaching and teams are entering a definitive phase of starters. The quarterback war for a starting position wages and the spots are there for the taking. ...Read more

Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones was chalk full of crazy moments, and Twitter loves to capitalize on a good meme. The intrinsic bad guy leader- The Night King-  took some kind of ice javelin, threw it, and killed a dragon, causing the internet to explode. Wonder who’s going to sign him as QB this season? ...Read more